Evrovidenie

Evrovidenie. Nacionalny Otbor (Russian: Евровидение. Национальный отбор, IPA: [jɪvrɐˈvʲidʲɪnʲɪjɪ nətsɨɐˈnalʲnɨj ɐdˈbor], lit. 'Eurovision. National Selection'), Nacionalny Otbor na Evrovidenie (Russian: Национальный отбор на Евровидение, IPA: [nətsɨɐˈnalʲnɨj ɐdˈbor nə jɪvrɐˈvʲidʲɪnʲɪjɪ], lit. 'National Selection for Eurovision') or simply Evrovidenie (Russian: Евровидение) was a Russian televised musical competition organized by Russian public broadcasters Channel One (previously ORT) in odd years and Russia-1 (RTR) of VGTRK in even years.^[b] The competition is used to select Russia's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. Since 2005, it has been streamed live online through the respective websites of the broadcasters. Throughout its history, the competition has been held using different names, including Evrovidenie "Pesnya-95" (1995), Pesnya dlya Evropy (1996), Evrovidenie – Vybirayet Rossiya (2005), Kto? (2014), but has been known for most of its history as Evrovidenie. Nacionalny Otbor (1994, 2008–2010, 2012, 2021).

The competition has produced one winner, one runner-up and two top 10 placings for Russia in the contest. The results of the other selected representatives have ranged from 11th place in both 2009 and 2010 to a record low of 27th place in the 1996 qualifying round. At its inception, the winner of Evrovidenie was chosen by panels of jurors, but this changed to a public televoting system for the 2005 edition.^[c] The jury structure was then restored for 2008 with a combination of jury and televoting used for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. In 2021, the contest returned to choosing a winner by public televoting only.

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