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Julia Samoylova:
I Won’t Break!
On March 11, Channel One Russia presented "I Won’t Break", the song that
the Russian singer Julia Samoylova will perform at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
in Lisbon. "This is a song about me. It's as if the authors did their very best to set
my own thoughts and feelings to music. It's not so much a tender ballade as
a song about strength," said the singer.

Yuri Aksyuta, Head of the Russian delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest and
Head of Music Programming at Channel One Russia, said: "We have a great performer,
a great song and a beautiful show full of meaning. As always, we expect a lot from the
contest that is very popular in our country. Russia is back!"

The new song for Julia was written by the same international team of Leonid Gutkin,
Netta Nimrodi and Arie Burshtein that produced "Flame Is Burning" for Samoylova the
year before. Leonid Gutkin, who had previously written songs for such Russian
Eurovision contestants as Dina Garipova and Polina Gagarina, said: "This is a very
personal song. This is a song about Julia's strength that inspires so many people. The
song mentions a castle built of sand that looks very fragile but in fact is rock-solid."

The official video to the song was shot by Alexey Golubev who had directed the
official music video and stage show of Polina Gagarina during the Eurovision Song
Contest 2015 in Vienna. Even though details remain secret, Alexey said the general
idea will spin around "a metaphor of emerging life, love and, most importantly, faith."

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 Photos:
https://yadi.sk/d/xQR1W6KS3T7DbB

Lyrics:
https://yadi.sk/d/bi_8Y4fG3T7FyF

For the first time in its history, The Eurovision Song Contest is to take place in
Portugal, at Parque das Nações in Lisbon. The First Semi-Final takes place on May 8,
The Second Semi-Final that the Russian singer participates in – on May 10 and The
Grand Final – on May 12.

Julia Samoylova was born in Ukhta, a small industrial town in the Russian North, on
October 7, 1989. A singer, composer and songwriter, she has won multiple music
competitions both in Russia and abroad. She was the runner-up of the Russian version
of The X Factor and took part in the opening ceremony of the 2014 Paralympics. She
was selected to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song
“Flame is Burning”, but the host country banned her entry. Julia has used a wheelchair
since childhood. She always takes an unbiased look at her own actions, refuses to be
pitied and lives a full life.

Россия, 127427, Москва, ул. Академика Королева, 12; тел.: (495) 617-8288, факс: (495) 615-1139; e-mail: pr@1tv.ru