Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Flag of Russia Russia
National preselection
Preselection process National Final
Preselection date(s) 9 March 2008
Selected entrant Dima Bilan
Selected song Believe[1]
Finals performance
Semi-final result Qualified (3rd)
Final result 1st


In 2008, Russia held a National Final "Евровидение 2008" (Evrovidenie 2008) for the first time since 2005. The announcement was made during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 on December 8th, 2007, which is also shown on Russia TV Channel (RTR) in Russia.

The Russian National Final took place on March 9, 2008 with a total number of 27 songs competing. The winner was chosen by a combination of Televoting, SMS voting, Internet voting and the votes of a professional jury.

Russia TV (RTR) traditionally holds National Finals when it's in charge of selecting the Russian entry, as it was the case in 1994 and 1996. However, C1R, who has chosen the entries in 1995 and every year from 1997-2007, favours the 2005 internal selection method to only hold a National Final once - which actually led to Russia's worst position in the Televoting years. Requests to participate in the contest are adopted from 15 December 2007 to 1 February 2008.

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[edit] Preselection participants

Dima Bilan performing on National Final
Dima Bilan performing on National Final
Draw Artist Song English translation Language Jury Televoting Points Place
1 A-Sortie Colours of My Love English 17 16 33 11
2 Polina Smolova Na rasstoyanii dykhanya On the Distance of Breath Russian 12 12 24 16 =
3 Asılyar Qarlığaçlar The Sparrows Tatar 1 1 2 27
4 Zhenya Otradnaya Porque amor Why Love Spanish 25 25 50 3
5 Aero Siberia English 3 4 7 24 =
6 Anna Mushak & project William The Needle English 22 19 41 7
7 Nora Adam Gotta Let It Go English 2 2 4 26
8 Natalia Terekhova So Can You Tell Me English 6 6 12 22
9 Zhenya Rasskazova Otpuskayu tebya I'm Letting You Go Russian 19 21 40 8
10 Dima Bilan Believe English 27 27 54 1
11 Helena Gorskaya Always All Alone English 14 13 27 14
12 Alexander Panayotov Crescent and Cross English 26 26 52 2
13 Pierre Narciss & Jam Sheriff Who Am I Without Your Love English, French 8 8 16 20
14 Julia Mikhalchik Cold Fingers English 21 22 43 6
15 Granat Another Side of Midnight English 11 10 21 18
16 Sabrina Wreck English 10 9 19 19
17 BK! Don't Break My Heart English 5 5 10 23
18 Aza Batayeva It's No Dream English 7 7 14 21
19 Tamila Bloggy Sny Dreams Russian 18 20 38 9 =
20 Prime-Minister My - parallelniye miry We Are the Parallel Universes Russian 20 18 38 9 =
21 Anatoly Alyoshin One More Try English 13 11 24 16 =
22 Alexey Vorobyov New Russian Kalinka English, Russian 23 23 46 5
23 Roman Bezhin I'm Missing English 4 3 7 24 =
24 Sergey Lazarev Flyer English 24 24 48 4
25 Natalia Astafyeva Tri Luny Three Moons Russian 15 14 29 13
26 Max Lorens & Satsura Day nam dozhd' Give a Rain to Us Russian 9 17 26 15
27 Olga Varvus King of Seduction English 16 15 31 12

[edit] References

  1. ^ Eurovision.tv - Dima Bilan again conquers Russian hearts

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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Individual entries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Italics indicates semi-finalists who did not advance to the final. Winner shown in bold.
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