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Late in the evening of May 18, the name of the winner of Eurovision 2013 will be known. Among the 26 contenders for victory in the popular song contest - rare case— there is also a representative of Belarus. Alena Lanskaya with the composition Solayoh she successfully passed the semi-final stage and is full of desire to break the record Dmitry Koldun(6th place in 2007).

Let us remind you that the winner of the competition will be determined by a combination of audience ratings and a professional jury. The competent judges made their choice the day before after the general run-through. Viewers will vote within 15 minutes after the end of the last contestant's performance. This year, for the first time, viewers will be able to vote not only through phone call and SMS messages, but also using a special application for smartphones, which can be downloaded from the competition website.

Naviny.by represents all finalists of Eurovision 2013.

1. France. Amandine Bourgeois - L "enfer et moi

34 year old Amandine Bourgeois, resembling a teenage girl, was raised by her stepfather - professional musician. Already at the age of 16, she founded her own rock band, with which she performed quite successfully in nightclubs in France. After receiving education Amandine Bourgeois interrupted her musical career, which for her was more of a hobby than a professional occupation, and went to the UK, where she worked as a waitress in a chain of luxury hotels. At 22 years old Amandine returned to Toulouse and continued her music studies, performing with rock bands.

In 2008, she became the winner of the sixth season of the music competition Nouvelle Star (the French equivalent of PopIdol). Her first single, recorded in 2009, was enthusiastically received by the public, and debut album received gold status in France and Belgium.

2. Lithuania. Andrius Poyavis – Something

Life of a 29 year old Andrius Poyavis looks like a swing - fate throws him in one direction, then in the other. Having been involved in music since childhood (already in the first grade he began playing the guitar and singing in the choir, and wrote his first song at the age of 12), Andrius enrolls to study as a historian, and after receiving a diploma, decides to leave for Ireland. But a year later he returns and tries to teach. However, he soon takes off again - he flies as a tourist to Milan, not yet knowing that in this city his fate will take a dashing turn. He not only finds interest in his music there, but also meets his soulmate, with whom he is now raising two children.

The competition composition Something was also recorded in Italy. In an interview Andrius Poyavis said that he had been eyeing Eurovision for a long time and decided to try his hand at this competition only after he had a song in which he was confident.

In music Andrius omnivorous - listens to the most different directions, but in Lately He increasingly says that he prefers to listen to... silence.

3. Moldova. Alena Moon - O mie

From a native of Chisinau Alena Munteanu There is no musical education, but the girl has been singing for as long as she can remember. Schoolgirl Alyona She constantly sang and danced in children's groups, traveling with them to festivals in Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and she also visited Belarus. She became famous on the Moldovan pop scene after participating in the second season of the local “Star Factory”.

4. Finland. Christa Siegfrieds – Marry Me

Christa Siegfrieds born in 1986. The girl began her musical career in 2009, performing in popular musicals. Success came to her in 2012, when she took part in the television competition The Voice Of Finland. In January 2013, she signed a contract with Universal Music Group, whose producers promise to make the singer a world-class star. Her debut album will be released in 2013.

Despite the fact that the plot of the competition song is quite innocent - the girl asks for her young man marry her, in an interview newspaper The Independent Christa Siegfrieds stated that her song is a call to the Finnish authorities to approve the law on same-sex marriage, and in this regard, an element with a kiss between the singer and a girl from the backup dancer was introduced into the choreography of the performance.

5. Spain. ESDM - Contigo hasta el final

The name of this Spanish band, which plays mainly Celtic rock, ethno-rock and indie, stands for El sueño de Morfeo ("The Dream of Morpheus"). The band members have been performing together since 2002. The group is widely known in Spain thanks to numerous performances and soundtracks for popular television series.

According to the team's vocalist Raquel del Rosario, the team does not take part in Eurovision to win. According to Raquel, there will be more worthy competitors at the main musical event of the year, and the task of the Spanish team is to introduce the public to the music of their country.

The composition Contigo Hasta El Fina (“Together to the end”) was written by the band members specifically for the competition. This is a song about two souls who met each other when both no longer had faith in love. But the meeting turned the couple’s whole life upside down, and they decided to be together until their last breath, carrying a wonderful feeling through all the hardships.

6. Belgium. Roberto Bellarosa – Love Kills

Parents Roberto They saw him as a future football player, but the boy was not very good at scoring goals. But music came easily to him, so his parents did not torture their son, but sent him to a music academy. And they did the right thing.

Last year a 17 year old Roberto became the winner of the Belgian version of the show “The Voice”, released a French-language album and was chosen by the RTBF television company to represent Belgium at Eurovision 2013.

And here is the composition for Roberto TV viewers and a professional jury chose from three proposed ones. By the way, I liked the composition Love Kills myself Roberto, and he was very afraid that they would choose another song.

Especially for Eurovision, image makers worked on the image Roberto, changing it almost beyond recognition. But the singer says that he feels comfortable in the new image.

7. Estonia. Birgit Õigemeel – Et uus saaks alguse

24 year old Birgit Õigemeel made it to Eurovision on the fourth attempt. And this speaks better than other facts about the singer’s character - she does not stop there and does not rest on her laurels, although over time creative career Birgit has collected many prizes in both Estonian and international competitions and shows. Including Birgit became the winner of the first season of the popular TV show “Estonia is looking for a superstar.”

And it all started with a song and dance studio, where Birgit and her two sisters were given away by her mother, who herself taught singing. Then there were several music schools, participation in children's ensembles and groups, nine years of studying the violin, theater class in college. And now Birgit studies music therapy at Tallinn University.

8. Belarus. Alena Lanskaya – Solayoh

9. Malta. Gianluca Bezzina – Tomorrow

Maltese singer Gianluca Bezzina born in 1989. Since childhood, he played the accordion and sang in the choir, but tried himself as a soloist relatively recently. Gianluca is the frontman local group, playing funk and indie. At the same time as solo artist he is inspired by contemporary blues, nu-folk, and Christian music.

However, music for him is more of a hobby than a profession: the 23-year-old performer devoted himself entirely to medicine, receiving the qualification of a surgeon in 2012. Currently, the singing doctor works in one of the Maltese nursing homes.

When applying to participate in Eurovision, the singer did not even hope that his song would win the selection. The composition Tomorrow, which he will perform in Malmö, is the story of a man fighting for an elusive dream.

10. Russia. Dina Garipova – What If

The gateway to Eurovision for Dina became the First Channel TV show “The Voice”, in which she won a landslide victory - almost 55% of TV viewers voted for her. The next day, by the way, the President of Tatarstan appropriated Garipova title of Honored Artist of the Republic.

Confident victory in the TV competition and great amount voted for Dinu the question of who to send to Malmö was actually removed. “We chose Dina through internal selection, but in essence it is the choice of the people themselves”, explained the head of the music department of Channel One Yuri Aksyuta.

“This song is a real call! It makes you think about how much depends on us. Gentle and at the same time strong music emphasizes every word. I hope it touches the hearts of those who hear it.", noted Dina Garipova.

11. Germany. Band Cascada - Glorious

The Eurodance group Cascada was formed in Bonn in 2004. Cascada consists of vocalist Natalie Horler and producers Manuel Reiter(DJ Manian) and Ian Peiffer(Yanou). The team is known for their hits Everytime We Touch (which won World Music Award in 2007), What Hurts the Most and Evacuate The Dancefloor. Cascada's three albums have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

12. Armenia. Dorians - Lonely Planet

The popular Armenian rock band Dorians will perform the song Lonely Planet, written by Tony Iommi- guitarist and songwriter Black Sabbath, and Armenian poet Vardan Zadoyan.

Frontman of the group Gor Sujyan decided to become a musician when he first listened to the song Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin. In a very short period of time, a young man who had no musical education recorded several hits. The group Led Zeppelin generally had big influence on the formation of the Dorians. In 2008, when the guys got together, they created a group called “Gore and Friends”, which played Led Zeppelin. After the musicians decided to play the songs own composition, the group was renamed Dorians.

13. Netherlands. Anouk - Birds

Name Anouk Teuwe Holland found out in September 1997, when the pop-rock composition Nobody’s Wife quickly burst into the local charts. Before Anouk I sang more and more at weddings and parties. But the album Together Alone, released in 1997, was a resounding success not only in its homeland and neighboring Belgium, but was also in demand in Italy and Sweden.

After the second solo album Anouk went to the USA, but the singer’s career did not work out there, and Anouk returned home, where they were still ready to listen to her. This is confirmed by the number of solo albums - Anouk there are already eight of them. And another one is coming - its release is scheduled for May 17, the day before the Eurovision final.

Anouk She was officially married twice and has four children - three sons and a daughter.

14. Romania. Cesar — ​​It's My Life

Representative of Romania Cesar Ouatu- an opera star with extensive experience performing in European theaters.

He was born in 1980. While still a child, he began playing the piano, and subsequently received a musical education in this instrument, as well as in conducting a choir. In 1998 Cesar began studying vocals, and was immediately noted as the owner of a bright soprano. Already in 2004, he graduated with honors from the Milan Conservatory. According to the magazine Das Opernglas, Cesar Ouatu is the brightest countertenor of his generation.

In 2012 Cesar Ouatu stepped on the well-trodden path of his colleagues to such a popular and in-demand genre as pop opera. Soon after Eurovision Cesare there will be a joint concert in Bucharest with himself Andrea Bocelli.

15. Great Britain. Bonnie Tyler - Believe In Me

61 year old Bonnie Tyler(real name Gaynor Hopkins) is a British rock singer whose most commercially successful recording is Total Eclipse of the Heart(1983) - topped the US national chart - Billboard Hot 100 - for four weeks.

Play music professionally Bonnie Tyler started at 19 years old. A year later the single rising star entered the top ten charts, and released in 1977 solo album singer sold out in record numbers. It seemed to many that after surgery vocal cords made Tyler in 1997, her career would end, but the surgical intervention only gave the singer a sexy hoarseness, making her even more popular.

At Eurovision 2013 Bonnie Tyler will perform the song Believe In Me - this hymn to self-confidence will also be included in new album singers.

16. Sweden. Robin Schernberg - You

Robin Scherenberg in 2006 he became the winner of a talent competition in Sweden, and he was only 15 then. After winning the show Robin sang in one of the Swedish boy bands, whose first and only album in the national chart could only rise to 40th place.

Real popularity came to Robin Schernberg after participating in the Idol 2011 show, where the young talent took second place. Right here Robin opened up as a solo singer. Success was not long in coming: in 2012 a single and a solo album were released Robina, including both the singer’s own compositions and cover versions of songs by famous artists.

Conquer Eurovision Robin will be the song You, written by him together with popular Swedish authors. One of them - Joakim Haukaas— in 2003 he took part in Junior Eurovision. The competition composition is a lyrical memory of the past and at the same time a rather unusual declaration of love.

17. Hungary. ByeAlex — Kedvesem

Shocking singer ByeAlex, whose real name is Alex Martha, is well known in his homeland. The young man tried himself in different genres - from pop to electronic music.

Unlike most Eurovision participants, Alex did not receive any musical education and was not too keen to take part in the competition. According to the singer, music for him is a means of self-expression. His taste was shaped by his parents' record collection, which included both classical and rock.

The composition that ByeAlex will present at the competition, called Kedvesem - “My Darling”. Alex sings about the ideal woman that he strives to find.

18. Denmark. Emmelie de Forest – Only Teardrops

If you believe bookmakers who rarely make mistakes, then Emmelie has very, very good chances in next year bring Eurovision to Denmark for the third time in history. The 20-year-old singer herself passionately desires this, since she is a long-time fan of Eurovision, and singing for her country at the competition is her cherished dream.

U Emmelie There are already three albums (together with the Scotsman Fraser Neill, two of them are covers), experience of participating in various festivals, but in Denmark the singer was little known until recently. But after the national selection for Eurovision, the country literally fell in love with the barefoot girl.

“I always sing without shoes, it makes me feel calmer, closer to the ground. I did this at all my past concerts. At the selection, I just sang barefoot, because socks don’t go well with the dress.”, - laughs it off Emmelie.

Songwriter: Only Teardrops Lise Kabble- permanent participant of Eurovision. She has 12 songs for national selections, and now three of them have made it to the big European stage. In 1995 Oud Wilken with the composition Fra Mols til Skagen took 5th place, and in 2011 the group A Friend In London with the composition New Tommorow also finished 5th.

19. Iceland. Eitour Ingi Gunnleigsson – Eg a Lif

Eitour Ingi Gunnlaigsson born May 29, 1989 in Dalvik, a small fishing town of 1,400 inhabitants in northern Iceland. Already at an early age Eitour performed in the musical Oliver Twist. But the young Scandinavian gained real popularity after playing the main role in the school play Jesus Christ Superstar. At the age of 13, he won the First Iceland College Song Contest. Subsequently, he became interested in rock and performed with several bands. Now Eitour working on his own album.

The singer chose a ballad on native language, to highlight their roots and introduce European listeners to the musical traditions of their country. The title of the song translates to “I have a life.”

20. Azerbaijan. Farid Mamedov – Hold Me

For creativity Farid Mamedov had a great influence national music. He grew up listening to mugham, a unique and complex symbiosis of Azerbaijani folklore and vocal art. At the age of 8 Farid became interested in soul and jazz music. Huge impact on Farida how the performer was rendered legendary Stevie Wonder.

Besides music Farid Mamedov He is also interested in sports. He is seriously involved in the popular Greco-Roman wrestling in the country, as well as the Brazilian martial art of capoeira. He even taught this sports discipline.

Farid I always dreamed of representing Azerbaijan at Eurovision, but despite this, I did not participate in the national selections until 2013.

The competition song Hold Me was written Dimitris Kontopoulos- author of Eurovision songs Ani Lorak, Sakisa Rouvasa, Anastasia Stotskaya, as well as more than 25 hits on the national charts in Greece.

21. Greece. Koza Mostra and Agathonas Iakovidis – Alcohol Is Free

Agathonas Iakovidis released his first solo album in 1977. IN early childhood having emigrated with his family from Turkey, this performer independently mastered almost all known musical instruments. In Greece Iakovidis known as an urban performer ethnic music- rebetiko.

The group Koza Mostra became a real discovery in Greece last year. During the year of its existence as part of the tour, the group managed to visit three dozen cities, in each of which the band was greeted with delight.

The composition Alkohol Is Free (“Alcohol is free”), performed by Greek musicians, is by no means propaganda for an unhealthy lifestyle. According to the band members, Alkohol Is Free fully reflects everything that has been happening recently in Greece and the Balkans.

22. Ukraine. Zlata Ognevich – Gravity

Zlata Ognevich is the stage name of the 27-year-old Inna Bordyug. Inna was born in Murmansk, where her father was serving at that moment, then there were Leningrad, Minsk and, finally, Sudak. This is a Black Sea city Inna can consider it her home - she graduated from both general education and music school there, after which she left to conquer Kyiv. While still studying at the Kiev Institute of Music, Inna became a soloist State Ensemble songs and dances of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

At Eurovision Zlata Ognevich I made it on the third attempt, and the previous two turned out to be scandalous. In 2010, the First National TV channel decided that Ukraine would be represented by Vasily Lazarovich, but the music community was indignant, believing that this performer was being sent to the competition through connections. The state intervened in the scandal, and won the re-election Alyosha. Zlata Ognevich took fifth place. The 2011 selection process also did not go smoothly. The public doubted the fair victory Mickey Newton, and the First National TV channel proposed to hold a re-vote, but several artists, including Zlata Ognevich, refused.

The music for the competition composition Gravity was written and produced Mikhail Nekrasov(arranger of the 2004 Eurovision winning song Wild Dances), and the lyrics belong to another Eurovision veteran Karen Kavaleryan, for which this competition will be the eighth. Let us remind you that Kavalerianu belongs to the lyrics of the song Work Your Magic, with which Dima Koldun took a record 6th place for Belarus at Eurovision 2007.

23. Italy. Marco Mengoni - L'essenziale

Marco Mengoni- absolute winner Italian version X Factor talent show in 2009. In 2010 he won Best European Artist at MTV Europe Music Awards, and in 2013 - the winner of the Italian music festival “San Remo 2013”.

The young man first demonstrated his extraordinary vocal abilities at the age of 14 at karaoke. After graduating from music school Marco created own group, performing in nightclubs and performing popular hits.

Marco Mengoni has a special timbre of voice, which, with the light hand of one music critic, began to be called “an attractive meow.” Marco himself in one of the interviews he defined his style as british/black. In addition, the singer has repeatedly stated that his favorite music is British pop, and the Beatles had the greatest influence on him. David Bowie, Michael Jackson and Renato Zero.

24. Norway. Margaret Berger - I Feed You My Love

Native Norwegian Margaret Berger performs songs in popular modern style electropop Her first album, which combined elements of rock, r&b and electronic music, was released in 2004, when the performer was only 19 years old. And it immediately reached number four in the Norwegian charts. The second album, Pretty Scary Silver Fairy, released in October 2006, only reached number eight in the charts, but was positively received by critics. Now Margaret recording his third album.

In Malmö, 27-year-old Margaret will present the industrial song I Feed You My Love, which he calls “very dark and very poetic.” Composition written Karin Park, Swedish-Norwegian singer and songwriter. The producer was the famous Norwegian-Swedish duo MachoPsycho - Robin Lynch, Niklas Olovson. These guys have produced stars like Jessica Simpson, Cher, Justin Timberlake, Pink.

Margaret Berger considers it his task to return his native Norway to the top 10 of Eurovision. And, judging by the quotes in bookmakers, she has a good chance of exceeding the target.

25. Georgia. Sopho Gelovani and Nodiko Tatishvili – Waterfall

Both performers have academic musical education and solid experience of participating in international competitions. So, Sophie Gelovani in 1999 she became the winner of the famous Russian “Morning Star”. Today she teaches at music school. Her partner Nodi Tatishvili released his debut solo album in 2011. Over the years, he played leading roles in a number of popular musicals.

Georgia's representatives at Eurovision were selected during an internal selection without the participation of television viewers.

The song Waterfall for the Georgian duet was composed by a Swedish producer Thomas Gustafsson, better known as Thomas G:son, who is the author of last year's Eurovision winning song Euphoria. main topic compositions - love falling like a waterfall.

26. Ireland. Ryan Dolan - Only Love Survives

The choice of Ireland's representative at Eurovision in 2013 was entrusted to a famous producer Stuart O'Connor, and he decided that 100% Irish musicians should go to Malmo, and their leader would be Ryan Dolan.

This 25-year-old guy often opened for local stars like Jedward, but it’s too early to classify him as a celebrity, although one of his tracks was played on English stations for some time. Most of musical career Ryan- these are songs recorded on video at home and posted on Youtube, inspired by creativity Michael Jackson and Queen.

But this was enough to get the attention of a famous producer and become the hope of the whole country at Eurovision. But Irish envoys have won the European competition more than anyone else - seven times.

There are only a few days left until the most prestigious music competition, which attracts the attention of the whole world. A competition that has gained incredible popularity among viewers of all nationalities and ages. Eurovision is a European song contest with a long history. It grew out of the Italian Sanremo festival. The Eurovision Song Contest was first held in May 1956 in Switzerland. At that time, only seven countries participated in it. Since then, Eurovision has been one of the most popular and large-scale events in the field of mass culture.

The competition has its own rules and traditions: From each of the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union, one soloist or music group. The concert number must be no more than three minutes long, otherwise she may be disqualified. And there should be no more than six people on stage during performance. Performers must be over 16 years of age. Choice musical composition and in what language it will be performed remains up to the artists. Only new songs can be performed in Eurovision, this is another Eurovision rule. This was invented so that no one would have an advantage due to the popularity of the song. The song, of course, should be performed live. There cannot be amplifiers on stage, the drummer must use the provided drum kit. A soundtrack to music is allowed, provided that it is instrumental.

In Eurovision the audience votes. Within 15 minutes after the performance of the last competition song. However, viewers cannot send SMS messages for the artist representing their country. Viewer votes are counted by country. The top 10 songs in each country receive points. 11 points does not exist. 12 points are given for first place, 10 for second place and from third to tenth - from 8 to 1 point in descending order. The winner is the country whose song scores the most points. This country gets the right to hold the next competition next year.

The Eurovision Song Contest was not shown in the Soviet Union. 200 million people were unable to watch Europe's favorite TV competition. And, as usually happens, the forbidden fruit was sweet.

Our country took part in this competition for the first time in 1994. Russia was represented by 21-year-old Maria Katz, under the pseudonym Judith, then she took 9th place. Maria says that this was once her dream. And the dream came true. But then Mary did not yet know how many troubles and troubles would follow from this.

The Eurovision Song Contest, according to the singer, is a kind of music community talented people. Especially for the Euroshow, Maria was designed with a transforming dress, which was sewn by Pavel Kaplevich from ordinary leggings. These were times of shortage; there was tension in everything in the union. The competition was then held in Ireland, and just before the trip Maria became very ill with bronchitis. The plane on which she flew young singer, could not land for a long time. But this was the beginning of troubles! The Russian's performance was in jeopardy several times. Before the competition there are only 3 rehearsals of 40 minutes each with the Eurovision orchestra. But the musicians did not consider it necessary to read the scores in advance. And in fact, two rehearsals were disrupted. Before the performance itself, one of the participants approached Maria and said: “Masha, you are so beautiful, I’m so afraid of you, you are really a serious competitor.” She kissed our singer, after which Maria started bleeding from her nose. In the men's restroom they washed the dress, dried it with a hairdryer, then turned it over backwards. So Masha went on stage. And when she brought home 9th place, many attacked her with reproaches.

In 1995, Philip Kirkorov competed from Russia at Eurovision and took only 17th place. This was and remains the worst result for our country. Then Kirkorov had a misunderstanding with his suit. Without telling anyone, he replaced him and the operators were not prepared for the singer to appear on stage all in white. As is known, White color requires special lighting. And despite his beauty, Kirkorov’s beautiful gestures came to naught.

Russia skipped 1996, and in 1997 the prima donna herself went to the Eurovision Song Contest. But neither her song, nor her voice, nor her popularity made an impression on the Europeans. And in total - 15th place.

1998 was again a bad year for Russia at this competition! Tatyana Ovsienko, who was supposed to represent our country, was disqualified before the start of the competition. The thing is that the first channel was poorly familiar with the rules of the competition. Maybe it's for the better. I personally don’t associate Tatyana Ovsienko in any way with a singer, especially one who could adequately perform at a competition of such a high level.

In 1999, Russia again did not participate in the competition, but in 2000 it took second place! And this is thanks to the youngest singer at that time, Alsou.

The Mumiy Troll group took only 12th place in 2001.

In 2002, the group "Prime Minister" closed the top ten.

In 2003, the then scandalous group TATU was sent to the European Song Contest. The girls then took 3rd place.

Young Yulia Savicheva, who represented Russia in 2004, brought 11th place.

In 2005, Russia was represented by Natalya Podolskaya and also took a low place - she was 15th.

In 2006, Dima Bilan went to the competition and took second place. In 2007, the female trio “Silver” took third place. And in 2008, Dima Bilan again took part in the competition and this time brought victory to Russia. For the first time at the most prestigious European music competition, a representative of our country took first place!

2009 Anastasia Prikhodko took 11th place.

2010 – No one famous Peter Nalich and his musical group took 11th place at Eurovision.

2011 - Alexey Vorobyov showed one of the lowest results - 16th place, only Kirkorov performed worse in his time.

In 2012, Russia was more original than ever and sent the “Buranovskie Babushki” team to the Euroshow, who justified the bookmakers’ forecasts and came second!

This year the Eurovision will be the 58th competition and will be held in Sweden, in the city of Malmo. The winner of the television project “The Voice”, Dina Garipova, has already gone there. Dina Garipova is a 22-year-old journalism student. It is this girl from Tatarstan, who captivated many with her crazy vocal abilities, who will defend the honor of our country at the famous song competition. This girl has already conquered the Russians, having scored the most a large number of points out of 48 talented participants project "Voice".

This year they did not hold qualifying round. Channel One itself determined the candidate. By the way, this practice of many European countries. When the winner of some musical television competition is sent to Eurovision.

Many consider this competition not so much musical as sociological, reminiscent of roulette. The task of the contestants is to be able to concentrate and present themselves and the song in such a way as to be remembered and liked by the audience.

Dina Garipova says: “ I don’t always have time to go online to listen to the songs of other participants in the competition. But from what I have heard and seen, it is clear that this Eurovision will be very strong. So many bright participants, good voices."

Dina Garipova will perform the song “What If...”, written specifically for the competition. It was announced in December open competition for a song with which Russia could adequately perform in Sweden. In two months, the management of Channel One received about 200 applications, and not only from Russia. As a result, the choice fell on the song “What If...”, created by Swedish musicians and Russian musician Leonid Gutkin. Music critics They are already discussing that this song does not correspond to the dance format that is so popular at Eurovision.

Dina will have to fight for the right to qualify for the final on the first day of Eurovision, May 14. The order of performance of the participating countries has not yet been determined. We can only hope that the young singer has enough strength and talent to perform well at Eurovision.

I have always wondered, is the Eurovision Song Contest an honest competition or just an ordinary rigging? And what is the formula for success in it? What is more important – vocal abilities or show?! How to approach this competition is up to each individual. I personally wish Dina good luck from the bottom of my heart, because I think that for the first time in many years Russia sent a participant who can actually sing!

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Danish singer Emmilie de Forest believes that you need to believe in your dream and try to achieve it, despite fear.

Danish singer Emmilie de Forest performed the song Only Teardrops during the Eurovision 2013 final, which took place in Malmö, Sweden on Sunday night. Based on the results of the audience vote and the decision of the professional jury members, she scored 281 points.

“I started seriously playing music and performing when I was 14. At that time, I was constantly applying for participation in festivals and competitions and received the answer “no” so many times. So the main thing is to keep believing, keep trying and not be afraid of anything.” “, she said at a press conference after winning the competition.

The singer noted that until the last moment she was not sure of her victory, despite the fact that the bookmakers unanimously predicted her first place.

“Of course, I really believed in my song. But you never know what will happen at Eurovision. During the voting, I was literally dying in the green room. And when they finally announced that I was the winner, it really was a shock,” - de Forest said. “Today I am the happiest girl on Earth,” she added.

According to de Forest, the singer considered the representatives of Norway, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Sweden to be the most serious competitors in the final. Denmark's victory was announced before all countries had announced the results of the vote, but, according to Emmie de Forest, when members of her team jumped up from their seats and began waving flags, she did not understand what had happened.

Denmark received the highest score—12 points—from 8 out of 39 countries. These include the UK, Serbia, Italy, Iceland, France, Ireland, Slovenia and Macedonia. Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Montenegro, and Croatia gave Emmilie de Forest 10 points each. Eight points were given by Israel, Spain and Estonia.

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Singer Farid Mamedov from Azerbaijan took second place with 234 points, Ukrainian singer Zlata Ognevich became third with 214 points, fourth place went to Norwegian Margaret Berger with 191 points, and fifth place with 174 points went to her competitor Dina Garipova with the song What If.

In the top ten after Russia, in order, were representatives of Greece, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands and Hungary. Moldova opened the second top ten, followed by Belgium, Romania, Sweden, Georgia, Belarus, Iceland, Armenia, Great Britain, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, France, Finland, and Spain. The last one was the representative of Ireland.

The top 5 of the current competition included exactly those countries that the bookmakers predicted, although in a slightly different order - they guessed the winner, and then distributed the places as follows - Norway, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Russia. Now the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Denmark.

Emmilie de Forest was born on February 28, 1993 in Randers, Denmark. The singer began studying music at the age of nine, and at 14 she began collaborating with Scottish performer Fraser Neil, with whom she participated in many festivals and competitions. Emmilie de Forest currently lives in Copenhagen.

In 2013, the singer participated in the final of the Danish national selection Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013, where she was chosen to represent the country at Eurovision 2013. Emmilie de Forest wrote the triumphant song “Only Teardrops” herself.

02.27. We say goodbye to Malmö. And the happy Danish Emmie de Forest - who loves to perform barefoot and tells herself that she is the granddaughter of Queen Victoria - performs her sweet song.

Next year, Eurovision will be hosted by her country - Denmark, which is located very close to the hospitable Malmö.

We say goodbye to Sweden, which gave the world Abba and this wonderful holiday, but we do not say goodbye to the song that will always live - regardless of politics and economic situation, regardless of anything.

Dina, you're great. And we congratulate you - young, talented, bright - on your victory, on your well-deserved place in the top five.

Immediately after the broadcast from Malmo, Channel One held a press conference (it cannot be called otherwise), moderated by Andrei Malakhov. The studio's opinion was almost unanimous: Dina is great!

According to Yana Rudkovskaya, the Eurovision result was predictable. According to Yana, Eurovision is also a show, and here, perhaps, our participant’s performance was slightly lacking in entertainment.

Famous 80s singer Pupo agreed that Denmark presented a song that was simply the most suitable for a Euro festival of this level. Well, those gathered also thanked the Baltic countries, which greatly supported us, our participant, with their vote, unlike many other countries and Slavic brothers, including whose help and support we for some reason counted on.

Opinions were also expressed that the refereeing at the Euro was not entirely objective, and that a somewhat wary attitude towards Russia also played against us. Perhaps this fact could not have happened without it. But let's stop now and just sum it up: Denmark came first with a pretty decent song. And we came fifth. Not from ten, not from 15 participants. And out of 39!!! And fifth place is a victory. Maybe not what we would like, but very worthy.

And let's put an end to this.

Thank you, Dear friends that you have been with us all this time. We hope our broadcast helped you take at least an indirect part in watching the competition - so difficult, predictable and unpredictable. We congratulate you on Dina’s worthy performance and wish you good luck and success - something that perhaps we were a little lacking today.

Good night and see you again!

02.22. Switzerland highlights Hungary, Italy; and Lithuania... However, it doesn’t matter anymore. Russia is fifth. And while we breathe a sigh of relief and state that our Dina has become the fifth voice in Europe, which is certainly an honor, Emmilie de Forest plops her bare feet towards the stage - to perform her song as the winner. Congratulations, Emmy, congratulations! Congratulations to you too, Dinochka. After all, such bright competitors were left somewhere far behind, and you became fifth!

02.19. Georgia appreciated the performance of Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan. It’s a pity that it’s not us... Macedonia gives Russia 6 points. Azerbaijan is in second place. Apparently, he is bypassing Ukraine...

Meanwhile, the presenter's dress also turns into a giant projector...

02.16. The conflict around second or third place in the case of the Eurovision Song Contest is not so important. After all, even though “silver” is valued here, there is still only one winner at Eurovision. And, apparently, next year we will be going to Eurovision in Denmark... This is almost one hundred percent.

02.11. France gave Russia 6 points, but rated Azerbaijan, Italy and Denmark the highest. What about Greece? The Greeks liked Ukraine, Romania and Azerbaijan!

Ireland rated Ukraine, Russia - we are in fifth place! - and Denmark. In general, Denmark's leadership has been predicted more than once, but it is difficult to understand...

Denmark awarded Russia 7 points, strengthening fifth position. The main struggle now is between second and third place: Ukraine and Azerbaijan are vying for the palm here.

02.10. As always, towards the end of the voting the intensity of passions is simply monstrous. Denmark is fighting Ukraine simply fiercely. Russia has been raised a little - thanks to Estonia.

Germany is in a cheerful mood. They gave us, however, only 2 points. And the Hungarians were rated highest. Iceland gave us 1 point. Well, thanks for that. Although the picture, of course, looks sad... we are still in sixth place.

02.06. The experience of previous competitions shows that after the first half of the participants vote, the picture, in general, seems complete. At the moment, Denmark - Ukraine - Azerbaijan are in the lead. Moreover, the distance between Denmark and Ukraine is shrinking at wild speed. Belgium gave us 4 points.

The results of Russia's voting this year are announced by Alsou. 8 points - Belgium, 10 points - Greece... Our viewers gave 12 points to Azerbaijan. Like this. Malta supports Italy - well, it's mutual... Then Ukraine. And Azerbaijan gets 12 points!

01.58. Belarus is voting. 8 points for us. Azerbaijan - more ((. Well, after Belarus voted, Ukraine became the leader. Latvia supported Estonia, and quite unexpectedly gave highest mark us!!! Denmark is always ahead.

01.57. Still, how curious everything is arranged here... The song of the Greeks - well, what are they not freaks - did not arouse any attention from bookmakers at all and, according to polls, was somewhere in the distant future. And here's the result - they are in the top five.

First place went to Emmie de Forest from Denmark. The barefoot singer defended her right to bring the competition to her country.

Emmy scored 281 points. The highest score - 12 points - was given to it by: Great Britain, Serbia, Italy, Iceland, France, Ireland, Slovenia, Macedonia.

Azerbaijan took second place in Eurovision, and Ukraine took third place. Russia is in fifth place.

We congratulate the winners and begin to talk about how it went.

The motto of this year's competition is “We are one.” This is exactly what the number that opened the show was intended to show. To the song written for Eurovision by the male half of the legendary quartet ABBA (remember that in 1974 the group won this competition with the song Waterloo), all participants walked across the suspension bridge above the heads of the audience. With each artist at his side, a standard bearer carried the flag of his country.

Presenter Pedra Mede then announced the start of the competition.

The first to take the stage was singer Amandine Bourgeois from France. By the way, the draw this year was not carried out as usual. Participants only chose which half of the show they would perform in. Then the director distributed them all in terms of composition of numbers and songs. But let's return to the French woman. Her song L"enfer et moi turned out to be a little tough, with notes of seduction and, of course, not without careless French chic. Amandine eventually took 23rd place.

Amandine Bourgeois

Lithuanian contestant Andrius Pojavis came second with the composition Something. The audience greeted the performance of the clear-eyed young man very well, but Europe only placed him in 22nd place.

Andrius Poyavis

Singer from Moldova Alena Moon performed third with the song O mie and a spectacular number, or rather, a dress that was literally pierced by lightning during the performance, with fire burning on it. Moreover, it grew higher and higher. Her transformations took 11th place.

Alena Moon

Next came Krista Siegfrids from Finland. Her performance for the song Marry Me became one of the most striking in the second semi-final. With her composition, the girl decided to hint to her beloved that it was time to legalize the relationship after eight years of dating, and at the same time tried to attract the attention of her country to the legalization of same-sex marriage by kissing her backing vocalist. Surprisingly, the Tatu group was not allowed to do this in 2003. However, the kiss did not help Finland win a place higher than 24th.

Christa Siegfrieds

Next, the Spanish group El Sueño de Morfeo performed. The lead singer of the group is known primarily for her already broken marriage with racer Fernando Alonso. However, here she showed not only her beauty, but also her wonderful voice, which, however, brought the group only the penultimate place in the competition.

El Sueno de Morfeo

18-year-old Belgian Roberto Bellarosa, number six, accompanied by two female dancers, performed the song Love Kills. At the competition, the young man was dubbed the Belgian Justin Bieber. He finished 12th.

Roberto Bellarosa

Singer Birgit from Estonia performed while she was six months pregnant, dedicating her song “New Beginning” to just this wonderful event. It brought her 20th place in the competition.

Birgit

Following her was Alena Lanskaya from Belarus, already recognized as one of the most beautiful Eurovision participants this year. Alena, like in the semi-finals, wore a dress made of 70 thousand rhinestones weighing six kilos. At the same time, she easily and fieryly moved to her song Solayoh, and deserved 16th place.

Alena Lanskaya

Gianluca Bezzina from Malta presented a very sweet and touching song Tomorrow. By the way, Gianluca is not a professional singer, he is a doctor, which proves that all professions are submissive to art. The result of Gianluca's performance is eighth place.

Gianluca Bezzina

The first ten performances were closed by the representative of Russia, Dina Garipova, with her inspiring number for the song What If, which now, after fifth place in the competition, is simply bound to become a hit.

Dina Garipova

The 11th performance was by the German group Cascada. This year at Eurovision they present mainly lyrical compositions, but the German song Glorious, on the contrary, turned out to be a dance song. However, “disco” was placed only in 21st place.

Cascada

This year Armenia took 18th place in Eurovision with the group Dorians, who performed the rock ballad Lonely Planet. This song was written by the guitarist legendary group Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath.

Dorians

Number 13 went to the singer Anouk from the Netherlands and her song Birds. The artist brought a surprisingly laconic number to Sweden (she did without backup dancers), but most importantly, she demonstrated her beautiful and unusual voice, which helped her get ninth place in the voting.

Anouk

Cesar

Great Britain is represented this year, of course, by legendary singer- Bonnie Tyler. The star of the eighties is now 61 years old, but despite this, the star has not yet forgotten how to perform soulfully. Europe ranked the legend in 19th place.

Bonnie Tyler

Following her was an artist from this year's Eurovision host, Sweden, Robin Schernberg with the song You. This time Sweden was in 14th place.

Robin Schernberg

Hungarian artist ByeAlex entered at number 17 with the song Kedvesem ("Beloved"). By the way, he is a philosopher by training, which is even noticeable in his leisurely composition. After voting, Hungary completed the top 10 winners.

ByeAlex

On the 18th, the now winner Emmylie de Forest appeared on stage. Barefoot, accompanied by drums and flutes, the girl looked so touching and seemed like a forest nymph.

Emmy de Forest

The singer from Iceland came out next. Eitour Ingi charmingly performed lyrical composition Eg a Lif and finished in 17th place.

Eitour Ingi

The second ten ended with the performance of Azerbaijani Farid Mamedov. The world's best directors worked on his act - it turned out something like a circus trick. And as it turned out, not in vain.

Farid Mamedov

After the lyrics from Azerbaijan, hooligan guys from Greece Koza Mostra took to the stage with their funny song Alcohol Is Free. Europe appreciated the Greeks' sense of humor, placing them in sixth place in the competition.

Koza Mostra

Zlata Ognevich, a participant from Ukraine, entered the stage at number 22. Or rather, she was carried there by Igor Vovkovinsky, a 2.5-meter giant originally from Ukraine, now living in the USA.

Zlata Ognevich

Sanremo Festival winner Marco Mengoni from Italy was the next speaker. Of course, at Eurovision he performed a song that had already brought him one victory - L'Essenziale. Alas, this time he only got seventh place.

Marco Mengoni

The next one came out" The Snow Queen"of the competition, Norwegian Margaret Berger. In a white dress, with a white braid, she performed the song I Feed You My Love, rich in electronic rhythms. The song brought Margaret fourth place.

Margaret Berger

Contestants from Georgia - Sopho Gelovani and Nodiko Tatishvili - unleashed a waterfall of feelings on Europe by singing the song Waterfall and receiving 15th place for it.

Sopho Gelovani and Nodiko Tatishvili

The last to perform was Irishman Ryan Dolan. He performed the song Only Love Survives. Unfortunately, the young man’s charm did not help him, and he remained at the end of the voting list.

Ryan Dolan

When the performances ended and the audience began voting, Lorin, the triumphant of the past Eurovision, appeared on stage. Wearing a dress with wings, Lauryn literally flew into the air with the help of an acrobat, while performing new song We Got the Power. Having descended, the singer shed her wings and sang what everyone expected from her - the very winning composition Euphoria.

Lauryn

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