On Sunday, May 23, the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 ended in Rotterdam. The laureate of this year was the Italian group Måneskin, who performed the rock song Zitti e buoni. Russian artist Manizha with the song Russian Woman took ninth place. On the air of Channel One, she said that she was pleased with her performance and was glad that her song was dedicated to Russian women.

“For me, the most important thing was to do everything 100% on stage.

I'm proud of myself.

It was very important for me to talk about our women, and I will not stop talking about them, I spoke about them before Eurovision, because you are the most beautiful.

Men, I love you very much too, but let's support our women - strong, strong-willed, kind, very gentle, fragile and in spite of everything going forward.

I always take an example from you.

You are my inspiration, ”said the singer.

She remembered how the audience in the hall supported her, and stressed that it helped her a lot on stage.

“Even before we started going out, they started applauding.

When I got into my dress, they started screaming very loudly and helped a lot throughout the performance, ”recalls Manizha.

The first Eurovision participant from Russia, Maria Katz, highly appreciated the performance of the Russian performer and noted that the artist's getting into the top ten was well deserved.

At the same time, Katz did not agree with the award of the victory to the Italian group - her favorite was the representative of Switzerland Gjon's Tears.

“I absolutely didn’t like the Italians.

I really liked the Swiss.

I think he is a great vocalist and musician.

He was worthy of the first place, it is not for nothing that he was in the first place when voting.

Only the audience jury changed this alignment ... I really liked Iceland - both for the sense of humor and for the incredible stage charm, "Maria Katz said in an interview with RT.

The artistic director of the Buranovskie Babushki group, Anna Prokopyeva, called Manizha's performance bright and original.

At the same time, she stressed that she did not immediately appreciate the singer - at first she did not like Manizha.

However, after looking at her number several times, Prokopyeva changed her attitude towards the artist.

She expected that in the final the representative of Russia will take a higher line.

“Of course, I would like to go higher (result -

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At least not lower than us, "Buranovskiye Babushki".

I was very worried.

The room is, of course, very bright, very original.

Of course, I would like the place to be higher, and most importantly, what I would like - to have the first place.

After all, we haven't had the first place for a long time.

It seems to me that politics still interferes there ... The number is gorgeous, the singer is excellent, ”said Prokopyeva.

The participant of the 2018 competition, Yulia Samoilova, was also pleased with Manizha's performance, but noted that "the excitement made itself felt, I wanted to hug her."

The artist explained that “the burden of responsibility, first of all to oneself, catches even mature artists at such big shows by surprise”. 

At the same time, Yulia Samoilova spoke negatively about the jury's vote.

According to the singer, the choice of professionals is strongly influenced by political relations between countries. 

“The jury voting should be canceled.

This became quite similar to the Russian fable saying "the cuckoo praises the rooster for praising the cuckoo."

And this is about Russia too.

Are they professionals?

Or it is necessary to change the rules for the trade jury: give them songs in advance, before release, as part of blind listening.

Spectator voting is fairer, of course, "Samoilova said in an interview with Izvestia.

Iosif Prigogine believes that Manizha's performance remained misunderstood by a wide audience.

At the same time, the producer stressed that the singer did an excellent job with her task.

“All with one voice were betting on France or Italy.

As a matter of fact, almost everyone said that Italy would be the first ... But it became clear that after all, not only the Russian language, but the musical material of Manizhi is not completely clear to everyone, ”RIA Novosti quotes Prigozhin.

Yana Rudkovskaya noted in an interview with the radio station "Moscow speaking" that Manizha obviously could not get into the top three mainly because of the choice of a song in Russian.

According to the producer, the performance of such a composition is inappropriate in the current political situation.

In addition, Rudkovskaya stressed that the message embedded in the song Russian Woman is not relevant, since there are many strong women in Europe.

“If you won the competition, you had to deliver a message in English, at least, and sing about all women in general, not just Russians.

All women are strong all over the world, ”says the producer.

She noted that her favorites were originally representatives of Italy.

“Rockers have their own style of behavior, believe me, and languages ​​show and whatever they do is style.

They are very fashionable, ”says Yana Rudkovskaya.

She also praised the performance of the Maltese artist Destiny Chucuniere - it is, according to the producer, "stronger than what we have seen from Manizha."