Lo nyaka, iRussia enokunakekelwa okukhethekile izosondela ekukhetheni abafakizicelo ngemuva kwenkulumo elahlekile ngonyaka we-2017 futhi abangaphumelelanga 2018. Okwamanje, izilaleli ngeke zikwazi ukukhetha onqobayo ngokuvota okuvulekile. Sekuvele namhlanje kunguhlu lwabafundi: USergey Lazarev, u-Elena Temenikov, uPhilip Kirkorov, olga Buzova, E-Egor Cre, u-Alexander PanayOtov nomculi Manizha.
Kuyaqapheleka ukuthi abadlali abathathu bokuqala sebevele bamele iRussia eminyakeni ehlukile nangokuphumelela okuhlukile. Ngo-1995, uFiliphu Kirkorov wathatha indawo emncintiswaneni we-117, futhi inombolo yakhe yomculo yafika ezinhlwini ezimbi kakhulu. U-Elena tempkov njengengxenye yeqembu le-serebro ngonyaka we-2007 ubelwe umugqa wesithathu. Umphumela ofanayo noSergey Lazarev okuwukuphela kokubhuka okuwukuphela komculi ngonyaka wango-2016 waqoqa inani eliphakeme lamavoti abalekeli, kepha elahlekile ngenxa yokuhlolwa kwejaji.
U-Olga Buzova, ngokusho kwezinye izinhlelo, angashaya umphakathi ngenombolo yomculo ethusayo, futhi umculi manizha ukuthakazelisa isitayela sokudala esikhanyayo. U-Alexander Panayotov usuphuphe isikhathi eside waphupha ngokuthumela iRussia e-Eurovision futhi uma kunesivivinyo sokuthola okufanelekile, futhi amathrekhi ka-Egor Cre athandwa kakhulu ezweni lethu, kodwa naseYurophu. Izithameli zihlala zilinde isimemezelo esisemthethweni futhi siqagele ukuthi othile ovela kubaculi abahluzekile abangenisa izwe ekunqobeni, njengoba uDima Bilan enza ngo-2008.