Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country	Russia
National selection
Selection process	Evrovidenie 2012 50% Jury 50% Televoting
Selection date(s)	7 March 2012
Selected entrant	Buranovskiye Babushki
Selected song	"Party for Everybody"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (1st, 152 points)
Final result	2nd, 259 points
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2011 • 2012 • 2013►

Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Russian broadcaster RTR. Buranovskiye Babushki represented Russia with the song "Party for Everybody", which qualified from the first semi-final and went on to place 2nd in the final, scoring 259 points.^[1][2]

National Final

On 28 December 2011, RTR confirmed Russia's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku by announcing the details for the national selection.^[3] All singers and songwriters were invited to apply to the selection until February, when a selection committee reviewed the received applications.^[4] A special committee selected a total of 25 acts to proceed to the national final.^[5]

The Russian national final was held on 7 March 2012, hosted by Olga Shelest and Mikhail Zelenskiy.^[2] After the combination of jury votes and televoting, Buranovskiye Babushki were the winners with the song "Party for Everybody".^[2] The jury panel for the final consisted of: Sergej Arhipov, Igor Krutoy, Aleksandr Igudin, Philipp Kirkorov, Arman Davletyarov, Roman Emelyanov and Gennadiy Gоchshteyn.^[2]

Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Jury & Televote	Place
1	Lena Maksimova	"Brave"	4,96	13
2	Ksenona	"Close My Eyes"	4,02	21
3	Irson Kudikova	"Woman's Heart Never Lies"	4,15	19
4	The Ups!	"Kiss"	5,00	12
5	Sardor	"Believe"	3,46	24
6	4POST	"Navstrechu Nebu" (Towards the sky)	6,32	6
7	Efrosiya	"Ya Tebya Lyubila" (I loved you)	4,06	20
8	Unite It	"Filling My Life"	4,44	16
9	Katya Savelieva	"Life's Beautiful"	5,32	9
10	Olga Makovetskaya	"Positive Emotions"	4,52	15
11	Rene	"I Miss You"	4,28	17
12	Farinelli Balls	"Breath Away Song"	5,06	11
13	Polina Smolova	"Michael"	5,79	7
14	Chinkong ft. Karina	"High Up"	4,68	14
15	Marie Carné	"Mezhdu Nebom I Zemlyoy" (Between Heaven and Earth)	4,24	18
16	Mark Tishman	"Money vs Love"	6,73	5
17	Ed Shulzhevskiy	"Sto Minut" (One hundred minutes)	3,65	23
18	Elena Ekimova	"Do You Like?"	5,58	8
19	Dima Bilan & Julia Volkova	"Back To Her Future"	29,25	2
20	Riff Action Family	"Sky"	5,09	10
21	Timati & Aida Garifullina	"Fantasy"	26,74	3
22	Pavla	"One Million Butterflies"	3,93	22
23	Syostry Syo	"Une Marionette" (A Puppet)	6,98	4
24	Buranovskiye Babushki	"Party for Everybody"	38,51	1
25	Jet Kids	"Oh Yeah"	3,23	25

At Eurovision

Russia competed in the second half of the first semi-final (14th on stage), on 22 May 2012, following Denmark and preceding Hungary. Buranovskiye Babushki received 152 points and placed 1st, thus qualifying for the final on 26 May.^[6]

In the final, Russia was drawn to perform 6th, after Bosnia and Herzegovina and preceding Iceland. The Russian entry scored a total of 259 points and placed 2nd in the final.^[1]

Split Results

• In the Semi-final Russia came 1st with 152 points: the public awarded Russia 1st place with 189 points and the jury awarded 8th place with 75 points.^[7]
• In the Final Russia came 2nd with 259 points: the public awarded Russia 2nd place with 332 points and the jury awarded 11th place with 94 points.^[7]

Points Awarded to Russia

Points Awarded to Russia (Semi-Final 1)^[6]

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Belgium  Denmark  Finland  Israel  Latvia	Austria	Azerbaijan  Ireland  Montenegro   Switzerland	Cyprus  Greece  Hungary  Spain	Iceland  Moldova  Romania
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
			Italy  San Marino

Points awarded to Russia (Final)^[1]

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Belarus	Azerbaijan  Italy  Latvia  San Marino  Ukraine	Belgium  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  Norway  Portugal  Slovenia  Spain	Germany  Hungary  Iceland  Israel  Serbia  Sweden  Turkey	Bulgaria  Croatia  Ireland  Lithuania  Moldova
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Austria  Cyprus  Georgia	France  Greece  Macedonia  Montenegro  Netherlands  Romania	Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Malta  Slovakia  United Kingdom

Points Awarded by Russia

First Semi final Points awarded in first semi-final:[6] 12 points  Moldova 10 points  Ireland 8 points  Romania 7 points  Cyprus 6 points  Israel 5 points  Greece 4 points  Latvia 3 points  Denmark 2 points  Albania 1 point  Iceland

Final Points awarded in the final:[1] 12 points  Sweden 10 points  Azerbaijan 8 points  Ukraine 7 points  Moldova 6 points  Estonia 5 points  Lithuania 4 points  Serbia 3 points  Greece 2 points  Cyprus 1 point  Romania

References

1. "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv.
2. Omelyanchuk, Olena (7 March 2012). "See: Buranovskiye Babushki to represent Russia".
3. Hondal, Victor (28 December 2011). "Russia: National final to be held on February 26th". ESCToday.com.
4. Omelyanchuk, Olena (29 December 2011). "Russia revealed its rules for the national selection". Eurovision.tv.
5. Omelyanchuk, Olena (1 March 2012). "UPDATE: The list of the Russian participants confirmed". Eurovision.tv.
6. "Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final (1)". Eurovision.tv.
7. Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". Eurovision.tv.