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News of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 at February 2005
| 12.02.2005 |
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 Russian selection competition. Second semifinal.
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Yesterday the first semifinal of national selection competition has been held at Russia. Participants and results of voting:
| № | Participant | Song | Voices (%) |
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| 1 | Nataliya Podolskaya | Nobody Hurt No One | 27.2 |
| 2 | Varvara | Letala da Pela | 20.4 |
| 3 | group Tee with Two | Lusille is my name | 14.4 |
| 4 | group Animals | Snegopad | 13.2 |
| 5 | group A Sortie | Keep on Shining | 12.0 |
| 6 | Oksana Magulis | Rebel Angel | 5.0 |
| 7 | group Be Good | Take Me Back to Rio | 3.3 |
| 8 | Lana Light | Never Never | 2.0 |
| 9 | Angelica Rudnitskaya | Serdtse Angela | 1.8 |
| 10 | group City | Gorod Lubvy | 0.7 |
The participants who have occupied first three places (Elena Terleeva & Jam, Anastasia Stotskaya, and Dima Bilan) became the participants of the national final, which will be held on February, 25. Winners of the last semifinal which will be held accordingly on February, 18 will become last participants of the final.
Features of the Russian selection: Russia is widely spread over several time zones, so each semifinals (and final) will be broadcasted live three times and all participants thus sing their song live three times. The schedule is as follows::
- At 17:30 Moscow time, broadcast for Ural and Siberia;
- At 19:30 Moscow time for Central Russia;
- At 21:30 Moscow time for European part of Russia and Moscow;
The winner of national competition will represent Russia on the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 at Kiev.
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