- The Tolmachevy Twins
Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Tolmachevy Twins
Img_capt = Tolmachevy Twins singing at theJunior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 .
Birth_name = Nastya and Masha
Born = birth date and age|1997|1|14
Genre = Children
Occupation =singer
Label =Anastasiya and Maria Tolmachevy (Анастасия и Мария Толмачевы, born
January 14 1997 ) are twins and child singers from theRussia n city ofKursk . At the age of nine, they won theJunior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 inBucharest ,Romania , with their song "Vesenniy jazz" (Literal: Spring Jazz, Cyrillic: Весенний Джаз). [http://www.junioreurovision.tv/content/view/166/193/ Russia - JESC www-origin.junioreurovision.tv 2007 ] ]Their song was selected from amongst the 200 singers and bands around Russia that participated in the national selection competition. [ [http://www.vesti.ru/news.html?id=104016 Вести.Ru: новости, видео [и фото дня ] ] In the national final held on
June 4 ,2006 they were finally chosen from 20 acts to represent their country in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which they won clearly. They received 154 points, beating Belarus that got 129 points. [ [http://www.junioreurovision.tv/content/view/354/239/ JESC www-origin.junioreurovision.tv 2007 ] ]The twins released an album called Polovinki in 2007, and have appeared in a made-for-TV movie in Russia.
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