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News of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 at February 2005
| 19.02.2005 |
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 Russian selection competition. Third 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 | Irina Shott | Identify Yourself | 35.7 |
| 2 | duo Aleksandr Panayotov & Aleksey Chumakov | Balalayka | 22.5 |
| 3 | female singer Slava | I Wanna be the One | 9.7 |
| 4 | Nikolay Demidov | Differences | 8.7 |
| 5 | Lada Dance | Mixed up World | 8.1 |
| 6 | Polina Griffits | Justice of Love | 6.4 |
| 7 | Anita Tzoy | La-La-Lay | 6.3 |
| 8 | group St. Peterburg | Matreshki | 1.8 |
| 9 | Victoria Markova | Ya Zakroyu Dver | 0.8 |
| 10 | Sergey Mazaev | not participating | |
The participants who have occupied first three places (Irina Shott, Aleksandr Panayotov & Aleksey Chumakov, and Slava) became the participants of the national final, which will be held on February, 25.
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;
Thus, names of all participants of the russian national selection competition became known now. Your may see their names here.
The winner of national competition will represent Russia on the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 at Kiev.
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