In May 2003 , t.A.T.u. represented Russia at Eurovision Song Contest 2003 , where they placed third . After the contest , Russia 's Channel One complained that Irish broadcaster RTÉ ( Ireland 's national television broadcaster ) had used a back-up jury , and that it had cost them victory ; RTÉ did not use the televoting results after some network problems . A statement by Channel One suggested that there were grounds to believe that the contest results could be much different for Russia . RTÉ responded by publishing the unused results of the Irish televote , which showed that had the jury not been used , Turkey , whose entry was also overlooked by the Irish Jury , would still have won . The group 's record label , Universal Music Russia , were originally against the group 's participation saying that the Eurovision contest was for " young artists " and said " artists of Tatu 's level will not get much out of the participation in it , We Universal would much rather prefer the group to work on their new album , and not to participate in contests for rising stars ... " The same month , the group postponed their German promo tour due to a late invitation to the 2003 MTV Movie Awards , where they performed . The following month they also cancelled their Riga concert and Japan concert in June , which led to a lawsuit from Pasadena Group Promotion , asking for $ 180,000 in damages
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
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