Eurovision is over, Russia announces: interview will be in September

Shortly after the popular singing festival is over Eurovision is Russia, which is excluded from the competition because of the war in Ukraine, announced when its version of the competition will be Interview. They set out 20 September, the organization was ordered by the president himself Vladimir Putinand many prominent representatives of the authorities, including the Vice President of the Government, include Dmitrij Černichenko and chairman of the presidential administration and former Prime Minister Sergei Kirijenko.

The interview will be at the Moscow Live Arena, where it can host up to 11,000 spectators. Moscow has already announced that more than 20 countries have been participating, including China, India and some countries of Latin America and the Middle East. Russian state television also confirmed that an ultranationalist Russian singer will participate Jaroslav Dronov with a nickname shaman. His name was circulated in the Russian media in March, he summarized Were. « It’s hard to be the first, but I’m not shy, » said Shaman, of course by the ardent Putin supporter and advocate for the invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian President signed a decree to establish his own version of the Eurovision Song Contest in early February, at that time it was only about announcing that the interview was to be prepared in the fall. Eurosong has a lot of fans in Russia, but since the country is excluded from the show, the idea of ​​an interview that was prepared in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, in response to the Eastern Bloc to Eurovision, has revived.

But many Russian musicians also participated in the latter and made quite a few rankings at the top, which further contributed to the popularity of the competition in Russia. The only winner from this country was otherwise The smoke of the balancewho won the audience and the jury with a song Believa In 2008, when the selection was hosted by Belgrade.