Tolmachevy Sisters

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Andreyevna and the family name is Tolmacheva.

The Tolmachevy Sisters
Tomalchevy Sisters (2014)
Background information
Birth name	Anastasiya Andreyevna Tolmacheva Maria Andreyevna Tolmacheva
Born	(1997-01-14) 14 January 1997 Kursk, Russia
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singers, actresses
Years active	2006–present

Anastasiya and Maria Andreyevna Tolmachevy (Анастасия и Мария Андреевна Толмачёвы, born 14 January 1997) are twins, singers, actresses, and former child singers from the Russian city of Kursk. Aged nine, they won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Bucharest, Romania, with their song Vesenniy Jazz (Literal: Spring Jazz, Cyrillic: Весенний Джаз). Eight years later, they were chosen to represent Russia at Eurovision 2014.

The twins released an album called Polovinki in 2007, and have appeared in a made-for-TV movie in Russia.

Early Life

Maria Andreyevna and Anastasiya Andreyevna Tolmachevy were born on January 14, 1997 in Kursk, Russia. They are the eldest of three children and they have one younger sister. Their first mentor in singing was their mother who is a music teacher.

Musical Career

2006: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006

At the age of nine, the sisters represented Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Bucharest, Romania after being selected from 20 acts in the national final held on June 4, 2006. They later won the Junior Eurovision by a clear margin with their song Vesenniy Jazz (Literal: Spring Jazz, Cyrillic: Весенний Джаз) which earned them 154 points, with Belarus coming in at second place with 129 points.

2007: Polovinki

In 2007, the sisters released their first album, Polovinki, then appeared in the movie Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors later that year.

2009-2010: Eurovision Song Contest 2009 & Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

In 2009, the sisters made an appearance at the opening act of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia.

In 2010, the sisters were part of an interval act at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk, Belarus where previous winners of the contest sang their winning songs in a medley.

2014: Eurovision Song Contest 2014

The Tolmachevy Sisters were chosen to represent Russia via internal selection with the song Shine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark after being internally selected by Russian television. They came 7th overall with 89 points.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
Polovinki	Released early 2007 Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

Year	Title	Album
2006	"Vesenniy Jazz" (Весенний джаз)	Polovinki
2014	"Shine"	Non-album single(s)
	"Ukhodi" (Уходи)
	2015		Сердце моё A.T.B.T

References

Preceded by Kseniya Sitnik	Winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006	Succeeded by Alexey Zhigalkovich
Preceded by Dina Garipova with "What If"	Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014	Succeeded by Polina Gagarina with "A Million Voices"