You can find a little bit of Eurovision everywhere, y’all. We saw this again on January 2nd when the Olympic torch arrived in Izhevsk – the capital city of Russian federal region of Udmurtia.

Residents of Izhevsk gathered to sing traditional songs in the Udmurt dialect. The highlight of the event was when the Buranovskiye Babushke, our favorite grannies ever to come out of Russia, performed their Eurovision song ‘Party for everybody’. Now that’s what we call a party!

One  of them–75 year old Galina Koneva–also served as one of the 154 torch bearers who ferried the olympic torch along the 30km route across the city. Question: how can one person carry a torch and a walking stick at the same time?

Poor granny had to carry out a two-month diet and exercise plan to join the crew. Apparently bread baking isn’t sufficient exercise…

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A relay race began at the train station and then turned into a sort of panoramic tour of the city, passing the most significant sites such as the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the National Museum and the town square, where there was a performance by ice sculptors.

Wanna melt the ice? Then take a look at the Buranovskiye Babushki’s performance at Eurovision 2012, where they finished up as the runner-ups:

Mario Saucedo contributed this report from Croatia. Follow the team from WiwiBloggs.com on Twitter @wiwibloggs. And while you’re at it, like our Facebook page to stay up-to-date with the latest Eurovision news and gossip.
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Arianna
10 years ago

It’s about time WordPress does that, Padraig, if they don’t already, though I guess you would have to be registered and all that /pain

Ahh that’s awesome Galina was able to do that though 🙂 That’s an honourable thing to do.

paco
10 years ago

Estas señoras no son artistas y mucho menos cantantes…SEGUNDAS en esc 2012 verguenza les deveria dar.

Padraig Muldoon
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10 years ago

OMG major LOLs! Pity there’s no like buttons for individual comments.

Diane
Diane
10 years ago

The grannies look cute, y’all..

dhani
10 years ago

STOP TYPING ‘Y’ALL’ ALL THE TIME FOR GODS SAKE!!!!!!!!!!