Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station |
Channel One Russia-1 |
| National selection events |
National Selection
Internal Selection
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| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 20 (20 finals) |
| First appearance | 1994 |
| Best result | 1st: 2008 |
| Worst result | 17th: 1995 |
| External links | |
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Channel One page Channel Russia page |
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| Russia's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeRussia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 |
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Russia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 20 times since their debut in 1994 and has participated every year since 2000. 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.
Russia is the only country that has never missed the final since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004.
Their debut was in the 1994 contest after Russia became a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). In 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2015 Russia came second in the contest with Alsou's song "Solo", Dima Bilan's "Never Let You Go" and Buranovskiye Babushki with "Party for Everybody", Polina Gagarina's "A Million Voices" song, respectively. In 2003, 2007 and 2016 Russia placed 3rd, with t.A.T.u.'s "Ne Ver', Ne Boysia", Serebro's "Song #1" and Sergey Lazarev's "You Are the Only One"
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