Eurovision England. Armenia
Only a few days left until the most prestigious music competition, which captures 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 next year hold another competition.
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 the young singer was flying 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 – Unknown Peter Nalich and his Music band 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!
Photos in the article are taken from free access in the Internet.
Late in the evening of May 18, the name of the winner of Eurovision 2013 will be known. Among the 26 candidates to win the popular song contest - rare case- There is also a representative of Belarus. Alena Lanskaya successfully passed the semi-final stage with her composition Solayoh and is full of desire to break Dmitry Koldun's record (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.
As such, there was no draw for participants in the competition this year. The order of performance was determined by the directors of the show, distributing songs so that similar compositions did not follow each other.
website represent all finalists of Eurovision 2013.
1. France. Amandine Bourgeois - L "enfer et moi
34-year-old Amandine Bourgeois, reminiscent of a teenage girl, was raised by her stepfather, a 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 her education, Amandine Bourgeois interrupted her musical career, which for her was more of a hobby than professional occupation, and went to the UK, where she worked as a waitress in a chain of luxury hotels. At 22, 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.
According to the singer, she is not trying to win Eurovision, but is simply trying to breathe in the current fresh air to the competition.
2. Lithuania. Andrius Poyavis - Something
The life of 29-year-old Andrius Pojavis is 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.
Andrius is omnivorous in music - he 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 No music education, but the girl has been singing for as long as she can remember. As a schoolgirl, Alena 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”.
Alena also had a chance to take part in Eurovision. Last year she sang backing vocals for Pasha Parfeny. And this year Parfeniy is already the singer’s producer and the author of her competition composition.
4. Finland. Christa Siegfrieds - Marry Me
Christa Siegfrieds was born in 1986. Music career the girl started in 2009, performing in popular musicals. Success came to her in 2012, when she took part in a 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 a newspaper interview The Independent Krista Siegfrids 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
Roberto's parents 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 music academy. And they did the right thing.
Last year, 17-year-old Roberto won the Belgian version of The Voice, released a French-language album and was chosen by RTBF to represent Belgium at Eurovision 2013.
But the composition for Roberto was chosen by television viewers and a professional jury from three proposed ones. By the way, Roberto himself liked the song Love Kills, and he was very afraid that they would choose another song.
Especially for Eurovision, image makers worked on Roberto’s image, 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 her 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. Among other things, Birgit became the winner of the first season of the popular TV show “Estonia is looking for a superstar.”
It all started with a song and dance studio, where Birgit and her two sisters were sent by their mother, who herself taught singing. Then there were several music schools, participation in children's ensembles and groups, nine years of violin training, theater class in college. And now Birgit is studying music therapy at Tallinn University.
Birgit and her partner Indrek Sarrap are expecting a baby soon. But pregnancy did not become a reason for refusing to participate in the competition. On the contrary, this pleasant expectation is an additional motivating factor for the singer.
It is curious that Silvia Soro, who is the author of the lyrics for the competition song, is Indrek’s sister.
8. Belarus. Alena Lanskaya - Solayoh
All the most interesting things about the representative of our country and her preparation for the competition can be found out from Alena Lanskaya and her producer Dmitry Baranov from Malmö.
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. IN this moment 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
For 22-year-old Zelenodolsk native Dina Garipova, the path to the top ran, like hundreds and thousands of girls like her, through endless local, regional, all-Russian and occasionally international competitions.
The gateway to Eurovision for Dina was the Channel One 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 awarded Garipova the title of Honored Artist of the Republic.
Confident victory in the TV competition and great amount Those who voted for Dina actually removed the question of who to send to Malmö. “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.
The song “What if” was chosen from more than a hundred songs submitted to the competition. Its authors are Swedish producers Gabriel Alares, Joakim Bjornberg and Russian rock musician Leonid Gutkin (ex-Autograph).
“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. Cascada - Glorious
The Eurodance group Cascada was formed in Bonn in 2004. Cascada consists of vocalist Nathalie Horler and producers Manuel Reiter (DJ Manian) and Ian Peiffer (Yanou). The team is known for their hits Everytime We Touch (which won a 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.
The song Glorious, which won the Unser Song für Malmö festival, Germany's national selection for Eurovision, has been criticized for being very similar to the song Euphoria by singer Loreen, which won the competition last year.
12. Armenia. Dorians - Lonely Planet
Popular Armenian rock band Dorians will perform the song Lonely Planet, written by Tony Iommi - guitarist and songwriter Black Sabbath, and the Armenian poet Vardan Zadoyan.
The band's frontman Gor Sujian 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. Led Zeppelin generally had a 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
Holland learned the name Anouk Teuwe in September 1997, when the pop-rock composition Nobody’s Wife quickly burst into the local charts. Before this, Anouk 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 her second solo album, Anouk left for the USA, but the singer’s career there did not work out, and Anouk returned home, where people were still ready to listen to her. This is confirmed by the number of solo albums - Anouk already has eight. And another one is coming - its release is scheduled for May 17, the day before the Eurovision final.
Anouk 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 having a bright soprano voice. 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 set foot on the well-trodden path of his colleagues to such a popular genre as pop opera, which is in demand among listeners. Soon after Eurovision, Cesar will have a joint concert in Bucharest with Andrea Bocelli himself.
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, Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983), topped the US national chart - Billboard Hot 100 - for four weeks.
Bonnie Tyler began playing music professionally at the age of 19. A year later the single rising star entered the top ten charts, and the singer’s solo album, released in 1977, sold record copies. It seemed to many that after surgery vocal cords, made by Tyler in 1997, her career would end, but the surgical intervention only gave the singer a sexy hoarseness to her voice, making her even more popular.
At Eurovision 2013, Bonnie Tyler will perform the song Believe In Me - this anthem of self-confidence will also be included in new album singers.
16. Sweden. Robin Schernberg - You
Robin Schernberg won a talent competition in Sweden in 2006, and he was only 15 at the time. 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. It was here that Robin blossomed as a solo singer. Success was not long in coming: in 2012, Robin released a single and a solo album, including both the singer’s own compositions and cover versions of songs by famous artists.
Robin will conquer Eurovision with the song You, written by him together with popular Swedish authors. One of them, Joakim Haukaas, took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003. The competition composition is a lyrical recollection of the past and at the same time a rather unusual declaration of love.
17. Hungary. ByeAlex - Kedvesem
The outrageous singer ByeAlex, whose real name is Alex Marta, 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 is called Kedvesem - “My Darling”. Alex sings about the ideal woman he strives to find.
18. Denmark. Emmelie de Forest - Only Teardrops
If you believe those who rarely make mistakes, then Emmeli has a very, very good chance of bringing Eurovision to Denmark for the third time in history next year. The 20-year-old singer herself passionately desires this, as she is a long-time fan of Eurovision, and singing for her country at the competition is her cherished dream.
Emmelie already has three albums (together with 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.”, - Emmelie laughs it off.
Author of the song "Only Teardrops" by Lisa Kabble - regular participant"Eurovision". She has 12 songs for national selections, and now three of them have made it to the big European stage. In 1995, Aud Wilken took 5th place with the composition Fra Mols til Skagen, and in 2011 A Friend In London also finished 5th with the composition New Tommorow.
19. Iceland. Eitour Ingi Gunnleigsson - Eg a Lif
Another event took place in the Swedish city of Malmo international competition Eurovision songs. This year, the representative of Denmark, Emmelie De Forest, won.
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Born in Randers on the Jutland Peninsula, 20-year-old Emmelie de Forest has been singing in church and other choirs since she was 9 years old. From the age of 14, she toured Denmark with Scottish musician Neil Fraser, performing her own songs, as well as folk and blues versions of various hits. In 2011 she entered the Copenhagen Institute of Vocal Performance. Emmelie was born to a Swede and a Danish mother, she most She spent her life in Sweden and speaks Swedish fluently, which brought her particular popularity in the country where Eurovision was held. In the Eurovision final, the Dane performed a strict and at the same time spectacular number. Barefoot Emmelie appeared on stage in the pose of the famous little mermaid, and the drummers and flutist accompanying her also resembled fairy tale images Andersen.
2. The song “Only Teardrops” performed by Emmelie is a folk hit that fully meets Eurovision standards. Emmelie captivated the audience with her image of the symbol of Denmark, the little mermaid from Andersen's fairy tales, and her touching performance of a love song to the accompaniment of a drum and flute. The song Only Teardrops was initially considered the favorite of the competition.
4. Representative of Ukraine Zlata Ognevich took third place. During the voting Ukrainian performer remained in 2nd place, but as a result lost 20 points to Azerbaijan.
5. Zlata Ognevich’s score is 214 points. Five countries gave Ukraine the highest score: Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus and Croatia.
6. The representative of Russia, singer Dina Garipova, with the song “What If” (What if...) took an honorable fifth place in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. Total competition participants from former USSR took second and third places - Farid Mamedov from Azerbaijan scored 234 points, Ukrainian Zlata Ognevich - 214 points.
7. Representative of Belarus Alena Lanskaya during the final performance.
8. Alena Moon from Moldova performs the song "O Mie" during the Eurovision 2013 final.
The winner of the Eurovision 2013 International Music Competition was determined in the Swedish city of Malmo. The favorite of the competition, Danish performer Emmilie de Forest, with the song Only Teardrops, scored 281 points and received Grand Prize show - a crystal microphone, which was given to her by last year's winner Lorin.
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Denmark received the highest score – 12 points – from eight out of 39 countries. Azerbaijani Farid Mamedov took second place with 234 points, and Ukrainian participant Zlata Ognevich took third place with 214 points. Fourth place went to Norway's Margaret Berger with 191 points. Russian singer Dina Garipova became fifth, gaining 174 points based on the results of the audience vote and the decision of the professional jury.
Perhaps the main intrigue of the current competition, in addition to the participants’ performances themselves, was the expectation of how accurately the bookmakers’ forecasts would coincide with the results of the audience vote and a strict jury. From the very beginning 20-year-old Danish Emily de Forest was considered the favorite of the final stage of the popular song competition. And yesterday's waitress lived up to the expectations placed on her.
The blonde artist took to the Malmo Arena stage barefoot and presented a beautiful song that she wrote herself and a colorful number. And the drummers and flutist performing with her captivated audiences throughout Europe.
By the way, the bookmakers unanimously put 27-year-old representative of Norway Margaret Berger and her song I Feed You My Love in second place. However, the native of Trondheim, who began her pop career in 2004, was surpassed by a handsome man from Azerbaijan.
The top three, according to bookmaker forecasts, was completed by Ukrainian Zlata Ognevich with the song Gravity. And here the forecasts and results coincided.
As for the Russian woman, the bookmakers put 22-year-old Dina Garipova in fourth place with the song What If. According to the results of the final voting, the Russian contestant entered the top 5. Latvia and Estonia gave Russia the highest score of 12 points. Ten points were given by Great Britain, Ireland, Slovenia, and eight points were given by Serbia and Belarus.
Throughout the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, Russia has taken part in it 17 times. The debut took place in 1994, when our country was represented by singer Masha Katz, who performed under the pseudonym Judith, taking ninth place. Russia won first place in 2008. Dima Bilan with the song Believe brought a long-awaited victory. The best performances were also in 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2012, when the second places were taken respectively by Alsou with the song Solo, Dima Bilan with the song Never Let You Go and the ensemble "Buranovskie Babushki" and their Party for Everybody. Third place was reserved by the group "Serebro" with the composition Song Number One and t.A.T.u.
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
11th performance 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 by, of course, the 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 appeared on 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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