Russian press officer: “Yulia Samoylova is not Céline Dion”

Russia’s representative Yulia Samoylova was not happy with her vocal performance today. Dmitry Melnikov, member of the Russian delegation, stated this in an interview with ESCDaily. “She is not Céline Dion. She is a singer in a weelchair.”

“Yulia is a perfectionist. And today she was happy with everything else. The staging, camera work, even the backing vocals. However she was unhappy with her own performance.”

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