Russia attempted to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 in Oslo, Norway. The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Russian broadcaster Rossiya Channel (RTR). Andrey Kosinsky was chosen to represent Russia with the song "Ya eto ya". However, Russia was one of seven countries which failed to qualify for the Eurovision final from a pre-qualifying round, so they were not present in Norway.
Prior to the 1996 contest, Russia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest two times since its first entry in 1994.[1] To this point, the country's best placing was ninth, which it achieved in 1994 with the song "Vechny strannik" performed by Youddiph. Russia's least successful result was in 1995 when it placed 17th with the song "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" by Philipp Kirkorov, receiving 17 points in total.[1] The Russian participation in the contest alternates between two broadcasters: RTR and ORT.[2] The Russian broadcaster for the 1996 contest, who broadcasts the event in Russia and organises the selection process for its entry, was RTR. RTR confirmed their intentions to participate in the contest on 28 February 1996. Along with their participation confirmation, it was announced that RTR would organise a national final to select the 1996 Russian entry.[3]
Pesnya dlya Evropy (English: A Song for Europe), retroactively often referred to as Nacionalny Otbor na Evrovidenie 1996 (English: National Selection for Eurovision 1996) was the national final format developed by RTR in order to select Russia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996.[4] The final was held on 2 March 1996 at Shabolovka Studios in Moscow during the television programme Programma A, hosted by 1994 Russian entrant Youddiph and broadcast on RTR. The winner was chosen by an "expert" jury - one of whom was Alla Pugacheva, who would later represent Russia in the 1997 contest.[5]
Format
The competition featured fourteen entries where the Russian entry for Oslo was selected by a sixteen-member jury panel (eight professionals and eight representatives of the public). Each juror represents a specific profession and age category. Each juror gives 1 point to his/her one, two or three favorite entry/entries. The summation of the jury scores determined the winning entry. The jury panel consisted of:
Tatyana Nikolayeva – head of the entertainment at RTR (jury chairperson, non-voting)[a]
Galina Golubova – editor-in-chief of the information and music agency "Turne"
Roman Prygunov – director of video clips
Irina Otieva – singer, composer
Yuri Yagudin – arranger, sound engineer
Tatyana Cherednychenko – Doctor of Art History, musicologist
Pavel Ovsyannikov – People's Artist of Russia, composer
Alla Pugacheva – singer, composer, People's Artist of the Soviet Union
Alexey Rybnikov – Honored Art Worker of Russia, composer
Galina Masharova – Student of the law faculty
Mikhail Sevastopolsky – interpreter
Inga Voronovskaya – Leading Specialist of the Control Accounts Chamber of Moscow
Igor Stepanov – commercial director of the real estate agency "Amalgam"
Nadezhda Kobryzhenkova – housewife
Petr Gorovoy – officer
Natalia Samoylova – pensioner
Gennady Videnko – builder
Competing entries
On 28 February 1996, RTR opened the submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. Artists and composers were required to possess Russian citizenship. All submitted songs were required to be performed in Russian. A panel of experts appointed by RTR selected 14 entries for the competition from the received submissions.[3]
Final
The final took place on 2 March 1996. Fourteen songs competed and the winner, "Ya eto ya" performed by Andrey Kosinsky, was selected solely by a jury voting.[6] Prior to the competition, a draw for the running order took place on 1 March 1996. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Youddiph, Gilles Apap, Tamara Gverdtsiteli and cabaret-duo "Akademiya" (Lolita Milyavskaya and Alexander Tsekalo) performed as guests and a music video for Philipp Kirkorov's "Zayka" was premiered.[7]
The song "Nekrasivaya" was later accused of plagiarism from 1967 song of the same name, composed by Sergey Popov. Initially, Popov, for unknown reasons, was not going to sue Timur Gorsky, who performed the song at the national final and Leonid Velichkovsky, who was declared the author of the music.[8] However, Popov ultimately decided to sue both Gorsky and Velichkovsky, but eventually lost the trial, despite the fact that the court recognized Popov as the legitimate author of the song. The reason for the loss was that "It is not possible to find out who put Gorsky and Velichkovsky as authors."[9]
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 took place at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway, on 18 May 1996.
The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 took place at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway, on 18 May 1996. According to the Eurovision rules, the 23-country participant list for the contest was composed of: the previous year's winning country and host nation Norway and the twenty-two countries which had obtained the highest number of points in the special qualifying round. Russia placed joint 26th with 14 points in the qualifying round and thus was not permitted to participate.[10][11][12]
Voting
In the qualifying round, national juries in all competing countries, including Norway, which received an automatic right to compete in the final and thus exempt from the round, listened to the submitted entries on audio tape, with juries required to listen to all songs three times before voting. Each of the eight members on each country's jury awarded their favourite song twelve points, their second-favourite ten points, their third-favourite eight points, with subsequent points being awarded consecutively down to each juror's tenth-favourite song being awarded one point, with the points awarded by all jurors being totalled to determine each country's top ten songs which were awarded points in the same manner.[13][14]
Points awarded to Russia (Qualifying round)[15][16]
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Russia attempted to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 in Oslo Norway The Russian entry was selected through a national final organised by the Russian broadcaster Rossiya Channel RTR Andrey Kosinsky was chosen to represent Russia with the song Ya eto ya However Russia was one of seven countries which failed to qualify for the Eurovision final from a pre qualifying round so they were not present in Norway Eurovision Song Contest 1996Country RussiaNational selectionSelection processPesnya dlya EvropySelection date s 2 March 1996Selected entrantAndrey KosinskySelected song Ya eto ya Selected songwriter s Andrey KosinskyNikolay DenisovFinals performanceFinal resultFailed to qualify 26th Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 1996 1997 Contents 1 Background 2 Before Eurovision 2 1 Pesnya dlya Evropy 2 1 1 Format 2 1 2 Competing entries 2 1 3 Final 2 2 Controversy 3 At Eurovision 3 1 Voting 4 Notes 5 ReferencesBackground EditMain article Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest Prior to the 1996 contest Russia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest two times since its first entry in 1994 1 To this point the country s best placing was ninth which it achieved in 1994 with the song Vechny strannik performed by Youddiph Russia s least successful result was in 1995 when it placed 17th with the song Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana by Philipp Kirkorov receiving 17 points in total 1 The Russian participation in the contest alternates between two broadcasters RTR and ORT 2 The Russian broadcaster for the 1996 contest who broadcasts the event in Russia and organises the selection process for its entry was RTR RTR confirmed their intentions to participate in the contest on 28 February 1996 Along with their participation confirmation it was announced that RTR would organise a national final to select the 1996 Russian entry 3 Before Eurovision EditPesnya dlya Evropy Edit Main article Evrovidenie Pesnya dlya Evropy English A Song for Europe retroactively often referred to as Nacionalny Otbor na Evrovidenie 1996 English National Selection for Eurovision 1996 was the national final format developed by RTR in order to select Russia s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 4 The final was held on 2 March 1996 at Shabolovka Studios in Moscow during the television programme Programma A hosted by 1994 Russian entrant Youddiph and broadcast on RTR The winner was chosen by an expert jury one of whom was Alla Pugacheva who would later represent Russia in the 1997 contest 5 Format EditThe competition featured fourteen entries where the Russian entry for Oslo was selected by a sixteen member jury panel eight professionals and eight representatives of the public Each juror represents a specific profession and age category Each juror gives 1 point to his her one two or three favorite entry entries The summation of the jury scores determined the winning entry The jury panel consisted of Tatyana Nikolayeva head of the entertainment at RTR jury chairperson non voting a Galina Golubova editor in chief of the information and music agency Turne Roman Prygunov director of video clips Irina Otieva singer composer Yuri Yagudin arranger sound engineer Tatyana Cherednychenko Doctor of Art History musicologist Pavel Ovsyannikov People s Artist of Russia composer Alla Pugacheva singer composer People s Artist of the Soviet Union Alexey Rybnikov Honored Art Worker of Russia composer Galina Masharova Student of the law faculty Mikhail Sevastopolsky interpreter Inga Voronovskaya Leading Specialist of the Control Accounts Chamber of Moscow Igor Stepanov commercial director of the real estate agency Amalgam Nadezhda Kobryzhenkova housewife Petr Gorovoy officer Natalia Samoylova pensioner Gennady Videnko builder Competing entries Edit On 28 February 1996 RTR opened the submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries Artists and composers were required to possess Russian citizenship All submitted songs were required to be performed in Russian A panel of experts appointed by RTR selected 14 entries for the competition from the received submissions 3 Final Edit The final took place on 2 March 1996 Fourteen songs competed and the winner Ya eto ya performed by Andrey Kosinsky was selected solely by a jury voting 6 Prior to the competition a draw for the running order took place on 1 March 1996 In addition to the performances of the competing entries Youddiph Gilles Apap Tamara Gverdtsiteli and cabaret duo Akademiya Lolita Milyavskaya and Alexander Tsekalo performed as guests and a music video for Philipp Kirkorov s Zayka was premiered 7 Final 2 March 1996 Draw Artist Song Place1 Vladimir Trushin Drugaya Drugaya 112 Tatyana Anisemova Voyennaya kolybelnaya Voennaya kolybelnaya 83 Felix Serebryanniy veter Serebryannyj veter 134 Zhanna Dobrovolskaya Veruyu v lyubov Veruyu v lyubov 55 Sergey Rogozin and Terem Kvartet Igray sudba Igraj sudba 66 Vokal Band Musyka plus Muzyka plyus 77 Olga Dzusova Zheltie babochki Zheltye babochki 108 Inna Zhelannaya Letai Letaj 99 Timur Gorsky Nekrasivaya Nekrasivaya 1210 Nogu Svelo Moskovskiy romans Moskovskij romans 311 Lisa Myalik Zemlya moya Zemlya moya 412 Elena Kuzmina Veterki Veterki 213 Andrey Kosinsky Ya eto ya Ya eto ya 114 Viktoria Vita Belye gory Belye gory 14Controversy Edit The song Nekrasivaya was later accused of plagiarism from 1967 song of the same name composed by Sergey Popov Initially Popov for unknown reasons was not going to sue Timur Gorsky who performed the song at the national final and Leonid Velichkovsky who was declared the author of the music 8 However Popov ultimately decided to sue both Gorsky and Velichkovsky but eventually lost the trial despite the fact that the court recognized Popov as the legitimate author of the song The reason for the loss was that It is not possible to find out who put Gorsky and Velichkovsky as authors 9 At Eurovision Edit The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 took place at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo Norway on 18 May 1996 The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 took place at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo Norway on 18 May 1996 According to the Eurovision rules the 23 country participant list for the contest was composed of the previous year s winning country and host nation Norway and the twenty two countries which had obtained the highest number of points in the special qualifying round Russia placed joint 26th with 14 points in the qualifying round and thus was not permitted to participate 10 11 12 Voting Edit In the qualifying round national juries in all competing countries including Norway which received an automatic right to compete in the final and thus exempt from the round listened to the submitted entries on audio tape with juries required to listen to all songs three times before voting Each of the eight members on each country s jury awarded their favourite song twelve points their second favourite ten points their third favourite eight points with subsequent points being awarded consecutively down to each juror s tenth favourite song being awarded one point with the points awarded by all jurors being totalled to determine each country s top ten songs which were awarded points in the same manner 13 14 Points awarded to Russia Qualifying round 15 16 Score Country12 points10 points8 points7 points6 points5 points Switzerland United Kingdom4 points Estonia3 points2 points1 point Points awarded by Russia Qualifying round 15 16 Score Country12 points Estonia10 points Poland8 points Iceland7 points Ireland6 points Sweden5 points Greece4 points Cyprus3 points Malta2 points Slovenia1 point CroatiaNotes Edit Nikolayeva only had the right to vote in case of a tie for the first placeReferences Edit a b Russia European Broadcasting Union EBU Retrieved 1 October 2022 Petr Nalich iz interneta na Evrovidenie republic ru in Russian Retrieved 10 January 2022 a b Announcement of the National Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 Video VK Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Russia Eurovision national final 1996 FULL YouTube RUSSIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1996 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Dmitrij Zlodorev 8 March 1996 Kompozitor i pevec Andrej Kosinskij budet predstavlyat Rossiyu v konkurse pesni Evrovideniya Itar Tass in Russian No 12 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Russia Eurovision national final 1996 FULL YouTube Dojdyot li delo do suda newlookmedia ru 2 July 1996 Retrieved 27 August 2022 Evrovidenie 1996 Andrej Kosinskij Roxburgh Gordon 2020 Songs for Europe The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Four The 1990s Prestatyn Telos Publishing pp 255 261 ISBN 978 1 84583 163 9 ESC History Russia 1996 Rossiya ne poedet na Evrovidenie newlookmedia ru 20 April 1996 Retrieved 9 October 2022 Recalling Ireland s record seventh win in 1996 European Broadcasting Union 18 May 2014 Archived from the original on 22 September 2022 Retrieved 8 October 2022 Roxburgh Gordon 2020 Songs for Europe The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Four The 1990s Prestatyn Telos Publishing p 255 260 ISBN 978 1 84583 163 9 a b Roxburgh Gordon 2020 Songs for Europe The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Four The 1990s Prestatyn Telos Publishing p 259 ISBN 978 1 84583 163 9 a b The 1996 preselection the full scoresheets ESCNation com 4 December 2017 Retrieved 14 April 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 amp oldid 1124314845, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
