Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Country	Russia
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	3 June 2017
Selected entrant	Polina Bogusevich
Selected song	"Wings"
Selected songwriter(s)	Taras Demchuk
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 188 points
Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Russia won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took take place on 26 November 2017, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Russian broadcaster Russia-1, owned by the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Polina Bogusevich won the contest with the song "Wings".

Background

Main article: Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2017 Contest, Russia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its debut in 2005. ^[1] Russia have participated at every contest since its debut, ^[2] and have won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Vesenniy Jazz", performed by Tolmachevy Twins. ^[3] The twin sisters went on to become the first act from a Junior Eurovision Song Contest to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest, performing the song "Shine" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, in Copenhagen, Denmark. ^[4]

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

The Russian broadcaster, Russia-1, announced on 23 December 2016 that they would be participating at the 2017 Contest, taking place in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 26 November 2017. ^[5] At the time of the announcement, it was also stated that the national final would take place at the children's camp Artek, located on the Crimean Peninsula. ^[6] Submissions for entrants were open between 30 May to 15 July. A list of nineteen competing entrants was revealed on 17 May 2017, while on 28 May their songs were released with two new added entrants. ^{[7] [8]}

Final

The final was recorded on 3 June, while it aired on Carousel the next day. ^[9] The national selection final to select the entrant for Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017, were determined by a voting split of 50% jury members and 50% internet voting. ^{[7] [8]} The jury consisted of: Igor Krutoy (artist), Grigory Gladkov (musician), Yevgeny Krylatov (composer), Dina Garipova (singer), Evgeny Kombarov (general director of the Children's Radio), Lerika (Junior Eurovision participant in 2011 and 2012) and Tatyana Tsyvareva (director of the Karusel TV channel). ^[10] 13-year-old Polina Bogusevich won the final with the song "Krylya". ^{[11] [12]}

Final – 3 June 2017

Draw	Artist	Song	Bonus	Jury	Online Vote		Total	Place
					Votes	Points
1	Polina Terekhova	"Puls planety" (Пульс планеты)	12	6	3.1%	0	18	18
2	Arseniy Kulikov	"Gadzhety" (Гаджеты)	12	7	3.4%	0	19	14
3	Glafira Leukhina	"Momenty" (Моменты)	12	6	0.8%	0	18	16
4	Kinder Star	"Pizhama pati" (Пижама пати)	12	6	6.8%	2	20	11
5	Vilena Khikmatullina	"Gravitatsiya" (Гравитация)	12	10	8.2%	5	27	3
6	Ulyana Ovchinnikova	"Davay uletim" (Давай улетим)	12	5	1.3%	0	17	19
7	Egor Ermolayev	"Para" (Пара)	12	3	9.4%	10	25	5
8	Vladlena Gubareva	"Vorona" (Ворона)	12	8	1.7%	0	20	12
9	Papaya	"Vyshe" (Выше)	12	5	0.3%	0	17	20
10	Veronika Ustimova	"Ya by khotela vse uznat" (Я бы хотела всё узнать)	12	7	9.3%	8	27	2
11	Ksenia Neznamova	"Oblaka" (Облака)	12	6	7.1%	4	22	8
12	Kirill Yesin	"Yarkiye tantsy" (Яркие танцы)	12	6	9.0%	7	25	4
13	Elvira Kirsanova	"Mechta" (Мечта)	12	3	2.9%	0	15	21
14	Anastasia Gladilina	"Pover" (Поверь)	12	4	8.5%	6	22	7
15	Ochechi	"Vykhodnoy" (Выходной)	12	10	7.0%	3	25	6
16	Yulia Kondrashenko	"Moya muzyka" (Моя музыка)	12	10	0.3%	0	22	9
17	Anna Chernotalova	"Eta muzyka" (Эта музыка)	12	5	5.3%	1	18	17
18	Emoji	"Vremya ne zhdet" (Время не ждёт)	12	7	1.5%	0	19	13
19	Polina Bogusevich	"Krylya" (Крылья)	12	12	9.6%	12	36	1
20	Kudri	"Kudri" (Кудри)	12	9	0.5%	0	21	10
21	Viktoria Bezdomnikova	"Provokatsiya" (Провокация)	12	7	4.2%	0	19	15

Artist and song information

Polina Bogusevich

Main article: Polina Bogusevich

Polina Bogusevich (Russian : Полина Богусевич; born 4 July 2003) is a Russian child singer. She will represent Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Krylya". ^[11] Krylya means "Wings" in Russian.

Bogusevich was born on 4 July 2003 in Moscow. In 2014, she competed in season one of Golos deti , where she was a member of Dima Bilan's team. She was eventually eliminated in the battle rounds. Later that year, she went on to represent Russia in New Wave Junior 2014 , where she placed second. ^{[13] [14]}

"Wings"

Main article: Wings (Polina Bogusevich song)

"Wings" (Russian : Крылья, Russian : Krylya) is a song by the Russian child singer Polina Bogusevich. She will represent Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017. ^[11]

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 20 November 2017, Russia was drawn to perform thirteenth on 26 November 2017, following Malta and preceding Serbia. ^[15]

Voting

In 2017, a new voting system was introduced, in which the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. ^[16]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2017 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 26 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. ^[17] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.

Points awarded to Russia [18] Score Country 12 points   Australia   Georgia   Macedonia   Portugal 10 points   Belarus   Cyprus 8 points   Malta   Netherlands   Poland 7 points   Albania   Serbia 6 points 5 points   Ireland   Ukraine 4 points   Armenia 3 points 2 points   Italy 1 point Russia received 66 points from the online vote

Points awarded by Russia [18] Score Country 12 points   Georgia 10 points   Armenia 8 points   Belarus 7 points   Australia 6 points   Italy 5 points   Poland 4 points   Netherlands 3 points   Ukraine 2 points   Albania 1 point   Ireland

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Russia ^[18]

Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points Awarded
01	Cyprus	10	7	13	13	15	12
02	Poland	11	11	6	5	4	6	5
03	Netherlands	4	12	11	4	9	7	4
04	Armenia	2	2	2	2	2	2	10
05	Belarus	3	3	10	3	3	3	8
06	Portugal	14	13	12	12	10	13
07	Ireland	5	5	7	14	14	10	1
08	Macedonia	12	6	8	11	13	11
09	Georgia	1	1	1	1	1	1	12
10	Albania	9	10	9	8	7	9	2
11	Ukraine	8	9	4	7	12	8	3
12	Malta	13	14	14	15	11	15
13	Russia
14	Serbia	15	15	15	10	8	14
15	Australia	7	4	3	6	5	4	7
16	Italy	6	8	5	9	6	5	6

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