eurovision 2014
Tolmachevy Sisters
Tolmachevy Sisters represented Russia at Eurovision 2014 in Copenhagen with “Shine”, finishing 7th of 26.
- what
- Russian twin sibling musical duo
- formed
- 2006, Russia
- contest
- 2014
- best result
- 7th, 2014
- music
- pop
- active
- since 2006
- members
- Maria Tolmachevy, Anastasiya Tolmachevy past and present
- sang for
- Russia
Biography
The Tolmachevy Sisters are the twins Anastasiya and Maria Tolmacheva, singers and actors from Kursk, who won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, aged nine, with “Vesenniy jazz”. Eight years later “Shine” finished seventh for Russia in Copenhagen.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Tolmachevy Sisters”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2014 Copenhagen
“Shine”
7th of 26 Finished 7th of 26 in the final, with 89 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- John Ballard, Gerard James Borg, Ralph Charlie, Philipp Kirkorov, Dimitris Kontopoulos
- Running order
- 15th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 6th of 16, 63 points
- Won that year
- Austria: Conchita Wurst, “Rise Like a Phoenix”
The story of Eurovision 2014: Rise Like a Phoenix, and a hall that booed Russia
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In the drama file
The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Tolmachevy Sisters is part of.
- 2014 Crimea Politics, protest and security
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Tolmachevy Sisters, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2014 Crimea
The audience gave its own answer. Russia's entrants, the Tolmachevy Sisters, were booed in the semi-final, booed when they were announced as qualifiers and booed in the final. There was more booing when Russia's spokesperson appeared, and whenever another country gave Russia points.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.