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Evrovidenie 2009 - Nacionalny Otbor was the fifth edition of Evrovidenie, the music competition that selects Russia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.The show took place on 7 March 2009 at Studio 1 of Ostankino Technical Center in Moscow and hosted by Andrey Malakhov and Yana Churikova with Dmitry Shepelev hosting segments from the green room. [3]
Eurovision Song Contest: Moscow 2009 was the official compilation album of the 2009 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 11 May 2009. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2009 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.
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.
The Russian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was internally selected by an expert committee of C1R. Among acts rumoured by several Russian media sites to be considered by the broadcaster were Aleksandr Panayotov, Darya Antonyuk, Elena Temnikova [a], Soprano Turetskovo, Nargiz Zakirova, Nyusha [b] and Julia Samoylova, [2] the latter was ultimately shortlisted along with Antonyuk.
On 5 December 2016, Timebelle was announced as one of the six competing artists in ESC 2017 – Die Entscheidungsshow, Switzerland's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, with "Apollo". [4] [5] They performed last during the final, held on 5 February 2017, and won the competition with nearly 48% of the public vote. [6]
The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors' area during the events week. There it was possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. Located at Independence Square in Kyiv, it was open from 4 to 14 May 2017. [30] [31]
At the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, the song placed 11th with 91 points. [ 50 ] On 9 December 2009, RTR announced a submission period for artists to apply for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.
By 2023, the official video for "Always" had been played on YouTube over 40 million times, while the live performance in the Eurovision final has over 21 million views. In January 2010, Tophit.ru reported that "Always" had become the second most selling ringtone in Ukraine and Belarus .