"Vyechniy stranik" was the
RussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1994The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1994 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish...
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RussianRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
by Youddiph. This was Russia's debut at the Contest, and consequently the first occasion on which the language was used onstage.
The song was performed twenty-third on the night, following
HungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
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FriderikaFriderika Bayer is a Hungarian singer.In 1994 she won the Song Contest called by the Hungarian Television. The title of her winning song was: "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" Later in 1994 she was the third runner up in the Eurovision Song Contest staged in Dublin...
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Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? was the Hungarian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in Hungarian by Friderika...
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PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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Edyta GórniakEdyta Górniak is one of the most popular female singers from Poland.- Beginnings :At the age of 14 Górniak formed a band and was playing at private parties and evening dances. After taking singing lessons, in 1989, aged 16, she gave her first public appearance on a Polish television talent show...
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To nie ja"To nie ja!" was the Polish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in Polish by Edyta Górniak. This was Poland's debut at the contest, and consequently the first time that Polish had been used in a contest entry....
". At the close of voting, it had received 70 points, placing 9th in a field of 25. While this result was not as striking as the positions attained by Poland and Hungary, the fact that three Eastern European countries had placed in the top 10 was an indication of future trends at the Contest, which would be dominated by countries from that region within a decade.
It was succeeded as Russian representativeRussia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 14 times, and every year since 2000.Their debut was in the 1994 contest after Russia became a member of the European Broadcasting Union . In both 2000 and 2006, Russia came second in the contest with Alsou's song "Solo" and Dima Bilan's "Never...
at the 1995 ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 1995 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenter was Mary Kennedy. This contest broke the chain of victories that Ireland enjoyed in 1992, 1993, and 1994...
by Philip Kirkorov with "Kolibelnaya dlya vulkana"Kolibelnaya dlya vulkana" was the Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Russian by Philipp Kirkorov....
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