Russia won the the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 with Buranovskiye Babushki, a band consisting of how many people?
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest Russia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 20 times since their debut in 1994 and has participated from 2000 to 2016. Russia won the 2008 contest with Dima Bilan performing the song "Believe". Russia co-holds (with Sweden ) the record for the most top five finishes in the 21st century; finishing second with Alsou in 2000 , Dima Bilan in 2006 , Buranovskiye Babushki in 2012 and Polina Gagarina in 2015 ; third with t.A.T.u. in 2003 , Serebro in 2007 and Sergey Lazarev in 2016 , and fifth with Dina Garipova in 2013 , for a total of nine top five results.
Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Russia will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which will take place on 26 November 2017, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Russian broadcaster Russia-1, owned by the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Polina Bogusevich won the national final with the song "Krylya" (Russian: Крылья ).