Russia

Russia has participated in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 17 times, debuting in the first contest, with their best position being 1st, achieving this at the OESC #15 contest.

Ya tebya ne pridumala==History of Russia in the Own Eurovision Song Contest==

OESC 01
In the first edition Russia debuted in Chișinău, Moldova by sending Serebro as the country's first contestants with the song "Dyshy", where it qualified and placed 5th out of 22 songs in the Grand Final, scoring 97 points, having only on 1 point less than Romania. Russia received its first 12 points, awarded from Denmark. It was later discovered that the song placed 3rd in the second semi-final. Russia had given its first 12 points to Greece with song Follow me performed by Antique.

OESC 02
According to the rules of Own Eurovision Song Contest, Russia automatically qualified to the grand final of second edition in Stockholm, Sweden. Alsu was chosen to represent Russia with song Ya tebya ne pridumala. The song didn't get any 12 points and got 19th place with 39 points. The highest points (8 points) were awarded from Germany and Ukraine. Russia had made its choice by giving 12 points to Andorra with song Buleria perfomed by David Bisbal. Unfortunately, Andorra got disqualified for non-voting.

OESC 03
In the third edition Vera Brezhneva and Dan Balan were sent to represent Russia with song Petals of tears in Zadar, Croatia. The song qualified to the grand final and took 16th place with 48 points, receiving 7 points from Moldova and Israel as the highest points. It was later revealed that Russia had won the second semifinal. The host country, Croatia had receieved Russian 12 points with song Dat ce nam Bog performed by Nina Badric. It was the first time when Russia didn't award the winner (Slovakia)with any points.

Contestants

 * XX on Semi Finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be due to the fact that the country ended up in the top five in previous contest or one of the country in top five in previous edition withdraws.
 * XX on Finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt to qualify to the final.

Voting history (#01-#17)
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