Have Russia made a little big mistake?

So we all thought that the Russian selection would be a sham to allow Little Big to get another go at the contest, however we were all proved wrong when they announced that their song, Sex Machine, had not been accepted by C1R, who then picked us all up off the floor and presented the following three songs.

Manizha explained the meaning behind her song to Eurovision.tv:

“This is a song about the transformation of a woman’s self-awareness over the past few centuries in Russia. A Russian woman has gone an amazing way from a peasant hut to the right to elect and be elected (one of the first in the world), from factory workshops to space flights. She has never been afraid to resist stereotypes and take responsibilities. This is the source of inspiration for the song. By coincidence I wrote it on March 8, 2020 while on tour, but for the first time I perform it a year later.”

That’s very hard to argue with to be honest, especially on International Women’s Day.