Russia participated in 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. As of 2023,[update] this was Russia's final entry at the contest, before the country was expelled from the EBU the following year.
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Akademiya Eurovision 2021 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 30 October 2021[a] | |||
| Selected entrant | Tanya Mezhentseva | |||
| Selected song | "Mon ami" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 7th, 124 points | |||
| Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Background edit
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 edit
Akademiya Eurovision 2021 edit
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 edit
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]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Online vote |
Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murad Hushlaev | "Naivnaya" (Наивная) | 18 | 10 | 28 | 11 |
| 2 | Lol&Pop | "Tantsuy" (Танцуй) | 18 | 30 | 48 | 6 |
| 3 | Yulia Gavrilova | "Moyo imya Lyubov" (Моё имя Любовь) | 35 | 32 | 67 | 2 |
| 4 | Liza Trofimova | "Zachot" (Зачёт) | 43 | 1 | 44 | 7 |
| 5 | Masha Gulevich | "Moy mir" (Мой мир) | 13 | 50 | 63 | 4 |
| 6 | Polina Etchik | "Vremya mechtat" (Время мечтать) | 8 | 30 | 38 | 8 |
| 7 | Nikita Varentsov | "7.40" | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 |
| 8 | Saniya Taniya | "Zakruzhit" (Закружит) | 25 | 12 | 37 | 9 |
| 9 | Tanya Mezhentseva | "Mon ami" | 36 | 54 | 90 | 1 |
| 10 | Ochechi | "Siyay" (Сияй) | 3 | 50 | 53 | 5 |
| 11 | Sofia Fomenko | "Hey Mom" | 30 | 1 | 31 | 10 |
| 12 | Andrey Drobyshev | "100 dorog" (100 дорог) | 53 | 14 | 67 | 3 |
At Junior Eurovision edit
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 edit
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 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.[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 Sunday 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 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.
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Detailed voting results edit
| Draw | Country | Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded |
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| 01 |  Germany
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16 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 17 | |
| 02 |  Georgia
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8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 03 |  Poland
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10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 |
| 04 |  Malta
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15 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 05 |  Italy
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14 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 13 | |
| 06 |  Bulgaria
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5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| 07 | Russia
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| 08 |  Ireland
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17 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 14 | |
| 09 |  Armenia
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7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan
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1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 |  Albania
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4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 |  Ukraine
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18 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 12 | |
| 13 |  France
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6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 14 |  Azerbaijan
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2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 15 |  Netherlands
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11 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | |
| 16 |  Spain
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13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 11 | |
| 17 |  Serbia
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12 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 18 | |
| 18 |  North Macedonia
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3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 19 |  Portugal
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9 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 |
Notes edit
References edit
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- ^ a b "Таня Меженцева представит Россию на "Детском Евровидении-2021"". RIA Novosti (in Russian). 26 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Russia - Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Final of Poland 2020". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (20 January 2021). "Russia: Junior Eurovision 2021 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (19 September 2021). "Today: Junior Eurovision Submissions Close in 🇷🇺 Russia & 🇷🇸 Serbia". Eurovoix. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (30 September 2021). "🇷🇺 Russia: Auditions Underway For Junior Eurovision 2021". Eurovoix. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ a b Granger, Anthony (1 October 2021). "Russia: Record Number of Submissions For Junior Eurovision Selection". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Названы имена участников и дата Национального финала «Детского Евровидения–2021»". jesc-russia.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Объявлены имена участников и дата Национального финала «Детского Евровидения–2021»". АртМосковия (in Russian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Объявлены результаты жеребьевки Национального финала «Детского Евровидения-2021»". jesc-russia.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ Farren, Neil (19 October 2021). "🇷🇺 Russia: Junior Eurovision 2021 Online Voting Opened". Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Tanya Mezhentseva". Junior Eurovision. European Broadcasting Union. 30 October 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision: Running order revealed… 🇫🇷". Junioreurovision.tv. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "You can vote on the winner of Junior Eurovision! 🗳". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Paris 2021". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 19 December 2021.