Eurovision is an annual song contest that dates back to 1956. It has become an integral part of the European musical tradition. Russia has been taking part in it since 1994, when the country was represented by the red-haired Masha Katz, who performed under the pseudonym Judith. In 2015, Polina Gagarina will represent Russia at this competition.
Eurovision 2015: song of Russia
Polina Gagarina will go to the main musical event in Europe with a song in English The composition is the brainchild of an international team of authors, which included Swedes Joachim Björnberg and Gabriel Alares, Australian Katrina Nurbergen and Russian composers Vladimir Matetsky and Leonid Gutkin. It is worth noting that the Swedes in 2013 already wrote a song for the participant of the Eurovision Song Contest - Dina Garipova. It was called What If ("What if …"), with her the Russian woman was able to take 5th place.
The authors of the song for Gagarina tried to compose the text so that it was as clear as possible to both foreign and Russian audiences. It is known that Polina was offered three compositions to choose from: tempo, slow and very slow. In the end, the singer chose the “golden mean”.
It is also known that the song was not written specifically for Pauline., which this year will broadcast the competition on the territory of Russia, long before the whole country knew the name of the participant of the competition, announced a tender for the creation of the song. Work on it went on for several months. As a result, the text underwent significant revision in comparison with the first draft.
It is worth noting that Channel One this year decided not to organize any competitions within the country. The media giant used the right to independently choose a song and an artist to participate in the competition.
Polina Gagarina's video for the song "Eurovision-2015"
On March 15, Polina presented a video for the song A Million Voices. It stars 25 children and their parents, as well as pregnant women. By this the authors of the video wanted to show that A Million Voices is a song of the world, a song of absolutely everyone - children, old people, pregnant women. It should be noted that the clip will turn out to be very gentle and touching. Probably, this impression is due to the abundance of white.
What is Polina Gagarina's song about for Eurovision-2015
Gagarina herself says that her composition is about love, for the sake of which it is worth breathing, living, continuing, working. The song hints that love is the only meaning of life, which is what the “million voices” say.
However, it was not without criticism. Runet was divided into two camps: some consider Gagarina's song worthy, while others hastened to accuse the singer of imitating foreign "pop". Meanwhile, Polina pays no attention to criticism. She is in complete euphoria from the fact that she had the honor to represent her country in an international song contest.
