Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age pasture of incidental tones and half-ripped photographs". "BBC Music Review" reviewed the album favorably, stating, ""Witch Cults of the Radio Age" is laced with enough wonder and intrigue to keep you coming back. It doesn't make perfect sense, but the sense of mystery is a key in itself". "Drowned in Sound" called the album "chaotic, overstimulating, like opening a dusty wardrobe and having an entire childhood tumble down on your head". "Pitchfork" critiqued the album as "predictable" and said that the collaboration between Broadcast and the Focus Group was like "trying to cast their spells at the same time: Some
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest with Sergey Lazarev, who was third in 2016 with 491 points, which is the highest score of any Russian contestant. In 2018, for the very first time, a Russian contestant failed to reach the final. Yulia Samoylova, who represented the country with the song "I Won't Break", failed to qualify to the Grand Final from the second semi-final. The contest has been broadcast irregularly on two different public state channels in Russia, both EBU members: for the 1994 and 1996 it was broadcast on Russia-1 of VGTRK, while in 1995, 1997 and from 1999 to 2007 the contest was broadcast