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Little Big to represent Russia at Eurovision

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Little Big to represent Russia at Eurovision


03.03.2020

Photo credit: Little Big will represent Russia at Eurovision Song Contest 

The Little Big band will perform at the Eurovision Song Contest as the Russian participant, RIA Novosti reports. The musicians mix different styles, such as pop music, punk and rave in their works, which is very popular both in Russia and Europe.

According to vocalist Ilya Prusikin, the band could not believe until the very end that they could perform at the Eurovision Song Contest, but now they feel the responsibility assigned to them. Nevertheless, he assured, the musicians will do everything possible to win. The group also includes Sofia Tayurskaya, Anton Lissov and Sergey Makarov.

The competition song will be unveiled in the very near future. It is going to be funny and with a touch of Brazilian carnival, the performers assured.

Little Big will take the stage in the first semi-final of Eurovision. These are the results of the draw at the end of January. The 65th song contest will be held in Rotterdam from May 12 to 16 at the stage of the Ahoy concert hall. The contest’s slogan is "Open Up".

Russkiy Mir reported that, in the first semi-final, Russia is going to compete against Belarus, Israel, Romania, Northern Macedonia, Ireland, Sweden, Ukraine, Cyprus, Croatia, Slovenia, Norway, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Malta, Belgium and Australia. In total, 41 countries will be represented at Eurovision.

Sergei Lazarev represented Russia at the Eurovision song contest two times. In 2016, Lazarev sang “You Are The Only One” and in 2019 he surprised the public with the theatrical performance of “Scream”.

He finished third on both occasions.

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