Uyu mwaka, Uburusiya bufite ubuvuzi bwihariye bugiye kwegera guhitamo abasaba nyuma yimvugo yabuze muri 2017 kandi idatsindijwe 2018. Iki gihe, abaterankunga ntibashobora guhitamo uwatsinze mugutora. Usanzwe uyu munsi ni urutonde rwabakandida: Sergey Lazarev, Elena Pinaziv, Filipo Kirkorov, Filipo Kirkorova, Olga Buzova, E'iki, Alexander Payetov n'umuririmbyi Manizha.
Birakwiye ko tumenya ko abakora batatu bakora ba mbere bamaze guhagararira Uburusiya mumyaka itandukanye kandi bafite intsinzi zitandukanye. Mu 1995, Filipo Kirkorov yafashe umwanya mu marushanwa17, kandi umubare wa muzika we waje kurutonde rubi. Elena Temnikov nkigice cyitsinda rya Serebro muri 2007 kumurongo wa gatatu. Igisubizo kimwe na Sergey Lazarev hamwe no kuzigama gusa ko umuririmbyi muri 2016 yakusanyije umubare ntarengwa w'abateze amajwi, ariko yatakaje kubera isuzuma ry'abacamanza.
Olga Buzova, ukurikije bimwe na bimwe, birashobora gukubita rubanda numero yumuziki wahungabanye, kandi umuririmbyi Manizha ni ugushishikariza uburyo bwiza bwo guhanga. Alexander Panayotov amaze igihe kinini arota Uburusiya kuri Eurovision kandi inshuro zirenze izifungwa zujuje ibisabwa, ahubwo no mu Burayi. Abari bateraniye aho bakomeje gutegereza itangazo baratangaza kandi bakeka ko umuntu wo mu bavandimwe bashyizwe ku rutonde bazana igihugu intsinzi, nk'uko Dima Bilan yakoze mu 2008.