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Dima Bilan performing at Evrovidenie 2008. Evrovidenie 2008 was the fourth edition of Evrovidenie, the music competition that selects Russia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show took place on 9 March 2008 at the Akademicheskiy Concert Hall in Moscow and hosted by Oxana Fedorova and Oskar Kuchera. [2]
Russia won their first and so far only contest in 2008, when Dima Bilan, participating for the second time in the contest, won with the song "Believe", bringing the contest to Russia for 2009. Russia was the most successful country in Eurovision between 2000 and 2009, with one win, two-second places, and two third places.
On 9 March 2008, "Believe" performed by Bilan competed in the fourth edition of Evrovidenie, the national final organised by Rossiya Channel (RTR) to select its song and performer for the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the competition becoming the Russian entry –and Bilan the performer– for Eurovision. [4]
Dima Bilan (center) performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with Edvin Marton (left) and Evgeni Plushenko (right), brought Russia its first contest win. In 2008, the selection of Russia's Eurovision entrant returned to RTR, with the broadcaster organising a national selection with twenty-five candidates.
Russia has put a Ukrainian singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 on a wanted criminal list, according to state media.
In 2008, he was a candidate to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "the Flyer". He finished fourth in Russia's national final, which was won by Dima Bilan. [32] Furthermore, he was nominated in the category of Best Russian Act at the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards, which again was won by Dima Bilan.
Russia is officially prohibited from participating in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, the organization announced on Friday. For the uninitiated, Eurovision is an annual televised songwriting ...
Russia has placed a Ukrainian singer who won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on its wanted list, state news agencies reported Monday. The reports said an Interior Ministry database listed singer ...