Society & Culture
Hosts discuss Russian Eurovision participants over the years- including creepy sisters, babushkas with a dancing oven, Dima Bilan, and Dima Bilan again. Learn about Russian's successes and failures at the beloved (by some) European music contest. Links to the Eurovision performances discussed in this episode: Alsou, 2000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw_Yg7j7ocsOlsen Brothers (winners of the year 2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C76xn52ZbhA TaTu, 2003 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bbGao-OxOUDima Bilan, 2006 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA9VdXSsneoDima Bilan, again, 2008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72s4WzUcKIBuranovskiye Babushki, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUstrmJzyc Lordi, Winner of 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUUDina Garipova, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHNwk3Oez8U Tolmachevy Sisters, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7HKBlAzN5IPolina Gagarina, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gbKglCL5sSergey Lazarev, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKcFvqaOlgSergey Lazarev, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhk6rzBqW_c Little Big, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5TJXI_Y2-YSerduchka, Ukraine Submission, 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE