All The Things She Said & All About Us at The Voice Romania
The Queens had a surprise reunion in late 2012 and it slayed me . They look different obviously and they don't seem to interact with each other as much, but at least they performed together. Julia's vocals are really strained but at least she's performing live and Lena's vocals are on point. It's such a bittersweet video and was only a semi-reunion.
t.A.T.u.'s 2003 Eurovision entry and our first top 10 song in the rate. The music video features images of violence, war and destruction inter-cut with images of Lena and Julia. They performed 11th on the night and came 3rd place overall (thanks in part due to the flop UK and Ireland who gave them 0 points, if they had given some points then t.A.T.u. would have likely won ). Regardless, it is still a very good song and it showcases Julia's high notes before she began to lose them completely. It charted modestly in a few European countries but remains one of the best Eurovision entries.
Fun Fact: The English translation means "Don't believe, don't fear".
(Highest Score: 10 Alpha, borntodie, dancepopCC, I am your light, Jeffsuxx, PentegramPeterPan | Lowest Score: 5 Yvess)
The English version of White Robe, it was released in 2007 and caused much controversy. The video is the same as the English with themes of anti-abortion and there is also nudity in the uncensored version. Despite the controversy surrounding it, it performed poorly commercially and was not the success that t.A.T.u. were hoping for. I personally prefer this over White Robe so I'm happy it made the top 10. As well as appearing on Vesyolye Ulybki it also appeared on t.A.T.u.'s first ever EP called Hyperion Plate.
Fun Fact: This is the first song in the rate not to score anything under a 5 from every voter.
The faster and preferred Russian counterpart to A Simple Motion, Prostye Dvizehniya makes it to #8. It was released as a single from The Remixes album but failed to have any impact apart from - as always - controversy. The video features Julia masturbating and was edited to conceal nudity as the original version showed her exposed breasts. It was recorded in 2002 but wasn't released until 2003, however this was a much shorter gap than it's English version which went unreleased for a decade.
Fun Fact: The video was banned in Russia due to its sexual nature.