Ngokusho kwababhuki, indawo yokuqala, okungenzeka, bazothatha umthetho we-Dutchman Duncan Lawrence, isiliva nethebhulethi bazokwenziwa ngabamele iSweden naseFrance. Ngokuqondene neLazarev, undulela indawo yesine. Qaphela ukuthi umphumela onjalo kungenzeka ukuthi uhlele umculi oneminyaka engu-36 ubudala. Ngo-2016, wayeselwele ukunqoba e-Eurovision, kodwa waba okwesithathu kuphela. Kulesi sikhathi, uSergey unethemba lokuthuthukisa umphumela wakhe, futhi uma inhlanhla, umncintiswano olandelayo uzobanjelwa eMoscow.
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