Singer Manizha Sangin, who on Saturday, May 22, will represent Russia in the Eurovision final with the song “Russian Woman”, spoke on the TikTok video service about Russian women singing on a large interactive screen during her performance.
“If you have a question, why can I sing about Russian women and whether I am the voice of Russian women. I decided to invite more than a hundred Russian women to the stage, they will go to Eurovision with me. They will appear on these screens, they will sing the way they want, they will look the way they want and do what they want. I really want to show their freedom, “said Manizha.
The singer also presented a project on her Instagram with all the participants in this show. Each of the women gives her own understanding of the concept of “Russian woman”. “Whoever says that my grandmother, Sofya Samuilovna Sverdlina-Rapoport, who survived the blockade, an orphanage, state anti-Semitism, is not a Russian woman, that cruel and ignorant person. home is here, and I love everything around me. We, Russian women, so different, have one thing in common – we want to be heard and we will be heard, “says feminist Bella Rapoport. “A Russian woman is strength, courage and freedom,” says Alla Gutnikova, one of the editors of the student magazine Doxa, who is now being accused in the case of involving teenagers in protests.
In addition, Manizha was supported in her issue by Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Kostyuchenko, founder of the Vera hospice fund Nyuta Federmesser, actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Alexandra Bortich, artist Sasha Frolova, trans-activist Maya Demidova, singer Tatyana Bulanova and many others.
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The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will be held in Rotterdam on May 22. It will feature 26 participants, most of whom were determined during the semi-finals on the 18th and 20th. Representatives of the host country (the Netherlands) and the “big five” – Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy and France will automatically qualify for the final. > about those who deserve a place in the top 10.
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Maneskin, Hotel Italy
Glamorous, androgynous Italian rockers are the kids of the 21st century. To whom their composition “Zitti e buoni” hurts the ear should know: Maneskin are the winners of the San Remo Music Festival. Apparently, italo-pop is out. Italo rock – in. In Italian and hard rock sounds more melodic.
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Destini, Malta
“I’m not your sweetie, and I don’t want your money. I’m too good for you. I’m leaving.” Something like this can be translated the lyrics of the song “Je me casse”, which is performed by Destiny. A powerful statement for an 18 year old. However, she can be confident in herself. After all, she has already won one Eurovision Song Contest – in 2015 for children.
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Barbara Pravi, France
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you mention France? Delicious food, great wine, fashionable clothes and, of course, real French chanson. Then please – “Voila”. This is the name of the composition of Barbara Pravy. Chanson has returned to the Eurovision stage after it was last performed in Moscow in 2009 by Patricia Kaas.
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Tiks, Norway
No, it’s not Philip Kirkorov on stage, but Tiks from Norway. A headband, fur coat and sunglasses are his permanent attributes. The glasses hide the nervous tic that the performer is sick with. Andreas Haukeland played on the disease in his stage name. One of the touching moments of the competition is when Andreas briefly takes off his glasses during the performance.
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Gjon’s Tears, Hotel Switzerland
Gjon’s Tears is the stage name for John Muharremai, a 22-year-old son of immigrants from Albania and Kosovo. On stage in Rotterdam, he demonstrated the real wonders of vocal acrobatics, dramatically balancing his arms to the ballad “Tout l ‘univers”.
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Elena Tsagrin, Cyprus
The chorus of the dance composition “El Diabolo” is almost one to one reminiscent of the chorus of Lady Gaga’s song. But this does not seem to bother either Elena Tsagrina or her fans. In Cyprus, Elene had to explain to especially zealous critics that this was not about worshiping the devil, but just about giving her heart to the bad guy.
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Go_A, Ukraine
“Interesting, exotic, modern – but very tiring,” wrote one of the authors of the popular German Eurovision blog esc-kompakt.de about the composition of the Ukrainian band. Most of the fans disagreed with the second part of the comment. After the very first rehearsal of “Shum” in Rotterdam, the Go_A group soared into the top 10 not only of bookmakers.
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Manizha, Russia
Manizha called her song “Russian woman” a manifesto in an interview with >. During the performance, she steps out of a giant sundress, as if freed from archaic ideas about the role of a woman. Many people liked Manizhi’s message not only in Rotterdam.
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Daði og Gagnamagnið, Исландия
According to lead singer Dadi Freyr, he is 2.08 meters tall and wears size 48 shoes. Another distinguishing feature of the Icelander and his team is self-irony. The electro-indie-pop composition “10 years” is one of the most original numbers of the current Eurovision Song Contest. Unfortunately, due to the case of covid in the group, viewers will see this number only in the recording from the rehearsal.
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Blind Channel, Finland
Direct competitors of the Finns in the competition – Italian hard rockers from the group “Maneskin” – urge not to go with the flow. The Blind Channel went further, chanting an underground party in “Dark Side”. The desire to “ignite” is understandable, but in times of a pandemic it is probably worth the wait.
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The Roop, Hotel Lithuania
“Discoteque” is a mix of pop and electro rock performed by a Lithuanian band. And she sings about how it’s normal when you dance alone. According to the soloist Vaidotas Valyukevicius, the song is not about a pandemic and self-isolation, but about the release of energy that each of us needs from time to time. The Lithuanians do it especially well.
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Senhit feat. Flo Rida, San Marino
The participation of the famous American rapper Flo Rida in a duet with Senit became the key to San Marino’s reaching the final of the competition. If not for sponsorship, the rapper’s fee for the collaboration in “Adrenalina” would surely have “blown up” the state budget of the dwarf state and the adrenaline rush would have been guaranteed.
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The Black Mamba, Hotel Portugal
Until the second semi-final, the Portuguese were considered outsiders of Eurovision 2021. Blues “Love ison my side” tells about the tragic fate of a prostitute from Eastern Europe, who went to the West in search of a better life. Apparently, The Black Mamba managed to touch the hearts of the audience and the jury.
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Victoria, Bulgaria
The performance of Victoria Georgieva from Bulgaria with the ballad “Growing up is getting old” is one of the most heartfelt at the competition in Rotterdam. Victoria demonstrated that emotions can be expressed in a quiet but strong voice. But didn’t the 24-year-old singer think too early about old age in her song?
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Yendrik, Germany
Jendrik from Germany sings about the importance of being tolerant in “I don’t feel hate”. A bit of country, bright colors and a lively pacifist symbol on the stage – what will be remembered for the performance of the native of Hamburg. Karl Lagerfeld was also born in this city. Jendrik speaks as fast as the famous fashion designer spoke. Did they teach them this at school?
Author: Andrei Brenner
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