Intervision song contest draw takes place in Moscow
Russia will perform under number 9, with 23 countries participating in total
The draw for the participants of the Intervision international music festival took place in Moscow's National Centre RUSSIA on Friday.
The draw was conducted with the help of a samovar. Participants were asked to pour hot water from the samovar, with numbers appearing on their heat-sensitive mugs.
Russia will perform ninth out of the 23 countries that will take part in the contest.
The participants were addressed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
“Intervision is a kind of musical Expo, a universal platform for dialogue between civilizations based on the mutual enrichment of national histories and traditions. One of the tasks of the contest is to demonstrate global diversity through music as a universal international language that does not require translation,” the minister said.
The participant from the US could not attend the draw and authorized the organizers to draw the lot.
Russia will be represented in the contest by the singer SHAMAN (Yaroslav Dronov) with the song “Straight to the Heart.” The winner will be determined by an international jury, and the main prize will amount to 30 million rubles. The Intervision final is scheduled for September 20.