"Rusinka" (, ) is a song performed by Macedonian singer

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. The song represented Macedonia in the

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, but it failed to qualify in the final. For first time it was performed on Skopje Fest 2011, together with nineteen other songs, and won the first place, from both jury and the public votes. Apart from the Macedonian version of the song, the song was also released in three other languages:

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and

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. It was later confirmed that Vlatko will sing the song originally in Macedonian. The music video for the song premiered on March 17, 2011. It was directed by Boško Stolić and filmed in HD.

Background

Production history

"Rusinka" was composed by

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, Vladimir Dojčinovski - Dojčin,

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, while the lyrics were written by Marko Marinkovic - Slatkar. The music incorporates modern music style mixed with traditional

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. The lyrics are about a

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boy who fells in love with a

girl, saying that he doesn't understand a word she is saying, but he would learn the Russian language just for her. The traditional drinks of both countries (

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and

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)

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and

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are mentioned in the text. Apart from the Macedonian version of the song, the song was also released in three other languages:

("Russian Girl"),

("Русская девушка") and

("Ruskinja" ("Рускиња")). However, the song was performed in its original Macedonian version containing one phrase in Russian.

Skopje Fest 2011

The song for the first time was performed on February 27, 2011 on Skopje Fest 2011 as nineteen out of twenty songs. At the end it came up first as a winner with both 12 points from the public votes and the jury consisted from 10 notable members.

Music video

The video for the song premiered on March 17, 2011 on the official

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website on

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, eurovision.tv. The filming of the video lasted 12 hours and it was filmed in one frame without a montage. The video includes a cast of 12 performers featuring the Macedonian fashion model Elena Trajanovska. She is best known as the only Macedonian selected at the casting for new models in the fashion agency "Woman in Milan". The video was filmed in HD by director Boško Stolić. Four alternate videos were filmed, for each version of the song.

At Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The song was performed in the second semi-final of the

, but it failed to enter in the final.

Notes

:1.Includes one phrase in

: Подруга ваша, ла которой я люблю танцевать, моя девушка, девушка блондинка, которой я люблю! It means: "Your friend, whom I love to dance with, my girlfriend, the blonde girl whom I love!"

References

External links

* {{Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Eurovision songs of 2011 Eurovision songs of North Macedonia 2011 songs 2011 singles Songs written by Jovan Jovanov Songs written by Grigor Koprov