<description>&lt;p&gt;Hosts discuss Russian Eurovision participants over the years- including creepy sisters,  babushkas with a dancing oven, Dima Bilan, and Dima Bilan again. Learn about Russian&amp;apos;s successes and failures at the beloved (by some) European music contest. &lt;br/&gt;Links to the Eurovision performances discussed in this episode: &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Alsou, 2000  &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw_Yg7j7ocs'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw_Yg7j7ocs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Olsen Brothers (winners of the year 2000) &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C76xn52ZbhA'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C76xn52ZbhA&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TaTu, 2003 &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bbGao-OxOU'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bbGao-OxOU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dima Bilan, 2006 &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA9VdXSsneo'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA9VdXSsneo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dima Bilan, again, 2008 &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72s4WzUcKI'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72s4WzUcKI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Buranovskiye Babushki, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUstrmJzyc&lt;br/&gt;  &lt;br/&gt;Lordi, Winner of 2012 &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUU'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Dina Garipova, 2013  &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHNwk3Oez8U'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHNwk3Oez8U&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tolmachevy Sisters, 2014  &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7HKBlAzN5I'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7HKBlAzN5I&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Polina Gagarina, 2015  &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gbKglCL5s'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gbKglCL5s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sergey Lazarev, 2016 &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKcFvqaOlg'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKcFvqaOlg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Sergey Lazarev, 2019 &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhk6rzBqW_c'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhk6rzBqW_c&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Little Big, 2020 &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5TJXI_Y2-Y'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5TJXI_Y2-Y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Serduchka, Ukraine Submission, 2007 &lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Russian Pod- Stories from Russia

Amie, Ryan, and Leysan

Eurovision

AUG 29, 202062 MIN
Russian Pod- Stories from Russia

Eurovision

AUG 29, 202062 MIN

Description

Hosts discuss Russian Eurovision participants over the years- including creepy sisters,  babushkas with a dancing oven, Dima Bilan, and Dima Bilan again. Learn about Russian's successes and failures at the beloved (by some) European music contest.
Links to the Eurovision performances discussed in this episode:

Alsou, 2000  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw_Yg7j7ocs

Olsen Brothers (winners of the year 2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C76xn52ZbhA 

TaTu, 2003 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bbGao-OxOU

Dima Bilan, 2006 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA9VdXSsneo

Dima Bilan, again, 2008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72s4WzUcKI

Buranovskiye Babushki, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUstrmJzyc
 
Lordi, Winner of 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUU

Dina Garipova, 2013  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHNwk3Oez8U 

Tolmachevy Sisters, 2014  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7HKBlAzN5I

Polina Gagarina, 2015  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gbKglCL5s

Sergey Lazarev, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKcFvqaOlg

Sergey Lazarev, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhk6rzBqW_c

Little Big, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5TJXI_Y2-Y

Serduchka, Ukraine Submission, 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE