 One of the most successful countries in the contest in the 21st century with a total of ten top five placements, Russia finished second with Alsou in , Dima Bilan in , Buranovskiye Babushki in and Polina Gagarina in ; third with t.A.T.u.in , Serebro in , Sergey Lazarev in and , and fifth with Dina Garipova in .In , they failed to qualify for the final for the first time in their history.