Eurovision 2008: Russia

Tuomo writes: Campy. Trashy. Downright awful. Or even classy. A country that ranges 11 time zones can’t possibly help it: Russia (since 1994) hasn’t left us cold with its entries, so without further ado, here’s Russia in 2008, Dima, and Believe:


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Дима, Дима, Дима, что сделать с тобой…? Dima, Dima, Dima, what to do with you?

Dima represented Russia two years ago with this entry, and then I though his performance was hauntingly captivating with ballet dancers emerging from a grand piano and rose petals all over the stage. In contrast, Believe comes across as almost contrived...

Add Dima's dark Slavic puppy eyes to the equation, and plenty of voters will be seduced to vote for him. He definitely has stage presence, but I'm not quite turned on by the song itself (unlike by Vlad of Romania's singing)...

In terms of guessing who's going to vote for who, mark my words : Russia will get 12 points from Serbia in the finals - assuming of course that Dima seduces the televoters. And why wouldn't he: all the ex-pat Serbians across the continent will be voting for him :-)