Buranovskiye Babushki Explained

Buranovskiye Babushki
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Native Name Lang:ru
Origin:Buranovo, Udmurtia, Russia
Genre:Pop, ethno
Years Active:1970–2018

Buranovskiye Babushki (Russian: Бурановские бабушки, pronounced as /ru/; Udmurt: Брангуртысь песянайёс|Brangurtyś pesänajos; both meaning "Buranovo Grannies") is an Udmurt-Russian ethno-pop band comprising eight elderly women from the village of Buranovo, Udmurtia. Buranovskiye Babushki represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where they finished second.[1]

History

Eurovision Song Contest

The group had previously participated on Russia's Eurovision song selection in 2010 with the song "Dlinnaja-dlinnaja beresta i kak sdelat' iz nee ajšon" ('Very long birch bark and how to turn it into a turban'), where they finished third.[2]

They made another attempt to represent Russia by participating on Russia's Eurovision song selection in 2012 with the song "Party for Everybody", which was sung partially in English. The group eventually won, receiving 38.51 points ahead of Eurovision 2008 winner Dima Bilan who also entered the contest with T.A.T.u. member Yulia Volkova with the song "Back to Her Future", which finished second, receiving 29.25 points. They represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The group finished in 2nd place with 259 points, receiving points from 40 countries out of eligible 41 (excluding Switzerland), and were behind the winning country, Sweden, who scored 372 points.[3]

The group said that in 2012 they would use any money raised to build a church in Buranovo.

Fundraising for church rebuilding

In 2010, the group started a fund for the rebuilding of Trinity Church in Buranovo and all of the group's income is donated into this fund. The Trinity Church was originally built, of stone, in 1865, but was closed on 19 September 1939 by the Soviet administration and demolished. The present wooden church is in poor condition.

The brick structure of The Holy Trinity church has been completed.

The church was finally opened and consecrated on 20 June 2016.[4]

Members

In 2014, Producer Ksenia Rubtsova ended the contract with the original grandmothers and recruited a new line-up of 8 primary grandmothers, including Anna Prokopyeva and Valentina Serebrennikova, and 12 back-up grandmothers.[5] The new grandmothers are from a variety of villages in Udmurtia. The former grandmothers continue to perform under the name "Бабушки из Бураново" (Grandmothers from Buranovo).

Former

Critical reception

Russian critics noted that the success of "Buranovskiye Babushki" on Eurovision-2012 was influenced by Russian acts like "Ivan Kupala".[10] [11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. News: Granny group to represent Russia . 8 March 2012 . . 20 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180928131444/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17297443 . 28 September 2018 . live .
  2. Book: Simon Barclay . The Complete and Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 . 10 March 2016 . 17 June 2010 . Simon Barclay . 978-1-4457-8415-1 . 19.
  3. Web site: Grand Final of Baku 2012 . . 10 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190510125737/https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/grand-final . 10 May 2019 . live .
  4. Web site: 2016-06-20. Храм, который построили "Бабушки из Бураново", сегодня освятили - ВИДЕО Моя Удмуртия. Today the church built by "Buranovskiye Babushki" was consecrated - VIDEO. live. 2021-05-24. Моя Удмуртия (My Udmurtia). ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20170225222301/http://www.myudm.ru:80/news/2016-06-20/hram-kotoryj-postroili-babushki-iz-buranovo-segodnya-osvyatili-video . 25 February 2017 .
  5. News: 29 September 2014 . «Бурановских бабушек» заменили на молодых . KM.RU . 14 May 2022.
  6. Web site: Istoriya sozdaniya i biografiya "Buranovskikh babushek" . ru:История создания и биография "Бурановских бабушек" . History of creation and biography of "Buranovsky grandmothers" . Buranovskiye Babushki . 10 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313152828/http://www.buranovskie-babushki.ru/biography/ . 13 March 2016 . live .
  7. Web site: In Memoriam: Buranovskiye Babushki Yelizaveta Zarbatova dies . William Lee . Adams . 21 January 2014 . . 10 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160829133616/http://wiwibloggs.com/2014/01/21/buranovskiye-babushki-yelizaveta-zarbatova/37377/ . 29 August 2016 . live .
  8. Web site: В Удмуртии умерла самая популярная солистка бурановских бабушек . ru . In Udmurtia, the most popular soloist of Buranovsky grandmothers died . Yana . Shamaeva . 26 October 2019 . . 26 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191026180318/https://rg.ru/2019/10/26/reg-pfo/v-udmurtii-umerla-samaia-populiarnaia-solistka-buranovskih-babushek.html . 26 October 2019 . live .
  9. Web site: Новости . 2024-07-23 . Умерла участница "Бабушек из Бураново" Екатерина Шкляева . 2024-07-23 . РИА Новости . ru.
  10. Web site: Дмитрий Данилов. . 2012-03-21 . Русский Яппи . Сверхновые русские бабки . 2012-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305034028/http://rusyappi.ru/dovody/2248?task=view . dead . 2016-03-05.
  11. Web site: Елена Чишковская. . 2012-03-14 . Нескучный сад . "Бурановские бабушки": Party по-удмуртски . 2012-05-06 .
  12. Web site: Сергей Ефимов. . 2012-03-13 . . "Бурановские бабушки" дарят нам свои сердца» . 2012-05-06 .

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