Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
| Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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 Russia
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
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Artist: 15 March 2014 Song: 19 March 2014 |
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| Selected entrant | Tolmachevy Sisters | |||
| Selected song | "Shine" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (6th, 63 points) | |||
| Final result | 7th, 89 points | |||
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Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Russia-1 (RTR). The Tolmachevy Sisters, winners of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, represented Russia with the song "Shine", which qualified from the first semi-final and placed 7th in the final, scoring 89 points.
The Russian entry for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest was selected through an internal process. On 15 March 2014, RTR announced that The Tolmachevy Sisters, who previously won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, were selected to represent Russia – a choice made internally by an expert jury. The Russian entry, "Shine", was premiered on 19 March 2014. The song was composed by Philipp Kirkorov (1995 Russian contest entrant and composer of the 2007 Belarusian entry and the 2008 Ukrainian entry) and Dimitris Kontopoulos (composer of 2009 Greek entry and the 2013 Azerbaijani entry). The lyrics were written by John Ballard (lyricist of the 2013 Azerbaijani entry), Ralph Charlie (lyricist of the 2013 Azerbaijani entry) and Gerard James Borg (lyricist of the 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2008 Maltese entries).
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