From Philip Kirkorov to Judith through Alexei Vorobyov and Yulia Savicheva.
Dima Bilan with his first place in 2008 (well, second in 2006) and our grandchildren will remember. Fans of Eurovision will not forget Alsou, Buranovskiye Babushki and Polina Gagarina (second places in 2000, 2012 and 2015). Forever in our hearts are the groups "t.A.T.u" and "Serebro" (third positions in 2003 and 2007).
We decided to once again show you our worst performances at this funny contest - not for the sake of gloating, but ... Well, it's so simple, just for fun.
Important: when we say “worst”, we mean the lowest places taken, which are sometimes worth the most high-profile victories. And sometimes they don't. See and listen for yourself.
1. Philip Kirkorov: 17th place in 1995, Dublin (Ireland).
"Lullaby for the Volcano".
Philip was only the second Russian participant in this celebration of life. He was young and full of desire to tear the audience to hell. To put it mildly, it did not work out - he still did not know the laws and tricks of the competition. Neither the sparkling eyes, nor the jet-black mane of hair, nor even the unbuttoned shirt, exposing a moderately overgrown chest, helped. Everything that worked in Russia was not useful on the Eurovision stage. Yes, and he sang in Russian, mysterious for the European public.
In subsequent years, Philip made up for defeat: his wards more than once came close to victory at Eurovision.
By the way, even the fact that his then fiasco is still the most deafening fiasco of Russia at the competition, once again reminds us that a unique person is unique in everything. The king is always the king!
2. Alexey Vorobyov: 16th place in 2011, Dusseldorf (Germany).
get you
It's a pity that formally Kirkorov performed worst of all and Lesha Vorobyov can only be given the second place in our "top ten". Because the ward of Baroness Katherine von Gechmen-Waldeck, this woman with an atomic engine, was remembered not only for a surprisingly dull performance, rattling out her “hit” as if on one note. Alexey is especially good, for the sake of the show he was briefly renamed Alex Sparrow (“sparrow” in English - a sparrow), was after the first semi-final, when yelled at the camera with all the dope: "It's Russia,<представьте, что тут нецензурное слово>, look into your eyes,<представьте, что тут нецензурное слово>". What greatly amused the audience from the Slavic states.
Gechmen-Waldek also persuaded the Swedish producer Red One, from whom she bought the song, to pretend to be producer Vorobyov. Much has been written about the upcoming world fame of the artist, but for now, Alexey is content with roles in Russian TV shows and participation in the TNT channel show "The Bachelor".
3. Alla Pugacheva: 15th place in 1997, Dublin (Ireland)
"Diva"
She was the third participant from Russia (after Judith and Kirkorov) and also remained misunderstood by Europe. It is noteworthy that Slovenia unexpectedly awarded 12 points to AB. Austria, the Netherlands, Norway and Estonia fell back a little more. The rest didn't score. It was necessary to have Pugachev's courage in order, being a superstar in the Motherland, to agree to be crucified on this notorious Calvary. But since then, the title "Prima Donna" has been firmly entrenched in Pugacheva herself.
4. Natalia Podolskaya: 15th place in 2005, Kiev (Ukraine)
Nobody Hurt No One
By this time, Alsou and "t.A.T.u" had already happened, and of course, we all dreamed of victory. Alas.
5. "Mumiy Troll": 12th place in 2001, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Lady Alpine Blue
An interesting attempt to conquer Europe with an unobtrusive rock-pop. Past! But 2 points from interested Malta and a sudden 5 from Iceland.
6. Julia Savicheva: 11th place in 2004, Istanbul (Turkey)
believe me
It seemed that just now ... An incident happened at the performance: the naked dancers covered with paint turned out to be too slippery, Yulia could not, climbing on them, take the position she had learned at rehearsals. Perhaps Yulia was let down by her tender age: she was only 17.
7. Anastasia Prikhodko: 11th place in 2009, Moscow
"Mamo"
After Bilan's triumph, we didn't need a second victory in a row. Apparently, for this reason, a Ukrainian Prikhodko was sent to the competition with a more than ambiguous song about her mother and an even more strange production. Perhaps it was then that the singer began to feel dizzy from success, which led to the fact that now her main occupation is to publicly swear at Russia.
8. Musical group of Peter Nalich: 11th place in 2010, Oslo (Norway)
Lost And Forgotten
If Peter had sung his great “Guitar” at the competition, he could have competed for victory. Alas, you can only sing at Eurovision a new song, but it turned out somehow mournfully. But he sang his own, and not bought at the Swedish hit factory, as the Russian participants do now.
9. "Prime Minister": 10th place in 2002, Tallinn (Estonia)
Northern Girl
There was a time when our producers still believed that they were able to create a Eurohit. The authors of "A Girl from the North" are our songwriters Kim Breitburg and Karen Kavaleryan. It turned out cheerfully and energetically, but the points were given mainly by the neighbors. Well, Malta again got emotional, giving 8 points. Soon the group had a fight with the producer, was forced to change the name and eventually disappeared into the quagmire of show business.
10. Judith: 9th place in 1994, Dublin (Ireland).
"The Eternal Wanderer"
That's whose name is forever inscribed in the tablets of history! 21-year-old Maria Katz became the first Russian woman to go to Eurovision. Yes, the ninth place, but the points were given by the UK (5), Germany (6), Ireland and Iceland (4 each), the Netherlands (5). The text of the song was written by Masha herself, and the music by Lev Zemlinsky. It wasn't a victory, but it was a triumph!
Maria still sings, although she has not become a popularly adored singer. Most often she performs in clubs for a small but adoring audience. Known as a high-class vocal teacher, she worked as a backing vocalist with many famous performers.
Eurovision is an annual music song contest held among performers from countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Therefore, among the participants of the competition, you can see performers from Israel and other countries outside Europe. From each participating country, one participant is sent to Eurovision, who performs one song. The winner of the competition is determined by voting of viewers and a jury from each participating country.
The Eurovision Song Contest was first held in 1956. The competition appeared as a result of the transformation of the Italian San Remo festival. Marcel Beson, who was very fond of this project, saw in the competition an opportunity to unite nations in the post-war period. The Sanremo Festival still exists today. And Eurovision today is one of the most anticipated and popular events in the musical life of Europe. More than 100 million viewers around the world watch this competition every year.
Every year, before the competition, a preliminary selection procedure takes place, which helps to determine the list of participating countries. Performers from the EBU Big Four countries - , - enter the competition automatically.
It can be said that the most lucky country at Eurovision is Great Britain. Of course, she became the winner more often (7 times against 5 victories of Britain), but the British took second place 15 times, France and Luxembourg, like England, won 5 times, but they took second place no more than three times.
The nationality of the performers at Eurovision does not matter. This is confirmed by the participation of Katrina Leskanish in the competition. She was born in America and performed with the Waves from Cambridge. Another foreigner representing Great Britain in the competition was Ozzy Gina J., while Greek Nana Mouskouri and Belgian Lara Fabian competed for Luxembourg in 1963 and 1988 respectively. By the way, the victory in 1988 went to Switzerland, which was represented by the Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was the victory in the competition that turned the unknown singer into a real star.
In 1986, 13-year-old Belgian Sandra Kim won the contest with the song "J'aime la vie". Now the rules of Eurovision set an age limit for performers - you can take part in the contest from 16 years old.
There are special strict rules for the final of the competition. For example, there can be no amplifiers on the stage, the drummer must play the provided drum kit. The performer can use instrumental backing tracks. Any song that is longer than 3 minutes may be disqualified, everyone remembers that “brevity is the sister of talent”.
The first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano (Switzerland). 7 countries participated in the contest with 2 performers/songs per country. The victory was won by Lis Assia from Switzerland with the song "Refrain". Lis outperformed the Belgian song "The Drowned Men Of The River Seine".
The second Eurovision Song Contest was held in the German city of Frankfurt am Main. For the first time, Austria, Great Britain and. took part in the competition. The winner was Corrie Brocken from the Netherlands, who performed the song "Net Als Toen". It was in 1957 that the rule was adopted that the duration of a song should be no more than three minutes.
The venue for the competition was the city of Hilversum (). Third place went to the Italian singer Domenico Modugno, who performed the song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu". Later this song was recorded under the name "Volare" and became a real hit. The victory went to Andre Clave from France with the song "Dors Mon Amour". The UK did not participate in this competition.
Cannes, France. The UK returned to the Eurovision Song Contest and came in second with "Sing Little Birdie", beating the French song "Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui" by just one point. The winner was Holland with the song "Een Beetje". Starting this year, professional composers are prohibited from serving on the jury.
The Netherlands refuse to host the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time and the Eurovision Song Contest is held in the UK for the first time. Frenchwoman Jacqueline Boyer with the composition "Tom Pillibi" took first place, the second went to the British with their song "Looking High, High, High", performed by Brian Jones. This year the number of countries participating has grown to 13 with Norway joining the competition and Luxembourg returning. 1960 was also the first year that the final of the competition was broadcast live. Finland took this step.
Eurovision returns to Cannes (France). Luxembourg won with Jean-Claude Pascal's "Nous les amoureux". Second place out of 16 participating countries was taken by the United Kingdom, which was represented by The Allisons.
The venue for the competition was Luxembourg. The song "Un premier amour", performed by the Frenchwoman Isabelle Aubret, took first place with 26 points.
France refuses to host Eurovision for the third time and the competition is again held in London. Luxembourg is represented by the Greek singer Nana Mouskouri, the French pop star represents Monaco. For the first time in the history of the competition, Norway scored zero points. The victory was won by Denmark with the song "Dansevise", performed by Greta and Jürgen Ingmann.
The festival takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Second place again goes to the UK - Matt Monroe with the song "I Love The Little Things". Later, the song “Walk Away” performed by him, a reworked version of the composition of the Austrian participant of this year, was very popular. The victory went to Italy with the song "Non ho l'eta", performed by 16-year-old Gigliola Cinquetti.
In Naples (Italy), Luxembourg wins with a song by the Frenchman Serge Gainsbourg, performed by 17-year-old France Gall. The UK is in second place for the fifth time in 8 years thanks to singer Kathy Kirby, who performed the song "I Belong".
The victory in the competition goes to Udo Jürgens with the song "Merci Cheri", who represented Austria. From this year, the rule that the song submitted at the competition must be performed in the state language of the performing country comes into force.
The competition takes place in Vienna (Austria). Vicky Leandros performs for Luxembourg for the first time with the song "L'amour est bleu", which later became a classic. The victory this year went to Sandy Shaw with the song "Puppet On A String". Great Britain takes first place for the first time.
London, Great Britain. The competition takes place at the Royal Albert Hall. The first place was taken by the Spanish singer Massiel with the song "La La La". In this song, the word "La" was used 138 times. Briton Cliff Richard with the song "Congratulations" lagged behind the Spanish by one point and took second place.
Eurovision takes place in Madrid, Spain. For the only time in the history of the competition, four countries took first place at once. Netherlands with "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr, France with "Un Jour, Un Enfant" by Frida Boccara, UK with "Boom bang a bang" by Lulu and Spain with "Vivo cantando" by Salome ( Maria Rosa Marco).
The venue for the competition was determined by drawing lots between the winning countries in 1969. As a result, the competition was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This year, the rules were amended, which excluded the possibility of winning several participants at the same time. In the event that several performers receive the same number of points, they must re-perform the song and the jury, except for representatives of the countries claiming first place, again determined the winner. If in this case there is a draw, both countries will receive the Grand Prix. In 1970, due to disagreement with the voting system, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and Finland refused to take part in the competition. As a result, the number of participants in the competition was reduced to 12. The victory went to the Irish singer Dana with the song "All kinds of everything", eclipsing the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who took only fourth place.
Dublin, . This year, a rule came into force limiting the number of performers on stage to six. The first place was taken by the representative of Monaco Severin with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue".
Monaco refused to host the Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The winner was a Greek girl living in Germany, but singing for Luxembourg - Vicki Leandros with the song "Apres toi".
The competition takes place in Luxembourg. For the first time, Israel is taking part in the competition, which required the adoption of additional security measures. The rules were changed once again, now the performer could independently choose the language of the song. For the second year in a row, Luxembourg won with the song "Tu te reconnaitras", performed by Anna-Maria David. ABBA with the song "Ring Ring" failed in the national preselection.
Brighton, UK. Greece is taking part in the competition for the first time. From France, no one spoke in connection with the death of President Georges Pompidou. First place was taken by the Swedish band ABBA with their famous song "Waterloo".
Stockholm, Sweden. Turkey takes part in Eurovision for the first time. Because of Turkey's participation, Greece refuses to participate in the competition, thus expressing its protest against the Turkish invasion of Northern Cyprus. France and Malta returned to the competition. The winner was the Netherlands with the song "Ding-A-Dong" performed by Teach-In.
The Hague, the Netherlands. Turkey refuses to participate in the competition, in connection with which Greece returns. For the third time in the history of the competition, the United Kingdom has won with the song "Save Your Kisses For Me", performed by Brotherhood Of Men.
London, Great Britain. The competition rules are subject to minor changes. Again, songs should be performed only in the state language of the performing country. France won this year with the song "L'oiseau et l'enfant", performed by Marie Miriam, who became a star in France.
Paris, France. Turkey and Denmark are returning to the competition again. The victory went to Israel thanks to the catchy song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the group "Alfabeta".
Eurovision takes place in Jerusalem. Turkey once again refuses to take part in the competition. The victory went to the hosts, represented by Gali Atari and Milk & Honey with the composition "Hallelujah".
Israel refused not only to host the contest at home, but also to participate in Eurovision. The competition was held in The Hague, the Netherlands. Turkey returned to the number of participants in the contest, for the first time Morocco took part in Eurovision. Johnny Logan of Ireland won the title with "What's Another Year".
Dublin, Ireland. Yugoslavia and Israel returned to the competition. For the first time, Cyprus took part in the competition. The victory was won by the British band Bucks Fizz, who performed the song "Making Your Mind Up". Germany is in second place, just 4 points behind Britain.
Harrogate, UK. First place went to Germany with the song "Ein Bißchen Frieden", performed by singer Nicole. This song was recorded in six languages and went to first place in the charts of all European countries.
Munich, Germany. Luxembourg decided to send a "prepared singer" Corinne Erme to the competition. And this decision justified itself - she took first place, ahead of the Israeli singer Ofra Haza.
Eurovision takes place in Luxembourg. The British band Belle and the Devotions were booed at the end of their performance. Sweden won with "Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Lee" by Herrey's.
Gothenburg, Sweden. The victory went to the Norwegian band "Bobbysocks" with the song "La det swinge". For the first time in the history of the competition, it was broadcast only via satellite.
Bergen, Norway. 13-year-old Sandra Kim won the thirtieth anniversary Eurovision Song Contest with the song "J'Aime La Vie". Belgium came first. The host of the competition was Ase Kleveland, Minister of Culture of Norway, who won third place at Eurovision in 1966.
Brussels, . First place was taken by the Irishman Johnny Logan, who performed the song "Hold Me Now". He became the first to win Eurovision twice.
Dublin, Ireland. Thanks to the singer Celine Dion with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi", Switzerland takes first place in the competition. British representative Scott Fitzgerald was just one point behind her.
Lausanne, Switzerland. The thirty-fourth Eurovision Song Contest was remembered for the fact that two participants were still children: 11-year-old Natalie Pak represented France and 12-year-old Gili Nathanel, who competed for Israel. It was because of these participants that the rule was adopted that the participants in the competition should not be less than 16 years old. This year's winner was Yugoslavia with the song "Rock me" performed by Riva. The UK is back in second place.
Zagreb, Yugoslavia. By this year, the number of participants had become relatively constant, with 22 countries taking part in the competition. The victory in 1990 was won by the Italian Toto Cutugno, who performed the song "Insieme: 1992".
Rome, Italy. This year there was a tense rivalry between France with "C'est le dernier qui a parle qui a raison" by Amina and Sweden with "Fangad av en stormvind" by Carola. Both participating countries scored 146 points each. In accordance with the rules, in this case, the country that most often receives the most points (12 points, 10, etc.) wins. As a result, Sweden became the winner.
Malmo, . First place in the competition goes to Irish singer Linda Martin with Johnny Logan's "Why me?". Johnny Logan became the first artist to win the Eurovision Grand Prix three times. Once as a songwriter and twice as a performer.
Millstreet, Ireland. Three former Yugoslav republics, which declared their independence, take part in Eurovision for the first time. As a result, the number of contestants increased to 25. For the fifth time in the history of the contest, the victory went to the representative of Ireland - the singer Niam Kavana, who performed the song "In your eyes".
Dublin, Ireland. This year, Hungary and Russia took part in the competition for the first time. However, the number of competitors has not changed, since Denmark, Belgium, Israel, Luxembourg, Italy, Turkey and Slovenia did not participate this year. The third consecutive and only the sixth success came to Ireland with the song "Rock'n roll kids", performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. Russia's debut at Eurovision brought the country 9th place. The country was represented by Judith (Maria Katz) with the song "The Eternal Wanderer".
Dublin, Ireland. The composition of the participating countries continues to change. Norway wins Eurovision for the second time. This year's triumph was the band Secret Garden, who performed the song "Nocturne". Philip Kirkorov with the song "Lullaby for the Volcano" brought Russia only 17th place.
Oslo, Norway. Due to the fact that a large number of countries expressed their desire to participate in the competition, a new selection system was introduced. It included an additional jury and a preliminary audio entry, which had to be sent to the EBU. The number of participants was limited to 23. In 1996, Russia did not participate in Eurovision. The first place was taken by Ireland, thus setting a record for the number of victories (seven). The winning song was "The voice" by Ymer Quinn.
Eurovision is again taking place in Dublin, Ireland. The selection system has been modified so that all countries can take part in the competition at least once every two years. The country-winner of last year's competition takes part in the competition automatically. The remaining 17 participants are selected according to the average score over the past 5 years. The UK won with "Love shine a light", performed by Katrina and The Waves. Alla Pugacheva performed from Russia with the song "Prima Donna". However, neither the popularity of the singer in our country, nor the monumentality of the song made an impression. As a result, only 15th place.
Birmingham, UK. This year, a televoting system was launched to bring additional viewers' attention to the show. This year's winner made a lot of noise. Israel took first place thanks to transgender singer Dana International, who sang the song "Diva".
Jerusalem, Israel. The victory at Eurovision in 1999 was won by the representative of Sweden - Charlotte Nilson, who performed the song "Take me to your heaven". This year, new rules were also adopted: you can sing songs in any language, you can also sing along with a backing track, replacing the orchestra with this. Russia did not take part in the competition this year.
Eurovision takes place in Stockholm, Sweden. It was in this year that Russia's first notable performance at the competition took place. Our country took 2nd place thanks to the singer Alsou. The first place was taken by the two Olsen brothers from Denmark, who performed the song "Fly on the wings of love".
Copenhagen, Denmark. The contest was held at the Parken stadium, 35,000 people watched the Eurovision live, which was a record for the contest. Russia was represented by the Mumiy Troll group with the song "Lady alpine blue". This year our country took only 12th place. The winners were Estonian artists Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL with the song "Everybody".
The Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Tallinn, Estonia. Russia is represented by the group "Prime Minister" with the song "Northern girl". The result is 10th place. The winner of this competition was the singer Mari N from Latvia, who performed the song "I wanna". For the Baltic countries, this was the second victory in a row.
Riga, . Russia goes for broke and sends the infamous TATU group to Eurovision with the song "Don't Believe, Don't Be Afraid". The group took only third place. The first place went to Sertab Erener from Turkey, who impressed everyone with her song “Everyway That I Can” and the show she put on on the stage of “Skonto Hall”. This year, for the first time, Ukraine took part in Eurovision, which as a result took 14th place.
Istanbul, . This year, the young singer Yulia Savicheva performed for Russia. Many experts believe that Yulia performed quite professionally, she was able to overcome her excitement and performed with dignity. However, this was not enough to win, as a result, only 11th place. The first place went to Ukrainian Ruslana, who performed an incendiary song with Hutsul motifs "Wild Dances".
Kyiv, . In February 2005, the qualifying round of Eurovision was held in Russia: viewers chose the winner through interactive voting. According to the results of the audience voting, the singer Natalya Podolskaya won. With the song "Nobody Hurt No One" she represented our country in Kiev. At Eurovision, Natalia took only 15th place. The victory went to the Greek singer Helena Paparizou, who performed the song "My Number One".
The International Music Festival this year was held in Athens,. Dima Bilan with the song "Never Let You Go" first fought in the Eurovision semi-finals (since Russia did not score the required number of points in 2005), and then in the final, where he took second place. The victory went to the Finnish rock band Lordi with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The group performed at Eurovision in a monster costume, which shocked many viewers of the competition.
Helsinki, . Russia was represented by the female trio "Silver", which was created shortly before the competition. Their song "Song No. 1" took third place at Eurovision. The winner was the singer from Serbia Maria Sherifovich with the composition "Prayer".
Eurovision 2008 was held in Belgrade, Serbia. For the second time, Dima Bilan is going from Russia to the competition, whose song “Believe” brought victory to our country. The figure skater, Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko, and the famous Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton performed on the same stage with Bilan. In second place was the Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak with a song to the music of Philip Kirkorov "Shady lady", and in the third place - the Greek Kalomira with the song "Secret combination".
The 54th Eurovision Song Contest was held in, in Moscow. Alexander Rybak representing Norway became the winner of the competition. In terms of the number of points scored, Rybak set an absolute record - in the final he scored 387 points. The famous French singer Patricia Kaas took part in this competition. Arash played for Azerbaijan together with Aysel. A citizen of Ukraine, Anastasia Prikhodko, performed for Russia with the song "Mamo". She took only 11th place.
This year the music festival was held in Norway. The country has already hosted Eurovision for the third time on its territory. The first time Eurovision was held in Norway in 1986 thanks to the victory of the Bobbysocks duet, the second time - in 1996 after the victory of the Secret Garden group and the third time the right to host the contest was obtained thanks to Alexander Rybak. The winner of the 55th Eurovision Song Contest was the singer Lena Mayer-Landrut with the song "Satellite". Russia was represented by the musical group of Peter Nalich with the song "Lost and Forgotten". The guys took 11th place, but they themselves were satisfied with the result.
The 56th Eurovision Song Contest was held in the city of Düsseldorf, located in Germany. The duet from Azerbaijan became the winner. The song "Running Scared" brought the duo 221 points. Alexey Vorobyov acted from Russia, who scored 77 points and took only 16th place.
Eurovision-2012 was held in Azerbaijan, in Baku, where a concert complex with a capacity of 20,000 seats was built specifically for the competition. Montenegro returned to the list of participants.
The 58th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Malmö. Sweden hosted the Euroshow for the fifth time. The winner was the representative with the song Only Teardrops. According to the voting results, the singer scored 281 points. Russian Dina Garipova took fifth place. Refused to participate in the competition: Czech Republic. Slovakia, Turkey and Portugal. Armenia returned to Eurovision.
The 59th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Denmark from 6 to 10 May. 37 countries took part in it: representatives of Poland and Portugal returned to the stage of the international competition. For the first time, the finalists of the competition were performers from Montenegro and San Marino. The winner with 290 points was the Austrian drag queen with Rise Like A Phoenix.
The jubilee, 60th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Austria from 19 to 23 May 2015. The winner was the representative of Sweden - with the song "Heroes". The contestant from Russia Polina Gagarina with the composition "Million voices" took an honorable second place, having unconditionally won the sympathy of the European public. Representatives of 40 countries competed in the anniversary event, Ukraine for the first time refused to participate - due to economic difficulties. For the first time, a performer from Australia came to Eurovision, performing under special conditions.
Eurovision 2016 is the 61st song contest held in Stockholm, Sweden from 10 to 14 May. It was attended by representatives of 42 countries, including a performer from Australia, who performed under special conditions. The victory was won by the singer from Ukraine Jamala with the composition "1944". Representative of Russia Sergey Lazarev with the song "You Are the Only One" took third place, while receiving the highest number of points - 361 - from viewers. In 2016, for the first time since 1975, the rules for the competition were changed: now the jury's scores are announced separately from the results of the voting of viewers.
The 62nd Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Kiev (Ukraine) from 9 to 13 May. Ukraine hosts the competition for the second time.
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Eurovision is a contest known all over the world. It is the brightest event in the spring. The participating countries begin preparations for it in advance: some arrange competitions among performers within their country, others are guided by the popularity of artists.
The choice of some participants is sometimes frightening, and sometimes makes them depressed, in anticipation, in the opinion of many, of the collapse of morality on Earth. For example, in 2014 the list of Eurovision winners was replenished with the name of Conchita Wurst...
Eurovision yesterday, today, tomorrow. Competition transformation
In the first year of its existence, Eurovision was of a unifying and entertaining nature. Tired of wartime, people wanted to take a break from the vanity of everyday life.
Now Eurovision is a rather outrageous contest, which is often accused of bias, politicization, and sometimes immorality. However, despite the change in direction, Eurovision is becoming brighter and better every year. It is important to note that the competition has outgrown the previously designated framework - singing competitions among representatives of the adult contingent. This is evidenced by the list of Eurovision winners throughout history.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been held since 2003. It is an analogue of an adult with the only difference: the age limit is up to 15 years. The list of winners of the Junior Eurovision has already included 12 names. Its main difference from the adult counterpart is the presence of an annually changing slogan (the only year in which it was absent was 2010).
Eurovision winners of all years. List of first 10 years of existence
In 2016, the Eurovision Song Contest turns 60 years old, so it will not be superfluous to at least briefly trace its history. First of all, the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest of all years should be inscribed in his chronicle. The list will include the nominees who took the Grand Prix:
- 1956th. Country in which the competition was held: Switzerland, the city of Lugano. Winner: Lis Assia. Composition: Refrain. Winning country: Switzerland.
- 1957th. Country in which the competition was held: Germany, the city of Frankfurt am Main. Winner: Corrie Brocken. Composition: Net Als Toen. Country: Netherlands.
- 1958. Venue: Hilversum. Winner: André Clavet Composition: Dors Mon Amour. France.
- 1959th. France, city of Cannes. Winner: Teddy Scholten. Composition: Een Beetje. Country: Netherlands.
- 1960s. Venue: UK. Winner: Jacqueline Boyer Composition: Tom Pillibi. France.
- 1961st. France, city of Cannes. Winner: Jean-Claude Pascal. Composition: Nous les amoureux. Country: Luxembourg.
- 1962. Venue: Luxembourg. Winner: Isabelle Aubre. Composition: Un premier amour. France.
- 1963. Great Britain. Winner: Greta and Jürgen Ingmann. Composition: Dansevise. Country: Denmark.
- 1964th. Venue: Denmark, Copenhagen. Winner: Gigliola Cinquetti. Composition: Non ho l'eta. Italy.
- 1965th. Italy, city of Naples. Winner: France Gall with Poupée de cire, poupée de son. Country: Luxembourg.
The second decade of the existence of Eurovision. Winners
- 1966. Venue: Luxembourg. Winner: Udo Jurgens. Composition: Merci Cheri. Country: Austria.
- 1967th. Austria, city of Vienna. Winner: Sandy Shaw. Composition: Puppet On A String. Country: UK.
- 1968th. Venue: UK, London. Winner: Massiel. Composition: La La La. Spain.
- 1969th. Venue: Spain, city of Madrid. For the first time in the history of Eurovision, the Grand Prix was awarded to four nominees at once:
- Artist: Lenny Kuhr. Composition: De troubadour. Country: Netherlands.
- Artist: Frida Boccara. Composition: Un Jour, Un Enfant. Country: France.
- Artist: Lulu. Composition: Boom bang a bang. Country: UK.
- Artist: Salome (Maria Rosa Marco). Composition: Vivo cantando. Country: Spain. - 1970s. The Netherlands, the city of Amsterdam (determined by lottery). Winner: Dana Composition: All kinds of everything. Country: Ireland.
- 1971st. Venue: Ireland, Dublin. Winner: Severin Composition: Un banc, un arbre, une rue. Monaco.
- 1972. Scotland, city of Edinburgh. Winner: Vicki Leandros. Composition: Apres toi. Country: Luxembourg.
- 1973. Venue: Luxembourg. Winner: Anna-Maria David. Composition: Tu te reconnaitras. Luxembourg.
- 1974th. UK, city of Brighton. Winner: Abba group. Composition: Waterloo. Country: Sweden.
- 1975th. Venue: Sweden, Stockholm city. Winner: Teach-In Group. Composition: Ding-A-Dong. Netherlands.
The third decade of the existence of Eurovision
- 1976th. Venue: The Netherlands, The Hague. Winner: Brotherhood Of Men with Save Your Kisses For Me. Country: UK.
- 1977th. Great Britain, London. Winner: Marie Miriam. Composition: L'oiseau et l'enfant. Country: France.
- 1978th. Venue: France, Paris. Winner: Izrah Cohen and Alphabeta Group. Composition: A-Ba-Ni-Bi. Israel.
- 1979th. Israel, city of Jerusalem. Winner: Gali Atari and Milk & Honey. Composition: Hallelujah. Country: Israel.
- 1980s. Venue: The Netherlands, The Hague. Winner: Johnny Logan. Composition: What's Another Year. Ireland.
- 1981. Ireland, city of Dublin. Winner: Bucks Fizz. Song: Making Your Mind Up Country: UK.
- 1982. Venue: UK, city of Harrogate. Winner: Nicole and her melodic Ein Bißchen Frieden. Germany
- 1983. Germany, city of Munich. Winner: Corinne Erme. Composition: Si la vie est cadeau. Country: Luxembourg.
- 1984th. Venue: Luxembourg. Winner: Herrey's. Composition: Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Lee. Sweden.
- 1985th. Sweden, city of Gothenburg. Winner: Bobbysocks for La det swinge. Country: Norway. Broadcasting of the air occurs exclusively thanks to satellites.
Fourth decade of Eurovision
- 1986. Venue: Norway, Bergen. Sandra Kim won with J'Aime La Vie. Country: Belgium.
- 1987. Belgium, city of Brussels. Johnny Logan joined the list of Eurovision winners for the second time with Hold Me Now. Country: Ireland.
- 1988th. Venue: Ireland, Dublin. Won with Ne partez pas sans moi. Switzerland.
- 1989. Switzerland, city of Lausanne. Winner: Riva Composition: Rock me. Country: Yugoslavia.
- 1990th. Venue: Yugoslavia, city of Zagreb. Winner: Toto Cutugno. Composition: Insieme: 1992. Country: Italy.
- 1991. Venue: Italy, Rome. Winner: Karola Composition: Fangad av en stormvind. Country: Sweden.
- 1992 Venue: Sweden, Malmö. Winner: Linda Martin. Johnny Logan song: Why me? (Ireland).
- 1993. Ireland, city of Millstreet. Winner: Niamh Kavanagh. Composition: In your eyes. Country: Ireland.
- 1994. Venue: Ireland, Dublin. Winner: Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. Composition: Rock'n roll kids. Ireland.
- 1995th. Ireland, Dublin. Grand Prix: Garden. Song: Nocturne
Fifth decade of Eurovision
- 1996. Venue: Norway, Oslo. Grand Prix: Ymer Quinn. Song: The Voice Country: Ireland.
- 1997. Ireland, Dublin. Grand Prix: Katrina and The Waves. Song: Love shine a light. Country: UK.
- 1998th. Venue: UK, Birmingham. Grand Prix: Dana International. Song: Diva Israel.
- 1999th. Israel, Jerusalem. Grand Prix: Charlotte Neilson. Song: Take me to your heaven. Country: Sweden.
- 2000th. Venue: Sweden, Stockholm. Grand Prix: Olsen brothers. Song: Fly on the wings of love. Denmark.
- 2001. Denmark, Copenhagen. Grand Prix: Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL. Composition: Everyone. Country: Estonia.
- 2002. Venue: Estonia, Tallinn. Grand Prix: Marie N. Song: I wanna. Latvia.
- 2003. Latvia, Riga. Grand Prix: Sertab Erner. Composition: Every Way That I Can. Country: Turkey.
- 2004. Venue: Turkey, Istanbul city. Grand Prix: Ruslana. Composition: Wild Dances. Ukraine
- 2005. Ukraine, Kiev. Winner: Helena Paparizou. Composition: My Number One. Country: Greece.
Sixth decade of Eurovision
- 2006. Venue: Greece, Athens. Grand Prix: rock band Lordi. Hard Rock Hallelujah. Country: Finland.
- 2007. Finland, Helsinki. Winner: Maria Sherifimovich. Song: "Prayer" Country: Serbia.
- 2008. Venue: Serbia, Belgrade. Winner: Composition: Believe. Russia.
- 2009th. Russia capital Moscow. Winner: Alexander Rybak. Composition: Fairytale. Country: Norway.
- 2010th. Venue: Norway. Winner of the 55th Music Competition: Song: Satellite. Germany.
- 2011. Venue: Düsseldorf, Germany. Winner: Ell & Nikki. Composition: Running Scared. Azerbaijan.
- 2012. Venue: Winner: Lauryn. Composition: Euphoria. Country: Sweden.
The list of winners of the first Eurovision semi-final was topped by an interesting group from Russia, Buranovskiye Babushki, with the song Party for Everybody. - 2013th. Venue: Sweden, Malmö. The list of Eurovision winners has been expanded by Emmy de Forest. Song: Only Teardrops Denmark.
- 2014. Location: Denmark. Winner: Conchita Wurst. Composition: Rise Like A Phoenix. Austria.
- 2015. Country hosting the 60th Anniversary International Competition: Austria. Winner: Mons Zelmerlev. Composition: Heroes. Country: Sweden.
Ireland - the country-record holder for the number of victories
Researchers of the competition note that Ireland is more often on the list of Eurovision winners. The country has already hosted performers on its territory 7 times.
- 1970s. The victory went to the Irish singer Dana, who performed the song All kinds of everything. It was the first, but not the last Irish singers to win the Grand Prix at the Eurovision Song Contest.
- 1980s. Johnny Logan won with What's Another Year.
- 1987. The victory went to Johnny Logan, who performed the song Hold Me Now. Johnny became the first person to complete the list of Eurovision winners twice. Few people have been honored with this honor throughout history.
- 1992. The victory went to the performer Linda Martin, who performed with the composition of Johnny Logan "Why me?". In addition to Linda's victory, Ireland became the first country to have an artist who has won the Eurovision Grand Prix three times.
- 1993. Niamh Kavan won the Grand Prix with the song In your eyes.
- 1994 became significant for Ireland. Thanks to Paul Harrington and Charlie McGattigan with the song Rock'n roll kids, Ireland hosted Eurovision contestants for three years in a row.
- 1996- the seventh and so far the last time Ireland and its nominees took the Grand Prix at Eurovision. The record was set by Imen Quinn, who performed The voice.
The organizers of Eurovision had a good goal: to merge the countries of Europe that were scattered after the Second World War in a single musical impulse. In 1956, the first competition was held, and the place was chosen in the best possible way: the action took place in Lugano, the southern city of Switzerland, distinguished by its diplomacy. The victory was also received by the representative of this country - Liz Assia with the song Refrain. The show has never been canceled since this year.
Eurovision rules
The participants are required to have a live sound (there can only be accompaniment in the recording), an original three-minute composition and no more than 6 people simultaneously on stage. You can sing in any language. Participants must be over 16 years old: since 2003, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been founded for underage musicians (participants in the 2006 children's competition, the Tolmacheva sisters, represented Russia at the adult competition in 2014).
Popular
The show is broadcast live, and after that, SMS voting begins, allowing you to choose the best performers. Depending on the number of voters, participants receive from 12 to 1 point from each of the countries (or do not receive a single point if they are not voted for). And six years ago, music experts joined the audience: five professionals from each country also vote for their favorite songs.
Sometimes countries receive the same number of points - in this case, the number of 10 and 12 points is taken into account. By the way, in 1969, when this rule had not yet been taken into account, four countries were declared winners at once: France, Spain, the Netherlands and Great Britain. The rest of the participants did not like it much, so now the jury is choosing the favorite more carefully.
Eurovision countries
Only countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union (hence the name of the competition) can participate in Eurovision, that is, it is not the geography that matters, but the channel that will broadcast the show live. For many who wish, this regulation becomes a serious obstacle: Kazakhstan, which applied for membership in the EBU, was not approved by the organizers of the competition.
The Eurovision organizers do not advocate for new participants at all, but this does not interrupt the appetite of many countries dreaming of participating in the contest. Compared to 1956, the number of performers has increased by 9 times: instead of 7 states, 39 are now competing. By the way, Australia will enter the stage this year. The green continent will be presented for the first time in history by singer Guy Sebastian. The only "but": in the event of Australia's victory, they have not yet been allowed to host Eurovision at home.
But there are those who are never denied participation: these are the countries of the so-called "Big Five", which includes the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. These states never tremble for qualifying performances and always automatically find themselves in the final.
Eurovision rejections
"Eurovision" is an expensive pleasure, so the most common reason for countries' refusals is economic. In second place is politics, which intervenes in the competition every now and then. For example, Armenia refused to send its musicians to Baku in 2012 due to strained relations with Azerbaijan, and Morocco was not shown at the competition for a long time due to conflicts with Israel.
There are those who do not want to go to the show, accusing the judges of bias. The Czech Republic turned out to be the most dissatisfied country: since 2009, the state stubbornly avoided Eurovision (in three years of participation, the Czechs scored only 10 points in total), and only this year decided to try their hand again.
Turkey said no this year, with a backlog of complaints. Muslims are unhappy with the victory of the bearded Conchita Wurst last year and Finnish Krista Siegfrids' lesbian kiss with her backing vocalist, which was captured by cameras during the semi-finals in 2013.
Famous participants of Eurovision
Many performers believe that Eurovision is a stepping stone to world popularity. In fact, the competition, even if it gives a few seconds of fame, gives few people a chance to become truly famous. There are also pleasant exceptions. For example, in 1974, the Swedish group ABBA, at that moment unfamiliar even within their native country, won first place with the song Waterloo. This victory instantly brought the team success all over the world: 8 singles of the group, one after another, firmly established themselves at the top of the British charts, and in the USA, three albums of the quartet became gold and one went platinum. By the way, the Waterloo hit in 2005, thanks to the vote of viewers from 31 countries, was recognized as the best Eurovision song in history.
Celine Dion was already a star in Canada and France by the time of the competition. The victory in 1988 with the song Ne partez pas sans moi (the singer represented Switzerland) expanded her geography: Dion's records began to be sold in Asia, Australia and most European countries, and made her think about recording singles in English. Approximately the same story happened with the Spaniard Julio Iglesias, who in 1994 reached fourth place with the song Gwendolyne, and then learned to sing in Portuguese, French and Italian and made himself known in Europe.
The Brainstorm group, which took third place in 2000 (by the way, these were the first performers who performed in the competition from Latvia), Eurovision, if not opened the whole planet, but allowed them to successfully tour Scandinavia and consolidate their success in Eastern Europe, the Baltic states and Russia.
It also happened vice versa: when performers with a name took part in a music competition, but did not achieve leadership in the competition. So, Tatu, despite encouraging forecasts, took only third place, the British Blue became 11th, and Patricia Kaas - eighth.
Eurovision scandals
They like to criticize Eurovision: the first places are probably bought, the lyrics are unoriginal, and the countries vote not for the composition, but for their neighbors. Even the texts, behavior and appearance of some contestants become the cause of conflicts.
In 1973, fans of the Israeli singer Ilanit were seriously worried about the life of the singer. On the eve of the contest, the singer received threats from Islamic radicals who made no secret of the impending attack. Nevertheless, the performer took the stage, having previously put on a bulletproof vest. Fortunately, nothing dangerous for her life did not happen.
In 2007, a scandal arose around the Ukrainian participant - the singer Verka Serdyuchka (aka Andrey Danilko), in whose song the words "Russia, goodbye" were heard. The culprit of the story herself explained that the text contains the phrase Lasha Tumbai, which means “whipped cream” in Mongolian. Be that as it may, Verka's performance turned out to be prophetic: relations with Russia deteriorated sharply, and now the singer is a rare bird in our area.
And the Spaniard Daniel Dihes was “lucky” to be the victim of a bully in a red cap Jimmy Jump, who usually bursts into football matches to make the audience laugh and get into the frame. In 2010, Jimmy chose Eurovision as the venue and snuck onto the stage during Daniel's performance. Jimmy flaunted in front of the cameras for a full 15 seconds, until the shocked guards began to act. Dihes (who hadn't lost his temper during Jump's antics) was allowed to sing one more time.
Non-standard participants of the show, representatives of sexual minorities or alternative musical genres, also attract attention to themselves. Several times such musicians managed to win, which angered many spectators, but did not cancel their victory. In 1998, it was transgender Dana International from Israel; in 2006, hard rockers Lordi caused a wave of irritation, and last year Thomas Neuwirth became a bone of contention, who appeared on stage in the form of a woman with a beard Conchita Wurst.
Eurovision records
The most successful performers, without a doubt, live in Ireland. This country took the first place 7 times, including three times in a row (from 1992 to 1994). And Norway has the saddest results - its participants 10 times got to the bottom of the voting line.
True, it was not the Irishman who earned the most points for the victory, but the Norwegian of Belarusian origin Alexander Rybak, who received 387 points. The youngest participant in the competition was Sandra Kim from Belgium. Today, the organizers carefully check the biographies of the participants, and in 1986, a 13-year-old girl, thanks to makeup and a larger outfit (long trousers and a jacket with voluminous shoulders), managed to outwit the jury and brought her country victory.
The competition does not prohibit contestants from participating in Eurovision several times. This right is used with might and main by the German composer Ralph Siegel, who wrote compositions for the competition 17 times. In 1979, especially for Eurovision, he founded the group Dschinghis Khan, which, with a song about Genghis Khan, took fourth place. This allowed the team to successfully tour Europe for six years.
The right to re-participate also allowed Dima Bilan to become a favorite
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