Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. Despite early indications that the Russian participation for 2007 would be organised by Rossiya Channel (RTR), Channel One Russia (C1R) remained in charge of selecting the Russian entry and retained the broadcast rights for the 2007 Contest.^[1][2] The Russian entry was selected internally by C1R. Serebro represented Russia with the song "Song #1", which placed 3rd in the final, scoring 207 points.^[3]

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country	Russia
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 8 March 2007 Song: 14 March 2007
Selected artist(s)	Serebro
Selected song	"Song #1"
Selected songwriter(s)	Maxim Fadeev Daniil Babichev
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 207 points
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Internal selection

To select a Russian Eurovision representative for the 2007 contest, broadcaster RTR, which regained the right to choose a participant for Russia, was rumoured to be organising a national selection with three artists selected by the channel.^[4] However, in January 2007, it was announced that Channel One had regained the right to choose the 2007 participant after RTR decided to participate in the Eurovision Dance Contest instead.^[5] On 20 January 2007, C1R announced a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 1 March 2007. A jury panel was to evaluate the received submissions on 3 March 2007 and select the Russian entry, however a decision was not reached and instead five candidates were shortlisted: Aleksandr Panayotov and Alexey Chumakov, Band'Eros, Gorod 312, Serebro and Zveri.

On 8 March 2007, C1R announced that they had internally selected Serebro to represent Russia in Helsinki. The announcement occurred during the Channel One programme Vysshaya Liga. Serebro's selection as the Russian representative was decided upon by the jury panel from the five shortlisted candidates following a closed audition held on the same day.^{[6][better source needed]} The Russian song, "Song #1", was presented to the public on 14 March 2007 during a special radio programme broadcast on Europa Plus. "Song #1" was composed by creator of the group Maxim Fadeev, with lyrics by Daniil Babichev. Fadeev previously composed the 2004 Russian entry. The song was also presented on 24 March 2007 during Vysshaya Liga.^[7]

First Round^{[6][8][9][better source needed]}

Artist	Song
Aleksandr Panayotov and Alexey Chumakov	"Ne moya (Every Little Thing)" (Не моя)
Alexey Goman	Unknown
Amarhuu Borhuu	Unknown
Amatory	"Sneg v adu" (Снег в аду)
Anastasia Stotskaya	Unknown
A-Sortie	Unknown
Band'Eros	Unknown
Boris Moiseev	Unknown
Catharsis	Unknown
Chay Vdvoyom	Unknown
Chelsi	Unknown
Dark Princess	"Stop My Heart"
	"Please Betray Me"
	"Join Me in Life"
Diana Gurtskaya	Unknown
Dima Bilan	Unknown
Evra	"Save This Day"
Gorod 312	Unknown
Jam	"My Girl"
Jasmin	Unknown
Jukebox	Unknown
KuBa	Unknown
MaxiM	Unknown
Origami	"V serdtse moyem" (В сердце моём)
Polina Griffith	Unknown
Plazma	"Living in the Past"
Premyer-Ministr	Unknown
Private Beat	"One and Only"
Psikhea	"British (Mishen)" (Мишень)
Ranetki	"Angely" (Ангелы)
Ruslan Alekhno	Unknown
Samotsvety	Unknown
Serebro	"Song #1"
Sergey Lazarev[a]	Unknown
Sogdiana	Unknown
Valeriya	Unknown
Victoria Dayneko	Unknown
Zara	Unknown
Zveri	Unknown

Second Round

Artist	Song	Place
Aleksandr Panayotov and Alexey Chumakov	"Ne moya (Every Little Thing)" (Не моя)	2
Band'Eros	Unknown	—
Gorod 312	Unknown	—
Serebro	"Song #1"	1
Zveri	Unknown	—

At Eurovision

Serebro performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 final in Helsinki.

Since Russia placed within the top 10 countries (excluding the Big Four) in the 2006 Contest, Russia pre-qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. On 12 March 2007, Russia was drawn to perform 15th in the final on 12 May 2007, following a slot allotted for a semi-finalist qualifier, which was ultimately filled by Latvia and preceding Germany.^[10] After the voting concluded, Russia scored 207 points and placed 3rd.^[11]

The semi-final and final were broadcast on Channel One, with commentary by Yuriy Aksyuta and Elena Batinova. The voting spokesperson for Russia was Yana Churikova.

Voting

Points awarded to Russia

Points awarded to Russia (Final)^[12]

Score	Country
12 points	Armenia  Belarus  Estonia
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Greece  Israel  Moldova  Turkey
7 points	Cyprus  Georgia  Latvia  Serbia
6 points	Czech Republic  Germany  Hungary  Ireland  Lithuania  Malta  Montenegro  United Kingdom
5 points	Bulgaria  Macedonia  Norway  Sweden
4 points	Portugal  Spain
3 points	Andorra  Croatia  Finland  Poland  Romania  Slovenia
2 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Denmark  France
1 point	Iceland

Points awarded by Russia

Points awarded by Russia (Semi-final)[13] Score Country 12 points  Belarus 10 points  Georgia 8 points  Serbia 7 points  Turkey 6 points  Moldova 5 points  Slovenia 4 points  Andorra 3 points  Hungary 2 points  Latvia 1 point  Israel

Points awarded by Russia (Final)[12] Score Country 12 points  Belarus 10 points  Armenia 8 points  Ukraine 7 points  Georgia 6 points  Moldova 5 points  Serbia 4 points  Bulgaria 3 points  Slovenia 2 points  Turkey 1 point  Romania

Notes

1. Sergey withdrew his candidacy from the selection due to the fact that Sergey wanted to submit a solo application, but the Channel One insisted only on his participation as part of duo "Smash!!".

References

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