Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
National selection
Selection processEvrovidenie 2009 - Nacionalny Otbor
Selection date(s)7 March 2009
Selected entrant Anastasia Prikhodko
Selected song"Mamo"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result11th, 91 points
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2008 •2009• 2010►

Russia participated in and hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Believe" performed by Dima Bilan. The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia (C1R). [1] Anastasia Prikhodko represented Russia with the song "Mamo", which scored 91 points in the final and finished in 11th place. [2]

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Before Eurovision

Evrovidenie 2009 - Nacionalny Otbor

Evrovidenie 2009 - Nacionalny Otbor was the fifth edition of Evrovidenie, the music competition that selects Russia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show took place on 7 March 2009 at Studio 1 of Ostankino Technical Center [3] in Moscow and hosted by Andrey Malakhov and Yana Churikova with Dmitry Shepelev hosting segments from the green room. Sixteen artists and songs participated and the winner was selected through a jury and a public televote. The show was broadcast on Channel One as well as online via the broadcaster's website eurovision.1tv.ru. [4]

Competing entries

In November 2008, C1R announced a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. The initial format of the national final consisted of three stages: the first stage to select the song, the second stage to select three artists and the third stage to select the winning artist and song combination. The format was later amended by C1R where artists would compete with the songs they have submitted with. The broadcaster received over 1,000 submissions at the conclusion of the deadline. 50 entries were shortlisted from the received submissions and a jury panel selected the fifteen finalists for the national final. The competing acts were announced on 26 February 2009. [4]

Following the announcement of the competing acts, it was revealed that four of the selected artists: Kvatro, Polina Griffith, Tim Rocks and Venger Collective, have submitted songs in violation of the 2009 contest rules, of which they were either publicly performed or released commercially before 1 October 2008. Kvatro and Polina Griffith changed their respective songs while Tim Rocks and Venger Collective remained with ineligible songs. On 5 March 2009, C1R announced that Anastasia Prikhodko would also participate in the national final with the song "Mamo" as a protest against her elimination from the 2009 Ukrainian Eurovision national final due to rule violations. [4]

Final

The final took place on 7 March 2009. Sixteen entries competed and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a public televote exclusively selected the top three entries to proceed to the second round, the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner, "Mamo" performed by Anastasia Prikhodko, was determined through the votes of a jury panel. [5] [6] [7] The jury consisted of Alexander Barannikov (secretary of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 organising committee), Dzhohan Pollyeva (head of the Council for Humanitarian Cooperation of CIS countries), and television and music producers Yuriy Aksyuta, Kim Breitburg, Alexander Dulov, Igor Krutoy, Alexander Lunyov, Vladimir Matetsky, Ruben Oganesov, Larisa Sinelschikova and Maxim Fadeev. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Eurovision Song Contest 2008 winner Dima Bilan, 2000 Russian Eurovision entrant Alsou, 2007 Russian Eurovision entrants Serebro, 2009 Azerbaijani Eurovision entrants AySel and Arash, 2009 French Eurovision entrant Patricia Kaas, 2004 and 2009 Greek Eurovision entrant Sakis Rouvas, and 2009 British Eurovision entrant Jade Ewen performed as guests. [8]

Final – 7 March 2009
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1 Anna Semenovich "Love lovila"8%5
2 Tomas N'evergreen "One More Try"2%11
3Aleksa"Ne dumat o tebe"7%6
4 Plazma "Never Ending Story"3%8
5 Anastasia Prikhodko "Mamo"25%1
6 Valeriya "Back to Love"14%2
7Nano"Traitor"2%11
8Tim Rocks"The Happiest Man"1%15
9Princessa Avenue"Never, Never"2%11
10Nikolay Fokeev"You Can't Stop the Time"1%15
11Venger Collective"9 O'Clock Moscow"3%8
12Polina Griffith"Cry for You"5%7
13 Alexey Vorobyov "Angelom byt"10%4
14Unisex"Ai-ai-ai"2%11
15Arishata"Breakdown"3%8
16Kvatro"Lyubovyu otvechay"12%3
Superfinal – 7 March 2009
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1 Anastasia Prikhodko "Mamo"61
2 Valeriya "Back to Love"52
3Kvatro"Lyubovyu otvechay"03

Controversy

Prikhodko's win sparked allegations of vote-rigging. [9] The song was first submitted, in a fully Ukrainian language version, for the 2009 Ukrainian preselection, but failed to qualify, before being submitted and eventually winning the Russian contest where it was performed in Russian and Ukrainian. [10] Valeriya's producer Yusif Prigozhin did not agree with the bilingual nature of Prikhodko's song stating: "A song performed in Ukrainian can’t have anything to do with Russia". [9]

At Eurovision

Anastasia Prikhodko at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow. Anastasiya Prykhodko.jpg
Anastasia Prikhodko at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow.

As the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and host of the 2009 Contest, Russia automatically qualified for a place in the final, held on 16 May 2009. In addition to their participation in the final, Russia was assigned to vote in the second semi-final on 14 May 2009. [11]

During the draw for running order on 16 March 2009, Russia was drawn to perform 10th in the final. [12] In the final, Russia performed following Armenia and preceding Azerbaijan. [13] The Russian performance featured Prikhodko in a white dress joined by five backing vocalists dressed in costumes with ethnic elements. The various screens of the stage displayed Prikhodko's face being progressively aged while singing the lyrics of the song. [14] Russia placed 11th in the final, scoring 91 points. [15] [16] On 31 July 2009, the European Broadcasting Union released the split results for the final. [17]

In Russia, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on Channel One Russia, with commentary provided by Yana Churikova for all shows, Aleksey Manuylov for the semi-finals and Philipp Kirkorov for the final. The voting spokesperson for Russia was Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė.

Voting

Points awarded to Russia

Points awarded to Russia (Final) [18]
ScoreCountry
12 pointsFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
10 pointsFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 pointsFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
4 pointsFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
3 pointsFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
2 points
1 pointFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus

Points awarded by Russia

Detailed voting results

For the 2009 Contest, a national jury of five members was assembled by every country in order to provide 50% of the votes in the final of the competition in combination with the results of the televoting. Russia's votes in the second semi-final were determined solely from the result of the public televote. The following members comprised the Russian jury: [20]

Detailed voting results from Russia (Final) [17] [21]
DrawCountryResultsPoints
JuryTelevotingCombined
01Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
02Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
03Flag of France.svg  France 1251710
04Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 33
05Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
06Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
07Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 663
08Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8194
09Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1895
10Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
11Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 310137
12Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 22
13Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 441
14Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 22
15Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 77148
16Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
17Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
18Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
19Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
20Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 10122212
21Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 552
22Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
23Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 64106
24Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
25Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

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Evrovidenie. Nacionalny Otbor, Nacionalny Otbor na Evrovidenie or simply Evrovidenie is a Russian televised musical competition organized by Russian public broadcasters Channel One in odd years and Russia-1 (RTR) of VGTRK in even years. The competition is used to select Russia's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. Since 2005, it has been streamed live online through the respective websites of the broadcasters. Throughout its history, the competition has been held using different names, including Evrovidenie – Pesnya '95 (1995), Pesnya dlya Evropy (1996), Evrovidenie – Vybirayet Rossiya (2005), Kto? (2014), but has been known for most of its history as Evrovidenie. Nacionalny Otbor.

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