Eurovision Song Contest
In 2005, the contest came to the capital of Ukraine - Kiev. The list of participants again included Hungary, Bulgaria and Moldova made their debut. In all, there were 39 countries. In the finals, there were 25. As a result, the seats were distributed as follows: 1 - Greece (Elena Paparizu, My number one), 2 - Malta (Chiara, Angel), 3 - Romania (Lumnica Angel, Let me try) . Unfortunately, the top three did not include representatives of the former USSR.
As you know, 2006 brought Dima Bilan the second place. In the final, the Russian singer competed with participants from 24 countries. As a result, Finnish monsters from the heavy metal group "Lordi" turned out to be on the first place, and on the third - the singer Leila from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In 2008, the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Belgrade. 43 countries took part in the competition. The finals were the countries of the big four, Serbia, as well as 9 countries-winners of each semifinal. As a result, silver goes to Ukrainian Ani Lorak ("Shady lady"), bronze - Kalomire from Greece (Secret combination), gold is brought to Moscow by Dima Bilan. His composition "Believe me" is gaining 272 points and becomes the absolute winner.
In 2009, the contest is hosted by Moscow. This year 42 countries came to the Russian capital. Georgia and San Marino refused to participate, but Slovakia returned. In addition to the Big Five countries and Russia, Lithuania, Israel, Sweden, Croatia, Portugal, Iceland, Armenia, Greece, Estonia, Denmark, Malta, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Albania, Ukraine and Romania came to the finals. Gold, gaining a record 387 points, was received by the representative of Norway Alexander Rybak ("Fairytale"). With a large margin on the second place was Iceland Yohanna, and on the third - a duet from Azerbaijan. Russian singer Anastasia Prikhodko only managed to reach 11th place (91 points).
After the victory of Fisherman Norway for the third time received the right to host a competition, which this time took place in the suburbs of Oslo. The number of participants was reduced to 39. Refused to come representatives of Montenegro, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Andorra. However, Georgia returned to the scene. By results of voting, having gained 246 points, Lena Meyer Landrut from Germany won the song "Satellite", followed by Turkey and Romania. The staff of Peter Nalitch from Russia turned out to be the eleventh.
The victory of singer Lena gave the right to conduct in 2011 Eurovision the German city of Dusseldorf. 43 countries participated, 4 of them returned to the competition. Russia went to the finals, but Alexei Vorobiev earned only 16th place. The first was the duo from Azerbaijan Ell & Nikki with the song "Running Scared". Rafael Gualazzi from Italy took silver, and Erik Saade from Sweden - bronze.
57 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the capital of Azerbaijan - Baku. At this competition, Russia made a real breakthrough, sending the team "Buranovskie grandmothers". Folklore ensemble with their Udmurt tunes conquered Europe and won 2nd place. With the result of 372 points on the 1st place was the song "Euphoria" by Swedish singer Laurin. At 3 - the representative of Serbia Zeljko Joksimovic.
Eurovision in 2013 was held in the Swedish city of Malmo. 39 countries expressed a desire to participate. The winner of the project voice - Dina Garipova, representing Russia, went to the finals and managed to enter the top five (5th place). Three leaders: Emilia de Forest (Denmark), Farid Mammadov (Azerbaijan), Zlata Ognevich (Ukraine).
Eurovision 2014 Results
The 59th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Denmark and proved to be rich in scandals. The fact is that Austria was represented by the travesty-artist Tom Neuwirth. He appeared in the image of the bearded woman Conchy Wurst and sang the song "Rise Like a Phoenix". A beautiful room, strong vocal and a shocking image brought the singer 290 points and a victory. The Netherlands group "The Common Linnets" and their number "Calm after the Storm" scored 238 points and got the second place. The third was Sanna Nielsen from Sweden. Her song "Undo" had 218 points. Tolmachevy sisters from Russia received an honorable 7th place and 89 points for the song "Shine".
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