Anastasiya Andreyevna Tolmacheva and Maria Andreyevna Tolmacheva (born 14 January 1997,

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), known as the Tolmachevy Sisters (), are

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singers and actresses from

, Russia. Aged nine, they won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with their song "

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". Eight years later, they represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, placing seventh with the song "

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". The sisters released an album titled ''Polovinki'' in 2007, and appeared in the made-for-TV movie ''

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Career

2006: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006

At the age of nine, the sisters represented Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in

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, Romania after being selected from 20 acts in the national final held on 4 June 2006. They later won the Junior Eurovision by a clear margin with their song "

" which earned them 154 points, with

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finishing in second place with 129 points.

2007–2010: ''Polovinki'' and Eurovision appearances

In 2007, the sisters released their first album ''Polovinki''. They appeared in the movie ''

'' later that year. They also performed the song " Katyusha" on the Red Square in Moscow on Victory Day. In 2009, the sisters made an appearance at the opening act of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. In 2010, the sisters were part of an interval act at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in

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, Belarus, where previous winners of the contest sang their winning songs in a medley.

2014: Eurovision Song Contest 2014

The Tolmachevy Sisters were internally selected to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in

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, Denmark with the song "

". They finished in seventh place with 89 points. The Tolmachevy Sisters were the subject of booing from the audience during the semi-final and final. The booing was also heard when countries awarded points to Russia. Fraser Nelson wrote: "I can’t remember the last time I heard a Eurovision audience boo anyone; during the Iraq war in 2003, no one booed Britain".

2015–present: After Eurovision

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Notes

References

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