Russia: “Kto?” The New Selection Process

Russia's New Format
Russiaโ€™s New Format

โ€œRossiyaโ€ the Russian TV Channel in charge of Eurovision has revealed a new selection process for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. โ€œKto?โ€ which translates as โ€œWho?โ€ will be a 2 month long selection process that will see 25 songs chosen to take part in a final on December 31st.

The songs which will be selected to take part in the final have been asked to be โ€œin trend with European music, but with Russian elementsโ€ to them. Furthermore they have confirmed that the Russian public will have a say in who will win the contest. The Press release states that โ€œOnly the public will select the winnerโ€, however the rules state a jury will also decided the winner.

We are waiting to see if this discrepancy is clarified.

Source: Rossiya

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