Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Russian Public Television (ORT). Mumiy Troll represented Russia with the song "Lady Alpine Blue", which placed 12th and scored 37 points at the contest.[2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country Russia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)4 April 2001[1]
Selected entrantMumiy Troll
Selected song"Lady Alpine Blue"
Selected songwriter(s)Ilya Lagutenko
Finals performance
Final result12th, 37 points
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Internal selection

In order to select Russian entry for the contest, ORT announced a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 23 February 2001.[3] The broadcaster received over 2000 submissions at the conclusion of the deadline, from which, 5 entries were shortlisted from the received submissions and a jury panel selected the Russian entry. Following a leak of the information about Mumiy Troll's selection on 30 March,[4] it was announced by ORT during a press conference on 4 April that they had selected the band Mumiy Troll as the Russian representatives at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Lady Alpine Blue". "Lady Alpine Blue" was composed by band's lead singer Ilya Lagutenko and was presented to the public on 13 April 2001 through the release of the official music video, directed by Andrey Kuznetsov.[5][6]

Internal selection - Shortlisted acts[7][6][8]
Artist(s) Song
Chugunniy skorokhod "Ne plach" (Не плачь)
Gosti iz budushchego Unknown
Mumiy Troll "Lady Alpine Blue"
Plazma Unknown
Vitas Unknown

At Eurovision

Russia performed 6th at the 2001 Contest, following Israel and preceding Sweden. After the voting concluded, Russia scored 37 points and placed 12th.[9]

The voting spokesperson for Russia was Larisa Verbitskaya.[6]

The following members comprised the Russian jury:[10]

  • Igor Matvienko - jury chairperson
  • Maria Shukshina
  • Nikolay Tsitskaridze
  • Rita Mitrofanova
  • DJ Groof
  • Yulia Barsukova
  • Yana Churikova
  • Valdis Pelss

Voting

References
  1. "Евровидение 2001 Мумий тролль".
  2. "Eurovision Song Contest 2001". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. https://esctoday.com/19/more_information_about_national_finals/
  4. "Время новостей: N°56, 30 марта 2001".
  5. "Евровидение 2001 Мумий тролль".
  6. Mikheev, Andy. "Eurovision 2001 Mumiy Troll". ESCKaz. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  7. "Все выступления России на Евровидении: Провалы, скандалы и обвинения в плагиате".
  8. "Collectors guide".
  9. "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  10. "Евровидение 2001 + Жюри Евровидения (Eurovision 2001, ОРТ) — Video | VK".
  11. "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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