Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
National selection
Selection processAkademiya Eurovision 2020
Selection date(s)25 September 2020
Selected artist(s)Sofia Feskova
Selected song"Moy novy den (My New Day)"
Selected songwriter(s)Sofia Feskova
Anna Petryasheva
Vitaly Tomin
Finals performance
Final result10th, 88 points
Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 •2020• 2021►

Russia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 which took place on 29 November 2020, in Warsaw, Poland. The Russian broadcaster All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Sofia Feskova won the national final on 25 September 2020 with the song "Moy novy den". The representative of Russia in 2020, Sofia Feskova, placed 10th place with 88 points.

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Background

Prior to the 2020 contest, Russia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 15 times since its debut in 2005. Russia has won the contest twice: in 2006 with the song "Vesenniy jazz" performed by the Tolmachevy Twins, and in 2017 with the song "Wings" performed by Polina Bogusevich. [1] In the 2019 contest, Russia was represented by the song "A Time for Us" performed by Tatyana Mezhentseva and Denberel Oorzhak. The song placed 13th in a field of 19 countries with 72 points. [2]

Before Junior Eurovision

Akademiya Eurovision 2020

The Russian broadcaster, VGTRK, announced on 2 April 2020 that they would be participating in the 2020 contest. [3] Submissions for entrants were open between 6 April to 25 August, with the audition stage taking place in the Russian capital, Moscow, in September 2020. [3] VGTRK announced on 15 September that a total of eleven artists would be competing in the national final. [4] [5] The national selection of the entrant for Russia took place on 25 September 2020, and was televised a day later on 26 September. The winner was determined by a voting split of 50% jury members and 50% internet voting which opened on 16 September and closed on 24 September. [4] [5] Sofia Feskova won the national final with the song "Moy novy den". [6]

Final
DrawArtistSongJuryOnline
vote		TotalPlace
1Sophia Tumanova"Bolshe sveta" (Больше света)2883611
2Sergey Filin & Veronica Litovchenko"V trendakh TikTok" (В трендах TikTok)3420547
3Sofia Feskova"Moy novy den" (Мой новый день)57771341
4Genych"Nastroyeniye Panda" (Настроение Панда)2812409
5Artem Morozov"Leti" (Лети)7610864
6Sofia Kirsenko"Prosto zhit" (Просто жить)1360735
7Rutger Garecht"Doroga – moya sudba" (Дорога - моя судьба)48801282
8LittleZ"Pervaya lyubov" (Первая любовь)1651676
9Sofia Shkepu"Alise" (Алиса)47631103
10Artem Fokin"Vozmi moyu ruku" (Возьми мою руку)2816448
11Arseny Slesarev"Chto ty nadelala, baby?" (Что ты наделала)3010409

Artist and song information

Sofia Feskova
Born (2009-09-05) 5 September 2009 (age 15)
Genres Pop
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active2016 – present
Flag of Russia.svg "Moy novy den (My New Day)"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Sofia Feskova
Languages
Lyricist(s)
  • Sofia Feskova
  • Anna Petryasheva
  • Vitaly Tomin
Entry chronology
◄ "A Time for Us" (2019)
"Mon Ami" (2021) ►

Sofia Feskova

Sofia Feskova (Russian : София Феськова; born 5 September 2009) [7] is a 13 year old Russian singer from St. Petersburg. She represented Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Moy novyy den". [8]

Moy novy den (My New Day)

"Moy novy den" (Russian: Мой новый день; English: "My New Day") [9] is a song by Russian singer Sofia Feskova. It represented Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 23 November, it was announced that Russia will perform ninth during the final, following Malta and preceding Spain. [10] The contest was broadcast live from Warsaw, Poland, on 29 November 2020.

Performance

Feskova's performance featured augmented reality, with "bright pictures from magical dreams" on the LED screen. [11]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. [12] 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. [13]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 27 November 2020 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 29 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 three songs. [14] 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 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Russia [15]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9911111011
02Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 23111112
03Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6898792
04Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 84510983
05Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 3169856
06Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5677674
07Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 11082547
08Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 11710511101
09Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 10536365
11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 72434210
12Flag of France.svg  France 41124238

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