Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996
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National Selection
Internal Selection
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 20 (20 Finals) |
| First appearance | 1994 |
| Best result | 1st: 2008 |
| Worst result | 17th: 1995 |
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Channel One page Channel Russia page |
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 For the most recent participation seeRussia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 |
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Russia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 20 times since their debut in 1994 and has participated from 2000 to 2016. Russia won the 2008 contest with Dima Bilan performing the song "Believe". Russia co-holds (with Sweden) the record for the most top five finishes in the 21st century; finishing second with Alsou in 2000, Dima Bilan in 2006, Buranovskiye Babushki in 2012 and Polina Gagarina in 2015; third with t.A.T.u. in 2003, Serebro in 2007 and Sergey Lazarev in 2016, and fifth with Dina Garipova in 2013, for a total of nine top five results.
Their debut was in the 1994 contest after Russia became a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Russia came second at four contests; in 2000 with the song "Solo" performed by Alsou, in 2006 with Dima Bilan's song "Never Let You Go", in 2012 with the song "Party for Everybody" performed by Buranovskiye Babushki, and in 2015 with Polina Gagarina's song "A Million Voices". They also achieved three third-place finishes; in 2003 with t.A.T.u's song "Ne Ver', Ne Boysia", Serebro's in 2007 with their entry "Song #1", and in 2016 with Sergey Lazarev's song "You Are the Only One"(But this song won in the "televoting").
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