"Party for Everybody" was the Russian entry for the

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sung by

Buranovskiye Babushki Buranovskiye Babushki (russian: Бурановские бабушки, ; udm, Брангуртысь песянайёс, Brangurtyś pesänajos; both meaning "Buranovo Grannies") is an Udmurt-Russian ethno-pop band comprising eight elderly wo ...

(The Grannies from Buranovo). The song won Russia's national song selection, which took place on March 7, 2012, in

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. At the

held in

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, the song finished in second place with 259 points.

Composition

Most of the lyrics are in the

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. During an interview with group the correspondent of ''

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'', group member Olga Tuktareva said that the group wrote the song themselves, whereas the English parts were written by an unnamed

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person. She said: "I will not even say the name of the author, I can't pronounce it, she's not Russian" (the English lyricist was actually the famous American songwriter,

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, best known for composing Jennifer Rush's " The Power of Love"). The music for "Party for Everybody" is written by the famous composer Victor Drobysh. Notably, the Udmurt and English words were written separately. When the Buranovskie Babushki came to the studio with their written text, the English part, too, was ready. A member of the ensemble stated what some parts of the song mean in English: "We sing about lighting the oven, kneading dough, and spreading out a tablecloth while waiting for the children to come home. And we say when our children come home, we will have fun and dance.". The members of the group also stated that learning the English words wasn't too difficult.

Selection process

The song won Russia's national song selection, which took place on March 7, 2012, in Moscow. The result of adding the proportional viewers and judges voting score for the group was 38.51 points, ahead of

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winner

Dima Bilan Dima Nikolayevich Bilan (russian: Ди́ма Никола́евич Била́н; born Viktor Nikolayevich Belan, russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Бела́н, links=no; 24 December 1981) is a Russian singer, songwriter and acto ...

and

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member

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with their duet song "Back to Her Future" who had 29.26 points.

At Eurovision

The group performed the song in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012 and came 1st with 152 points. It advanced into the finals on May 26. The group performed sixth in the line-up and eventually finished in second place with a total of 259 points, behind the winning song, "

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. This was Russia's best result in 3 years since their first win in

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Critical reception

The song received mixed to positive reviews from critics and music producers.

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told reporters that Europe could find the Buranovskie Grannies a "musical ride", so their "chance to win is minimal," and

Iosif Prigozhin Iosif Igorevich Prigozhin (born 2 April 1969, Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR) is а Russian music producer of singers Valeria, Natalia Vetlitskaya, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Nikolai Noskov, Aleksandr Marshal, Avraam Russo, Kristina Orbak ...

says that "despite the lack of confidence in the leadership, The Buranovskie Babushki might win the contest, because of their originality and individuality".

Igor Krutoy Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy (russian: Игорь Яковлевич Крутой) or Ihor Yakovych Krutyi ( uk, Ігор Якович Крутий, born on July 29, 1954), is a Ukrainian and Russian music composer, performer, producer and musical p ...

called the ensemble "excellent" and said that "do not be surprised if they also win the Eurovision Song Contest".

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says that they were his favourite choice.

Charts

References

External links

official Site
of the "Grannies from Buranovo" {{Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision songs of 2012 Eurovision songs of Russia 2012 songs Number-one singles in Russia Songs with lyrics by Mary Susan Applegate Songs about dancing