US EditionVietnam’s Duc Phuc wins Intervision, Russia’s family-friendly answer to the Eurovision
Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc won with 422 points at the Kremlin-backed Intervision contest featuring 23 countries, promoting traditional family values as an alternative to Eurovision.
- Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc won the Intervision music contest held on September 20, 2025, in Moscow, Russia.
- Russia revived Intervision after its 2022 expulsion from Eurovision due to the Ukraine invasion, aiming to promote traditional universal and family values.
- The contest featured 23 acts from countries worldwide competing for a 30 million rouble prize at Moscow’s Live Arena, while American-Australian singer Vassy withdrew under political pressure.
- Russian officials, including President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov, emphasized cultural dialogue and respect, with Putin stating the contest will become one of the most recognized worldwide.
- Organizers announced Intervision will continue in 2026, hosted by Saudi Arabia, suggesting the event as a Kremlin-supported alternative to Eurovision.
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Soviet-era stage revived to rival Eurovision
Russia has resurrected a Cold War-era cultural weapon, the Intervision Song Contest, billing it as a family-friendly rival to Eurovision while seeking to expand its influence through music. With artists from more than 20 countries and ambitions to reach more than a billion viewers, the four-hour spectacle concluded in Moscow with Vietnam crowned the winner. The contest, held at an arena near the Russian capital, marked the culmination of a proje…
Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc has won Russia's version of the Eurovision Song Contest, which is hugely popular among Russians but from which Russia was excluded due to its invasion of Ukraine. He will take home 30 million rubles (about 7.4 million CZK) from the renewed Intervize song contest, which was launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday evening, the AP reported.
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einnews.comAt Russia's Intervision Song Contest, A Vietnamese Singer Gets Top Prize
A Vietnamese pop singer won top honors at Russia’ s Intervision Song Contest, a Cold-War era music festival that Moscow revived in response to being kicked out of the global Eurovision spectacle for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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