On the 8th of March the Russian national final Russia Decides was won by Manizha with her bilingual song Russian Woman. For a bilingual song from Russia we had to wait as long as for the national final. The last time both were seen or heard was in 2012, when Russia sent Burnaovskiye Babushki and “Party for Everybody”, which was partly in a Uralic language called Udmurt. The band came second in Eurovision that same year in Baku. One year before that, the country’s song had consisted of the Russian language.
While speaking to the Russian magazine mk.ru, Manizha stated that she’s planning to change some of the lyrics, however the message of them is going to remain. Manizha went on to say:
Who is Manizha?
Manizha Sangin, better known musically as Manizha, is a Russian-Tajik singer from Dushanbe, Tajikistan. In 2003 she began her career as a child singer, and went on to perform in groups RuKola and Krip De Shin before pursuing her solo career.
On March 8th 2021, Manizha participated in the Russian national final to select the representative for Eurovision 2021 and subsequently won with her song Русская Женщина (Russian Woman) and will represent Russia at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam this May.
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