Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
| Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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| Country |
 Russia
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Artist: 11 March 2015 Song: 15 March 2015 |
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| Selected entrant | Polina Gagarina | |||
| Selected song | "A Million Voices" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 182 points) | |||
| Final result | 2nd, 303 points | |||
| Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "A Million Voices", written by Gabriel Alares, Joakim Björnberg, Katrina Noorbergen, Leonid Gutkin and Vladimir Matetsky. The song was performed by Polina Gagarina, who was selected by Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia (C1R) in March 2015 to represent the nation at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals "A Million Voices" placed first out of the 16 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. In Russia's nineteenth Eurovision appearance on 23 May, "A Million Voices" finished in second place, receiving 303 points and full marks from five countries.
Prior to the 2015 Contest, Russia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eighteen times since its first entry in 1994. Russia had won the contest on one occasion in 2008 with the song "Believe" performed by Dima Bilan. Since the introduction of the semi-finals to the contest in 2004, Russia has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final every year. In 2013, C1R opted to send Golos (The Voice) winner Dina Garipova to the contest where she placed fifth in the final with the song "What If". In 2014, RTR selected Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 winners Tolmachevy Sisters who placed seventh in the final with the song "Shine".
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