In brief - t.A.T.u. `were offered to buy` Eurovision victory
Yelena Katina, who is one half of the pop duo t.A.T.u. - one of Russia`s most successful export acts of the 2000s - said the duo was made a proposition to pay for winning the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2003. "We were offered to buy the first place," she told RIA Novosti. "But we refused because it`s talent that should win." t.A.T.u. ended up in third place, still an impressive achievement compared with most other Russian contestants before that time. This year, Russia is to host the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, thanks to last year`s victory by Dima Bilan.
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