Lower Thirds: 

0:02	 Report by  | Nina Tietzel
0:39	Sergei Lavrov | Russian Foreign Minister
1:18	 Wang Xi | Chinese contestant
1:34	Tais Nader | Brazilian singer
1:45	Zulema Iglesias Salazar | Cuban singer

Script: 

0:00 ATMO 

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This is INTERVISION. 

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0:07 Russia's alternative song contest pitting performers from over 20 countries against each other in the fight for musical glory

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Among them... 

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India 

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Brazil 

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and South Africa.

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Together the participating countries account for more than half the world's population. 

A fact the Kremlin was keen to stress in a less colourful, pre-event news conference.

0:36
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:
"In addition to Russia, there are representatives of the CIS, BRICS, SCO, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and one representative from Europe and (one from) the USA.”

0:51 ATMO

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Intervision isn't actually completely new. Back in the Soviet era, it was a music contest that Moscow staged with its Eastern European satellite states. 

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After being banned from Eurovision over the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin decided to revive the competition... handing the microphone to countries Russia considers friendly.

1:16(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CONTESTANT FROM CHINA, WANG XI, SAYING: 
"(ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL TRANSLATION) As for the relationship between China and Russia and our friendship, we have always been friends. And now we are like a family."

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High praise too, from other contestants.

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 SOUNDBITE (Portugese) Tais Nader, Brazilian singer: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"The fact is that we are here with all of you, very happy, very grateful, very glad, and immersed into what is a new experience for us." 

1:44
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Zulema Iglesias Salazar, Cuban singer: 
This is a powerful event.

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In the end, the US representative didn't participate.

But Intervision convinced its viewers. 

In the Saturday night finale, Vietnam came up top... a victory worth $360,000 dollars.

While it may take some time for the Intervision song contest to reach the global fame the Kremlin's after, it has a committed fan base already... and Russia has told the world once again that it doesn't need the West.