Russia 2021: Manizha - Russian Woman

[Soldi]

Do they basically NOT CARE about Covid in Russia?

They’re all SPUTNIK’d up!

 

[Soldi]

Oh look it’s Natalia!

 

[VoR]

Nataliya and Kirkorov alert!

So this year's Moldovan entry is basically the satellite Russian entry in all but name, I guess

 

[Iguana]

Sugar is looking PRETTY HOT after THOSE perfs

 

[Soldi]

What’s the betting the Russian jury give Moldova 12 in the final eh?

 

[VoR]

Is Captain Birdseye actually the portrait that Kirkorov keeps in his attic?

 

[Эулия]

Oh God is Miss Phil banging on about Dima Bilan AGAIN?

PTSD ALERT

 

[Эулия]

Hoping for a My Heart Belongs To Daddy routine before we get to the voting

 

[VoR]

Ooh a TINNY DISCO MIX

 

[Эулия]

OH PLEASE NO. Someone MUZZLE IT!

 

[VoR]

There's something quite MANIC about Lime Green host lady.

 

[Iguana]

That second song is growing on me just from the clip

 

[Iguana]

GIVE IT SOME WELLY! WOOP!

 

[Эулия]

I’m hoping they choose song 1 or 2 for an especially poor result

Was it just me or did Polina have a look of Nadine Coyle?

 

[Эулия]

I swore to myself that I would avoid national finals this year and look at the state of me

 

[Iguana]

HELLO

 

[Alla]

dima bilan gay

 

[Madíson]

What’s happened to his face?

 

[Alla]

What a pile of shit Believe is.

 

[Madíson]

He looks like Paul Chuckle.

 

[Эулия]

What a pile of shit Believe is.

And MIMED!

 

[Tisch]

Back in for a run and @Iguana has just filled me in. Also got me up to speed on this Russia business!

Sorry if mentioned already, but do we think maybe the Russian government have got involved and want a more propoganda-y 'rousing' ode to Mother Russia type entry this year instead of the lol larks of Little Big? It's all a bit STRANGE for a country that looked very due a win in the years to come.

 

[Alla]

What happened? Who won?

 

[Penelope]

You really do have to wonder about the wisdom of having a public vote during fairly public protests against the government's lack of democracy...

 

[Madíson]

I’m glad they aren’t reporting on the bloody Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

 

[Эулия]

Has it finished? I’m now getting the news IN RUSSIAN OBVIOUSLY

 

[VoR]

Voting delayed for an hour because they've been eating into the news timeslot

OH RUSSIA NEVER CHANGE

 

[Soldi]

Maybe Harry and Meghan will announce the winner in their Oprah interview.

 

[Alla]

Has it finished? I’m now getting the news IN RUSSIAN OBVIOUSLY

Not a problem for you, dear Эулия.

 

[Penelope]

Voting delayed for an hour because they've been eating into the news timeslot

OH RUSSIA NEVER CHANGE

They've just made it even easier for Navalny's organisation to rally support behind one of the pony entries as a protest vote

 

[Эулия]

They've just made it even easier for Navalny's organisation to rally support behind one of the pony entries as a protest vote

PONY ENTRY FTW!

 

[Penelope]

Back in for a run and @Iguana has just filled me in. Also got me up to speed on this Russia business!

Sorry if mentioned already, but do we think maybe the Russian government have got involved and want a more propoganda-y 'rousing' ode to Mother Russia type entry this year instead of the lol larks of Little Big? It's all a bit STRANGE for a country that looked very due a win in the years to come.

at the idea the Russian government hasn't ALWAYS been transparently involved in the selection of the Russian entry at every step!

 

[Эулия]

Surely getting rid of crud like Dima or Phil would have cut down on the running time

What about those of us with LIVES?

 

[Penelope]

Surely getting rid of crud like Dima or Phil would have cut down on the running time

What about those of us with LIVES?

Russia has never been mindlessly in favour of people HAVING LIVES

 

[Эулия]

Can someone alert us when it starts again? The twins want feeding and the chinchilla has gone missing so I can’t be sat here enjoying the news in Russian for hours on end

 

[Penelope]

You really do have to hope there's some urgent organising happening right now among Navalny supporters. This would be pretty big publicity as an international story if it led to one of the pony entries getting the nod (or even better - winning but Russian Woman being sent ANYWAY )

 

[ButterTart]

This is the first time Russia has been able to influence the outcome of a democratic vote since Brexit, it's no wonder they're milking it.

 

[dmlaw]

I'm picturing the head of Russian Telecom telling the organisers that one of the shit ones has won and immediately getting a call back from Putin explaining that if he doesn't want to be found having shot himself twice in the head, he'll announce that the winner was 'Russian Woman'.

 

[Эулия]

OH WE’RE BACK

PONY SONG 2 FTW PLS

 

[Madíson]

Russian Woman won I think?