Yuliya Olegovna Samoylova ( , born 7 April 1989 ) , sometimes credited as Yulia Samoilova or Julia Samoylova , is a Russian singer-songwriter . In early 2017 , she was selected to represent Russia in the 2017 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Flame Is Burning " , but was subsequently banned from the contest 's host country , Ukraine , due to violating Ukrainian law by entering Crimea through Russia in 2015 , shortly after the region was annexed by Russia . In response to the ban , Russia ultimately withdrew from the contest . The following year , Samoylova was instead chosen to represent her country in the 2018 edition of the contest in Portugal . Performing " I Wo n't Break " , she placed 15th out of 18 contestants in the second semi-final , failing to qualify for the grand final . " I Wo n't Break " was the first representation of Russia to not reach the final since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004
2018 edition
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Yuliya Samoylova (singer)