Russia's resurrected Intervision Song Contest, originally a Soviet-era event, was won by Duc Phuc from Vietnam.

[see - https://intervision.world/en/]

The UK's Independent reports:

[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eurovision-intervision-russia-duc-phuc-b2830698.html]

Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc has been crowned the inaugural winner of Intervision, a new Russian song contest widely perceived as a political counterpoint to Eurovision.

Phuc triumphed at Moscow’s Live Arena on Saturday night, lifting the crystal cup trophy after a show overflowing with "thundering vocals and pyrotechnics." His winning entry, "Phu Dong Thien Vuong," a dynamic blend of pop, rap, and dubstep, secured him the grand prize of 30 million rubles, beating second-place Kyrgyzstan.

Unfortunately the contest was still impacted by Geopolitics.

Instead of Intervision banning countries from taking part (like Eurovision does), singers from Australia and the USA were apparently 'cancelled' from taking part by their own countries.

As The New York Times headlined:

[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/arts/music/intervision-song-contest.html]

The United States was meant to participate, but politics intervened.

The Russian entrant Shaman asked the jury not to vote for him as Russia has already won by inviting so many countries to join us.