 Sergey Mazaev was due to compete in this semi-final, but was disqualified for being late for the Siberia run of the live show.After the televoting results were revealed, Irina Schott, Slava, and Aleksandr Panayotov and Alexey Chumakov qualified to the final.2001 Russian entrants Mumiy Troll and 2002 Russian entrants Prime Minister were the interval acts for the show.