Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country  Russia
National selection
Selection process National Final
50% Jury
50% Televoting
Selection date(s) 3 June 2012
Selected entrant Lerika
Selected song "Sensatsiya"
Finals performance
Final result 4th, 88 points
Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Russia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by Russian broadcaster All-Russia State Television and Radio Company (VGTRK). The final was held on 3 June 2012.[1] Lerika and her song "Sensatsiya" won the national final, getting 12.34% of votes.[2]

National Final

On 1 March 2012, VGTRK announced that a national final would be held to select Russia' entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012. A submission period for interested artists was opened and lasted until 1 May 2012. A professional jury selected twenty artists and songs from the applicants to proceed to the televised national final.

The selected artists and songs competed at the national final which took place on 3 June 2012 at the "Akademichesky" concert hall in Moscow, hosted by Dmitry Guberniev and Oksana Fedorova. In addition to the performances from the competitors, the show featured guest performances by Buranovskiye Babushki, Katya Ryabova and Erik Rapp. The members of the jury were Yury Entin, Maksim Dunayevsky, Gennady Gokhstein, Grygory Gladkov, Larisa Rubalskaya and Alexander Igudin.

Final

Draw Artist Song English translation Place %
1 Sorvantsy "Idut geroi kino" Heroes of movies are coming 5 8.12
2 Lyoma Nalgiyeva "Moya mechta" My dream 3 8.57
3 Aleksandra Boldareva "12345 (Pro mechtu)" 12345 (About a dream) 7 5.88
4 Akademija volshebnikov "Shag navstrechu solntsu" Step towards the sun 16 2.72
5 Ivan Pomarkov "Raz, dva, tri" One, two, three 4 8.35
6 Alisa Sementina "No Barbie, No Ken!" — 11 3.64
7 Lerika Sensatsiya Sensation 1 12.34
8 Vladlena Bogdanova "V dvuh shagah ot mechty" Two steps away from the dream 13 3.17
9 Renata Tazetdinova "Angel" — 9 4.19
10 Ivan Smidovich "Pervaya lyubov" First love 14 2.96
11 Tonika "Zdravstvuy, solntse" Hello, sun 10 3.85
12 Elizaveta Shorohova "Ya naydu (svoyu zvezdy)" I will find (my star) 19 1.94
13 Bon Su Hyon "Evro, evro" Euro, euro 12 3.22
14 Evgeny Shkunov "Mama - ty eshyo molodaya!" Mom, you're still young! 17 2.59
15 Delfin "Hip hop" — 6 7.23
16 Vasilisa Matveyeva "Stranniy kot" Strange cat 8 5.58
17 Dayana Kirillova "Pyat' minut do uroka" Five minutes till lesson 2 9.04
18 Alina Morozova "Devochka-vredina" Mean girl 15 2.86
19 Kristina Kulesh "Superstar" — 18 2.37
20 Aleksey Myshkaryov "Tebe daryu!" I present to you! 20 1.38

At Junior Eurovision

During the allocation draw on 15 October 2013, Russia was drawn to perform 5th, following Belgium and preceding Israel.[3] Russia placed 4th, scoring 88 points.

In Russia, show were broadcast on Russia-1 with commentary by Olga Shelest. The Russian spokesperson revealing the result of the Russian vote was Valentin Sadiki.

Points awarded to Russia

12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Russia

12 points Ukraine
10 points Armenia
8 points Israel
7 points Belgium
6 points Georgia
5 points Sweden
4 points Belarus
3 points Azerbaijan
2 points Moldova
1 point Netherlands

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Russia: JESC 2012 Selection Final". Eurovoix. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Slim, Jarmo (4 June 2012). "Russia picks Lerika/Valerya for Amsterdam". EBU. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (15 October 2012). "Check: Results of Junior draw!". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 September 2014.