Tolmachevy Sisters

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The Tolmachevy Sisters
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The Tomalchevy Sisters in 2014
Background information
Birth nameAnastasiya Andreyevna Tolmacheva
Maria Andreyevna Tolmacheva
Also known asThe Tolmachevy Twins
Born (1997-01-14) 14 January 1997 (age 26)
Kursk, Russia
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singers, actresses
Years active2006–present

Anastasiya Andreyevna Tolmacheva [lower-alpha 1] and Maria Andreyevna Tolmacheva [lower-alpha 2] (born 14 January 1997, Kursk), known as the Tolmachevy Sisters (Russian : Сёстры Толмачёвы), are identical twin singers and actresses from Kursk, Russia. Aged nine, they won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with their song "Vesenniy jazz". [1] Eight years later, they represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, placing seventh with the song "Shine". [2] The sisters released an album titled Polovinki in 2007.

Contents

Career

2006: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006

At the age of nine, the sisters represented Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Bucharest, Romania after being selected in the national final held on 4 June 2006. They later won the Junior Eurovision with their song "Vesenniy jazz" which earned them 154 points, with Belarus finishing in second place with 129 points. [1]

2007–2010: Polovinki and Eurovision appearances

In 2007, the sisters released their first album Polovinki. They also performed the song "Katyusha" on the Red Square in Moscow on Victory Day.

In 2009, the sisters made an appearance at the opening act of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. [3] In 2010, the sisters were part of an interval act at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk, Belarus, where previous winners of the contest sang their winning songs in a medley. [4]

2014: Eurovision Song Contest 2014

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The Tolmachevy Sisters at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

The Tolmachevy Sisters were internally selected to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark with the song "Shine". [2] [5] They finished in seventh place with 89 points. [6]

The Tolmachevy Sisters were the subject of booing from the audience during the semi-final and final. [7] The booing was also heard when countries awarded points to Russia. [8] Fraser Nelson wrote: "I can’t remember the last time I heard a Eurovision audience boo anyone; during the Iraq war in 2003, no one booed Britain". [9]

2015–present: After Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, both sisters were members of the Russian jury. [10] [11] [12]

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Polovinki
  • Released: 2007
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Vesenniy jazz" (Весенний джаз)2006Polovinki
"Shine"2014Non-album singles
"Ukhodi" (Уходи)
"My heart" (Сердце моё)2015

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Анастасия Андреевна Толмачёва
  2. ↑ Russian: Мария Андреевна Толмачёва

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References

  1. 1 2 "Russia – JESC". Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2007.
  2. 1 2 Сёстры Толмачевы вернулись в Москву [The Tolmachyovy Sisters have returned to Moscow]. Vesti . Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2007.
  3. ↑ Маша и Настя Толмачёвы – Открытие Евровидения в Москве [Masha and Nastya Tolmachev – Opening of Eurovision in Moscow]. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2014– via YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Junior Eurovision 2010 – Medley of all previous JESC winners". Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2014– via YouTube.
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  10. ↑ "Определён состав российского жюри на "Евровидении" в Израиле". Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  11. ↑ По каким критериям в жюри «Евровидения» вошли модельер Игорь Гуляев, сёстры Толмачёвы и Симон Осиашвили
  12. ↑ От дизайнера Гуляева до сестёр Толмачёвых: Раскрыт состав российского жюри Евровидения 2019
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Vladislav Krutskikh
with "Doroga k solntsu"
 Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2006 		Succeeded by
Alexandra Golovchenko
with "Otlichnitsa"
Preceded by Winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2014 		Succeeded by
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