Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country Russia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 7 February 2019
Song: 9 March 2019
Selected entrantSergey Lazarev
Selected song"Scream"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (6th, 217 points)
Final result3rd, 370 points
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Scream", written by Philipp Kirkorov, Dimitris Kontopoulos and Sharon Vaughn. The song was performed by Sergey Lazarev, who was internally selected by the Russian broadcaster Russia-1 to represent the nation at the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Background

Prior to the 2019 contest, Russia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 21 times since its first entry in 1994. Russia had won the contest on one occasion in 2008 with the song "Believe" performed by Dima Bilan. In 2016, Russia finished third with the song "You Are the Only One" performed by Russia's 2019 entrant Sergey Lazarev.[1] In 2018, Russia placed fifteenth in the second semi-final with the song "I Won't Break" performed by Julia Samoylova, making it the first time Russia did not qualify for the final since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 7 February 2019, Russian broadcaster RTR announced that Sergey Lazarev would represent Russia in 2019.[2] His song for the contest, "Scream", was released on 9 March 2019.[3] Sergey Lazarev was selected as the Russian entrant by an expert committee from seven shortlisted candidates, among them which also included Aleksandr Panayotov, Egor Kreed, Elena Temnikova, Manizha,[lower-alpha 1] Olga Buzova and Philipp Kirkorov, as reported by Russian media.[5][6] After several Russian online media outlets published information about the shortlist of entrants for Eurovision 2019, RTR stated that "The list of candidates does not exist and is unlikely to exist" and the entrant will be named at the end of January.[7]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Russia was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[8]

Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Russia was set to perform in position 13, following the entry from Lithuania and preceding the entry from Albania.[9]

Semi-final

Russia performed thirteenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Lithuania and preceding the entry from Albania. At the end of the show, Russia was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Russia placed sixth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 217 points: 124 points from the televoting and 93 points from the juries.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1–8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results will be released shortly after the grand final.[10]

Points awarded to Russia

Points awarded by Russia

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Russian jury:[10]

Detailed voting results from Russia (Semi-final 2)[11]
Draw Country Jury Televote
L. Kvint S. Osiashvili I. Gulyaev A. Tolmacheva M. Tolmacheva Rank Points Rank Points
01  Armenia10842756210
02  Ireland1515712111416
03  Moldova5612556565
04   Switzerland91621789274
05  Latvia8121413101315
06  Romania23111311213
07  Denmark141018168311
08  Sweden139815151692
09  Austria714131491217
10  Croatia1213911121783
11  Malta3210613812
12  Lithuania11173101711101
13  Russia
14  Albania6516424714
15  Norway1711616141538
16  Netherlands164591310147
17  North Macedonia11153621056
18  Azerbaijan47177474112
Detailed voting results from Russia (Final)[12]
Draw Country Jury Televote
L. Kvint S. Osiashvili I. Gulyaev A. Tolmacheva M. Tolmacheva Rank Points Rank Points
01  Malta86131105619
02  Albania141026118322
03  Czech Republic13222114232118
04  Germany22172225242423
05  Russia
06  Denmark1713251891714
07  San Marino1089366513
08  North Macedonia6561287411
09  Sweden16121122221817
10  Slovenia15151721162056
11  Cyprus714743820
12  Netherlands1831817191465
13  Greece112102221024
14  Israel25252024212521
15  Norway201423191219210
16  United Kingdom19161923172325
17  Iceland118810209247
18  Estonia23201616152215
19  Belarus573554738
20  Azerbaijan44143112112
21  France2211520141312
22  Italy24191415111101
23  Serbia12117871283
24   Switzerland9232411181692
25  Australia2124513251574
26  Spain391291310116

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Manizha stated that she would like to perform with "I Am Who I Am" at Eurovision, but it is not known whether she sent this song to RTR[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Russia". EBU. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Herbert, Emily (7 February 2019). "Russia: Sergey Lazarev to Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Granger, Anthony (9 March 2019). "Russia: Sergey Lazarev Returns To Eurovision With "Scream"". Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Домашнее насилие, Евровидение, абьюзеры | MANIZHA". YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Кандидаты «Евровидения-2019»: кому уготована участь «музыкального Навального»".
  6. ↑ "Super.ru".
  7. ↑ "Скандал на "Евровидении": кто обманул россиян". Газета.ру.
  8. ↑ Jordan, Paul (28 January 2019). "Eurovision 2019: Which country takes part in which Semi-Final?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Exclusive: This is the Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final running order!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  10. 1 2 Groot, Evert (30 April 2019). "Exclusive: They are the judges who will vote in Eurovision 2019!". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  11. 1 2 3 "Results of the Second Semi-Final of Tel Aviv 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  12. 1 2 3 "Results of the Grand Final of Tel Aviv 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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