Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

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.

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country Russia
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 15 March 2014
Song: 19 March 2014
Selected entrantTolmachevy 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►

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.[3]

On 15 March 2014, RTR announced that they had internally selected Tolmachevy Sisters to represent Russia in Copenhagen.[3] Tolmachevy Sisters' selection as the Russian representative was decided upon by a jury panel.[4] Tolmachevy Sisters previously won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006. The Russian song, "Shine", was presented to the public on 19 March 2014.[5] "Shine" was composed by Philipp Kirkorov and Dimitris Kontopoulos, with lyrics by John Ballard, Ralph Charlie and Gerard James Borg; Ballard and Charlie previously co-wrote the lyrics for the 2013 Azerbaijani entry.[6]

At Eurovision
The Tolmachevy Sisters at the first semi-final dress rehearsal
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.[7] In the first semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Russia would perform 7th, following Albania and preceding Azerbaijan.[8] Russia qualified from the first semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. During the winner's press conference for the first semi-final qualifiers, Russia was allocated to compete in the second half of the final.[9] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Russia would perform 15th, following France and preceding Italy.[10] Russia placed 7th in the final, scoring 89 points.

At the contest, the Tolmachevy Sisters were joined on stage by four backing vocalists: Anna Nilsson, Jenny Tärneberg, Anna Strandberg and Rui Andrade.[11] 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.[12]

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.[13]

In Russia, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on Russia-1 with commentary by Olga Shelest and Dmitriy Guberniev.[14][15] 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.[16]

Points awarded to Russia
Points awarded to Russia (semi-final 1)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Russia (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Russia

Split voting results

The following five members comprised the Russian jury:[17]

  • Sergey Zhilin – Chairperson – conductor
  • Margarita Mitrofanova – radio DJ, television host
  • Leonid Rudenko – DJ, musician, label producer
  • Dominik Joker – musician, singer, poet, composer
  • Yulia Nachalova – singer

Semi-final 1

The Russian votes in the first semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[18]

Semi-final 1 – Russian Results
Draw Country S. Zhilin M. Mitrofanova L. Rudenko D. Joker Y. Nachalova Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Armenia 4 1 4 2 3 3 1 1 12
02  Latvia 14 8 15 10 8 11 11 12
03  Estonia 2 7 10 7 5 5 14 11
04  Sweden 11 11 11 6 9 9 6 5 6
05  Iceland 15 13 13 12 11 15 10 13
06  Albania 13 14 8 11 15 13 15 15
07  Russia
08  Azerbaijan 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 10
09  Ukraine 7 5 5 5 6 4 2 4 7
10  Belgium 8 10 2 8 4 7 9 7 4
11  Moldova 5 4 9 4 10 6 12 10 1
12  San Marino 9 15 12 9 12 12 5 8 3
13  Portugal 12 9 14 13 13 14 13 14
14  Netherlands 10 6 7 15 14 10 7 9 2
15  Montenegro 6 12 6 14 7 8 8 6 5
16  Hungary 1 3 1 3 1 1 4 3 8

Final

The Russian votes in the final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[19]

Final – Russian Results
Draw Country S. Zhilin M. Mitrofanova L. Rudenko D. Joker Y. Nachalova Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Ukraine 9 5 7 8 2 6 4 4 7
02  Belarus 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 12
03  Azerbaijan 1 7 1 1 3 2 5 2 10
04  Iceland 13 17 16 16 18 13 11 10 1
05  Norway 10 18 12 3 12 10 15 11
06  Romania 19 19 24 18 20 22 21 23
07  Armenia 6 9 10 10 5 8 1 3 8
08  Montenegro 24 11 19 12 16 15 20 19
09  Poland 16 25 23 19 19 24 13 20
10  Greece 3 2 6 5 7 3 12 7 4
11  Austria 7 10 9 21 9 11 3 6 5
12  Germany 21 12 20 25 23 23 14 21
13  Sweden 14 24 11 22 13 17 6 9 2
14  France 18 21 22 13 24 21 23 24
15  Russia
16  Italy 23 22 25 20 25 25 25 25
17  Slovenia 15 14 18 14 22 16 17 17
18  Finland 22 20 14 11 14 14 16 16
19  Spain 17 23 21 15 17 19 18 22
20   Switzerland 20 15 17 24 21 20 7 12
21  Hungary 4 4 5 6 8 5 8 5 6
22  Malta 5 3 4 7 4 4 24 15
23  Denmark 11 16 2 17 10 12 22 18
24  Netherlands 8 6 8 9 6 7 10 8 3
25  San Marino 25 13 15 23 11 18 9 13
26  United Kingdom 12 8 13 4 15 9 19 14

See also

References
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