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Russia in 2005
Natalia Podolskaya
Song
Nobody hurt no one
M.S. Applegate, J.P. Chase
Composer(s)
Victor Drobysh
More information
Russian national selections
Channel 1 organises national selections for the first time. Three semifinals on 4th, 11th and 18th February decide who proceeds to the Russian national final taking place on 25th February.
Biography
Natalia Podolskaya was born in 1982 in Mogilev, Belarus. She studied piano at music school and started singing at the age of nine in the ‘Studio W’ group of the Mogilev Music and Choreography School. With this group she won festivals such as ‘Zornaya Rostan’, ‘Magutny Bozha’ (Belarus) and ‘Goldenfest’ (Poland) and went on tour in Belgium, Germany, Poland.
Between 1999 and 2004, she studied law at the Belarusian Law Institute and she continued to gain experience as a solo performer. Natalia regularly took part in music shows on Belarusian radio and television and, in 2002 and 2003, she was finalist in the national TV festival ‘On the Crosses of Europe’. In 2002, she moved to the Russian capital and joined the Moscow Institute of the Modern Art.
Natalia Podolskaya became well-known in 2002 after her brilliant performance at Vitebsk Festival ‘Slavyansky Bazar’. The same year in Prague, Czech Republic, 16 members of ‘Universetalent Prague 2002’ International Jury marked her performance very high: Natalia Podolskaya won in the ‘Best Song’ and ‘Best Singer’ categories.
In the beginning of 2003, Rayan Lobsher and Michael Jay (the Grammy-winning producer and writer of the songs for Kylie Minogue, Celine Dion, Lara Fabian and others) wrote ‘Unstoppable’ specially for Natalia and invited her to take part in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest as the UK representative. However, Podolskaya was determined to sing only for her home country Belarus. But even though she did well, another contestant was selected to represent Belarus last year.
In 2004, Natalia Podolskaya got through the auditions and became a participant of ‘Star Factory-5’ in which she was taught by the best singing, dancing and acting teachers in Russia. It was here that Natalia met Victor Drobysh, the famous songwriter and producer. With his help she recorded her first album, which was released in December 2004. Incredible artistry, natural charisma and excellent vocal technique helped Natalia to win the public’s affection and her debut album was a success. Today the song ‘Pozdno’ (‘Late’) is a hit on all TV and radio stations.
In February 2005, the Russian national selection for Eurovision Song Contest took place. TV viewers chose a winner by televoting and Natalia was chosen to represent Russia with her song ‘Nobody Hurt Anyone’ at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.
Country profile
Do you want to learn more about Russia ? At worldatlas.com you can read a detailed country profile, including maps, flags and you can even listen to the national anthem!
History
We are currently updating our country history pages and therefore, they are temporarily unavailable! How many times they won? Who represented the country in 1960? This and a lot more is available in the history section soon!
All Participations for Russia
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2008 | Dima Bilan | Believe | 135 | 3 |
| 2008 | Dima Bilan | Believe | 272 | 1 |
| 2007 | Serebro | Song # 1 | 207 | 3 |
| 2006 | Dima Bilan | Never let you go | 248 | 2 |
| 2006 | Dima Bilan | Never let you go | 217 | 3 |
| 2005 | Natalia Podolskaya | Nobody hurt no one | 57 | 15 |
| 2004 | Julia Savicheva | Believe me | 67 | 11 |
| 2003 | t.A.T.u. | Ne ver’, ne boisia | 164 | 3 |
| 2002 | Prime minister | Northern girl | 55 | 10 |
| 2001 | Mumiy troll | Lady alpine blue | 37 | 12 |
| 2000 | Alsou | Solo | 155 | 2 |
| 1997 | Alla Pugachova | Primadonna | 33 | 15 |
| 1995 | Philipp Kirkorov | Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana | 17 | 17 |
| 1994 | Youddiph | Vechni stranik | 70 | 9 |
