Russian national broadcaster, Channel One, announced they will present the song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 on Sunday at 18:00 CET through Воскресное Время. Dina Garipova will perform the song “What If” penned by Swedish Gabriel Alares and Joakim Björnberg together with a Russian musician Leonid Gutkin.
Dina Garipova became very popular in Russia after her victory in the reality talent show The Voice 2012. “The singer’s choice was obvious and quite logical, - said the Channel One Russia music director Yurij Aksyuta. “We have chosen Dina internally but actually it was a public choice. The Russian TV viewers voted for the winner of The Voice and Dina alone got nearly one million of votes.”
Dina is originally from the Republic of Tatarstan. She started singing with the age of six. The artist performs pop and rock songs in Tatar, Russian, French, English and Italian. Dina's idol is Whitney Houston.
