Eurovision Song Contest 2019 | ||||
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Country | Russia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 7 February 2019 Song: 9 March 2019 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Sergey Lazarev | |||
Selected song | "Scream" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
Placement | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (6th, 217 points) | |||
Final result | 3rd, 370 points | |||
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Scream", written by Philipp Kirkorov, Dimitris Kontopoulos and Sharon Vaughn. The song was performed by Sergey Lazarev, who was internally selected by the Russian broadcaster Russia-1 to represent the nation at the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel.