Alexander Rybak - Fairytale - Russian version - in Moscow 10.11.09

[@christopherlibby5438]

To those complaining about the crowd, it is polite in Russia for complete silence during a performance

[@christopherlibby5438]

So although it seems weird to westerners, in Russian culture what they did was very polite and he actually got quite the response in the applause. The Russians are a little more reserved that way.

[@tseesium]

Where TF in the world are you not silence during a performance?

[@samvodopianov9399]

@@tseesium America

[@mermaidmoteldoe]

@@tseesium turkey

[@mearbye]

Not really it's just wrong event

[@Downsight]

He's fantastic in absolutely any language. Bravo! His russian is extremely sexy as well. Congratulations on winning, Rybak! This really makes me wish I didn't live in America. It's disappointing that we do not show Eurovision on TV.

[@HHloveMoscow]

The best version of this song on the most beautiful city of the world!! With love from France, Paris!

[@timefortea1931]

Sounds great in Russian!

[@rienn8559]

almost sounds like he isnt singing russian in the beginning but thats just the music not blending in well cause it was in english first

[@ArianeMae15]

@@rienn8559 dont forget this is not his first language ^^

[@АлексейК-678]

@@ArianeMae15Incorrect he was born in Belarus so it was his first language but I think Norwegian became his inner monologue.

[@G3NK5T42]

​@@ArianeMae15He is Belarusian who lives in Norway. His native language is very much Russian. This song's lyrics sound so much better in Russian than the English version. It's like the ATC - Around The World (LA LA LA) sounds like shit in comparison to the original, Ruki V Verh - Pesenka.

[@G3NK5T42]

​@@rienn8559wrong. They sound perfectly in his native language.

[@thean0nimgirl]

stop hating on the crowd and listen to the song

[@chacahaha]

He is from Belarus. Born in Minsk.

[@OURACAN]

That had to be the most excited crowd EVER!!!

[@ts99forever]

For Russian audiences, it is respectful to stay silent during a performance.

[@AmaryLuw]

Браво!молодец.

[@AmaryLuw]

@Barcelona official 😲 вроде как, но не уверена🙄

[@JeanneFan94]

I love it...please alex sing it in other languages too!!

[@ZzupperDupper456]

wait so he speak english, norwagian, russian, french?? where is he from?

[@sackup7085]

Everywhere

[@Aslaugarson]

He is originally from Belarus SSR, but grew up in Norway, therefore he is Belarussian-Norwegian

[@siren369xstar8]

Alexander Rybak is From Norway with Russian origin.

[@azileeq_]

@@siren369xstar8 he's not from Norway he's from Belarus

[@wonderland3941]

Siren369x Star belarusian*

[@s0larkin134]

I love Russian so much and I want to learn it, this only makes me want to learn it more!

[@chihuahuasarecute123]

He's a well-known singer and violinist. Sorry if you don't like this genre. I'm guessing this is your first time hearing him. Have a nice day then.

[@veronicam63]

Keep up the good work😊

[@mery7478]

Замечательный мальчик! 😌🫠 Люблю Александра Рыбака! ❤️ Такой добрый, искренний и светлый человек! И очень талантливый! Сам написал песню (музыку), замечательно спел и сыграл! 👏👏👏 Достойная победа, которую мы не забудем, как и эту прекрасную песню! 🎵 🎻 Побольше таких певцов и музыкантов! Всем счастья, крепкого здоровья и взаимной любви, дружбы и просто хорошего настроения! 😊🙏🤝

[@LRZN96]

@Alezhik121884 He is russian!!! But raised in Norway all his life almost. He speaks both Norwegian, english and russian

[@私はアニメを見る]

Он БЕЛАРУС!!!!!!

[@68404]

@@私はアニメを見る Yes, people don't seem to see the difference. But Canada and the USA are the same country, aren't they? ;-)

[@rienn8559]

@@68404 They are, don't worry

[@G3NK5T42]

​@@68404Canada and US were never the same country. RUSSIA AND BELARUS WERE.

[@mikyokumura5917]

​@@G3NK5T42 Канаде и США по +-300 лет всего, еще наверстаете

[@vaeksel4916]

Han er så flink og sjarmerende at jeg får frysninger!

[@gloriagubarkova4745]

i luv him and yes i'm russian. :*

[@alik4164]

And yes doesn‘t matters

[@Logicatube]

no one asked

[@LilacsAndLullibies]

He's enchanting--I wish I knew russian... :)

[@68404]

Learn it. Once you can understand the Cyrillic letters, it gets much easier. Trust me, I know...

[@mearbye]

@@68404 actually russian alphabet is the easier thing in russian

[@vixx4177]

He is Russian

[@katya.g524]

bee notfound he is not

[@novak3759]

@@vixx4177 He is Belorussian

[@Downsight]

Russia is pretty damn awesome. It's a shame our countries don't get along. America, fix this so we can appreciate more of Russia!

[@rienn8559]

👍👍👍 yessss

[@leandert5929]

Its a little to late now :/

[@Steve-op9sd]

Lmao that didn’t age well

[@tmuuuuur]

@@Steve-op9sd really didn't age well

[@saiahr5463]

Sure...

[@mccama19]

Wow, that was an awesome performance! I didn't know he could sing this song in russian. How did the audience stay so still? Even if I was trying to stay still and quiet, I think I would still smile, I just couldn't help myself.

[@wenqiweiabcd]

That's the Russians for you. In front of strangers they put on the same poker face regardless of emotions. Their mindset is "I'd better not smile, or he'd think I'm laughing at him and get offended".

[@ReiEdd]

They are from the Russian police. It's the day of Russian Miltia

[@strrawberrycakee9133]

it's polite and respectfull for russians to be quite during performances

[@mery7478]

Because they are not his fans.

[@G3NK5T42]

​@@wenqiweiabcdYou obviously know nothing about Russians.

[@rdianamiss]

I LOVE IT !!!

[@lale9672]

Perfect😍😍😍

[@nikusha1964]

xaroshaya ochin piesnia.!

[@NinaShanina]

Very good!)))

[@yanae6871]

Super!!!

[@Gekkoa]

русская версия лучше, чем английская версия

[@LauraTheWolff]

Я тоже так думаю

[@angel00461]

Две версии лучшие

[@yamalx_1]

Нет

[@rauffaikfans]

Да и нет

[@MarcinCwikla]

Way better version than english one, but still it's not my piece of cake :)

[@Danoulinka]

amazing! :* :))

[@demongaara]

@ZzupperDupper456 He is from Belarus, but him and his parents emigrated to Norway when he was young, and he speaks those languages :).

[@TheHalmkopf]

@ZzupperDupper456 he is russian rybak means fisherman as a information

[@Jarkenod]

Ну точно лучше в русский чем в английский. Плохо что мала кто пают своим языком. Русский язык очень красивый

[@wowwow9679]

Да ещё плохо,что не все хотят быть грамотными)))

[@ilahehuseynli305]

Yuppii 2021 ve Eurovision🤗💞

[@jmnm0]

I prefer the english version love the dancers though

[@YuliatATuVolkova]

@fatamorganaa84 Actually Alexander Rybak was born in Belarus so he speaks Russian easily !

[@ILOVEMARILYNMANSON89]

i definately like the russian version better than the english one. sounds more like a fairytale in russian. :)

[@G3NK5T42]

That's because it's in his native language.

[@surrfside]

@HHloveMoscow i love it this way too, its just how the people act.

[@MaryMast95]

love it!

[@fatamorganaa84]

@borsos94 Yes, he is russian, but he has lived in Norway since age 5, and that is why I wondered how his russian is. The reason why I asked, is because I know of norwegians who after living in France or Germany, dont longer speak norwegain good, you can hear from their grammar and pronounciation.

[@TheFabHawk]

@NinaShanina French too :) It's normal to learn either french, spanish or german in Norway

[@fatamorganaa84]

@pietjepuk002 yeah, sure. But he has lived in Norway since he was 5. Just being russian, doesn't automatically mean you talk the language fluently. I know of some friends who grew up outside of Norway, and they couldnt speak norwegian fluently, their grammar + pronounciation was very bad. Anyways, I am glad to hear that Rybak speaks russian very good. He is a very talented artist.

[@VeryNiceGirl1]

@fatamorganaa84 Very clear pronunciation ))

[@harukogreed]

@animecrazed10001 How long have you been watching Hetalia?

[@alonelychild]

@NinaShanina He does speak french, I saw an interview of him answering in french

[@Russenka]

perfect

[@oscarurielarciniegacantu1302]

Muy chingon el cantante

[@Chpeler]

@cdhack1 wrong .. he might be russian himself, but only one of his parent is from russia

[@justhuman6592]

Александр: поёт со всей душой Люди в зале:😑😑😶🙂 они походу там сонные

[@mery7478]

Здравствуйте! Да, я тоже аж удивилась. Но ведь они не поклонники Александра.

[@mikyokumura5917]

А что они должны на сцену трусы кидать? С плакатами сидеть, обзор другим загораживать? Все взрослые люди, умеют прилично себя вести, мое им уважение. Когда сердце замирает, становится не до скакания на стуле

[@sir2657]

The best version ive heard is from a wagner fighter on his armoured veichle playing the violin and singing in russian ofcourse...

[@G3NK5T42]

Come on. You can't say that the grainy audio from a cellphone recording sounds better than the original singer/writer performing it. Plus, not like the Russian soldier sang his own rendition of it. He sang it as is.

[@sir2657]

@@G3NK5T42 hahahha you mad bro ? Are you angry ? Are you perhaps tilted?...go touch grass

[@G3NK5T42]

@@sir2657 What kind of childish reply is that? Also, he wasn't Wagnerite. He was Russian National Guard i.e. Rosgvardia (Росгвардия), assuming we're talking about the video of him sitting on the front the BTR as it pulls up closer to the camera and then he starts playing his white electric violin followed by singing.

[@venusschoolbus]

lol i love russian dancers :)

[@HHloveMoscow]

@nathanglennmitchem It's crazy how people can have a different opinion, that's funny i think this version is so much better, so more powerful and i can feel so many emotion on this song!! I love russian language, it's for me the most beautiful of the world, and i am totally french!

[@G3NK5T42]

It's because it's in his native language. I bet this was his original version and he just wrote the English version for Eurovision 2009, since all that show is 90% of singers singing in English instead of showcasing their own country's music. Just pandering to the American dominating western world, since that's all the EU is, puppets of the US.

[@arianeinez06]

@ZzupperDupper456 His born in belarus, but moved to norway when he was a smal kid. 4years ore something :D

[@CharlieWouffels]

mush better then the english version. Bravo Alexsander

[@NinaShanina]

@ZzupperDupper456 Only english, norwagian, russian, swedish)))

[@vanessa_official.212]

The crowd is absolutely typical Russian. They are looking seriously and in the same time in head the sing the song along the performance. When they drunk Vodka than are beginning to dance or sing. 😄😂 Please don't judge the crowd most of them are policeman.

[@NinaShanina]

@MrTatyna Чего-то меня французская версия больше торкает....)))

[@fatamorganaa84]

How is his russian? Good or bad??

[@liamalmog]

fatamorganaa84 great

[@truebench3318]

fatamorganaa84 perfect

[@youngstar8958]

fatamorganaa84 it is his mother’s language

[@berkaytarakci8079]

alexsander rybak hayırlı sabahlar

[@nionaable]

oi oi oi , ja v'sö panimau (: I just can't write russian , cause i'm from germany xD x3

[@andreym231]

Yea it is. I can't tell is he Russian or Norwegian or what? Seriously he's like...everything.

[@G3NK5T42]

He's Belarusian who lives in Norway, if I'm not mistaken.

[@ImperialEarthEmpire]

this is far more better then the englsih version even without music video...

[@Alezhik121884]

@fatamorganaa84 if somebody would say his not russian i would never belive it, he can speack russian really good

[@SuharyFarfan]

@ZzupperDupper456 He is from Belarus

[@44Theory]

AND belarusian. His parents are from Belarus.

[@kittygrygrl]

So... Did the crowd like him or not? Is silence the russian way of saying it was good? XD

[@emiliaperez.m]

I can't believe that this really happened.

[@bvd997]

chineese version ?

[@marienkaefferweiz]

Te amoooooooooo

[@J54A32]

I guess the crowd just doesn't like fairytales..

[@borsos94]

@fatamorganaa84 he is russian how can be his russian???:D

[@pietjepuk002]

@fatamorganaa84 He IS russian :D.

[@Chpeler]

@eurovi1 Yeah sorry, my bad, but he was raised in norway :p

[@DanJamerson]

I could sing this word for word in English

[@borsos94]

@fatamorganaa84 oh, I understand ok, but it was obvious for me that a person who has russian parents speaks good in russian, I understand what you meaned by that.:)

[@adinadamian5634]

nice crowd, i thought they were looking at an execution at least, not at alex singing, cheer up folks :)))

[@dimitris1232ful]

@ZzupperDupper456 he is from Russia.

[@yourhangover3072]

I don't agree that the Russian version is better, despite on the fact I'm Russian myself. In my opinion the English one much better! Original iconic song 💕

[@barrbaraprincessstupid9441]

He is from Belarussian

[@annash3230]

The English original is like the easiest sentences and this is more like a letter to your diary🤔

[@biribarabi]

hahahaah.. look the faces of audience.. hahahah without expressions..

[@JeanneFan94]

@ILEAZK4013 genau :D

[@Kenwesrem]

Damn, that crowd is not impressed.

[@samvodopianov9399]

No its just culture. In the East interrupting is considered rude and acting 'unimpressed'.

[@bluecavemen]

@@samvodopianov9399 what you mean if you clap along while singing is consider rude in Russia? Is why they have such face expression

[@samvodopianov9399]

@@bluecavemen Its just that this practice comes from the former 'upper class' where it was all posh and all, and clapping in the middle of a performance or things like that are considered a nuisance to the performer, and showed hooliganish behaviour. They might love the performance its just respect for an artist can be seen differently in different countries and circles.

[@bluecavemen]

@@samvodopianov9399 I see I completely understand. I like the song. But I kind got a bib from the song to be more western style for some reason. Even the dancers kind of made it a little odd. I wonder if they felt the same way. When I see older Russian in the crowds. Expect them to think and look at it as traditional Russian performance. It almost as they feel like USSR with pride. If you know what I mean

[@samvodopianov9399]

@@bluecavemen Yeah thats right but its also a return and fusion of Tsarist style etiquette and Soviet style.

[@cdhack1]

@Zupahmann and another is from belorussia xD

[@niceezaDIY]

the crowds like dead or something... can they hear the music???? so creepy!

[@redfox04]

thumbs up for his performance, perfect as always. thumbs down for the crowd, not even one happy person in there!

[@azileeq_]

shut up its respectful to stay silent what do you think people are gonna be like "OMG LETS SCREAM OUR ASSES OFF AND NOBODY WILL HEAR". no that's wrong what's the point of the performance then?

[@rubym357]

Katya Gordeyeva made it clear in her book (My Sergei) that the Russian people are stoic, no problem. The only problem I have with Russia is its government.

[@VLAYENNA]

@linneaLS I can do that if you want :)

[@hearnoevil1000]

oh my god whats wrong with the the audience is like they dont even smile at all, if i were there ill be all dancing and screaming

[@katenka_ana3997]

tough crowd LMAO

[@2007words]

damn. tough crowd. just an arena full of stern russians. at least alexander is still smiling and giving them his all :)

[@akisavo6737]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉❤😂😅😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Russiaboy9696]

Yes yes the best Land of the World RUSSIA

[@vikkaa2]

he is from russia he just lives in norway

[@Chpeler]

Aleksander rybak, wich is norwgeian, was born in russia, and either his mother or father are russian, so he's russian should be good enough

[@mikesvorov2149]

It is a natioanal day of police, so crowd is police and their family.

[@poetisadelaluna]

Alexander, why, why you sing in English if you are AWESOME singing on russian?

[@nionaable]

@andreym231 half white-russian , half norwegain ;)

[@anastasiabelik]

@nathanglennmitchem it has nothing to do with them being russian, the public is made up of war veterans and police- what do you expect? would american veterans be smiling and laughing and jumping around in the same situation? I dont think so :) Im not russian by the way

[@gk...]

omg.. the serious faces of the audience .. like a funeral. Russians should be a bit more loosely and swinging. A german saying is "putting a good face on bad things"; there it's the other way round. . diese ernsten Mienen im Publikum .. wie auf einer Trauerfeier. Die Russen sollten sich mal ein bisschen locker machen. Man kann bekanntlich eine "Gute Miene zum bösen Spiel machen"; da ist es aber genau umgekehrt.

[@kirza94]

hes from Belarus

[@animecrazed10001]

He must have been like TT^TT