Sviridov: Gagarin – the best of the Russian Federation on “Eurovision” in recent years – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, May 24 – RIA Novosti. Polina Gagarina – one of the best Russian participant of “Eurovision” in recent years, says the singer Alain Sviridov.

Gagarin took second place in “Eurovision-2015″, the final of which was held in the Austrian capital on Saturday evening.

“I do not watch vigilantly for competition, but I know how to sing professionally Pauline, and the results – I am a poker, which is completely incomprehensible to me. In my opinion, Polina – best Russian participant in recent years, and it’s very good that her talent was appreciated by European audiences, “- told RIA Novosti Sviridov.

first place went to Swede Mons Selmerlёv (365 points), second place was taken by Polina Gagarina (303 points), and the third – a group Il Volo from Italy (292 points). At the end of the table, Germany and Austria do not score any points.

The final was attended by 27 countries. They performed in the following order: Slovenia, France, Israel, Estonia, Great Britain, Armenia, Lithuania, Serbia, Norway, Sweden, Cyprus, Australia, Belgium, Austria, Greece, Montenegro, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Romania, Spain, Hungary, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Albania and Italy.

On the “Eurovision Song Contest” Russian singer Polina Gagarina represented song A Million Voices. As previously reported by Channel One, the composition – “the brainchild of an international team of authors (Gabriel Alares, Joachim Bernberg Katrina Norberg, Leonid Gutkin, Vladimir Matetsky)”.

About what happened on the stage of “Eurovision”, as well as the results of the vote, see the online reportage RIA Novosti & gt; & gt;