Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country	Russia
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 11 March 2015 Song: 15 March 2015
Selected entrant	Polina Gagarina
Selected song	"A Million Voices"
Selected songwriter(s)	Gabriel Alares Joakim Björnberg Katrina Noorbergen Leonid Gutkin Vladimir Matetsky
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.