Evrovidenie
National Selection'), Nacionalny Otbor na Evrovidenie (Russian: Национальный отбор на Евровидение, IPA: [nətsɨɐˈnalʲnɨj ɐdˈbor nə jɪvrɐˈvʲidʲɪnʲɪjɪ], lit.
At its inception, the winner of Evrovidenie was chosen by panels of jurors, but this changed to a public televoting system for the 2005 edition.
[4] Following the formation of the EBU, a number of notable events were transmitted through its networks in various European countries, such as Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom.
[10] Prior to the event, RTR opened a submissions window for Russian citizens to submit their original songs for consideration.
[22] After the non-qualification, RTR decided not to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, leaving ORT (Channel One) as the only remaining broadcaster willing to take part in future years.
[23] In 2004, Yuri Aksyuta, Head of the Directorate of Music and Entertainment Broadcasting of Channel One, commented on the lack of national selection stating that "It's too early to trust our public".
[32] Natalia's victory created a scandal because many people were unable to cast their votes for other contestants, raising doubts about the fairness of the process.
According to the company Edmar+, which organised the televoting, the capacity of their lines was limited, and when the mass of connections reached a critical volume, some calls and messages were automatically filtered out.
[38][39] Later, this number was increased to 27 after RTR added two participants: Sergey Lazarev and 2006 Belarusian Eurovision entrant Polina Smolova.
[40] Other participants included the 2006 Russian Eurovision entrant Dima Bilan, who submitted the song "Por Que Te Amo".
[44][45] After this victory, Channel One announced a national selection in November 2008 and opened a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries.
Thirty-five entries were selected from the received submissions to proceed to auditions held on 1 March 2010 at the Vladimir Nazarov's Theater in Moscow.
[51] Ultimately, at the selection which took place on 7 March in Vladimir Nazarov's Theater in Moscow, the musical group of Peter Nalitch won with the song "Lost and Forgotten".
Their final placing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 held in Oslo was 11th, tying that of Anastasia Prikhodko the previous year.
[53][54] After one year of absence, RTR announced on 28 December 2011 that it would reinstate the national selection process, and asked for submissions from artists and composers.
The broadcaster received 150 submissions at the conclusion of the deadline, and between thirty-five and forty entries were selected to proceed to auditions.
There, a jury panel selected the twenty-five finalists for the national final, which was supposed to take place on 26 February, but was postponed to 7 March.
[55] Ultimately, at the selection held in the Akademichesky Concert Hall in Moscow, the winner was the band Buranovskiye Babushki with the song "Party for Everybody", which received 38.51 points.
In 2014, a national selection was planned to take place, but was ultimately canceled because the broadcaster thought the song submissions were of poor quality.
[64][65] Several Russian politicians, such as Vladimir Zhirinovsky,[66] Vitaly Milonov,[67][68] Valentina Matvienko,[69] Pavel Rudchenko[70] and Yelena Drapeko also criticized Manizha's song.
[73] Following the Eurovision final, on 26 May 2021, Wonderzine published an article that retold reports from other sources that the national selection was staged, and Manizha's victory was a foregone conclusion.
