Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

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Eurovision Song Contest 2010
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
National selection
Selection processEvrovidenie 2010
Selection date(s)7 March 2010
Selected entrant Peter Nalitch and Friends
Selected song"Lost and Forgotten"
Selected songwriter(s)Peter Nalitch
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (7th, 74 points)
Final result11th, 90 points
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄200920102011►

Russia participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Oslo, Norway in May 2010, and was represented by broadcaster Rossiya Channel (RTR).

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Before Eurovision

Evrovidenie 2010

Evrovidenie 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

On 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]

Auditions - 1 March 2010 [4]
ArtistSong
Alaska"Piastry" (Пиастры)
Aleksandr Panayotov "Maya Showtime"
AlissandraUnknown
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)
JamUnknown
Jay Stever"I Love, I Love, I Love You"
Jet Kids"Hey Say"
Julia Voice [lower-alpha 1] 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 TerekhovUnknown
YoYO [lower-alpha 2] Unknown
Yulika"Delete"
Z.I.M.A."Indeets" (Индеец)
ArtistSongSongwriter(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

The 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]

Final – 7 March 2010
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1Princessa Avenue"Lovers"7.214
2Jay Stever"I Love, I Love, I Love You"3.921
3Ana"Dva golosa"10.17
4Miusha"Big Bang"3.422
5Para-Bellum"Ptitsa"8.610
6Pyotr Sukhov"Ya uletayu"1.625
7Oleg Bezinskikh"Crowning"16.12
8Natalia Terekhova"Everything"6.317
9Jet Kids"Hey Say"11.84
10Pavla"Infatuated"10.95
11Ekaterina Frolova"Tout va bien"4.420
12Ed Shulzhevskiy"Without You"8.211
13 Peter Nalitch Band "Lost and Forgotten"20.91
14 Buranovskiye Babushki "Dlinnaya-dlinnaya beresta i kak sdelat' iz neyo aishon"12.93
15 Aleksandr Panayotov "Maya Showtime"10.66
16Nano"Take It Away"5.119
17Natalya Damas and L'brand"Much Closer"9.29
18Alyona Roxis"My Tears"2.024
19 Antonello Carozza "Senza respiro"9.48
20Polina Kozhikova"For You"5.818
21Los Devchatos"Chocolate"7.513
22Yulika"Delete"6.616
23Elena Esenina"Mir bez tebya"7.912
24Alaska"Piastry"2.723
25Scenakardia"Styokla"6.915

At Eurovision

Peter Nalitch in 2008 Peter Nalitch.JPG
Peter Nalitch in 2008

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

Points awarded to Russia

Points awarded by Russia

Notes

  1. Julia withdrew her entry for unknown reasons
  2. The group was forced to withdraw their entry from the selection, because on the eve of the audition, its soloist seriously injured her leg during a dance rehearsal.

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