Eurovision Russian Pod- Stories from Russia

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