Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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To select a Russian Eurovision representative for the 2007 contest, broadcaster RTR, which regained the right to choose a participant for Russia, was rumoured to be organising a national selection with three artists selected by the channel.^[4] However, in January 2007, it was announced that Channel One had regained the right to choose the 2007 participant after RTR decided to participate in the Eurovision Dance Contest instead.^[5] On 20 January 2007, C1R announced a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 1 March 2007. A jury panel was to evaluate the received submissions on 3 March 2007 and select the Russian entry, however a decision was not reached and instead five candidates were shortlisted: Aleksandr Panayotov and Alexey Chumakov, Band'Eros, Gorod 312, Serebro and Zveri.

On 8 March 2007, C1R announced that they had internally selected Serebro to represent Russia in Helsinki. The announcement occurred during the Channel One programme Vysshaya Liga. Serebro's selection as the Russian representative was decided upon by the jury panel from the five shortlisted candidates following a closed audition held on the same day.^{[6][better source needed]} The Russian song, "Song #1", was presented to the public on 14 March 2007 during a special radio programme broadcast on Europa Plus. "Song #1" was composed by creator of the group Maxim Fadeev, with lyrics by Daniil Babichev. Fadeev previously composed the 2004 Russian entry. The song was also presented on 24 March 2007 during Vysshaya Liga.^[7]

First Round^{[6][8][9][better source needed]}

Artist	Song
Aleksandr Panayotov and Alexey Chumakov	"Ne moya (Every Little Thing)" (Не моя)
Alexey Goman	Unknown
Amarhuu Borhuu	Unknown
Amatory	"Sneg v adu" (Снег в аду)
Anastasia Stotskaya	Unknown
A-Sortie	Unknown
Band'Eros	Unknown
Boris Moiseev	Unknown
Catharsis	Unknown
Chay Vdvoyom	Unknown
Chelsi	Unknown
Dark Princess	"Stop My Heart"
	"Please Betray Me"
	"Join Me in Life"
Diana Gurtskaya	Unknown
Dima Bilan	Unknown
Evra	"Save This Day"
Gorod 312	Unknown
Jam	"My Girl"
Jasmin	Unknown
Jukebox	Unknown
KuBa	Unknown
MaxiM	Unknown
Origami	"V serdtse moyem" (В сердце моём)
Polina Griffith	Unknown
Plazma	"Living in the Past"
Premyer-Ministr	Unknown
Private Beat	"One and Only"
Psikhea	"British (Mishen)" (Мишень)
Ranetki	"Angely" (Ангелы)
Ruslan Alekhno	Unknown
Samotsvety	Unknown
Serebro	"Song #1"
Sergey Lazarev[a]	Unknown
Sogdiana	Unknown
Valeriya	Unknown
Victoria Dayneko	Unknown
Zara	Unknown
Zveri	Unknown

Second Round

Artist	Song	Place
Aleksandr Panayotov and Alexey Chumakov	"Ne moya (Every Little Thing)" (Не моя)	2
Band'Eros	Unknown	—
Gorod 312	Unknown	—
Serebro	"Song #1"	1
Zveri	Unknown	—