
Its most recent artists Julia Samoylova and Polina Gagarina were only announced in early March. While VGTRK is usually very early with artist announcements, Channel One is known to leave it late. Channel One takes care of the act in the even years while VGTRK does it in the odd years. The two broadcasters alternate in choosing the Russian act. When will Russia reveal its act for Eurovision 2020?Ĭhannel One is one of the two broadcasters for Eurovision in Russia, alongside VGTRK. Ernst added that the broadcaster hasn’t yet made up its mind. Channel One‘s CEO Konstantin Ernst has confirmed to press agency RIA Novosti that Russia will take a decision on its Eurovision 2020 artist by the end of February. Russia usually keeps us in suspense and this year is no different.

The track "Life" became the most searched single in Shazam for 2019, and also took the first line of the most popular tracks of 2019 according to Yandex.Music and second place in the ranking of the most listened tracks in Russia according to Apple Music. On March 12, 2019, a video for the song "Life", was presented on YouTube, by then already three and a half months had been popular on various digital platforms.

On Apshe presented her first mini album, called «Сияй». Her second single "Анестезия", was released on 15 September, with video being released on 17 January 2018. On 17 June she released the video clip of the song. Her debut single called "Чак", she presented in her YouTube channel on April 1, 2017. In 2017 Zivert signed with the Russian label First Music Publishing (FMP). She described music as her childhood dream since she used to make home concerts almost every day. Yulia Zivert was born on 28 November 1990 in Moscow.
