 In addition to the performances from the competitors, the show featured guest performances by Masha Pestunova, Aleksandra Golovchenko, Vlad Krutskikh and Tolmachevy Sisters.The members of the jury were Yury Entin, Artur Gasparyan, Gennady Gokhstein and Grygory Gladkov.During the allocation draw on 14 October 2008, Russia was drawn to perform 4th, following Belarus and preceding Greece.