“ Shine ” ( Rus. Shine ) is a song performed by the Russian musical group “ Tolmachev ’s Sisters ”, with which they represented Russia at the Eurovision-2014 song contest. [1] [2] [3] [4] The songwriters are John Ballard, Ralph Charlie and Gerard James Borg. [5] The song was released on March 19, 2014. [6] The release of the music video took place on March 25, 2014. The Russian version of the song “Half” was presented on April 4, 2014. On May 7, 2014, the Tolmachev sisters performed the song “Shine” in the first semi-final of Eurovision and reached the final. It was held on May 10, 2014, the Tolmachev sisters took 7th place (6th place in the audience and 8th in the jury). [7]
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| Released | March 21, 2014 |
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| Format | digital distribution |
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| Recorded by | 2014 |
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| Genre | pop |
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| Duration | 3:03 |
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| Composer | Philip Kirkorov , Dimitris Kontopoulos |
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| Songwriters | John Ballard, Ralph Charlie, Gerard James Borg |
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| Label | Universal music group |
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Spring Jazz (2006) | "Shine" (2014) | Go away (2014) |
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"Shine" |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2014 |
| A country | Russia |
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| Contractor (s) | Sisters Tolmachev |
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| Tongue | English |
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| Song author (s) | John Ballard, Ralph Charlie, Gerard James Borg |
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| Semifinal | 63 (6th place) |
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| The final | 89 (7th place) |
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| ◄ What If (2013) |
| A Million Voices (2015) ► |
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Artemy Troitsky praised the song sharply negatively: “terrible, pathos, boring, there is nothing Russian in it” [8] [9] .