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Russia`s Buranovskiye Babushki: "To win is not the most important thing to us, it`s the participation"
Baku, May 18 (AZERTAC). The second Russian press conference was as full of reporters and film crews as any previous one held. All eight ladies were present, but as the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest only permit six people to be on stage for the performance.
The babushki were asked If they think that Russia could win the Eurovision Song Contest this year, but they said "To win is not the most important thing to us, it`s the participation."
A journalist asked about how the song was born, and Babushki answered "We have our own producer, and we worked with her for three years, and she made a suggestion of another songwriter and that`s how it started."
Another question asked was whether less well known dialect language songs were popular in general in Russia. "Yes, I think so, and I think after we are doing this, other people will follow and we maybe will set a trend."
When asked about what they were missing most about home, the overall answer was their farm.
Buranovskiye Babushki were asked if the Russian grandfathers allowed a party at home while they are here in Baku. They replied "Yes, we think they will have a party there too, there`s no time to miss them though, we have so much work to do here."
At the end of the press conference, the ladies announced that they had been cooking all day yesterday and there was a treat waiting for the press in the catering area of the press centre.