Russian Eurovision participants throughout the history of the competition. Dossier

In the midst of one of the most popular music events − "Eurovision"− we decided to remember the most prominent winners of this competition in its entire history. Who do you remember most?

ABBA

WITH "Eurovision" the triumphant ascent of the Swedish group began ABBA. The year before, they had no name and only a few songs in their repertoire. Song Waterloo in 1974 won the hearts of not only the British, but also the whole Europe, rising to the top of the international charts in a matter of days.

Celine Dion

After "Eurovision" fame came to one of the best-selling singers in the world - Celine Dion(47). In 1988, the young singer appeared in front of a television audience of 600 million people with the song Je Danse Dans Ma Tete. At the competition she represented Switzerland.

Toto Cutugno

In 1990 in Zagreb the winner was the famous Toto Cutugno(71). He won the competition with the song Insieme, giving Italy the right to host "Eurovision" in 1991, where Cutugno became the host.

Secret Garden

Group Secret Garden, which represented Norway, won the "Eurovision-1995" and after that she became world famous, releasing several successful albums. Victory on "Eurovision" ensured, in particular, the success of their first album Songs from a Secret Garden. It has sold nearly a million copies worldwide!

Dana International

Were at "Eurovision" and unique cases. So, in 1998 the winner was Dana International, who to this day remains the only transgender representative to participate in the competition. The girl used to be a man named Cohen.

Ruslana

In May 2004 Ruslana(41) entered the international stage - the Ukrainian singer amazed the music competition "Eurovision" V Istanbul. Single "Wild Dances", which brought her victory, and the album of the same name captivated audiences in more than 25 countries. For ninety-seven weeks, Ruslana topped 14 different charts in Europe.

Lordi

2006 also turned out to be rich in surprises. A record number of points - 292 - was received by a Finnish rock band Lordi. Even before the competition, the musicians caused a great stir in the media with their monster masks and a song performed in the tradition of heavy rock. After their victory "Eurovision" they jokingly called "Monster Vision".

In 2008, it was finally the turn to rejoice in Russia. On Eurovision 2008 to Belgrade with a song Believe and a large “support group” arrived Dima Bilan(33). For the singer, this was a second chance to win, since the first time, in 2006, she went to the Finns Lordi. The singer performed in the company of a Hungarian virtuoso violinist Edvina Martona(41) and the famous figure skater Evgenia Plushenko(32). Based on the results of audience SMS voting Russia scored 272 points. Thanks to this victory Moscow became the capital of the 54th competition for the first time "Eurovision".

Alexander Rybak

Predictable and expected Eurovision 2009 V Russia the winner was the candidate from Norway Belarusian origin Alexander Rybak(29) with song Fairytale. A simple but soulful performance by a boy with a violin touched the whole soul. Europe: he scored 387 points, which is an absolute record in the history of the competition. 15 countries awarded the highest score to the winner.

Lena Mayer-Landrut

The victory predicted by the bookmakers also went to the German singer. Lene Meyer-Landrut(23). Literally a week after winning the national selection, a video for the song Satellite received more than 2.5 million views in Internet(and by the time of the first semi-final - more than 9.7 million). As a result, Lena scored 246 points.

Elle and Nikki

In 2011, the winners of the competition were the romantic couple Elle and Nikki from Azerbaijan. They sang a song Running Scared.

Loreen

One of the most recognizable songs in recent times has become Euphoria Swedish singer Loreen(31). In 2012, it was she who took first place and topped all the charts. Today Loreen is one of the most popular singers in Europe.

Emily de Forest

Then the world chose to give the laurels of victory to the singer from Denmark's Emily de Forest(22). She amazed everyone with her spontaneity.

Conchita Wurst

But perhaps the most high-profile event of the competition was the victory Conchita Wurst(26) in 2014, who attracted attention not only with her facial hair, but also with her strong voice and energy.

Well, now we sincerely hope that the next bright winner "Eurovision" will be beautiful (28)!

Became the 46th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 12, 2001 in the city of Copenhagen (Denmark). The organizers of the competition were faced with the problem of finding a place to hold it. This eventually became the Parken stadium, after it was agreed that a retractable roof would be built on it. It became the largest building ever to host the competition, watched by 38 thousand spectators. 23 countries took part in the competition. Poland, Bosnia, Slovenia, Portugal, Lithuania and Greece are back in the running, replacing the 7 countries with the worst average results over the past 5 years.

Starting this year, telephone voting has become mandatory. However, Croatia, Greece and Malta used a mixed voting model, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey and Russia used jury voting, which was allowed in exceptional cases. Countries finishing in the first 15 places were now eligible to participate in the next competition. 20 out of 23 participants performed their songs entirely or partially in English, which became a kind of record.

For the first time, Estonia won the competition, represented by a duet and accompanied by a group 2XL. At the same time, a native of Aruba Benton became the first black man the winningest performer in history. The team presented the song "Everybody"("All").

Born 1980. The Estonian rock musician and pop singer studied the clarinet and saxophone, sang in church and children's choirs, as well as in the boys' choir, and was interested in folk music and sports dancing.

He is the creator of the ensemble Speed ​​free, which released its first disc, “Woman Knows,” in May 2001. All songs for ensemble Padar I wrote it myself.

After joint Dave Benton victory in the competition becomes one of the most famous rock musicians in Estonia.

In 2003 he created the ensemble The Sun, with which in 2006 he received prizes in Estonia in 5 out of 15 categories, including the prize “Best Album” of the Year and “Best Ensemble of the Year”.

– one of the two presenters of Eesti otsib superstaari of the third season. U Padara has an older sister, the popular Estonian singer Gerli Padar, who became famous before her brother. Gerli Padar represented Estonia at the song competition Eurovision 2007.

(real name Efren Eugene Benita) was born in 1951. The Estonian musician and pop singer began his artistic career in Aruba. At the age of 25, he went to Las Vegas, where he performed in various show programs, including singing in the groups The Drifters, The Platters and Tom Jones. Having moved to the Netherlands, he participated in various show projects. In 1994, he accepted an offer to participate in the musical “City Lights” in Berlin. In addition to working in Germany, he also performed in other European countries.

Since 1997 he has lived in Estonia. After joint Tanel Padar winning the competition became one of the most famous pop musicians in Estonia. At the competition Benton And Padar sang a song "Everybody", and the group also took part in the performance 2XL. Benton became the first black performer to win Eurovision. At the end of the same year he released his first solo album, From Monday to Sunday.

Soul Militia– Estonian hip-hop group that won the competition Eurovision V 2001 as backing vocalists Tanelya Padara And Dave Benton.

The team was created in 1997 by Sergey Morgun and Indrek Soom under the name 2XL. It was with this title that the song was sung "Everybody", bringing Estonia its first victory in a music competition. In 2002, the musicians changed their name to Soul Militia. In 2007 they took part in the national selection for Eurovision with the song "My Place".

Eurovision 2002. Estonia

became the 47th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 25, 2002 at the Saku Suurhall arena in Tallinn (Estonia). Initially, 22 countries were expected to participate in the competition, but the European Broadcasting Union increased this quota to 24. Additional places were given to Israel and Portugal, but the latter refused due to internal problems of the RTP television channel, and Latvia took its place.

Russia, Romania, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina used jury voting, while Cyprus, Greece, Croatia and Malta used a mixed voting system (spectator and jury).

For the second time in a row, the Baltic country won. Marie N(Maria Naumova) from Latvia received the Grand Prix with 176 points. In addition to the winner, the top ten included two more representatives of the post-Soviet space - the Estonian Sahlin took third place, and the Russian group Prime Minister became tenth.

(pseudonym Marie N) was born in 1973. The Latvian singer of Russian origin began collaborating with the composer in 1994. In 1995 she took part in a television competition for young talents and was warmly received by the audience. In 1998, she took part in a concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary, after which she gained fame in the country. In 1999 she released her first solo album, “Until Bright Tears,” recorded in Russian. Released in 2001, the album “Ieskaties acis” became gold two weeks after its release, and after 11 months – platinum. In the same year I recorded album in French "Ma Voix, Ma Voie". She received the audience award at the Voice of Asia competition.

In 2000, for the first time, she participated in the national selection for Eurovision, where she took first place, but by the decision of the national jury Eurovision the participant of the correct nationality who took only third place was sent. Next year Maria compromised by hiding her Russian surname with a pseudonym Marie N, again won the qualifying round, and then the competition itself 2002 with a song "I Wanna"(“I want”), the music for which Maria I wrote it myself. The song was the first among the winners of the competition that was not released by record companies outside their country. In Latvia itself, the song also did not even enter the top thirty of the national hit parade.

In November of the same year, she released two new albums (one in English, the second in Latvian). She was the host of the competition Eurovision 2003, held in Riga. In 2004 she performed the main role in the musical “The Sound of Music”. She was also recognized as the best performer of the title role in the musical “Sister Carrie.”

In her latest album “On my own” she included songs in Latvian, English, French and Portuguese.

Received a law degree from the University of Latvia. In 2005, she became the first UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Latvia.

At the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008, she took part in a musical based on the novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Maria plays the role of Fantine.

Eurovision 2003. Latvia

became the 48th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 24, 2003 in the city of Riga (Latvia) on the stage of the Skonto concert hall. 26 countries took part in the competition, which was a record number in its entire history (among finals). The last time the competition was held over one evening. The Latvian government allocated $2.3 million for its implementation.

Jury voting was used by Russia and Bosnia and Herzegovina due to poor telecommunications networks. In addition, the votes of Ireland were distributed based on the votes of the reserve jury, which led to accusations by Russian representatives against him of rigging the results. However, it was announced that the results of the audience vote did not differ from the final score given by the jury.

Russian group Tattoo with the song “Don’t believe, don’t be afraid, don’t ask,” which was considered the favorite of the competition, took third place, only three points behind the winner from Turkey. Ukraine competed for the first time and took 14th place.

Born 1964. The Turkish pop star, one of the most successful singers in Turkey, at the beginning of her career worked with another famous Turkish singer, Sezen Aksu. His first album “Sakin Ol” Sertab released in 1992, followed by several more albums in Turkish, which brought the singer fame at home and abroad.

But for Sertab the real breakthrough in the musical world of Europe was precisely the victory at Eurovision. On the wave of success when the song "Everyway That I Can"(“In All the Ways I Can”) topped the European charts and recorded the English-language album “No Boundaries,” released in 2004.

In 2005 he participated in “Congratulations” - a TV show dedicated to 50th anniversary of Eurovision. Her song was ranked 9th among the top 15 songs of all time Eurovision. A collection of the best songs was released in 2007 Sertab, whose rich repertoire includes compositions in English, Spanish and Greek, as well as duets with Ruslana, Jose Carreras, Ricky Martin.

Eurovision 2004. Türkiye

became the 49th competition in history. He passed May 12 and May 15, 2004 in Istanbul (Turkey), at the Abdi Ipekci Arena, where it was moved at the last moment from the Midonis Showlands hall due to transport problems. For the first time, the competition was held in a new format, which included semi-finals and finals. The 10 countries that took the highest places in the previous competition, the host country, as well as representatives of the “Big Four” states that contribute the largest share to the EMU budget were immediately admitted to the finals. For the first time in history, 36 countries participated in the competition at once. Andorra, Albania, Belarus, Serbia and Montenegro participated in the competition for the first time, Monaco returned after a 25-year break. Luxembourg was also supposed to return after an 11-year absence, but the broadcaster RTL was unable to resolve financial issues.

All participating countries had voting rights in the qualifying round and final, however, France, Poland and Russia did not broadcast the semi-final due to non-participation and therefore did not participate in the first vote. For the first time, all 36 countries used telephone voting to determine results. At the same time, during the counting of votes, problems arose with this process in Monaco and Croatia.

The competition used a new logo with a heart-shaped flag. The slogan of the competition was “Under One Sky”, focusing on the unity of Europe and the importance of European integration for Turkey.

First time competition Eurovision won Ukraine, participating in it only for the second time. She was represented by a singer with a composition "Wild Dances"("Wild Dancing") The second place was taken by the representative of Serbia and Montenegro Zeljko Joksimovic with the composition “Lane moje”, the third place was taken by the representative of Greece Sakis Rouvas with the composition “Shake it”. Russian Yulia Savicheva remained in 11th place.

Ruslana(Ruslana Lyzhichko) was born in 1973. The 21-year-old singer by that time already had awards from the all-Ukrainian competition “Melody-94” and the festival “Slavic Bazaar-96”.

The singer immediately stated that she expected to win. Ruslana performed a composition "Wild Dances" in Istanbul, took 2nd place in the semi-finals of the competition, and May 16, 2004 in the final she took first place with a score of 280 points. Ruslan All countries except Switzerland received points.

The press called the performance of the Ukrainian performer “an absolute sensation” Eurovision 2004, noting that the singer emanated “stunning energy”, which “struck foreign journalists on the spot”: “Gorgeous hair, amazing figure, eyes like coals.”

The journalists did not belittle the singer’s vocal abilities, recalling that she Ruslana Lyzhichko higher musical education and a diploma as a conductor of a symphony orchestra at the Lviv Conservatory.

Upon returning to Kyiv with a victory at the song competition, the singer was immediately awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine (bypassing the “deserved” title).

Like the previous winner Eurovision, Ruslana opened the competition in Kyiv in 2005 along with the song "Heart on Fire".

Eurovision 2005. Ukraine

became the 50th song contest Eurovision. The final of the competition has passed May 21, 2005 in the city of Kyiv (Ukraine) at the arena of the local Sports Palace (the semi-final took place on May 19). The main theme of the competition was “Awakening”, symbolizing the awakening of the country and city after spring, as well as their readiness to join a united Europe. The history of the Ivan Kupala holiday was also touched upon.

Bulgaria and Moldova made their debut at the competition, and Hungary returned after a six-year break. Lebanon was also expected to debut, but the country ultimately did not participate in the competition.

Due to the length of time it took to announce the voting results, it was decided that, starting next year, only the first three winners with the most votes in each participating country would be read aloud.

A Greek woman with her composition took first place at the Song Contest "My number one"(“My number one”). The second place was taken by the representative of Malta Chiara with the composition “Angel”, the third place was taken by the representative of Romania Luminica Angel, accompanied by the group Sistem with the composition “Let Me Try”.

Born 1982. The Greek singer represented Greece at the song competition in 2001 as part of the group Antique, taking 3rd place. place. IN 2005 In Kyiv she performed solo and, having improved her result, took 1st place.

In the fall of the same year, she released the single “Mambo!” It was No. 1 on the Greek chart for 10 weeks and went platinum. In April 2006 it was released in Sweden and sold more than 25 thousand copies. Elena also re-released her debut album for the third time. The third disc contained the English and Greek versions of "Mambo!" and three new songs in Greek.

April 12, 2006 Elena released a second album in Greek entitled “Iparhi Logos”, which later went platinum. It included 11 tracks and the song "Mambo!" Three tracks were released as singles.

On May 20th she performed on stage Eurovision performing "My Number One" at the opening and "Mambo!" in the interval act and presented the award to the group Lordi. A little later, the single “Mambo!” was also released in Sweden, where it entered the top five of the chart.

The debut album in English “The Game of Love” was also released in South Africa. 6 songs on it were translated from Greek, and 6 were written specifically for the new album. A song from the new album called “To All The Heroes” was chosen as the anthem of the 19th European Athletics Championships.

And today he continues to conduct active concert and artistic activities.

Eurovision 2006. Greece

became the 51st in a row and took place in Athens (Greece) in the Olympic Hall. The final took place May 20, 2006. Performers from 37 countries took part in the competition.

Armenia became the debutant of the competition. Austria, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro refused to participate. The winner of the competition was a rock band Lordi from Finland with a song "Hard Rock Hallelujah"("Hard Rock, Hallelujah"). For the first time, the winner of the competition was a rock music performer and for the first time, a representative of Finland. Also at the competition, a record was set for the number of points for first place - 292, at that time. After Serbia and Montenegro refused to participate and stated that they would only vote, Croatia automatically qualified for the final. Last year's top ten + Croatia + the Big Four became automatic finalists, with the remaining 23 countries participating in the semi-finals.

The final part immediately included the countries that took the first 10 places in 2005 and the Big Four countries (Great Britain, Germany, France and Spain). The remaining 10 finalists were determined based on the results of the semi-finals. In total, compositions from 24 countries took part in the finals. The representative of Sweden, Carola, performed at the competition for the third time.

Lordi- Finnish English-language shock rock band. Founded in 1996 Tomi Putaansuu(aka Mr. Lordi). The group is famous for performing in masks and costumes of monsters from the underworld and performing ironic horror-themed songs. Lordi– winners of the song competition.

The band's debut album, Get Heavy, was released in 2002 on Halloween night, November 1st. The songs "Devil is a Loser" and "Would You Love a Monsterman?" from this album became the group's first hits. They were released as singles and videos were shot for them. The lyrics were dedicated to “horror films” - monsters, vampires, demons, as well as praise to rock music.

Lordi The famous producer Hiili Hiilesmaa, who had previously worked with the groups HIM, Amorphis and Sentenced, began promoting it. Under his leadership, the album “The Monsterican Dream” was released, which was darker than the previous one and had less commercial success. After this, composition changes occurred in the group. Lordi Toured Europe as an opening act for the band HammerFall. Their first two albums were compiled into a compilation and released in Britain under the title The Monster Show. Next came the heavier and more successful “The Arockalypse”.

In 2005, Mr. Lordi the selection committee called Eurovision and offered to choose a song from the new album that could represent Finland at the competition. The group chose the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" and changed the arrangement to shorten the song from 4 minutes to 3 minutes, as prescribed by the competition format. Lordi successfully won the audience vote and were chosen to represent Finland at Eurovision.

Eurovision 2007. Finland

became the 52nd song contest Eurovision. He passed 10 And May 12, 2007 in the capital of Finland - Helsinki. All the action took place at Hartwall Arena - the largest ice stadium in the country and was broadcast by the YLE television company. The budget for organizing the competition amounted to 13 million euros.

Carolina Gocheva from Macedonia and Edsilia Rombley from the Netherlands participated in the competition for the second time, Eurydice from Cyprus for the third time. The winner was a representative from Serbia - with a song "Prayer". Second place went to Verka Serduchka, representing Ukraine with the song “Dancing Lasha Tumbai”, the third – Russian group “Serebro” with the song “Song #1”.

Born 1984. The Serbian singer of mixed Turkish-Gypsy descent made her first public appearance at age 12 with the song “I will Always Love You.”

Debut album released in 2003 Maria Sherifovich“Naj, najbolja”, which marked the beginning of his musical career. The album's biggest hit was the song "Znaj da znam", written by Darko Dimitrov. Same year Maria participated in the Budva festival with the song “Gorka čokolada” by Darko Dimitrov. In 2004, she participated in the same festival with the song “Bol do ludila” and took first place. The song ranked high on the charts.

Summer 2005 Maria released the single "Agonija", which was a cover version of the song "I believe it" by the Greek super singer Despina Vandi. At Beovizija-2005, and then in the semi-finals of the national pre-selection of Serbia and Montenegro for the competition Eurovision– Europesma, Maria performed the song “Ponuda” and took 18th place. That same year she was the favorite to win at the Serbian Radio Festival with the song "U nedelju", written by Leontina Vukomanovic. She also received the award for best vocal.

Second album Maria Sherifovich– “Bez ljubavi” was released in 2006, and was very successful. At the beginning of 2007, the single “Bez tebe” was released. The first solo concert took place on February 21, 2007 Maria Sherifovich, which was attended by an audience of four thousand.

March 8, 2007 Maria won the Beovizija-2007 competition with the song “Molitva”, gaining the most votes during the combined voting of the jury and the television audience. And thus she was qualified as the first representative of the newly independent Serbia at the European competition. The song was also recorded in English, Finnish and Russian. The semi-final took place on May 12, the final on May 14, in which Maria performed under number 17 and took 1st place.

Upon return Maria Sherifovich to Belgrade, about 100 thousand people greeted her at the airport.

Eurovision 2008. Serbia

became the 53rd song contest Eurovision. It took place on May 24, 2008 in Belgrade (Serbia).

For the first time, a representative from Russia became the winner - Dima Bilan with a song "Believe". Second place went to “Shady Lady”, representing Ukraine, third – Kalomira from Greece (“Secret combination”). The hosts of the competition were Zeljko Joksimovic and Jovana Jankovic. Zeljko simultaneously became the composer of the Serbian song “Oro”, which was performed by Jelena Tomasevich, who competed from Serbia.

Dima Bilan from Russia and Charlotte Perelli from Sweden performed for the second time each for their country.

Russian singer Dima Bilan(name at birth and until June 2008 – Victor Belan) was born in 1981. He represented Russia at Eurovision in 2006 with the song “Never let you go” (2nd place) and in 2008 with the song "Believe", taking 1st place and becoming the first Russian artist to win the song competition Eurovision.

Dima Bilan graduated from the State Music College named after. Gnessin, specialty is a classical vocal performer. After that, I decided to continue my education at GITIS, where I entered straight into my second year. Faculty of Acting. Career Dima began in 2000, when the first video clip was included in the rotation of the MTV Russia channel Bilana for the song "Autumn". In 2002, the singer made his debut on the stage of the Russian festival in Jurmala - “New Wave”, where he presented his composition “Boom” and took 4th place. At the end of October 2003, their debut album entitled “I am a night hooligan” was released. A year later, the 2nd studio album “On the Shore of Heaven” was released.

December 2005 brought Dima Bilan two awards: “Golden Gramophone” for the song “You Should Be Nearby” in St. Petersburg and Alma-Ata. On the project “New Songs about the Main Thing,” the singer received the Channel One prize from the professional jury. Dima became the man of the year in show business, since the majority of voters cast their votes for him, according to the Rambler search engine. In December 2005, a video was shot for the lyrical composition “I Remember You.” In December 2010, a new video for the song “I Just Love You” was shot. The track “I Just Love You” occupied the top positions of the Tophit project for 10 weeks in a row.

Eurovision 2009. Russia

became the 54th competition Eurovision. Conducted with 12 By May 16 at the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex in Moscow (Russia). Initially, 43 countries confirmed participation in the competition. Slovakia said it was returning to the competition, while San Marino withdrew due to financial problems. Later, Georgia refused to participate in the competition - there were 42 contestants. On May 7, it was officially announced that the hosts of the semi-finals would be Andrei Malakhov and Natalya Vodianova, and the hosts of the finals would be Ivan Urgant and Alsou.

This year an absolute quantitative record was set in history. Eurovision– winner of the competition with a song "Fairytale" in the final he scored 387 points. The record for the number of points superiority over second place was also broken - 169 points. However, the GPA record was not broken.

A French star took part in the competition. Famous in Europe, Arash and Aysel competed for Azerbaijan. Sakis Rouvas participated from Greece for the second time, Chiara from Malta participated for the third time. Russia was represented by Ukrainian citizen Anastasia Prikhodko with the song “Mamo”. Her song took 11th place.

Born 1986. A Norwegian singer and violinist of Belarusian origin won a song competition in Moscow.

After the victory, on December 11, 2009, he performed at the Nobel concert in Oslo along with world-famous stars, where he performed the song "Fairytale" in a new arrangement with a symphony orchestra.

On December 13, 2009, he participated in the “Star Factory” program in Ukraine. At the beginning of 2010, he worked on recording a new disc, and also voiced the main character in the Norwegian version of the cartoon How to Train Your Dragon.

Was the guest of honor at the qualifying rounds Eurovision in Finland, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and performed his new song “Heaven of Europe”.

March 8, 2010 Alexander performed a big concert in Tallinn, and in June the artist’s second album “No Boundaries” was released. In mid-October 2010 he performed in Finland at the Russian Romance festival.

As a result of collaboration with Swedish authors, the album “Visa Vid Vindens Ängar” was released.

Eurovision 2010. Norway

– 55th Song Contest Eurovision. Conducted with 25 By May 29 at the Telenor Arena in Bærum, a suburb of the Norwegian capital Oslo. This is the third Eurovision that Norway has hosted. In 1986, the country received the right to host the competition after the victory of the Bobbysocks duo with the song “La det swinge” and in 1996 after the victory of the Secret Garden duo with the song “Nocturne”.

The winner competition 2010 became a participant from Germany with a song "Satellite".

Born in 1991. The German singer is also known by her stage name Lena– winner of the international song competition in Oslo.

The future star began taking dance lessons at the age of 5. Mayer-Landrut She played supporting roles in some German television series, but never received formal acting or vocal training. Studied at IGS Roderbruch Hannover, where April 2010 passed the final exams.

March 12, 2010 Lena Mayer-Landrut received the right to represent her country at the international song competition in Oslo with the song "Satellite". As a representative of one of the Big Four countries, Lena automatically qualified for the finals of the competition, which took place on Saturday, May 29, 2010. According to the draw, out of 25 participants in the final, the representative of Germany competed at number 22. Lena scored 246 points, by a significant margin ahead of the Turkish group maNga and the Romanian duo of Paula Seling and Ovi. Mayer-Landrut won the main European music prize - a crystal microphone.

Germany decides to send again Lena on Eurovision, but now in his own country. The singer performed again immediately in the final Eurovision 2011 with the song "Taken by A Stranger", in Düsseldorf at the Esprit Arena on May 14 and took 10th place.

Eurovision 2011. Germany

became the 56th competition Eurovision, passed in with 10 By May 14 in Germany (city of Dusseldorf).

The winners of this competition were representatives of Azerbaijan Eldar Gasimov And Nigar Jamal(performed under pseudonyms Ell And Nikki), who performed the composition "Running Scared"(“Run Without Looking Back”), gaining 221 points as a result of voting.

The dates for the two semi-finals were May 10 And May 12, 2011, the final is over May 14.

Azerbaijani singer Eldar Parviz oglu Gasimov– winner of a song contest Eurovision 2011. He was born in 1989 in Baku. On his father's side, he is a descendant of famous Azerbaijani Soviet actors. From 1995 to 2006 he studied piano at school and at a music school, graduating with honors.

In 2004 and 2008 Eldar won scholarships to study in Germany under a student exchange program. In 2008 he studied vocals, acting and stage speech at a German vocal school. In 2010 Eldar Gasimov Graduated with honors from the Faculty of International Relations of the Baku Slavic University.

In 2011, the musician in a duet with Nigar Jamal won the Azerbaijani selection for Eurovision, and got the opportunity to represent his country at Eurovision 2011. In the semi-finals, the duo took second place, which gave them the opportunity to perform in the finals of the song competition. The duo managed to win, receiving 221 points. Song "Running Scared" written by the Swedish writing team Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman and Ayan Farguhansson. The same group wrote a song for another performer from Azerbaijan on Eurovision– Safura Alizadeh (“Drip Drop”).

Nigar Aydin kyzy Jamal– Azerbaijani singer, winner of a song competition
Eurovision 2011.

Born in 1980 in Baku. From 1985 to 1986 she was a soloist in a children's ensemble, and while studying at a music school (1988-1995) she composed several songs. In 1995-1996 Nigar participated in the republican competition Pohrə and in May 1996 became its honorary diploma winner. Graduated from Khazar University with a degree in economics and management. Since 2005 he has lived in London.

In 2011, together with Eldar Gasimov participated in the Azerbaijani selection for Eurovision– Milli Seçim Turu 2010. The duo won the competition, and this provided an opportunity Nigar And Eldar represent Azerbaijan at the song competition Eurovision 2011 in Germany. The duo won a landslide victory.

Eurovision 2012. Azerbaijan

Song Contest became the 57th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the capital of Azerbaijan, in the city of Baku, in the Baku Crystal Hall, specially built for the festival. The final took place on May 26.

42 countries took part in the competition: Montenegro returned, having not participated since 2010 due to financial difficulties. Poland refused to participate - the local television and radio company cited interest in other television projects. Armenia applied at the last minute to participate in the international song competition, but on March 7, 2012, an official statement of refusal was received from the Armenia 1 TV channel.

Sweden took first place in the competition with the song "Euphoria"(“Euphoria”), gaining 372 points in the voting of the jury and television viewers.

Lauryn Zineb Noka Tagliaoui, also known as , is a Swedish singer Moroccan-Berber origin, winner of a song competition.

Born 1983 in Stockholm. She began her musical career in 2004 by participating in the famous Swedish music competition Idol 2004, where she took fourth place.

In 2005, she released her debut single “The Snake”, together with the group Rob’n’Raz. Later she became one of the presenters of the TV11 channel.

On March 10, 2012, she won the popular Swedish television competition “Melodifestivalen”, which gave her the right to represent her country at the annual song competition Eurovision. Competition song "Euphoria" performed in the second semi-final, and won an undeniable victory in the final.

Lauryn Zineb Noka Tagliaoui: “The music that inspires me is the kind that puts me in a kind of trance with its melody and vocals. It's artists like Björk, some of Enya, and especially Lisa Gerrard."

Song Contest became 58th competition, which took place in the city of Malmo, Sweden, on the territory of the Malmö Arena. Previously, Sweden hosted Eurovision four times: in 1975, 1985, 1992 (also in Malmö) and in 2000. Slogan competition was “We Are One” (“We are one”).

Representatives from Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Turkey refused to participate in the competition, while Armenian television confirmed rumors about their return to Eurovision.

Denmark participated for the 42nd time in the song competition Eurovision. Danish singer Emmy Charlotte de Forest represented Denmark at the song competition with the composition "Only Teardrops"(“Only Tears”) and took first place with 281 points.

The composition became a winner at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 festival, which allowed its performer to go to the competition. The victory deservedly went to the young but incredibly talented singer, who was only 19. Despite her young age, she has a very solid performance experience, the singer has been practicing vocals her entire adult life, with Emmyly a number of victories in music competitions. By her own admission Emmyly, she started singing before talking. As a child, she successfully performed in the church choir, and at the age of 14 she went on her first tour with the Danish musician Fraser Neil.

The composition performed by - "Only Teardrops"– written by the singer herself. “Only Tears” is the result of more than a year of work. Emmyly I returned to this song more than once, adding to and changing it. According to the performer herself, a gentle and lyrical composition with notes of light melancholy allows you to look inside yourself, set your priorities correctly and evaluate the path of life.

Eurovision 2014. Denmark

59th Eurovision Song Contest took place in Denmark from May 6 to 10. The Danish national broadcaster DR announced on September 2, 2013 that the song competition was held in Copenhagen, at the B&W halls, which are located in Refhaløen Square on the island of Amager. The slogan for this year's competition – “Join Us” – was approved by the EBU and the reference group. The symbol of Eurovision 2014 was a blue diamond.

IN 2014 the winner of the competition, unexpectedly for everyone - and for himself too - was a 25-year-old singer from Austrian Thomas Neuwirth, who performed under the stage name. In she with a song "Rise Like a Phoenix" scored 290 points, 52 points ahead of her closest competitor - the duet “The Common Linnets” from the Netherlands, who scored 238 points.

This is Austria's second victory in Eurovision(the first happened in distant times). overall it turned out to be the strongest in recent years. The last 10 years to Eurovision There was a lot of criticism, and some countries seemed to deliberately send frankly second-rate artists to the competition. IN 2014 competition demonstrated a desire to part with the reputation of a collection of Eurotrash, earned in the early 2000s - and this time, real deeds became visible behind these ambitions.

Thomas Neuwirth is an Austrian singer of non-traditional sexual orientation who, with the help of his stage image of a bearded woman, fights for tolerance and equality of all people, regardless of their appearance.

This image is three years old; Neuwirth in the form Wurst- a bearded and stylishly dressed vamp - could have gone to another competition, but at the national selection he took second place.

The musician himself separates himself and the singer he created - this is, however, what all artists do who work with characters of a different (and also their own) gender. You can remember, for example, Verka Serduchka, whom he invented with and who, in this image, recorded albums, acted in films, represented his country at Eurovision 2007 and even took second place there.

Europe's choice can hardly be considered demonstrative - objectively, despite the beard, she was the most feminine of the artists participating in this year's competition, and had perhaps the most outstanding vocal abilities in comparison with other competitors.

Eurovision 2015. Austria

The 60th anniversary song competition was held in Austria, which became the winning country, held in Copenhagen (Denmark). Austria hosted the competition for the second time. Only 48 years later the country was able to repeat the result, where Udo Jurgens became the winner.

First semi-final of Eurovision 2015 took place May 19, second – May 21, A final the competition passed May 23. The competition was hosted by the Austrian national broadcaster ORF. Slogan competition became "Building Bridges".

IN Eurovision 2015 39 countries competed. This is 2 countries more than in the previous year. She refused to participate. About returning to contest declared Cyprus, Serbia and the Czech Republic. Australia also made its debut. Venue Eurovision 2015 became the Wiener Stadthalle stadium in Vienna.

The results of the competition completely coincided with the forecast of the bookmakers, who absolutely accurately predicted the first three winners: Sweden, Russia, Italy. Representative of Sweden Mons Zelmerlöw and representative of Russia Polina Gagarina were very close on points, replacing each other in first place. Even the winner of the competition himself subsequently admitted that at some point he had come to terms with second place and was confident in Russia’s victory. During the voting, the Swede still ended up in first place. He scored 365 points, leaving Russia in second place.

(Mons Petter Albert Selmerlöw) was born on June 13, 1986 in a family of doctors. Since childhood, I was fond of creativity, loved to listen and... He learned to play the piano, attended an African dance club, and later began to independently learn to play the guitar.

He participated in the show “Idol 2005”, where he took fifth place. In the same year, with the singer Anna Book, he took part in the show “Let’s Dance” and won.

The singer starred in the Swedish versions of the films Grease (2006) and Footloose (2007).

In 2007 he also participated in the Melodifestivalen, taking third place in the final with the song “Cara mia”.

2015 was a very successful year for Monsa Selmerlöva. In Melodifestivalen he took first place, thereby gaining the right to represent Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest. The Swedish performer showed an enchantingly spectacular laser show at the competition, made in the form of a projection from which Mons sang the song very emotionally "Heroes". His performance was unique and unlike others, and therefore deserved not only a warm welcome, but also a victory for the performer.

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is rightfully considered the main musical event of the year in Europe. This competition is very emotional and exciting not only for the participants, but also for spectators from different countries who gather near the screens and wholeheartedly root for their performer. In addition, Eurovision is a spectacular show, preparations for which begin almost the next day after the next winner has been named and the host country of the next competition has been determined.

But no matter how much millions of people hope that Eurovision will come to their homes next year, most of them will experience a slight disappointment. There can only be one winner. And it is for him that even the losers rejoice. After all, this means that another talent was discovered and received a ticket to the musical Olympus.

History of Eurovision

The idea of ​​creating a competition appeared in the middle of the last century. It was then that representatives European Broadcasting Union thought about taking the first step towards the cultural unification of the different countries that are part of it. The idea of ​​organizing an international song competition was first proposed by Marcel Besançon. At that time he was the head of Swiss television. This happened in the fiftieth year. But only five years later the proposal was approved. On EBU General Assembly, which took place in Rome, it was decided not only to begin implementing the idea of ​​a song competition in which representatives from all European countries could take part, but it was also agreed to use the festival that took place in Italy as a model Sanremo. It was officially stated that the goal Eurovision is the search for talents and their promotion on the international stage. However, in fact, the competition was intended to increase the popularity of TV, which in those years had not yet reached modern proportions.

First Eurovision passed in May fifty-six. Then Switzerland hosted the participants. The concert took place in Lugano. It was attended by representatives from only seven countries. Each musician performed two numbers. This was an unprecedented event for Eurovision. Subsequently, the number of participants increased, and each of them had only one chance to show themselves. The first winner of the most popular singing competition was a Swiss woman Liz Assia.

Since the number of people wishing to show themselves at the popular music competition is steadily growing, in the fourth year of the new millennium it was decided to divide the competition into two parts. From that moment on, a semi-final is initially held, in which everyone can perform, and only then the final starts, which not everyone gets to. And after another four years, there were two semi-finals. This is despite the fact that countries are sometimes denied the right to nominate a candidate, and in some cases, states that usually send performers to Eurovision refrain from participating for one reason or another.

Over the many years of Eurovision's existence, the winners have most often been representatives of Ireland. As many as seven times, musicians from this country found themselves on the podium. France, Great Britain, Sweden and Luxenburg won the competition five times each. It is worth remembering that the famous ABBA group and world famous artist Celine Dion They began their careers precisely by winning this competition.

Eurovision winners in the new millennium

Today no one will be able to remember all the participants who tried to gain fame on the Eurovision stage. The list of winners is also too long to reproduce right away. And it doesn’t make much sense today to return to the middle of the last century and try to restore the names of everyone who ever tasted the sweet feeling of triumph. But the winners who went down in the history of the competition in the twenty-first century are not so difficult to remember. At the moment there were only fourteen of them. In anticipation
It's time to take stock of previous years.

2000

In 2000 the palm went to the duet from Denmark - Olsen Brothers. Nils and Jurgen Olsen performed a song that, at the fiftieth anniversary of the competition, was recognized as one of the best in its history and took an honorable sixth place.

2001

In 2001 An Estonian duet consisting of Tanel Padar and Dave Benton entered the Eurovision stage. The backing vocals were from the hip-hop crew 2XL. With their performance, the talented musicians brought the first victory in the history of Estonia at this prestigious competition. And Tanel Padar managed to penetrate the hearts of the audience and very soon became the most famous rocker in his homeland.

2002

In 2002 the victory at Eurovision went to Latvia. The singer won it Marie N. Maria Naumova has Russian roots. However, despite the joy of victory, the performer did not receive any bonuses from it. Moreover, at the moment she is the only participant in the competition whose song was published exclusively in Latvia. In 2003, when the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Riga, Maria became one of its presenters.

2003

In 2003 A Turkish woman climbed onto the podium Sertab Erener. At the moment she is one of the most successful pop singers in her country. Absolutely everyone knows her name in Turkey. And at the competition in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Eurovision, the song that once brought Sertab victory took tenth place among the best.

2004

In 2004 The winner was the representative of Ukraine - singer Ruslana. Her performance was a real sensation. For him, Ruslana received the honorary title of People's Artist of Ukraine.

2005

In 2005 luck smiled on the Greek woman Elena Paparizou, which appeared on the stage of this competition for the second time. Four years before her triumphant victory, she was part of a group called Antique, which could not rise above third position.

2006

In 2006 Eurovision was rocked by heavy chords of hard rock, and hot Finnish guys appeared on stage dressed as mythical monsters and sang with a good dose of irony about all sorts of horror worthy of decent horror. Creation Lordi group literally blew up the public and deprived the Russians of the chance to take first place, which many seriously hoped for that year.

2007

In 2007 pop singer from Serbia Maria Sherifovich sang a song in her native language. Her " Prayer” was heard, despite the fact that it was not spoken in traditional English for the competition, and Maria became the winner.

2008

In 2008 Russia's first victory in Eurovision history took place. Dmitry Bilan, who failed to push hard rockers aside two years ago, brought the competition to Moscow. His beautiful song made a great impression on the audience. And the spectacular performance in which Evgeni Plushenko took part was remembered for a long time.

2009

In 2009 A record of sorts was set at Eurovision. The young performer, who represented Norway, managed to score the highest number of points in the entire history of the competition. A native of Belarus became a winner Alexander Rybak with his fiery, fabulous song.

2010

In 2010 representative of Germany Lena Mayer-Landrut became the undisputed favorite of the competition. A year later, she again appeared on the Eurovision stage as a participant. But luck did not smile on her twice.

2011

In 2011 the victory went to the duet from Azerbaijan Ell & Nikki. Nigyara Jamal and Eldar Gasimov made a very beautiful and harmonious tandem that simply could not be ignored.

2012

In 2012 Swede of Moroccan-Berber descent Lauryn managed to break away from the performers from Russia and took an honorable first place in the competition. Today she is very popular.

2013

In 2013 there were no surprises. Singer from Denmark Emmy de Forest They predicted victory even before the start of the competition. The performer has been studying music since early childhood and has very good vocal abilities and a striking appearance.

2014

In 2014 Many Eurovision fans were in for a real shock. A bearded woman took first place in the competition Conchita Wurst. The real name of the singer who hides under this pseudonym is Thomas Noirwit. He represented Austria. Despite the fact that not everyone was happy with this choice, it is difficult to deny that the song was beautiful, the performer’s voice was strong, and the image was simply very memorable.

The next Eurovision Song Contest will start very soon - 2015. Singers from many countries will come together to compete with each other in their skills and delight numerous spectators. The show is sure to be bright and colorful. Well, the name of the next winner will very soon become known throughout the continent.

2015

In 2015 The winner of Eurovision was the representative of Switzerland Mons Zelmerlöw. Even before the final vote, many called the singer “king of the stage.”

2016

In 2016 The winner of Eurovision was the representative of Ukraine - Jamala. She performed the song 1944. You can watch her performance below:

2017

In 2017 the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Kyiv (Ukraine), was the representative of Portugal Salvador Sobral. At the competition he performed with the song Amar Pelos Dois (“Love is Enough for Two”). Based on the results of voting by the jury and spectators, the representative of Portugal received 758 votes. You can watch his speech below:

2018

In 2018, the winner was Netta Barzilai (Israel) with the song “Toy”.

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The Eurovision results are always awaited with trepidation all over the world. After all, this is not just a singing competition, it is also a grandiose show, as well as a symbol of the unity of all European countries. So it is not at all surprising that Eurovision is always watched with bated breath by almost every person in Europe and every country is rooting for its performer, hoping that the victory this year will go to him. But in the end, victory goes to one person, and residents of other countries can only rejoice that another one has found his recognition. Besides, as they say, it’s not so much winning that matters as participation. But, nevertheless, let's get acquainted with the list of Eurovision winners by year that have sunk into the hearts of millions of people.

List of Eurovision winners

Since the Eurovision Song Contest has been taking place since 1956, it is completely unrealistic to remember each of the participants, and even remembering those who won the Eurovision is also difficult. Although anyone probably remembers that it was thanks to the victory in this competition that the group ABBA and the singer Celine Dion became famous. But since we are now in the twenty-first century, let’s just remember all the victories at Eurovision over the past fourteen years.

2000 – Olsen Brothers. Danish pop-rock duo consisting of two Olsen brothers - Jurgen and Niels. Subsequently, during the competition dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the competition itself, their song, with which the duo performed in 2000, took sixth place in the list of the best songs ever performed on the Eurovision stage. There is definitely something to be proud of.

2001 – Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. Estonian duo of singers with a hip-hop group on backing vocals (2XL). Tanel and Dave brought their country its first ever victory at the Eurovision Song Contest. Also, after winning the competition, Tanel Padar became one of the most famous rock singers in Estonia.

2002 – Marie N. Latvian singer of Russian origin Maria Naumova was the first Eurovision winner whose song was not published anywhere outside the country. In 2003, Maria was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Riga.

2003 – Sertab Erener. Eurovision winner Sertab Erener is one of the most successful and famous Turkish pop singers. Her song was ranked ninth on the list of the best Eurovision songs, which was compiled during the 50th anniversary of the competition.

2004 – Ruslana. The performance of this Ukrainian singer in 2004 created a real sensation at the competition due to its fiery quality. In the same year, for winning the Eurovision Song Contest, Ruslana was awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine.

2005 – Elena Paparizou. Greek singer. In 2001, she already participated in the competition, but then she sang as part of the group “Antique” and this group took third place. And in 2005, Elena performed her number solo and eventually achieved what she wanted - victory.

2006 – Lordi. This Finnish hard rock band shocked everyone with its unusual appearance. The band members always perform in costumes and monster masks that look quite realistic. And their repertoire consists of ironic songs about all sorts of horrors.

2007 – Maria Sherifovich. Serbian singer who won the Eurovision with the song “Prayer” performed in the Serbian language, as opposed to the more familiar English for this competition.

2008 – Dima Bilan. This year, luck smiled on the Russian pop singer Dima Bilan. This was Russia’s first and so far only victory at Eurovision, but how brilliant it was!

2009 – Alexander Rybak. Singer and violinist of Belarusian origin, representing Norway at the competition. This winner of the Eurovision Song Contest scored the highest number of points in history.

2010 – Lena Mayer-Landrut. The German singer participated in Eurovision twice: in 2010, winning and in 2011, losing to another country.

2011 – Ell & Nikki. Azerbaijani duet, including Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal.

2012 – Lauryn. A fairly popular Swedish singer who has Moroccan-Berber roots. The girl won the Eurovision Song Contest with a fairly large margin, leaving behind the participants from Russia.

2013 – Emmilie de Forest. The Danish singer, who won Eurovision in 2013, has been interested in singing since childhood, and therefore her victory is not at all surprising. In addition, even at the very beginning of the competition, she was already predicted to win.

2014 – . This year's Eurovision winner from Austria, Conchita Wurst, came as a real shock to many people. No one expected to see a bearded singer at the competition, and no one predicted her victory. Conchita's real name is Thomas Neuwirth. And, despite the public unrest, it cannot be denied that the image of a woman with a beard was truly unusual, and Thomas’ voice was very strong and interesting.