Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

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Eurovision Song Contest 2014
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 15 March 2014
Song: 19 March 2014
Selected entrant Tolmachevy Sisters
Selected song"Shine"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (6th, 63 points)
Final result7th, 89 points
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2013 •2014• 2015►

Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Russia-1 (RTR). The Tolmachevy Sisters, winners of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, represented Russia with the song "Shine", which qualified from the first semi-final and placed 7th in the final, scoring 89 points.

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Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 1 September 2013, RTR announced that a national final, titled Kto?, would take place on 31 December 2013 to select the Russian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. RTR opened a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries and a jury panel was to evaluate the received submissions and select 25 entries for the competition, however RTR announced in December 2013 that the national final would be postponed until March 2014 and the submission deadline would be extended until 28 February 2014. [1] [2] Plans for the national final were later abandoned by the broadcaster due to the poor quality of submitted songs. [3]

On 15 March 2014, RTR announced that they had internally selected the Tolmachevy Sisters to represent Russia in Copenhagen. [4] [ better source needed ] The Tolmachevy Sisters' selection as the Russian representative was decided upon by a jury panel. [5] Tolmachevy Sisters previously won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006. The Russian song, "Shine", was presented to the public on 19 March 2014. [6] "Shine" was composed by Philipp Kirkorov and Dimitris Kontopoulos, with lyrics by John Ballard, Ralph Charlie and Gerard James Borg; Kontopoulos, Ballard and Charlie had previously co-written the 2013 Azerbaijani entry "Hold Me. [7]

Competing entries

Internal selection – Known submitted entries [8] [ better source needed ]
ArtistSong
23:45 feat. Fidel Wicked"Dance With Me"
Alex Jaysen"Mysterious"
Alex MalinovskyUnknown
Alexander Elovskih"One Picture of My Life"
Alexander Project feat. Victoria-Viera"Give Me Your Hand"
Alexey Serov"I Am"
Boris DyakovUnknown
Buranovskiye Babushki "Breeze" [9]
D-BoschUnknown
DaKi"Criminal"
Daniel Pride"Black Heart"
DeneshUnknown
Dima Lutfullin"Neon"
Egor Lutsenko"Emotsiya lyubvi" (Эмоция любви)
Elya Chavez "Ty so mnoy, ya s toboy" (Ты со мной, я с тобой)
Ilya Gurov"Beautiful"
"Lose Control"
Ivan-da-Marya"Igray garmon" (Играй гармонь)
Katya Volkova"Otkroy svoye serdtse" (Открой свое сердце)
Marina Sudas"Dusha" (Душа)
Metodie BujorUnknown
Natanika"As I Desired"
Nelly Turchina"Zoe"
Oleg Sidorov and Point Charlie"Playing With a Life"
Olga Makovetskaya"Proydyot" (Пройдёт)
Olstan van Guard"How Do You Feel"
Payushchie Trusy "Moo-Moo"
Polina Smolova "Sometimes"
Sergey Savin "Fearless Loving"
Shinshilli"We Could Try"
Sofi"Paris"
Sofya and Alyona Kankur"Rour Is Ap"
Soprano 10Unknown
Svetlana Surganova Unknown
Syostry SyoUnknown
Tim Chikovani and Sergey Ashihmin"Ne zabyt'" (Не забыть)
Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine"
Vadim Simonov"Iyeroglif" (Иероглиф)
VahtangUnknown
Vasilina Kee and Funky Fraers"Tvoy den'" (Твой день)
Victoria Petryk Unknown
Vlad Tarkovsky"You Are My Revolution"
Zetandel feat. Victoria Ray"Never Say Never"
Zlat KhabibulinUnknown

At Eurovision

The Tolmachevy Sisters presenting their song
The Tolmachevy Sisters at the first semi-final dress rehearsal ESC2014 - Russia 15.jpg
The Tolmachevy Sisters at the first semi-final dress rehearsal
The Tolmachevy Sisters with their moving platform stage prop ESC2014 - Russia 10.jpg
The Tolmachevy Sisters with their moving platform stage prop

During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, Russia was drawn to compete in the first half of the first semi-final on 6 May 2014. [10] In the first semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Russia would perform 7th, following Albania and preceding Azerbaijan. [11] Russia qualified from the first semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. [12] During the winner's press conference for the first semi-final qualifiers, Russia was allocated to compete in the second half of the final. [13] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Russia would perform 15th, following France and preceding Italy. [14] Russia placed 7th in the final, scoring 89 points. [15]

At the contest, the Tolmachevy Sisters were joined on stage by four backing vocalists: Anna Nilsson, Jenny Tärneberg, Anna Strandberg and Rui Andrade. [16] [ better source needed ] The Russian performance featured the Tolmachevy Sisters performing with long translucent sticks and interacting with a platform that moved like a balance and eventually opened into a white sun-like canvas. [17]

Following the revelation of Russia's qualification into the final during the broadcast of the first semi-final, the announcement was met by an audible booing from the venue audience . The negative reaction was believed to be a response to Russia's involvement in the crisis in Ukraine and its stance on LGBT rights. [18]

In Russia, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on Russia-1 with commentary by Olga Shelest and Dmitriy Guberniev. [19] [20] The Russian spokesperson revealing the result of the Russian vote in the final was 2000 Russian contest entrant and Eurovision Song Contest 2009 final co-presenter Alsou. [21]

Voting

Points awarded to Russia

Points awarded by Russia

Detailed voting results

The following five members comprised the Russian jury: [24]

Detailed voting results from Russia (Semi-final 1) [25]
DrawCountryS. ZhilinM. MitrofanovaL. RudenkoD. JokerY. NachalovaJury RankTelevote RankCombined RankPoints
01Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 4142331112
02Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 14815108111112
03Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 27107551411
04Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 111111699656
05Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1513131211151013
06Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 131481115131515
07Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
08Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 3231223210
09Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 755564247
10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8102847974
11Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 549410612101
12Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 9151291212583
13Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 129141313141314
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1067151410792
15Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 61261478865
16Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 131311438
Detailed voting results from Russia (Final) [26]
DrawCountryS. ZhilinM. MitrofanovaL. RudenkoD. JokerY. NachalovaJury RankTelevote RankCombined RankPoints
01Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 957826447
02Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2132112112
03Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1711325210
04Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 13171616181311101
05Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 101812312101511
06Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1919241820222123
07Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 69101058138
08Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 2411191216152019
09Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1625231919241320
10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3265731274
11Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 710921911365
12Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2112202523231421
13Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 142411221317692
14Flag of France.svg  France 1821221324212324
15Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
16Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2322252025252525
17Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1514181422161717
18Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2220141114141616
19Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1723211517191822
20Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 201517242120712
21Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 445685856
22Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 5347442415
23Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 111621710122218
24Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8689671083
25Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 251315231118913
26Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1281341591914

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