Polina Bogusevich to represent Russia at Junior Eurovision!

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:

1. Polina Terekhova – Puls Planety

2. Areniy Kulikov – Gadzhety

3. Glafire Leukhina – Momenty

4. Kinder Star – Pizhama Pati

5. Vilena Khikmatullina – Gravitasiya

6. Ulyana Ovchinnikova – Davay Uletim

7. Yegor Yermolayev – Para

8. Vladlena Gubareva – Vorona

9. Papaya – Vyshe

10. Veronika Ustimova – Ya by Khotela vse uznat

11. Ksenia Nexnamova – Oblaka

12. Kirill Yesin – Yarkiye Tantsy

13. Elvira Kirsanova – Mechta

14. Anastasia Gladilina – Pover

15. Ochechi – Vykhodnoy

16. Yulia Kondrashenko – Moya Muzyka

17. Anna Chernotalova – Eta Muzyka

18. Emoji – Vremya ne zhdet

19. Polina Bogusevich – Krylya

20. Kudri – Kudri

21. 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 2^nd.

Listen to the song Krylya here: