Our participation in Eurovision. Eurovision

From Philip Kirkorov to Judith through Alexei Vorobyov and Yulia Savicheva.

Dima Bilan with his first place in 2008 (well, second in 2006) and our grandchildren will remember. Fans of Eurovision will not forget Alsou, Buranovskiye Babushki and Polina Gagarina (second places in 2000, 2012 and 2015). Forever in our hearts are the groups "t.A.T.u" and "Serebro" (third positions in 2003 and 2007).

We decided to once again show you our worst performances at this funny contest - not for the sake of gloating, but ... Well, it's so simple, just for fun.

Important: when we say “worst”, we mean the lowest places taken, which are sometimes worth the most high-profile victories. And sometimes they don't. See and listen for yourself.

1. Philip Kirkorov: 17th place in 1995, Dublin (Ireland).
"Lullaby for the Volcano".

Philip was only the second Russian participant in this celebration of life. He was young and full of desire to tear the audience to hell. To put it mildly, it did not work out - he still did not know the laws and tricks of the competition. Neither the sparkling eyes, nor the jet-black mane of hair, nor even the unbuttoned shirt, exposing a moderately overgrown chest, helped. Everything that worked in Russia was not useful on the Eurovision stage. Yes, and he sang in Russian, mysterious for the European public.

In subsequent years, Philip made up for defeat: his wards more than once came close to victory at Eurovision.

By the way, even the fact that his then fiasco is still the most deafening fiasco of Russia at the competition, once again reminds us that a unique person is unique in everything. The king is always the king!

2. Alexey Vorobyov: 16th place in 2011, Dusseldorf (Germany).
get you

It's a pity that formally Kirkorov performed worst of all and Lesha Vorobyov can only be given the second place in our "top ten". Because the ward of Baroness Katherine von Gechmen-Waldeck, this woman with a nuclear engine, was remembered not only for an amazingly dull performance, rattling out her “hit” as if on one note. Alexey is especially good, for the sake of the show he was briefly renamed Alex Sparrow (“sparrow” in English - a sparrow), was after the first semi-final, when yelled at the camera with all the dope: "This is Russia,<представьте, что тут нецензурное слово>, look into your eyes,<представьте, что тут нецензурное слово>". What greatly amused the audience from the Slavic states.

Gechmen-Waldek also persuaded the Swedish producer Red One, from whom she bought the song, to pretend to be producer Vorobyov. Much has been written about the upcoming world fame of the artist, but so far Alexey is content with roles in Russian TV series and participation in the TNT channel show "The Bachelor".

3. Alla Pugacheva: 15th place in 1997, Dublin (Ireland)
"Diva"

She was the third participant from Russia (after Judith and Kirkorov) and also remained misunderstood by Europe. It is noteworthy that Slovenia unexpectedly awarded 12 points to AB. Austria, the Netherlands, Norway and Estonia fell back a little more. The rest didn't score. It was necessary to have Pugachev's courage in order, being a superstar in the Motherland, to agree to be crucified on this notorious Calvary. But since then, the title "Prima Donna" has been firmly entrenched in Pugacheva herself.

4. Natalia Podolskaya: 15th place in 2005, Kyiv (Ukraine)
Nobody Hurt No One

By this time, Alsou and "t.A.T.u" had already happened and we all, of course, dreamed of victory. Alas.

5. "Mumiy Troll": 12th place in 2001, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Lady Alpine Blue

An interesting attempt to conquer Europe with an unobtrusive rock-pop. Past! But 2 points from interested Malta and a sudden 5 from Iceland.

6. Julia Savicheva: 11th place in 2004, Istanbul (Turkey)
believe me

It seemed that just now ... An incident happened at the performance: the naked dancers covered with paint turned out to be too slippery, Yulia could not, climbing on them, take the position she had learned at rehearsals. Perhaps Yulia was let down by her tender age: she was only 17.

7. Anastasia Prikhodko: 11th place in 2009, Moscow
"Mamo"

After Bilan's triumph, we didn't need a second victory in a row. Apparently, for this reason, a Ukrainian Prikhodko was sent to the competition with a more than ambiguous song about her mother and an even more strange production. Perhaps it was then that the singer began to feel dizzy from success, which led to the fact that now her main occupation is to publicly swear at Russia.

8. Musical group of Peter Nalich: 11th place in 2010, Oslo (Norway)
Lost And Forgotten

If Peter had sung his great “Guitar” at the competition, he could have competed for victory. Alas, you can only sing at Eurovision a new song, but it turned out somehow mournfully. But he sang his own, and not bought at a Swedish hit factory, as the Russian participants do now.

9. "Prime Minister": 10th place in 2002, Tallinn (Estonia)
Northern Girl

There was a time when our producers still believed that they were able to create a Eurohit. The authors of "A Girl from the North" are our songwriters Kim Breitburg and Karen Kavaleryan. It turned out cheerfully and energetically, but the points were given mainly by the neighbors. Well, Malta again got emotional, giving 8 points. Soon the group had a fight with the producer, was forced to change the name and eventually disappeared into the quagmire of show business.

10. Judith: 9th place in 1994, Dublin (Ireland).
"The Eternal Wanderer"

That's whose name is forever inscribed in the tablets of history! 21-year-old Maria Katz became the first Russian woman to go to Eurovision. Yes, the ninth place, but the points were given by the UK (5), Germany (6), Ireland and Iceland (4 each), the Netherlands (5). The text of the song was written by Masha herself, and the music by Lev Zemlinsky. It wasn't a victory, but it was a triumph!

Maria still sings, although she has not become a popularly adored singer. Most often she performs in clubs for a small but adoring audience. Known as a high-class vocal teacher, she worked as a backing vocalist with many famous performers.

The Eurovision International Pop Song Contest is very popular among Russian viewers, and therefore the list of Russian representatives at Eurovision throughout the history of participation is replete not only with the names of young aspiring stars, there were also eminent Russian pop symbols among the participants. Unfortunately, Russia's participation in the competition was far from always successful. In addition, the political moods in the world are subtly reflected at the festival, therefore the artists from Russia did not always receive high scores.

Participation of Russian performers - how it all began

The famous Eurovision festival appeared in 1956. Held among artists from countries included in the list of the European Broadcasting Union, this competition quickly gained popularity. At the moment, it is considered one of the most popular non-sporting events in the world. The song contest is broadcast in many countries not participating in the event and geographically not belonging to Europe. Although there are exceptions, for example, Australia, located far from Europe, but participating in the competition. Want to ?

Russia made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest far from its very inception, but after as many as 38 years - in 1994. However, before that, Russian viewers were not particularly interested in the European festival. In the 90s, with a new level of development, including in the music industry, the question arose: "Who will be the first representative from Russia in the entire history of Eurovision?".

So, in 1994, the capital of Ireland, where the festival was held, for the first time went to represent the country under the stage name Judith the Beautiful Masha Katz. She performed the ballad of her own composition "The Eternal Wanderer" in English and Russian. Masha then got 9th place. And later, in 1999, according to the results of the audience voting in the UK, the Russian song of Masha Katz was recognized as one of the ten best songs in the history of Eurovision.

Philip Kirkorov

Literally the next year, again in Ireland, whose participants won the Eurovision victory for the third year in a row, Philip Kirkorov performed. Unfortunately, the performance was not a resounding success. Known and loved in all Russian-speaking countries, Philip Bedrosovich sang "Lullaby for the Volcano" and settled in 17th place.

Eurovision participants from Russia - on the way to victory

In 1996, artists from Russia do not take part in the competition, and in 1997 Alla Pugacheva herself goes to Dublin to "take the rap" for her husband. Interestingly, the contest song "Prima Donna" was dedicated to Lyudmila Gurchenko, but the nickname Prima Donna of the Russian stage has since been assigned to Pugacheva herself.

Alla Pugacheva

But, as they say, what is good for a Russian is not like a German. Alla Borisovna was awarded only 15th place. Fortunately, the prima donna was not very upset. The years 1998-99 were skipped, none of the Russian performers were at the festival.

And already in the first year of the third millennium in Stockholm, the young singer Alsou shows very good results, taking 2nd place. In 2001-2002, Mumiy Troll and the Prime Minister performed in Copenhagen and Tallinn, but neither of them managed to rise above the 10th place.

In 2003 there was again something to be proud of. Group t.A.T.u performed excellently and scored a very high score. Ironically, only 3 votes separated them from the first place. But, alas, they "took bronze" - 3rd place.

The next two years were not particularly successful for the Russian representatives. Julia Savicheva in 2004 in Istanbul and Natalia Podolskaya in 2005 in Kyiv they were able to take 11th and 15th positions respectively.

Who went to Eurovision from Russia - later years

In 2006, I went to Athens for the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time and unconditionally took the place of honor No. 2. The following year, Bilan diluted her victorious march, showing a good result - 3rd place. And already in the next 2008, Dima Bilan, who stormed the European scene for the second time, having scored the highest score, took first place and brought Russia a 100% victory at Eurovision. After that, the honor of holding the next annual competition naturally fell to the Russian Federation.

The enchanting holiday, which took place in the hospitable Russian capital, is deservedly recognized as one of the best in the history of the competition. What, alas, cannot be said about the performance Anastasia Prikhodko, which took 8th place. The next two years after the event did not bring much success to the Russian contestants. The group of Peter Nalich, and after that Alexei Vorobyov did not climb higher than 11th place. But in 2012 in Baku, the team "" enchantingly found themselves in the silver place of Eurovision. In the next 2013, Dina Garipova took 5th place, and Sisters Tolmacheva in 2014 settled on the 7th.

All the years after the failed end of the world in 2012 can be called successful for the Russian participants. Indeed, literally until 2016 inclusive, none of them lost ground and did not fall below 7th place, mostly falling into the top five, as in 2015 and 2016.

Let's hope that the victory, despite political squabbles, will again go to ours.

Musical competition "Eurovision"- one of the most popular in our country. According to statistics, every second Russian every year with interest follows the struggle of the contestants, cheering, of course, first of all for his own. PEOPLETALK invites you to remember all the Russian performers who had the honor to represent the country at the competition.

Masha Katz, 1994

In 1994, Russia was represented at the competition by the singer Masha Katz(42). Her performance was the debut of our country on "Eurovision". Masha Katz, better known under the pseudonym Judith, performed with an English-language song "The Eternal Wanderer". The competition then took place in Dublin (Ireland). Bright and charismatic Maria managed to take only the ninth line, which is not so bad for the first time.

In 2004 on "Eurovision" the winner of the youth show went "Star Factory - 2" Yulia Savicheva(28). Because of the intense excitement with which Savicheva could not cope in the first minutes of the performance, the beginning turned out to be weak. However Julia managed to overcome emotions and take 11th place with the song believe me.

Natalia Podolskaya, 2005

Follow Savicheva to conquer Europe another one went "manufacturer" − Natalia Podolskaya(33). Song Nobody Hurt No One and 15th place.

In 2006 on "Eurovision" from Russia went Dima Bilan(33). in a desperate struggle Dima still lost first place to a costumed rock band Lordi from Finland. Song Never Let You Go brought Dima and Russia second place.

Silver, 2007

Group Maxim Fadeev "Silver" went to the competition in 2007 for the first place, but the sexy trio took only third. The girls sang a song Song #1.

Dima Bilan, 2008

2008 was a triumphant comeback Dima Bilan(33) on "Eurovision" after an embarrassing defeat in 2006. Determined to win Dima called for the help of the Olympic champion Evgenia Plushenko (32) and famous violinistEdwin Marton (41) . All three sang Believe. Dima was irresistible and Russia finally won the long-awaited victory for the first time.

Anastasia Prikhodko, 2009

Next year Russia represented by the ward Konstantin Meladze (52) − graduate "Star Factory", singer Anastasia Prikhodko (28) . Song "Mamo", performed in Ukrainian, instead of the coveted first place, brought us only 11th.

Musical group of Peter Nalich, 2010

In 2010, he was selected to participate in the competition "Musical group of Peter Nalich". Composition Lost and Forgotten brought again only 11th place.

The singer did not stay aside Alexey Vorobyov (27) who went to "Eurovision" in 2011. Alexey's participation caused a real stir due to an incorrect comment Vorobiev about sexual minorities. As a result, the singer performed extremely unsuccessfully, taking 16th place.

Buranovskiye grandmothers, 2012

In 2012, from Russia to get the championship on "Eurovision" go "Buranovskiye grandmothers". An unusual folklore group from the village of Buranovo in the Malopurginsky district of Udmurtia was considered the favorite of the competition. And indeed, the charismatic grandmothers enchanted the audience by singing the song Party for everybody. Eventually "Buranovskiye grandmothers" took second place.

Diana Garipova, 2013

In 2013 on "Eurovision" the winner of the show went "Voice" Dina Garipova(24). Song What If written by Swedish producers Gabriel Alares and Joachim Bjornberg, brought the country fifth place.

Maria and Anastasia Tolmacheva, 2014

In 2014, the sisters went to the competition Tolmachevs (18) . twins Maria and Anastasia sang a song shine, finishing in seventh place.

And this year our country on "Eurovision" presents a singer with a delightful voice − Polina Gagarina(28). Even before the start of the competition, the bookmakers were recording a song A Million Voices in the favorites, prophesying the singer first place. Whether the forecasts will be confirmed, we will find out soon, but for now we offer to listen again Polina.

Last update: 05/11/2016

The debut year for Russia at Eurovision was 1994. The honor to become the first participant of the contest representing our country was awarded to the singer Masha Katz also known by the pseudonym Judith. In Irish Dublin, she performed the song "Eternal Wanderer" and took 9th place.

Masha Katz was a member of such groups as "Quarter" and "Blues League", as well as a backing vocalist for many famous Russian performers. She gives concerts, teaches vocals, takes part in dubbing films and cartoons. He has the title of "Voice of Russia".

In the next 1995, at Eurovision, which again took place in Dublin, Russia was represented by a popular pop singer Philip Kirkorov. With the song "Lullaby for the Volcano" he took 17th place.

Philip Kirkorov - one of the most famous Russian performers, People's Artist of Russia, winner of many prestigious awards, ex-husband of the famous singer Alla Pugacheva. Today, Kirkorov is engaged in producing and performing with concert programs.

AT 1996 the singer and composer had to go to the competition Andrey Kosinsky, however, his song "I am me" did not pass the additional qualifying round.

Andrey Kosinsky is a composer from St. Petersburg who has written songs for many famous pop singers, such as Valery Leontiev, Group A "Studio", Alena Apina, Laima Vaikule, Mikhail Boyarsky.

AT 1997 represented the country Alla Pugacheva. Having performed the song "Diva", she took 15th place. Initially, it was supposed to be performed Valeriy Meladze however, he fell ill.

Alla Pugacheva began her singing career back in the 1960s, and later became famous throughout the country. Her repertoire includes more than 500 songs. She is a People's Artist of the USSR, has many awards, in particular, she was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation.

The next time Russia participated in the competition only in 2000. A young singer from Tatarstan participated in Eurovision from our country Alsou, who at that time was not yet 17 years old. Alsou was waiting for a triumph - her song "Solo" took 2nd place in the competition.

Alsou, daughter of a businessman and former senator of the Federation Council Ralif Safin, began her musical career at the age of 15 and almost immediately became popular. Until 2006, no one could repeat her achievement at Eurovision.

AT 2001 Russian rock band went to Eurovision "Mummy Troll" with the song "Lady Alpine Blue" ("Lady of the Blue Alps"). She took 12th place in the competition.

The Mumiy Troll group was created Ilya Lagutenko in Vladivostok back in 1983, however, it became popular and widely known only in the late 1990s after the release of the Morskaya album. The band continues to tour to this day.

AT 2002 Russian pop group performed at the song contest "Prime Minister". Having performed the song "Northern Girl" ("Girl from the North"), the quartet became the tenth.

The Prime Minister group was formed in 1998, and gained popularity in 2000. It included Jean Grigoriev-Milimerov, Pete Jason, Vyacheslav Bodolika, Marat Chanyshev. Since 2005 they have been known as "PM Group". A new composition was recruited into the Prime Minister group.

In "Eurovision" 2003 participated popular both in Russia and abroad group "t.A.T.u.". At the competition in Latvia, the group performed the song "Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask" and took 3rd place.

Group "t.A.T.u." was created in 1999 by the producer Ivan Shapovalov. The group included Julia Volkova and Elena Katina. Originally "t.A.T.u." shocked the public with the image of gay girls, but subsequently abandoned it. This group has achieved recognition far beyond the borders of our country, however, since 2010, Volkova and Katina began to perform solo, although they performed together in 2012.

AT 2004 a graduate of the TV project "Star Factory - 2" went to the most popular music competition in Europe Yulia Savicheva. Her song "Believe Me" ("Believe me") took 11th place.

Singer Yulia Savicheva became famous after she reached the final of Star Factory - 2 in 2003, and although she did not become the winner, her career was quite successful. To date, she continues to record albums, act in films, and participate in television projects.

Another member of the "Star Factory", singer Natalia Podolskaya, represented Russia at Eurovision in 2005. With the song "Nobody Hurt No One" ("No one will hurt each other"), she became 15th.

Belarusian pop singer Natalya Podolskaya in the early 2000s actively performed at various music festivals, such as the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, and in 2004 she got to the Star Factory - 5, after which she became famous in Russia. Podolskaya is the wife of a famous pop singer singer Vladimir Presnyakov and often performs with him.

AT 2006 Eurovision participant from Russia Dima Bilan just a little was not enough to win the famous competition. Having performed the song "Never Let You Go" ("I will never let you go"), he became the second. Europeans liked the costumed rock band more that year Lordi from Finland.

Singer Dima Bilan (real name - Victor Belan) began his career in pop music in the 2000s and gained immense popularity. He went to Eurovision as a famous performer and continues to tour today.

AT 2007 a little-known group went to defend the honor of Russia at that time "Silver"(SEREBRO), which performed quite successfully with the song "Song # 1" ("Song No. 1") - it became the third.

The group "Silver" (SEREBRO) was formed in 2006 by the producer Maxim Fadeev and a member of the "Star Factory" Elena Temnikova. In addition to Temnikova herself, the group included Olga Seryabkina and Marina Lizorkina. Before Eurovision, the group did not perform anywhere, but thanks to a bright start, it immediately became quite popular. In 2009, Marina Lizorkina left the team, she was replaced by Anastasia Karpova.

AT 2008 went to Eurovision again Dima Bilan and this time he returned to his homeland in triumph. His song "Believe" ("Believe") took 1st place - Russia won the competition for the first time. Bilan did not perform alone on stage, a figure skater participated in the performance Evgeni Plushenko and Hungarian violinist and composer Edwin Marton.

AT 2009 Eurovision was first held in Moscow. Russia was represented at the competition by another graduate of the Star Factory - the singer Anastasia Prikhodko. She sang the song "Mamo" in Russian and Ukrainian and ended up in 11th place.

Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko participated in the TV show "Star Factory - 7", after which she gained fame.

AT 2010 the national qualifying round passed the musical group of the singer Petra Nalich. Nalich went to Eurovision with the song "Lost and Forgotten" ("Lost and Forgotten") and took 11th place.

Peter Nalich did not participate in the TV show and did not have famous producers. He became famous thanks to the Internet - after he posted on YouTube in 2007 a video he made himself for his own song "Guitar". The video was included in the Top 20 most viewed Russian clips of the portal in November 2007. After that, the musical group began to give concerts and record studio albums.

AT 2011 singer participated in Eurovision from Russia Alexey Vorobyov with the song "Get You" ("Win you"). Vorobyov's participation in the competition was accompanied by a number of scandalous incidents; in the end, he performed far from successfully, taking 16th place.

Alexei Vorobyov began his musical and acting career in the mid-2000s. In 2005, he reached the final of the Secret of Success competition on the Rossiya TV channel, and in 2006 he starred in the television series Alice's Dreams on MTV. A year later, he received the MTV-2007 Discovery Award.

AT 2012 The team went to Eurovision "Buranovskiye grandmothers". Singing grandmothers in national costumes were considered favorites even before the start of the competition. They made a huge impression on the audience and with the song "Party for Everybody" came second.

"Buranovskiye Babushki" is a folklore musical group from the village of Buranovo, Udmurtia. Grandmothers sing songs in Udmurt and Russian, including re-singing famous hits.

In 2013, Russia was represented by singer Dina Garipova- winner of the TV show "Voice" on Channel One.