As we previously reported, Russia decided on a National Final to select their next Junior Eurovision act. The final took place over the weekend, where a total of 21 songs took to the stage to present their potential Junior Eurovision entries, and one song came out triumphant.
Here are the entries:
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Polina Terekhova – Puls Planety
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Areniy Kulikov – Gadzhety
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Glafire Leukhina – Momenty
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Kinder Star – Pizhama Pati
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Vilena Khikmatullina – Gravitasiya
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Ulyana Ovchinnikova – Davay Uletim
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Yegor Yermolayev – Para
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Vladlena Gubareva – Vorona
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Papaya – Vyshe
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Veronika Ustimova – Ya by Khotela vse uznat
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Ksenia Nexnamova – Oblaka
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Kirill Yesin – Yarkiye Tantsy
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Elvira Kirsanova – Mechta
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Anastasia Gladilina – Pover
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Ochechi – Vykhodnoy
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Yulia Kondrashenko – Moya Muzyka
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Anna Chernotalova – Eta Muzyka
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Emoji – Vremya ne zhdet
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Polina Bogusevich – Krylya
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Kudri – Kudri
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Viktoria Bezdomnikova – Provokatsiya
The voting consisted of 50% jury vote, and 50% internet voting which was done in the lead up to the broadcast. The winner of the show was Polina Bogusevich with the song Krylya, who received the 12 points from the jury and the internet vote, plus the 12 bonus points given to each and every act meant that Polina finished with a perfect score of 36. Coming in at second was Veronika Ustimova, and third was Vilena Khikmatullina.
Polina is only 13 years old, and was born in the nation’s capital, Moscow. In 2014, she competed in the Voice Kids Russia, where she was a member of Dima Bilan’s team, and interestingly enough, she was within the same team as Bulgarian Eurovision participant from 2017, Kristian Kostov, however she was knocked out in the battle rounds. Later in that year, she represented Russia in New Wave Junior 2014, where she finished in 2nd.
Listen to the song Krylya here:
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