Just a few minutes ago the experts commission meeting at Channel 1 has finished. This commission was created to select the songs for the three Russian semifinals. These will take place on 4th, 11th and 18th February. The Russian final is scheduled for 25th February.

Here is the list of the participants in the three Russian semifinals:

Semfinal 1 | 4th February
1) Anastasia Stotskaya
2) Dima Bilan
3) Zhin Zhin
4) Slava
5) Jam & Terleeva
6) Roman Polanski
7) A-Sortie
8) Katusha
9) KGB

Semifinal 2 | 11th February
1) Natalia Podolskaya
2) Gustav & Balakirev
3) Varvara
4) Chai Vdvoem
5) Panayotov & Chumakov
6) Reflex
7) Oxana
8) R. Smirnov
9) Angelika Rudnitskaya

Semifinal 3 – 18th February
1) still to be selected
2) Polina Griffits
3) Anita Tsoy
4) Batyrkhan Shukenov
5) Irena
6) V. Makarov
7) Playgirls
8) still to be selected
9) still to be selected

3 up to 4 songs from each semifinal will proceed to the final which is scheduled for 25th February 2005. The song to represent Russia at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest willl be selected by 100% sms and televoting.