Dima Bilan returns to Eurovision!
The Russians organized a National Final with 27 entries and they decided Dima Bilan to represent them to the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, in Serbia. This is the 2nd time for Dima in Eurovision; He took part two years ago, in 2006, when the contest was helding in Greece. Performing the song "Never let you go" he managed to placed 2nd... something which helps his 2008 entry "Believe" count as a favourite. The song is produced by Timbaland!!
Here are the full results of the National Final of Russia. Need to say that in place "9" placed the band "Prime-Minister" who represented Russia in Eurovision 2002 with the song "Northern Girl) finishing 10th.
1. Dima Bilan - Believe (54 points)
2. Alexandr Panaiotov- Crescent And Cross (52 points)
3. Zhenya Otradnaya - Porque Amor (50 points)
4. Sergey Lazarev - Flyer (48 points)
5. Alexey Vorobyov - "New Russian Kalinka" (46 points)
6. Yuliya Mihalchik - "Cold Fingers" (43 points)
7. Anna Mushak and project "William" - "The Needle" (41 points)
8. Zhenya Rasskazova - "Otpuskayu tebya" (Setting you free) (40points)
9. "Prime-Minister" band - "My parallelnie miry" (38 points)
10. Tamila Bloggy (Grischenko) - "Sny" (Dreams) (38 points)
11. A-Sortie band- "Colours Of My Love" (33 points)
12. Olga Varvus - "King of Seduction" (31 points)
13. Natalia Astafieva - "Tri luny" (Three moons) (28 points)
14. Elena Gorskaya (Gorbushina) - "Always All Alone" (27 points)
15. Max Lorens & Satsura - "Day nam dozhd" (Give us rain) (26 points)
16. points Polina Smolova - "Na rasstoyanii dyhanya" (24 points)
17. Anatoliy Alyoshin - "One More Try" (24 points)
18. "Granat" band- "Another Side of Midnight" (21 points)
19. Sabrina (Gadzhikaibova) - "Wreck" (19 points)
20. Pier Narciss & Jam Sheriff - "Who I Am Without Your Love" (16 points)
21. Asia (Aza Bataeva) - "It's No Dream" (14 points)
22. Natalia Terehova - "So You Can Tell Me" (12 points)
23. "BK!" band - "Don't Break My Heart" (10 points)
24. band "Aero" (lead singer Andrey Makarenko) - "Siberia" (07 points)
25. Roman Bezhin - "I'm Missing" (07 points)
26. Nora Adam - "Gotta Let It Go" (04 points)
27. Asylyar (Alsou Zainutdinova) - "Qarligaclar" (Swallows) (02 points)
Watch the live performance of Dima here :