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"Party for Everybody" was the Russian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 sung by Buranovskiye Babushki (The Grannies from Buranovo). The song won Russia's national song selection, which took place on March 7, 2012, in Moscow.

"Party for Everybody"
Single by Buranovskiye Babushki
Released	2012
Songwriter(s)	Olga Tuktaryova, Mary Susan Applegate
Buranovskiye Babushki singles chronology
"Dlinnaja-dlinnaja beresta i kak sdelat' iz nee ajšon" (2010) "Party for Everybody" (2012)

"Party for Everybody"
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 entry
Country	Russia
Artist(s)	Buranovskiye Babushki
Languages	Udmurt, English
Composer(s)	Viktor Drobysh, Timofei Leontiev
Lyricist(s)	Olga Tuktaryova, Mary Susan Applegate
Finals performance
Semi-final result	1st
Semi-final points	152
Final result	2nd
Final points	259
Entry chronology
◄ "Get You" (2011)
"What If" (2013) ►

At the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the song finished in second place with 259 points.

Composition

Most of the lyrics are in the Udmurt language. During an interview with group the correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda, group member Olga Tuktareva said that the group wrote the song themselves, whereas the English parts were written by an unnamed British person. She said: "I will not even say the name of the author, I can't pronounce it, she's not Russian" (the English lyricist was actually the famous American songwriter, Mary Susan Applegate, best known for composing Jennifer Rush's "The Power of Love"). The music for "Party for Everybody" is written by the famous composer Victor Drobysh. Notably, the Udmurt and English words were written separately. When the Buranovskie Babushki came to the studio with their written text, the English part, too, was ready. A member of the ensemble stated what some parts of the song mean in English: "We sing about lighting the oven, kneading dough, and spreading out a tablecloth while waiting for the children to come home. And we say when our children come home, we will have fun and dance.".[1]

The members of the group also stated that learning the English words wasn't too difficult.[2]

Selection process

The song won Russia's national song selection, which took place on March 7, 2012, in Moscow. The result of adding the proportional viewers and judges voting score for the group was 38.51 points, ahead of Eurovision 2008 winner Dima Bilan and t.A.T.u. member Yulia Volkova with their duet song "Back to Her Future" who had 29.26 points.[3]

At Eurovision

The group performed the song in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012 and came 1st with 152 points. It advanced into the finals on May 26. The group performed sixth in the line-up and eventually finished in second place with a total of 259 points, behind the winning song, "Euphoria", by Loreen of Sweden.[4] This was Russia's best result in 3 years since their first win in 2008.

Critical reception

The song received mixed to positive reviews from critics and music producers. Artur Gasparyan told reporters that Europe could find the Buranovskie Grannies a "musical ride", so their "chance to win is minimal," and Iosif Prigozhin says that "despite the lack of confidence in the leadership, The Buranovskie Babushki might win the contest, because of their originality and individuality". Igor Krutoy called the ensemble "excellent" and said that "do not be surprised if they also win the Eurovision Song Contest".[5] Valery Meladze says that they were his favourite choice.[6][7]

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8]	38
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9]	37
Germany (Official German Charts)[10]	44
Ireland (IRMA)[11]	61
Russia (Digital Chart)[12]	1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13]	43
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)[14]	159

References

External links

• official Site of the "Grannies from Buranovo"

На других языках

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[de] Party for Everybody

Party for Everybody ist ein Lied der udmurtischen Gesangsgruppe Buranowskije Babuschki.[1] Die Gruppe vertrat Russland mit dem Song beim Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku und erreichte dort im Finale mit 259 Punkten den zweiten Platz. Das Lied gewann am 7. März 2012 den nationalen russischen Vorentscheid in Moskau. Es wird auf Udmurtisch und auf Englisch gesungen.[2]

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- [en] Party for Everybody

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[es] Party for everybody

«Party for Everybody» (Fiesta para todos en español) es una canción del grupo folclórico ruso Buranovskiye Babushki. Fue escogida para representar a Rusia en el Festival de Eurovision 2012 en Bakú, terminando en segundo lugar con 259 puntos.

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[ru] Party for Everybody

Party for Everybody (с англ. — «Вечеринка для всех») — песня, с которой музыкальный коллектив «Бурановские бабушки» представлял Россию на конкурсе песни «Евровидение» в 2012 году в Баку.

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