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Russia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia. The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Russian Public Television (ORT). Prime Minister represented Russia with the song "Northern Girl", which placed 10th and scored 55 points at the contest. Before Eurovision Internal selection On 17 January 2002, ORT announced a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 26 February 2002. The broadcaster received 11,742 submissions at the conclusion of the deadline, including entries from Arkady Ukupnik, Diana Gurtskaya and Vitas. 25 entries were shortlisted from the received submissions and a jury panel selected the Russian entry. The jury consisted of Konstantin Ernst (general manager of C1R), Aleksandr Fifeman (general producer of ORT), Marina Danielyan (service manager of ORT), Ilya Bachurin (music director of ORT), Valdis Pelšs (television presenter and entertainment director of ORT), Lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premyer-Ministr
Premyer-Ministr (russian: Премьер-министр, lit. ''Prime minister'') is a Russian musical group. The idea behind the band was to form a boy band, though not especially for teenagers. Four men came together to form Premier Ministr in 1997. Their first real success came in 2000 with the remake of a very popular Russian tune, "Oriental Song". It became a huge hit in Russia. In 2001 one of the members, Dmitry Lanskoy, left the group for a solo career and was replaced. Premyer-Ministr was composed of Jean Grigoriev-Milimerov (Moscow, December 5, 1979), Peter Jason (Moscow, September 9, 1976), Vyacheslav Bodolika (Ungeny, Moldova, June 18, 1977) and Marat Chanyshev (Moscow, March 25, 1975). In 2002, Russian television invited the group to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn. They translated their name into "Prime Minister", and sung "Northern Girl (Prime Minister song), Northern Girl", which reached the top-10. There were two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lev Leshchenko
Lev Valerianovich Leshchenko (russian: link=no, Лев Валерьянович Лещенко; born 1 February 1942), is a Russian singer, who is best known for his rendition of "Den Pobedy" and the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony theme song " Do svidanja, Moskva". Biography Lev Leshchenko was born on 1 February 1942 in Moscow, Soviet Union. His father, Valerian Andreyevich Leshchenko (1904–2004), was a Red Army officer who was at war outside of Moscow. His grandfather was from the village of Nizy in the Kharkov province, which at that time was part of the Russian Empire. In 1900, he moved to the Kursk province, where he got a job as an accountant at a factory. Grandfather Leshchenko was a musical person: he sang in the church choir, played many instruments. Lev Valeryanovich's father moved to Moscow in 1931. Having gone through the Finnish War, and then the Great Patriotic War, he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and was awarded many orders. He was awarded medals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia In The Eurovision Song Contest
Russia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 23 times since their debut in . Russia won the contest with Dima Bilan performing the song " Believe". One of the most successful countries in the contest in the 21st century with a total of ten top five placements, Russia finished second with Alsou in , Dima Bilan in , Buranovskiye Babushki in and Polina Gagarina in ; third with t.A.T.u. in , Serebro in , Sergey Lazarev in and , and fifth with Dina Garipova in . In , they failed to qualify for the final for the first time in their history. The Russian entry has been chosen through both internal selections and a televised national final titled '' Evrovidenie'', with their most recent entry () being chosen by the latter. Following their exclusion from the due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 26 February 2022, the Russian broadcasters VGTRK and Channel One announced that they would suspend their membership in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The suspensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song " Runaway" written by Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas and Jana Hallas. The song was performed by Sahlene. In addition to participating in the contest, the Estonian broadcaster Eesti Televisioon (ETV) also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in 2001 with the song " Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. ETV organised the national final '' Eurolaul 2002'' in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2002 contest in Tallinn. Ten songs competed in the national final and "Runaway" performed by Sahlene was selected as the winner by an international jury panel. As the host country, Estonia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2002. Performing during the show in position 8, Estonia placed third out of the 24 participating countries with 111 points. Background Prior to the 2002 Contest, Estonia had participated in the Eurovisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Everything I Want" written by Milana Vlaović. The song was performed by Vesna Pisarović. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised the national final ''Dora 2002'' to select the Croatian entry for the 2002 contest in Tallinn, Estonia. Twenty entries competed in the national final on 10 March 2002 and "Sasvim sigurna" performed by Vesna Pisarović was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from five regional juries, a six-member expert jury, a regional televote and an online vote. The song was later translated from Croatian to English for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "Everything I Want". Croatia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2002. Performing during the show in position 6, Croatia placed eleventh out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 44 points. Background Prior to the 2002 Contest, Croatia had participate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plazma
Plazma (previously known as Slow Motion) is a Russian musical group consisting of Roman Chernitsyn (vocals, lyrics, music) and Maxim Postelniy (background vocals, keyboards, music and arrangements). The band was one of the first Russian pop groups to produce its songs exclusively in English for a Russian-speaking audience. Their first two albums, ' and ', put the group on top of the Russian charts. The third album, ', was released in 2006. In December 2017, Plazma released their fourth studio album — '. Albums As Slow Motion * 1991: ''Falling in Love'' * 1999: ''Prologue'' As Plazma * 2000: ' * 2002: ' * 2006: ' * 2017: ' Singles * 2000: Take My Love * 2000: Jump in My Car * 2000: The Sweetest Surrender * 2001: Fading like a Rose * 2001: Lonely * 2002: You'll Never Meet an Angel * 2003: You Know (My Recent Disease) * 2003: A Bit of Perfection * 2003: The Power of Your Spell * 2004: Never Again * 2004: Lonely II * 2005: One of a Kind * 2005: One Life * 2006: Save * 2006: B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nogu Svelo!
Nogu Svelo! (russian: Ногу свело!, lit=Cramp in the Leg!) is a popular Russian rock band from Moscow, usually associated with humor and parody and accessible and sometimes childishly simple melodies. They have experimented with many styles in the past and seem to pay particular attention to instrumentation and arrangements and production values. The extravagant style of their late nineties albums has given way to a simpler and more commercially accessible sound in their post-1999 releases - perhaps a return to the guitar-centered sound of 1995's ''Sibirskaya lyubov' '' (), yet arguably not possessing the youthful, hook-filled songwriting of that early-career round-up LP. Of particular interest to English listeners is their nonchalantly zany use of the English language and sometimes, completely made up English-like lines in their early albums. "she drew me away and locked the door/my girl doesn't love me anymore/I didn't say anything but in my head/I had a plan to make the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Susan Applegate
Mary Susan Applegate is an American songwriter, poet and lyricist who lives in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She rose to prominence in 1984 with the lyrics to the multi-platinum hit “The Power of Love (Celine Dion single), The Power Of Love”, and has since written songs for and co-written songs with multiple singers, and her songs have been constant part of the Eurovision Song Contest in recent years. Career Applegate is best known for the song “The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song), The Power Of Love”. In 1985 the Jennifer Rush original took the number one position the UK, remaining there for 5 weeks. In 1994 the song became Celine Dion’s first number one in the US Billboard charts, staying at the top for four weeks. Celine Dion’s version of "The Colour of My Love, The Power Of Love“ won Mary S. Applegate the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAP Pop Award for “Most Performed Song” in the United States and was nominated for the Grammy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Drobysh
Viktor Yakovlevich Drobysh (russian: Ви́ктор Я́ковлевич Дро́быш; born June 27, 1966, Leningrad, Russian SFSR) is a Russian composer and music producer, Honored Artist of Russia (2010). Song Author group ''Buranovskiye Babushki'' Party for Everybody, who took 2nd place at Eurovision 2012. From 1996 he worked in Germany. After working in Germany, Drobysh moved to Finland, where he created the duet ''Pets''. In 2004, Drobysh participated as a co-producer in the talent show '' Fabrika Zvyozd'' of Channel One Russia. In 2006, he single-handedly led the 6th season of the project. In August 2004, Viktor Drobysh's Producer Centre was created. It was engaged in promoting the groups ''Tootsie'', ''K.G.B.'', ''Chelsea'', ''Princessa Avenue'' and ''Ultrafiolet'', as well as solo artists, such as Yulia Mikhalchik, Natalia Podolskaya, Stas Piekha, Dmitry Koldun, Zara, Avraam Russo, Sogdiana Fedorinskaya, Prokhor Chaliapin Prokhor Andreevich Chaliapin (russian: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Orbakaitė
Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaitе (, lt, Kristina Orbakaitė, born 25 May 1971), is a Russian-Lithuanian singer and actress. Her parents are Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva and Lithuanian circus performer Mykolas Orbakas. Biography Kristina Orbakaite was born in Moscow and spent much of her childhood between Šventoji, Lithuania, the home of her paternal grandparents, and Moscow, the home of her maternal grandparents. At the age of 7, she debuted in the Soviet children's television program "Veseliye Notki" ''(Happy Musical Notes)'' with the song "Solnyshko Smeyotsya" (''The Sun Laughs''). In 1982, she was cast in the leading role of "Lena Bessoltseva" in ''Scarecrow'', a film by Rolan Bykov based on the Vladimir Zheleznikov play of the same name. Production began in 1982 and the film premiered in 1984. It became a critical success, not only in Russia but also overseas, and turned Orbakaite into a child star. Having met with success in film and music, Orbakaite tried her hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Gazmanov
Oleg (russian: Олег), Oleh ( uk, Олег), or Aleh ( be, Алег) is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blessed". The feminine equivalent is Olga. While Germanic in origin, "Oleg" is not very common outside Eastern European countries. Russian pronunciation Олег (Oleg) is pronounced ˈlʲekin Russian. The English pronunciation of Oleg is based on the transliteration of the Cyrillic alphabet, and overlooks three key features of the Russian pronunciation: # The stress is on the second syllable. In spoken Russian, the initial short unstressed 'O' is reduced to similar to the 'a' as in 'about'. # The 'л' (l) becomes palatalized to ʲ─ that is, it gains a 'y'-like quality, and but is still most closely approximated by a plain English 'l'. # The word-final final 'г' (g) is devoiced to Thus, rather than "Oh-leg", the phonetically cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdis Pelšs
Valdis Eyzhenovich (Yevgenyevich) Pelsh, lv, Valdis Pelšs (Russian language, rus. Валдис Евгеньевич Пельш, born 5 June 1967 in Riga) is a Latvian-born USSR, Soviet and Russian television presenter, television director, television producer and musician, winner of two TEFI awards (in 1997 and 2005). Valdis Pelšs currently works as a film, screen actor and manages child programs subdivision on Channel One (Russia), Channel One. He hosted several popular game shows, such as ''Ugadai Melodiu'', ''Russian Roulette (game show), Russian Roulette'' and ''Rozygrysh''. Pelšs is a former vocalist and percussion instrument player for ''Neschastny Sluchai'', a band founded by him and Alexei Kortnev in 1983. Career Valdis Pelšs graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), MSU Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy. He first appeared on television as a contestant on the KVN show as part of the MSU team with his friend Alexei Kortnev (1987). Togethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
