Russia participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Oslo, Norway in May 2010, and was represented by broadcaster Rossiya Channel (RTR).
| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Russia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Evrovidenie 2010 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 7 March 2010 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Peter Nalitch and Friends | |||
| Selected song | "Lost and Forgotten" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Peter Nalitch | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (7th, 74 points) | |||
| Final result | 11th, 90 points | |||
| Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
editEvrovidenie 2010
editEvrovidenie 2010 was the sixth edition of Evrovidenie, the music competition that selects Russia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show took place on 7 March 2010 at the Vladimir Nazarov's Theater in Moscow and hosted by Oxana Fedorova and Dmitry Guberniev.[1][2] Twenty-five artists and songs participated and the winner was selected through a jury and a public televote. The show was broadcast on Russia-1, RTR-Planeta as well as online via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[3]
Competing entries
editOn 9 December 2009, RTR announced a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 15 February 2010.[4] In addition to the public submissions, the broadcaster reserved the right to directly invite artists to compete in the national final as wildcards.[5] The broadcaster received over 1,000 submissions at the conclusion of the deadline, one of them being from Eurovision Song Contest 2008 winner Dima Bilan who submitted the song "White Nights", composed by 1995 Russian Eurovision entrant Philipp Kirkorov.[4][6] 35 entries were selected from the received submissions to proceed to auditions held on 1 March 2010 at the Vladimir Nazarov's Theater in Moscow where a jury panel selected the twenty-five finalists for the national final. The competing acts were announced on 2 March 2010 and did not include Bilan.[7][8] Bilan's producer Yana Rudkovskaya later stated that the absence was a mutual decision between Bilan, Kirkorov and Rudkovskaya herself.[9]
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| Alaska | "Piastry" (Пиастры) |
| Aleksandr Panayotov | "Maya Showtime" |
| Alissandra | Unknown |
| Alyona Roxis | "My Tears" |
| Ana | "Dva golosa" (Два голоса) |
| Antonello Carozza | "Senza respiro" |
| Blondrock | "War is Bad" |
| Buranovskiye Babushki | "Dlinnaya-dlinnaya beresta i kak sdelat' iz neyo aishon" (Длинная-длинная береста и как сделать из нее айшон) |
| Ed Shulzhevskiy | "Without You" |
| Ekaterina Frolova | "Tout va bien" |
| Elena Esenina | "Mir bez tebya" (Мир без тебя) |
| Jam | Unknown |
| Jay Stever | "I Love, I Love, I Love You" |
| Jet Kids | "Hey Say" |
| Julia Voice[a] | Unknown |
| Los Devchatos | "Chocolate" |
| Miusha | "Big Bang" |
| Nano | "Take It Away" |
| Natali Damas and L'brand | "Much Closer" |
| Natalia Terekhova | "Everything" |
| Oleg Bezinskih | "Crowning" |
| Para-Bellum | "Ptitsa" (Птица) |
| Pavla | "Infatuated" |
| Peter Nalitch Band | "Lost and Forgotten" |
| Petya Palkin Project | "I Don't Care" |
| Plazma | "Mystery (The Power Within)" |
| Polina Kozhikova | "For You" |
| Princessa Avenue | "Lovers" |
| Pyotr Suhov | "Ya uletayu" (Я улетаю) |
| Rene | "It's All About Love" |
| Scenakardia | "Styokla" (Стёкла) |
| Vyacheslav Terekhov | Unknown |
| YoYO[b] | Unknown |
| Yulika | "Delete" |
| Z.I.M.A. | "Indeets" (Индеец) |
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | "Piastry" (Пиастры) | Alaska |
| Aleksandr Panayotov | "Maya Showtime" | Aleksandr Panayotov, DJ Sandrique, Natalia Povolotskaya |
| Alyona Roxis | "My Tears" | Anton Shaplin, Vyacheslav Lungu |
| Ana | "Dva golosa" (Два голоса) | Vladimir Pochitalin |
| Antonello Carozza | "Senza respiro" | Antonello Carozza |
| Buranovskiye Babushki | "Dlinnaya-dlinnaya beresta i kak sdelat' iz neyo aishon" (Длинная-длинная береста и как сделать из нее айшон) |
Elizaveta Zarbatova |
| Ed Shulzhevskiy | "Without You" | Diana Polenova, Artur Sarkisyan |
| Ekaterina Frolova | "Tout va bien" | Alexander Semin |
| Elena Esenina | "Mir bez tebya" (Мир без тебя) | Elena Esenina |
| Jay Stever | "I Love, I Love, I Love You" | Jānis Stībelis |
| Jet Kids | "Hey Say" | Alina Ershovy, Maria Ershovy, Tonya Karpinskaya |
| Los Devchatos | "Chocolate" | Anastasia Chevazhevskaya, Viktoria Zhuk, Anastasia Spiridonova |
| Miusha | "Big Bang" | M-clis, Miusha |
| Nano | "Take It Away" | Jock-E, Nervo |
| Natalia Terekhova | "Everything" | Natalia Terekhova |
| Natalya Damas and L'brand | "Much Closer" | Dmitry Pereskokov, Francesca Orbek |
| Oleg Bezinskih | "Crowning" | Oleg Bezinskih, Taras Demchuk |
| Para-Bellum | "Ptitsa" (Птица) | Ilya Tarasov |
| Pavla | "Infatuated" | Diana Joselle, Rachael Leslie, Alf Tuohey |
| Peter Nalitch Band | "Lost and Forgotten" | Peter Nalitch |
| Polina Kozhikova | "For You" | Polina Kozhikova, Vladimir Nazarov |
| Princessa Avenue | "Lovers" | Valery Drobysh, Elena Phillipova |
| Pyotr Sukhov | "Ya uletayu" (Я улетаю) | Pyotr Sukhov, Aleksandr Zhidkov |
| Scenakardia | "Styokla" (Стёкла) | Alexey Martynov, Timofey Khazanov |
| Yulika | "Delete" | Svetlana Kulyomina, Yulia Starostina |
Final
editThe final took place on 7 March 2010. Twenty-five entries competed and the winner, "Lost and Forgotten" performed by Peter Nalitch Band, was determined through a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting.[10][11] The jury consisted of Andrey Demidov (general director of Muz-TV), Igor Krutoy (composer), Gennady Gokhshtein (executive entertainment producer of Russia-1), Maxim Fadeev (composer and producer) and Sergey Arhipov (deputy director of Radio Mayak). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Dima Bilan and Eurovision Song Contest 2009 winner Alexander Rybak performed as guests.[12]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princessa Avenue | "Lovers" | 7.2 | 14 |
| 2 | Jay Stever | "I Love, I Love, I Love You" | 3.9 | 21 |
| 3 | Ana | "Dva golosa" | 10.1 | 7 |
| 4 | Miusha | "Big Bang" | 3.4 | 22 |
| 5 | Para-Bellum | "Ptitsa" | 8.6 | 10 |
| 6 | Pyotr Sukhov | "Ya uletayu" | 1.6 | 25 |
| 7 | Oleg Bezinskikh | "Crowning" | 16.1 | 2 |
| 8 | Natalia Terekhova | "Everything" | 6.3 | 17 |
| 9 | Jet Kids | "Hey Say" | 11.8 | 4 |
| 10 | Pavla | "Infatuated" | 10.9 | 5 |
| 11 | Ekaterina Frolova | "Tout va bien" | 4.4 | 20 |
| 12 | Ed Shulzhevskiy | "Without You" | 8.2 | 11 |
| 13 | Peter Nalitch Band | "Lost and Forgotten" | 20.9 | 1 |
| 14 | Buranovskiye Babushki | "Dlinnaya-dlinnaya beresta i kak sdelat' iz neyo aishon" | 12.9 | 3 |
| 15 | Aleksandr Panayotov | "Maya Showtime" | 10.6 | 6 |
| 16 | Nano | "Take It Away" | 5.1 | 19 |
| 17 | Natalya Damas and L'brand | "Much Closer" | 9.2 | 9 |
| 18 | Alyona Roxis | "My Tears" | 2.0 | 24 |
| 19 | Antonello Carozza | "Senza respiro" | 9.4 | 8 |
| 20 | Polina Kozhikova | "For You" | 5.8 | 18 |
| 21 | Los Devchatos | "Chocolate" | 7.5 | 13 |
| 22 | Yulika | "Delete" | 6.6 | 16 |
| 23 | Elena Esenina | "Mir bez tebya" | 7.9 | 12 |
| 24 | Alaska | "Piastry" | 2.7 | 23 |
| 25 | Scenakardia | "Styokla" | 6.9 | 15 |
At Eurovision
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Russia competed in the first semi-final of the contest, on 25 May 2010. Though it looks that the success of Russia in the Semi-Final voting caused a matter of contention as there was prominent booing during the television broadcast of the first semi final and the show itself. This booing was noted by commentators at the time of broadcast as it was hard to ignore.
In the semi-final Russia came 7th with 74 points, and thus qualified for the final.[13] The public awarded Russia 4th place with 92 points and the jury awarded 14th place with 41 points.[14] In the final Russia came 11th with 90 points, with the public awarding Russia 11th place with 107 points and the jury awarding 15th place with 63 points.[14][15]
Voting
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Hondal, Victor (9 December 2009). "Russia hold national final on March 7th". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ^ Brey, Marco (9 December 2009). "Russian national final on 7th of March". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
- ^ Klier, Marcus (7 March 2010). "Tonight: National final in Russia". Esctoday. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Archive: Russia at Eurovision Song Contest 2010".
- ^ Murray, Gavin (26 February 2010). "Russia: RTR publish 35 shortlisted participants". ESCToday. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
- ^ Hondal, Victor (17 February 2010). "Listen to Dima Bilan's song demo version". ESCToday. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ Murray, Gavin (2 March 2010). "Russia: 25 national finalists announced". ESCToday. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ Omelyanchuk, Olena (3 March 2010). "Participants for the Russian national final revealed". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ Krasilnikova, Anna (1 March 2010). "Russia: Dima Bilan's absence". ESCToday. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ Omelyanchuk, Olena (7 March 2010). "Russia: Not lost and not forgotten". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ Montebello, Edward (7 March 2010). "Russia sends The Peter Nalitch Band to Eurovision". ESCToday. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ Murray, Gavin (9 February 2010). "Rybak's national final tour schedule". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ "First Semi-Final of Oslo 2010". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ a b Bakker, Sietse (28 June 2010). "EBU reveals split voting outcome, surprising results". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Grand Final of Oslo 2010". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the First Semi-Final of Oslo 2010". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Grand Final of Oslo 2010". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.