Tolmachevy Sisters
Russian singers (born 1997)
The Tolmachevy Sisters
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The Tomalchevy Sisters in 2014
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Background information | |
Birth name |
Anastasiya Andreyevna Tolmacheva
Maria Andreyevna Tolmacheva |
Also known as | The Tolmachevy Twins |
Born |
(
1997-01-14
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14 January 1997
(age
26)
Kursk , Russia |
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singers, actresses |
Years active | 2006–present |
Anastasiya Andreyevna Tolmacheva [lower-alpha 1] and Maria Andreyevna Tolmacheva [lower-alpha 2] (born 14 January 1997, Kursk ), known as the Tolmachevy Sisters ( Russian : Сёстры Толмачёвы ), are identical twin singers and actresses from Kursk , Russia. Aged nine, they won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with their song " Vesenniy jazz ". [1] Eight years later, they represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 , placing seventh with the song " Shine ". [2]
The sisters released an album titled Polovinki in 2007, and appeared in the made-for-TV movie Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors .
Career
2006: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
At the age of nine, the sisters represented Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Bucharest , Romania after being selected from 20 acts in the national final held on 4 June 2006. They later won the Junior Eurovision by a clear margin with their song " Vesenniy jazz " which earned them 154 points, with Belarus finishing in second place with 129 points. [1]
2007–2010: Polovinki and Eurovision appearances
In 2007, the sisters released their first album Polovinki . They appeared in the movie Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors later that year. They also performed the song " Katyusha " on the Red Square in Moscow on Victory Day .
In 2009, the sisters made an appearance at the opening act of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. [3] In 2010, the sisters were part of an interval act at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk , Belarus, where previous winners of the contest sang their winning songs in a medley. [4]
2014: Eurovision Song Contest 2014
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The Tolmachevy Sisters were internally selected to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen , Denmark with the song " Shine ". [2] [5] They finished in seventh place with 89 points. [6]
The Tolmachevy Sisters were the subject of booing from the audience during the semi-final and final. [7] The booing was also heard when countries awarded points to Russia. [8] Fraser Nelson wrote: "I can’t remember the last time I heard a Eurovision audience boo anyone; during the Iraq war in 2003 , no one booed Britain". [9]
2015–present: After Eurovision
At the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 , both sisters were members of the Russian jury. [10] [11] [12]
Discography
Albums
Title | Album details |
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Polovinki |
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Singles
Title | Year | Album |
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" Vesenniy jazz " (Весенний джаз) | 2006 | Polovinki |
" Shine " | 2014 | Non-album singles |
" Ukhodi " (Уходи) | ||
"My heart" (Сердце моё) | 2015 | |
See also
Notes
References
- 1 2 "Russia – JESC" . Archived from the original on 18 February 2007 . Retrieved 2 March 2007 .
- 1 2 Сёстры Толмачевы вернулись в Москву [ The Tolmachyovy Sisters have returned to Moscow ] . Vesti . Archived from the original on 20 May 2008 . Retrieved 2 March 2007 .
- ↑ Маша и Настя Толмачёвы – Открытие Евровидения в Москве [ Masha and Nastya Tolmachev – Opening of Eurovision in Moscow ] . 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016 . Retrieved 14 November 2014 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Junior Eurovision 2010 – Medley of all previous JESC winners" . Archived from the original on 9 December 2013 . Retrieved 14 November 2014 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Russia sends the Tolmachevy Twins to Copenhagen" . Eurovision Song Contest. 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014 . Retrieved 15 March 2014 .
- ↑ "Eurovision 2014 results" . BBC News . 11 May 2014. BBC_report_of_Eurovision_2014. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014 . Retrieved 11 May 2014 .
- ↑ "Russia booed at Eurovision semi-final" . bbc.co.uk/news . BBC News . 7 May 2014 . Retrieved 13 May 2014 .
- ↑ Wyatt, Daisy (10 May 2014). "Eurovision 2014: Russian act, the identical Tolmachevy Twins, jeered by crowd during final" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 21 June 2022 . Retrieved 4 November 2014 .
- ↑ "Eurovision 2014: the booing of Russia was a disgrace" . Spectator Blogs . 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015 . Retrieved 13 May 2019 .
- ↑ "Определён состав российского жюри на "Евровидении" в Израиле" . Archived from the original on 2 May 2019 . Retrieved 3 May 2019 .
- ↑ По каким критериям в жюри «Евровидения» вошли модельер Игорь Гуляев, сёстры Толмачёвы и Симон Осиашвили
- ↑ От дизайнера Гуляева до сестёр Толмачёвых: Раскрыт состав российского жюри Евровидения 2019
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded
by
Vladislav Krutskikh
with "Doroga k solntsu" |
Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2006 |
Succeeded
by
Alexandra Golovchenko
with "Otlichnitsa" |
Preceded by |
Winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2006 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by |
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2014 |
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List of Eurovision Song Contest 2014 jurors
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