Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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Country | Russia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 29 January 2018 Song: 11 March 2018 | |||
Selected entrant | Julia Samoylova | |||
Selected song | "I Won't Break" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (15th) | |||
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "I Won't Break" written by Netta Nimrodi, Leonid Gutkin and Arie Burshtein. The song was performed by Julia Samoylova, who was internally selected by the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia to represent the nation at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal.
Background
Prior to the 2018 contest, Russia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty times since its first entry in 1994. Russia had won the contest on one occasion in
On 12 March 2017,
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
On 29 January 2018, Channel One Russia officially confirmed that Julia Samoylova would represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[7] Her song for the contest, "I Won't Break" was revealed on the 11 March 2018.[8]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "
Once all the competing songs for the 2018 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Russia was set to perform in position 6, following the entry from Denmark and preceding the entry from Moldova.[10]
After the end of the show, Russia was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. This marked the first time that Russia failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest from a semi-final since the
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1–8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
Points awarded to Russia
Score | Televote | Jury |
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12 points | Latvia | |
10 points | ||
8 points | ||
7 points | Serbia | Moldova |
6 points | Georgia | |
5 points | ||
4 points | Norway | |
3 points | France | |
2 points | Italy | |
1 point |
Points awarded by Russia
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Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Russian jury:[14]
- Vladimir Matetsky (jury chairperson) – singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, author
- Yana Rudkovskaya – producer, manager
- Aleksandra Vorobyova – singer
- Sergey Mandrik – choreographer
- Alexey Manuylov – radio host
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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Y. Rudkovskaya | A. Vorobyova | V. Matetsky | S. Mandrik | A. Manuylov | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | Norway | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
02 | Romania | 8 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |
03 | Serbia | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
04 | San Marino | 7 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 16 | |
05 | Denmark | 15 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 7 | |
06 | Russia | |||||||||
07 | Moldova | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
08 | Netherlands | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||
09 | Australia | 14 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
10 | Georgia | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | |
11 | Poland | 10 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 15 | |
12 | Malta | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 14 | ||
13 | Hungary | 12 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
14 | Latvia | 13 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | ||
15 | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
16 | Montenegro | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 | ||
17 | Slovenia | 6 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | |
18 | Ukraine | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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Y. Rudkovskaya | A. Vorobyova | V. Matetsky | S. Mandrik | A. Manuylov | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | Ukraine | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 8 | |
02 | Spain | 21 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 25 | ||
03 | Slovenia | 14 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 22 | ||
04 | Lithuania | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 18 | |
05 | Austria | 19 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 20 | ||
06 | Estonia | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
07 | Norway | 11 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | |
08 | Portugal | 26 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 26 | ||
09 | United Kingdom | 25 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 24 | ||
10 | Serbia | 8 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | ||
11 | Germany | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
12 | Albania | 24 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 23 | ||
13 | France | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 15 | |
14 | Czech Republic | 15 | 17 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | |
15 | Denmark | 12 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 7 | |
16 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |
17 | Finland | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 19 | ||
18 | Bulgaria | 23 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 14 | ||
19 | Moldova | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
20 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
21 | Hungary | 16 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 11 | ||
22 | Israel | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
23 | Netherlands | 20 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 17 | ||
24 | Ireland | 18 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 16 | ||
25 | Cyprus | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
26 | Italy | 17 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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