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Russia's Eurovision entrants Buranovskiye Babushki

Russia’s Buranovskiye Babushki Come Second At Eurovision

by Paul Cashmere on May 27, 2012

in News

Buranovskiye Babushki, Russia’s dancing grannies, have made it all the way to number two at the Eurovision Song Contest with their song ‘Party For Everybody’.

Russia's Eurovision entrants Buranovskiye Babushki image

Russia's Eurovision entrants Buranovskiye Babushki

Buranovskiye Babushki featured the oldest contest at Eurovision this year. The average age of the group is 75. The combined age is 500. The oldest member of the group is 86.

The “Russian Spice Grannies” were up against Britain’s contest Engelbert Humperdinck, who despite being the biggest star in the contest with over 150 million records sold, missed out on the Top 10.

The winner of Eurovision 2012 was Sweden’s Loreen.

Watch Buranovskiye Babushki perform ‘Party For Everybody’.

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