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Draft:Russia in the Intervision Song Contest 2025

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Russia in
Intervision 2025
Intervision 2025
Participating broadcasterChannel One
Country Russia
Selection processInternal selection
Selection dateArtist: 19 May 2025
Song: 7 June 2025
Competing entry
SongPryamo po serdtsu
ArtistShaman
Songwriter
Placement
Final resultNot ranked
Participation chronology
◄2008 • 2025 • 2026►

Russia participated in and hosted Intervision 2025 in Novoivanovskoye, Moscow. The song "Pryamo po serdtsu", performed by Shaman and written by Maxim Fadeev, was selected internally. Channel One was the representing broadcaster.

Background

Prior to the 2025 contest, Russia had participated in the Intervision Song Contest once. They debuted in and hosted the 2008 edition, being represented by Kvatro. The country ended up in second place.[1]

A day after the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 25 February 2022, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) excluded Russia from the Eurovision Song Contest.[2] The next day, on 26 February, the three Russian broadcaster members of the EBU (RTR, Channel One, and RDO) announced their intention to withdraw from the EBU following their exclusion from the contest, which became effective on 1 March.[3]

On 3 February 2025, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, ordered the return of the Intervision Song Contest by a decree,[4][5] inviting several countries to the contest, with the goal of "developing international cultural and humanitarian cooperation".[6]

Before Intervision

Internal selection

The Russian artist for Intervision 2025 was internally selected by the organizers of the contest. On 19 May 2025, Russian news outlets and Channel One announced Shaman as the entrant of the country at Intervision 2025.[7]

His song entry's title was announced to be "Pryamo po serdtsu" on 6 June 2025,[8] and was released the next day.[9] Composer and writer Maxim Fadeev later confirmed that three different versions were created before the final song got selected.[10]

At Intervision

Russia performed 9th at the 2025 contest, following the United Arab Emirates and preceding Brazil. The contest was broadcast on Channel One in Russia, with commentary provided by Yana Churikova and Yuriy Aksyuta.[11] The voting juror for Russia was Igor Matvienko.[12]

Voting

Russia was not included in the final results for unknown reasons. After his performance, the representative of Russia, Shaman, addressed the audience and asked the jury to skip him in the voting, as "he was not interested in competing for victory, but rather in ensuring hospitality and giving other participants a chance".[13]

Points awarded by Russia[14]
Score Country
29 points Belarus Belarus
25 points Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
22 points Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
20 points Cuba Cuba
18 points India India
17 points Madagascar Madagascar
16 points Tajikistan Tajikistan
15 points Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
14 points Colombia Colombia
13 points Vietnam Vietnam

References

  1. "Intervision: Intervision 2008". Eurovoix.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  2. "EBU statement regarding the participation of Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022". European Broadcasting Union. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  3. "EBU Statement on Russian Members". European Broadcasting Union. 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  4. Jakimčuk, Andrius (3 February 2025). "Putinui paliepus: Rusijoje 2025 m. vyks 'Intervizija' – atsakas 'Eurovizijai'" [At Putin's behest: Russia in 2025 will host Intervision – the answer to Eurovision]. TV3 (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  5. Frederick Zammit (9 February 2025). "L-Intervision flok il-konkors tal-Eurovision għar-Russi" [Intervision instead of Eurovision for Russians]. Newsbook (in Maltese). Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  6. Farrant, Theo (5 February 2025). "Russia to relaunch Soviet-era Eurovision rival under Putin's orders". Euronews. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  7. Sykova, Tatiana (19 May 2025). "Первый канал объявил, что Россию на «Интервидении-2025» представит Shaman" [Channel One announced that Russia will be represented at Intervision 2025 by Shaman]. The Voice Mag (in Russian). Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  8. "Автором песни Shaman для "Интервидения" стал Фадеев" [Fadeev wrote the song Shaman for "Intervision"]. TASS (in Russian). 6 June 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  9. "Песня «Прямо по сердцу» (2025) SHAMAN: Максим Фадеев написал певцу балладу для «Интервидения»" [The song "Pryamo po serdtsu" (2025) SHAMAN: Maxim Fadeev wrote a ballad for the singer for "Intervision"]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). 7 June 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  10. Rudneva, Yulia (7 June 2025). "Максим Фадеев не писал песню «Прямо по сердцу» специально для Shaman" [Maxim Fadeev did not write the song "Pryamo po serdtsu" specifically for Shaman]. Леди Mail (in Russian). Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  11. Tvyordyy, Kirill (12 September 2025). "Стали известны ведущие и комментаторы финала «Интервидения» от России" [The hosts and commentators for the "Intervision" final from Russia have been announced]. Vechernyaya Moskva (in Russian). Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  12. "Член жюри "Интервидения" от России Матвиенко рассказал о судействе конкурса" [Matvienko, a member of the "Intervision" jury from Russia, spoke about judging the contest.]. TASS (in Russian). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  13. Orlova, Ekaterina (20 September 2025). "Shaman попросил не оценивать его номер на «Интервидении»" [Shaman asked not to be ranked for his performance at "Intervision"]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  14. "THE OFFICIAL BROADCAST OF "INTERVISION'25"". YouTube. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2026.