C1, Channel 1 Russia has informed esctoday.com that the 2013 Russian Eurovision entry What If will be premiered on Sunday 24 February at  21:00 local time (18:00 CET).

Dina Garipova‘s Eurovision entry will be revealed during the Воскресное Время (Time) television show, on C1, Channel One Russia on Sunday. The Russian broadcaster will be also airing an inteview with the Russian representative. Esctoday.com has learned that both the song and the interview were recorded yesterday in a studio in Moscow.

Earlier this week  the Russian broadcaster informed esctoday  that Dina Garipova will represent Russia at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö next May.

Dina Garipova shot to fame in Russia when she won the Russian version of the popular television show The Voice last December with 54% of the public vote.. The 2013 Russian representative was selected via an internal selection. She will singWhat if in Malmö. The Russian entry has been produced by Gabriel Alearson and Joakim Björnberg from Sweden in collaboration with Russian musician  Leonid Gutkin.

 

Dina hails from the Russian region of Tatarstan and has been singing since the tender age of 6. She is a multi-talented artist who has experience in singing in Tatar, Russian, Italian, French and English.

Photographs: Courtesy of C1, Channel 1 Russia

Russia debuted at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin with Youdiph’s Vechni Stranik, and has graced the Eurovision stage 16 times. Since the year 2000 Russia has been in the final every year, and taken silver thrice (2000,2006 and 2o12) and bronze twice (2003, 2007) as well. Russia won Eurovision gold in 2008  when Dima Bilan triumphed in Belgrade with Believe and gave Russia the honour of hosting the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.

Stay tuned to esctoday.com for more information on Russia and the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.