Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Russia in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Selection processAkademiya Eurovision 2021
Selection date26 October 2021 [a]
Competing entry
Song"Mon ami"
Artist Tanya Mezhentseva
Songwriters
Placement
Final result7th, 124 points
Participation chronology
◄20202021

Russia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 which took place on 19 December 2021, in Paris, France. The Russian broadcaster All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest.

Contents

As of 2025, this was Russia's final entry at the contest, before the country was expelled from the EBU the following year.

Background

Prior to the 2021 contest, Russia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 16 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. [3] In the 2020 contest, Russia was represented by the song "My New Day" performed by Sofia Feskova. The song placed 10th in a field of 12 countries with 88 points. [4]

Before Junior Eurovision

Akademiya Eurovision 2021

The Russian broadcaster, VGTRK, announced on 20 January 2021 that they would be participating at the 2021 contest, taking place in Paris, France, on 19 December 2021. [5] The national selection took place on 30 October 2021. Submissions for entrants were open between 20 January to 20 September, with the audition stage taking place in the Russian capital, Moscow on 30 September 2021 and featured 69 entries selected from a record of 600 received submissions. [6] [7] [8] VGTRK announced on 14 October 2021 that a total of twelve artists would be competing in the national final. [8] [9] [10]

Final

The national selection final to select the entrant for Russia was recorded on 26 October 2021, and was televised later on 30 October. [11] The winner was determined by a voting split of 50% jury members and 50% internet voting, which was open between 20 and 25 October. [12] Tanya Mezhentseva won the national final with the song "Mon ami". [1] She previously represented Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with Denberel Oorzhak and their song "A Time for Us". "Mon ami" was composed by Alexander Broshovyan, and lyricised by Danu Boian, Dmitriy Korochin and Tanya Mezhentseva. [13] The jury consisted of three adult members: Manizha (2021 Russian Eurovision entrant), Yulia Savicheva (2004 Russian Eurovision entrant) and Ekaterina Orlova (Head of Delegation for Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest), and two kids members: Ekaterina Maneshina and Valery Kuzakov. [2]

Final – 30 October 2021
DrawArtistSongJuryOnline
vote
TotalPlace
1Murad Hushlaev"Naivnaya" (Наивная)18102811
2Lol&Pop"Tantsuy" (Танцуй)1830486
3Yulia Gavrilova"Moyo imya Lyubov" (Моё имя Любовь)3532672
4Liza Trofimova"Zachot" (Зачёт)431447
5Masha Gulevich"Moy mir" (Мой мир)1350634
6Polina Etchik"Vremya mechtat" (Время мечтать)830388
7Nikita Varentsov"7.40"861412
8Saniya Taniya"Zakruzhit" (Закружит)2512379
9 Tanya Mezhentseva "Mon ami"3654901
10Ochechi"Siyay" (Сияй)350535
11Sofia Fomenko"Hey Mom"3013110
12Andrey Drobyshev"100 dorog" (100 дорог)5314673

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that Russia would perform seventh on 19 December 2021, following Bulgaria and preceding Ireland. [14]

At the end of the contest, Russia received 124 points, placing 7th out of 19 participating countries.

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. Every participating broadcaster assembled 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. [15]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 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 17 December 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 to vote for three songs. [16] 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

The following members comprised the Russian jury: [18]

Detailed voting results from Russia [17]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPoints
01Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16139181817
02Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 89661283
03Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1011121113101
04Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 15101171192
05Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 141410171013
06Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 5475965
07Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
08Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 17151816714
09Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 7628256
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 11123112
11Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 4533547
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1881691612
13Flag of France.svg  France 67810674
14Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 22411210
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 111813121415
16Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13121414811
17Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 121717131518
18Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 3354438
19Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 91615151716

Notes

  1. Akademiya Eurovision 2021 was aired on 30 October, however, the winner was revealed the same day it was recorded. [1] [2]

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