Bright lights and toe-tapping tunes -- it could have been any song contest.
But the wardens guarding the auditorium gave it away. The performers were all prisoners from Russia's notoriously harsh jails.
More than 800 hopefuls sent in demo tapes a year ago and judges whittled the numbers down to 23 who strutted their stuff in front of a 1,000-strong audience.
Murderers and thieves belted out ballads in a Moscow concert hall, many singing as if their freedom depended on it. (Would you support such an event?)
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