Samoilova Eurovision participant. Eurovision participant Yulia Samoilova shared the details of a difficult operation

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Yulia Samoilova, participant of Eurovision-2017 from Russia

What is known about Yulia Samoilova, participant of Eurovision-2017 from Russia: the main facts of the biography of the singer, chained to a wheelchair

Information about the singer is limited to a few paragraphs. Julia was born in the Komi Republic. She became disabled after an unsuccessful polio vaccination.

In 2010, the Eurovision participant received a diploma in psychology. Actually, this is the whole biography of Samoilova in that part that does not concern music.

As a musician, Julia announced herself in the Factor A project by Alla Pugacheva in 2013. Then the "prima donna", as it is customary to call Pugacheva in Russia, drew attention to the unusual performer and even marked her with the "Gold Star of Alla" award.

In 2014, Yulia took part in the solemn opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi, where she sang the song "Together".

What did you do in Crimea




In 2015, Yulia took part in a concert that took place in the Russian-occupied Crimea. On June 27, Kerch hosted a sports festival - "The World of Sports and Kindness". As part of the holiday, a concert was organized, one of the participants of which was Samoilova.

Whether the singer's visit to Crimea will somehow affect her participation in Eurovision in Ukraine is still difficult to say. The SBU says they know about Yulia's Crimean voyage. But the Ukrainian security forces do not comment on questions regarding their reaction to this fact.

In turn, on the website Peacemaker" Samoilova is accused of "illegally crossing the state border of Ukraine as part of an organized group." In addition, the site provides evidence of the pro-Russian position of the singer. The girl in social networks openly supports the annexation of Crimea.




How was the selection for Eurovision 2017

The choice of Yulia Samoilova to participate in Eurovision 2017 was a surprise not only for Ukrainians, but also for Russians. The fact is that the selection of a participant in Russia was carried out by Channel One behind closed doors. There were no public hearings or votes. Residents of the Russian Federation, as always, were simply confronted with a fact.




“Yulia is an original singer, a charming girl and an experienced contestant. A career in music requires tremendous emotional and physical stress that few people can handle. I am delighted with the progress Yulia is making along the way. I think that on May 11, millions of viewers around the world will share this feeling with us, ”commented the decision of the main propaganda channel on the decision of the head of the Russian delegation at the competition, Yuri Aksyuta.

How social networks reacted to the choice of Russia

Most bloggers and public figures in Ukraine condemned Russia's decision on social networks to send a disabled girl to the Eurovision Song Contest, who, moreover, illegally visited Crimea.

What song will Samoilova perform at Eurovision?

Yulia Samoilova will represent Russia at Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv with the song Flame Is Burning.

The whole country has been discussing Yulia Samoilova for the last few days. The girl goes to Kyiv for an international song contest. The singer has to rehearse a lot and even study English in order to adequately show the number. Now she is in Finland for a scheduled medical examination. In this regard, Julia remembered how the surgical intervention took place a year ago.

“Faster than expected. Six hours instead of nine. I had a dissection along the entire spine - from the head to the coccyx. If there had been no operation, complications would have gone to the internal organs. Even then it was hard for me: the muscles did not hold my back, it was difficult to sit, my stomach was squeezed, I could not eat normally. I had trouble breathing."

Now the doctors are carefully examining Yulia, checking whether everything is going according to plan and taking tests. The operation was not only very difficult, but also expensive. Fans collected 50 thousand euros for the singer. The actress admitted that now she feels much better.

“If not for the many people who responded and helped me raise a large amount, then I don’t know what I was doing! I received the money within a couple of weeks. Now I have no fear of self-suffocation, which would come in three to five years as a result of the progression of my disease. At the moment, everything is fine with me, rehabilitation is going according to plan. I don't need financial help, but I need viewers and listeners. I hope that my songs will find their fans and sink into someone's soul. I am grateful to all the people who helped me with the operation and would like to return this good to the world, ”the girl shared with StarHit.

The girl admitted that she did not immediately decide to go under the knife of doctors. Intuition and faith helped her take this step. “The operation was dangerous, they dissuaded me. The family was shocked because everyone was afraid. But I listened to my inner voice, and God helped. I even had dreams about it,” said Samoilova "Komsomolskaya Pravda".

In addition to colleagues and fans, Yulia was also supported by Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, who took her under her wing on the Factor A show. The prima donna said that for her ward "Eurovision" is a big dream. She also added that the only joy for the young composer is her husband and creativity. Pugacheva is sure that there is no provocation in connection with the choice of an artist with disabilities.

Interestingly, before the collapse of popularity, Samoilova for a long time could not believe in herself, she doubted a lot, did not understand where to move on. It was Pugacheva who helped her decide on the choice of path, who appreciated her talent.

“It was only in the last year that I realized that since 2013 I had been waiting for someone to sign me, say that I need to sing, and I will do it. At the same time, the songs that we wrote were simply accumulated in the form of a demo and neatly laid down on the table. The turning point for me was the meeting with Alla Borisovna Pugacheva in March 2016. I came to ask for advice, showed my compositions. And suddenly she likes one of my songs, and she wants to buy it! If the Diva wants to buy your creation, then your material is not so bad! Alla Borisovna then instilled in me confidence in my strength, gave me a certain vector and understanding of the path, ”Julia told StarHit.

Noisy tabloids got into a puddle with their pseudo-leaks. However, as far as MK is aware, there were no leaks - “primitive lies for the sake of ratings,” as one of the potential sources of such possible leaks put it in a private conversation with us. In general, not only American newspapers and not only about Grandpa Trump indulge in fake news. The announcement of the name of any European envoy on the last, not just a day, but an hour before Monday, March 13, when it would have been too late to drink Borjomi at a meeting of the heads of delegations of the countries participating in the competition in Kyiv, would, of course, have caused a storm of comments, as it happened already in the Internet space and in mass media. Plus, they didn't know what to expect. A more dramatic denouement loomed on the horizon: there were suspicions that instead of a European delegate, Russia would announce a last-minute boycott of the Kyiv Eurovision, where, according to excited deputies, “defamation, bullying and spitting” would certainly await our envoy.

As a result, at half past ten in the evening it was announced on TV that Yulia Samoilova from Russia would go to Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv with the song Flame Is Burning (“The flame burns”). The devil from the snuffbox! This name never occurred to anyone! Moreover, as it now turns out, the girl was undergoing deeply conspiratorial preparations for a trip to Kyiv, like a scout from a popular television series - to be thrown into enemy territory, already in the fall, and even the CIA did not seem to know about it.

A girl in a wheelchair, touchingly singing a poignant song. Sources warned ahead of time: “This is not quite what you expect, but this is not quite the usual Eurovision. What was I waiting for? Yes, anything! Except Kobzon, of course. I was not mistaken, it turned out.

“Not quite the usual Eurovision is a phrase much more interesting for analysis. What is the hint? I would not like to think that Eurovision in Kyiv was thus called a paracontest - then this is a rude joke. Or the expectation that "defamation, bullying and spitting", which seem to be here on every corner, will break on the rock of compassion and political correctness honored in Europe? That is, what Vladimir Vladimirovich (Pozner) called "a forbidden technique."

So, by the way, the majority in social networks reacted. There were screams: “What cynicism - to hide behind such a nice girl in a (wheelchair) wheelchair! They were waiting for the “bomb” and the super song!”

But after all, who didn’t “cover up” at Eurovision with anything and everything, putting pressure on someone for what: pity, political correctness, scandalousness, etc. A man with a beard, but in a woman's dress, a transvestite with a star and just transvestites in gypsy skirts, turkey people and, by the way, people with disabilities too. In Vienna in 2015, Monika Kuszynska also represented Poland in a wheelchair, partially paralyzed after a car accident. It was then called "the singer's powerful message to build bridges to tolerance in the name of love".

True, the artist was chosen at an open competition by the whole country, but even such a “powerful message” brought her only 10 points in the final and 23rd place. The audience was not impressed, and even vice versa - just like now with Yulia, they were boring about “speculation on forbidden tricks” ...

Can't wait for the super song? Sorry, among the authors of "Burning Fire" is Leonid Gutkin, co-author of very successful European songs for Dina Garipova (What If) and Polina Gagarina (Million Voices), who has long been immersed in the bowels of a well-functioning Swedish pop conveyor that supplies almost half of Eurovision staple material. There, songs are composed according to scientific formulas and rules, and after listening to Flame Is Burning several times, you can see how Leonid and his co-authors - Netta Nimrodi and Arie Burshtein - skillfully speculate on the pain points of the mass perception of the musical product, which has already borne fruit with the past projects.

In any case, Russia's choice turned out to be not banal and will now be the object of the most heated discussions and a fierce clash of opinions. Not having time to appear, the song has already taken 8th place in the bets of bookmakers, leaving ahead of the participants from Romania, Armenia, Australia, Portugal, Belgium, Sweden and Italy, which claims to win with the "San Remov" song Occidentali's Karma in performed by Francesco Gabbani.

Meanwhile, 28-year-old Yulia Samoilova, known to us for her participation in the Pugachev “Factor A”, where she received the personal award “Gold Star of Alla” from the hands of the Prima Donna herself, and performing the song “Together” at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi, told MK about the secrets of her preparation for Eurovision and expectations from the contest.

Julia, I want to congratulate you on your future trip to Eurovision! This, of course, is a bold step - both on the part of the organizers and on your part. How did you personally come to this decision?

Of course, this is a very responsible step. But, you know, since childhood, I really dreamed of performing at Eurovision, representing Russia. Even when I was very young and watched Alsu (at a competition in Stockholm in 2000. - Ed.), tried to copy her movements, singing, grimaced with a hair dryer, which depicted a microphone (laughs. - Ed.), imagined herself on the big stage. In principle, my parents led me to this. I grew up, and gradually, competition after competition, stage after stage, everything came to the fact that this time has come, and I will represent Russia at Eurovision! This is a great honor for me and very exciting.

- And when did you understand, or were you told that “this time has come”?

In principle, since 2014, when I performed at the Paralympics and they finally noticed me, they already told me: keep in mind, you will be one of the candidates (for Eurovision), when exactly, we do not know, but get ready. I've been preparing all this time!

- But specifically now - when did you start preparing, recording a song, etc.?

Basically, we started preparing a long time ago. But the operation knocked me down in the fall, and I lost a lot of time. It was questionable whether I would be able to participate in the competition at all. I did everything to go through rehabilitation as quickly and successfully as possible, because I myself really wanted to, and as soon as I started to recover, I confidently said that I could. Of course, they looked at me with suspicion: they say, can I really do it? But with my work, I showed that I was quite assiduous, persistent, and they relied on me, they believed me, and again everything became fine. We are working!

How do you like the song? You, of course, compose yourself, but you entrusted such an important European business, of course, to more experienced authors ...

I like this song. It is very organic to me, to some extent about me. Not even in some, but just about me. As soon as they showed it to me, I immediately said that I liked it. There was no doubt that it was not mine. And during the recording everything was very easy. The only difficulty I have is English. This, of course, is a big problem for me.

Dont be upset. You have a very nice accent, the same Amanda Lear sang in English with that accent. I don't think you need to worry about it...

Well, I'm still supported by vocal teachers and an English teacher. We are currently working very hard and are slowly coping with this task. Two more months ahead, and I am sure that everything will be fine with me. We can say that the rehearsal period has been going on for quite a long time - as far as it was possible after the operation. I took part in recording and in classes with teachers. But now I'm already much better, and we began to do everything even more actively.

We must pay tribute to the partisan silence and the Stirlitz conspiracy of the entire team, including you! It turns out that since the fall you have been working on this project, while everyone was wondering: Panayotov? Antonyuk? Temnikova?.. And you probably read and laughed, right?

I'm good with everything. Basically, I didn't care what happened. I knew how it would be. Someone started some rumors ... It was strange for me.

- Do you look at your future rivals in the competition from 42 European countries?

I've looked at quite a bit. It’s not that I don’t care, but here, just like when I went to Factor A, the main thing for me was to know myself, concentrate on my strengths and on my talent, which I have to show and give my all one hundred percent. And most importantly, to perform well.

And of the past Eurovision participants, who impressed you, except, of course, Alsou, with whom it all started for you?

I really liked Polina Gagarina. She was great!

Julia, what ambition are you going to Kyiv with? There are two common motives: “only victory” and “the main thing is not victory, but participation” ...

First, I am going to represent and support our country. For me, this is the main motive. The main task is to perform well, and for this I work hard. I want to sing a good song well. I am already happy. And what will happen next, I do not want to guess now.

While you were secretly preparing, passions were raging with might and main here about a possible Russian boycott of the current competition in Kyiv. Are you ready for the fact that the situation around the Russian delegation and you, as its main person, may not be the most favorable?

There will be many countries, we will all gather for the Song Festival in one place. We are all artists, we live in music, creativity, and in this sense we understand each other very well. We can say that we speak the same language - the language of music and song. I think everything will be great and good. I don't know, but I think that I will be well received.

Will there be some special number, difficult to stage, as has been customary for some time now at Eurovision? Or will you focus only on singing?

To be honest, I still don't know what will happen in this sense. So far, we've only dealt with the song. But it is clear that a love story will be shown on stage, to which, in fact, this song is dedicated.

What is your most important creative task? After all, competitions come and go, but, as I understand it, you are going to sing seriously and for a long time?

Yes, my biggest dream, as I said, was to sing at Eurovision. Now this dream is being realized, and, of course, this is not the limit. Of course, I want to sing on stage, live on stage - until my very last breath. And so that it never bothers, but it was only a joy.

- It's a wonderful dream! I wish her to come true, as well as a successful performance at Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv!

Millions of fans of the Eurovision Song Contest were waiting for this event - they wondered, argued, and finally, the main musical intrigue was resolved. Julia Samoilova will go to Kyiv to conquer the musical Olympus from our country. Russian viewers are already familiar with this incredible performer - Yulia won the hearts of people from different countries with her bright performance at the opening of the Paralympics in Sochi. And now she has conquered the jury of the Eurovision selection contest. The story of this extraordinary young woman is not just about talent, it is about overcoming oneself, about a long and difficult path to a dream, about love, which inspires and inspires faith that there is no impossible at all. The audience will applaud her. She will drown in the spotlight. All cameras are pointed at her. The atmosphere on the site - you can't imagine more mysterious. Only a few people know about who is now preparing to take the stage. The intrigue persisted to the end: who will represent Russia this year at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, and what song will millions hear? The main secret is hidden behind this door. It's time to open it ... "This is just what I have been going to all my life, since childhood, sitting at the TV with my parents," says the girl in the dressing room. Fragile and strong, charming and deep. A singer with a unique voice and incredibly talented. Julia Samoilova - it is she who will go to conquer the European musical Olympus. “I’m not that happy, I’m generally shocked! I still don't understand that this is true," she says. She is not often seen on screen. But she always gets a standing ovation. Not because he is in a wheelchair, but because every performance is like a sung fate. “You will now sing for a specific person, yes?” - the journalist asks Yulia. “You can say so - for Alexei, of course!” - says Julia. Alexey and Yulia have been together for many years. The story of their love is not even worthy of a song, but of a whole novel. “You have no idea how he cares for her, how he looks at her, what kind of relationship they have! And just the song - it's about it. The song is about the fact that a person is always looking for his love, that, in general, the meaning of life is in the search for love, ”says Yuri Aksyuta, director of the Channel One Music Broadcasting Directorate. Julia begins to sing even before the shooting of the official video for Eurovision. And the song “Fire is burning” seems to be pouring from her heart. She sings about her love and her destiny, about how long - through pain and resentment - she went to her dream. “Everywhere they said: yes, you are a very interesting, talented girl, but we are afraid that you are not for the big stage. They won’t accept you precisely because of the stroller ... ”says Yulia Samoilova. Up to a year, she was an ordinary child, but after a mistake by doctors - an incorrectly made vaccination - she could no longer walk. Julia did not get embittered and did not give up, but began to inspire others and even save them. “A man just came up to me. He fell on his knees in front of me and said: “You saved my life! Thank you!“ He says: “I tried to commit suicide, I wanted to hang myself ... But they showed you on TV,” says Yulia. After performing at the musical project of Alla Pugacheva, Yulia Samoilova was recognized and loved by all of Russia. With her talent and work, she conquered even those who at first did not believe in her. At the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Sochi for the whole world, she became a symbol of overcoming adversity and fortitude. She just sang and everyone cried with her. “I don't know why I cried. This is some kind of euphoria, I was overwhelmed with such emotions ... I experienced happiness, from which tears flowed to me, ”says the singer. Just two years ago, Poland was represented at Eurovision by a car accident survivor, and it never even occurred to anyone to judge her otherwise than for her talent. So Yulia Samoilova turned out to be simply the best. “We were looking for a singer with a certain history, we were looking for a singer, maybe not very popular ... Not some big star in our show business environment. We tried to find a person,” says Yuri Aksyuta. The song for Yulia was written by an international team of authors. Musician and producer Leonid Gutkin - he was also a co-writer of songs for Dina Garipova and Polina Gagarina. And two authors from Israel - Netta Nimrodi and Arie Burshtein. Yulia Samoilova will tell her story to all of Europe. “When there is light in the soul, then everything works out! There is no need to extinguish this fire in yourself!“ - Yulia is sure. There are still two months of rehearsals ahead. We need to find the exact image and come up with a bright number.

The choice of the participant of Eurovision-2017 from Russia came as a surprise to many viewers - the country will be represented by the singer in a wheelchair Yulia Samoilova. Viewers recall the recent scandal on Channel One, where the jury members called a dancer without a leg an “amputee”, and wonder if the Ukrainian authorities will let the artist who performed in Crimea into the country.

Singer Yulia Samoilova will represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Kyiv in May, Channel One announced on March 12. The 27-year-old wheelchair-bound girl has been making music since childhood and will sing Flame is Burning at the competition.

According to the TV channel, Yulia's performance "made the strongest impression" on the jury of the internal selection. In 2013, the girl appeared on federal television: she took second place in the Factor A television project, and in 2014 she sang at the opening of the Paralympics in Sochi.

Julia is an original singer, a charming girl and an experienced contestant. A career in music requires tremendous emotional and physical stress that few people can handle. I am delighted with Yulia's progress along the way. I think that on May 11, millions of viewers around the world will share this feeling with us.- Yuri Aksyuta, producer, head of the Russian delegation at the competition

The choice of a participant for the competition came as a surprise to many social media users. They recall the recent scandal on the Minute of Glory program, where Renata Litvinova called the dancer Yevgeny Smirnov an "amputee" and advised him to "fasten his other leg," and Vladimir Pozner said that the young man was using "forbidden tricks."

The scandal led to the fact that Channel One fired the employee who was responsible for preparing the release for the air, and Pozner and Litvinova had to apologize to Eugene, but he still refused to participate in the project. Many believe that this story and the selection of a participant for Eurovision are connected.

Users suggest that Yulia's participation in the contest is a political move: the singer performed in Crimea after the peninsula was annexed to Russia, on this basis, Ukrainian authorities previously banned many Russian artists from entering the country.

Yulia Samoilova will perform at Eurovision via Skype, from Crimea: she will not be allowed into Ukraine anyway pic.twitter.com/IdQ0OpYQHn

Opinions were divided about the singer herself: some bloggers write that they like the song and support Samoilova, others believe that Yulia's performance is an attempt to "put pressure on pity."

Yulia Samoilova, a singer with the first group of disabilities, will represent Russia at Eurovision.

We don’t know how to sing - we will take pity ... pic.twitter.com/7gK8POJ3uM

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The singer herself gave an interview