The 12 songs in the race to represent Russia at Junior Eurovision 2021 are now released! You can listen to them at the online voting platform, which is now open to decide the public part of the results.
You can vote and listen to the twelve finalist songs on this link. They are the 12 candidates who will compete in the national final:
- Polina Etchik – Vremya Mechtat
- Ochechi – Siyay
- Tanya Mezhentseva – Mon Ami
- LOL POP – Tantsuy
- Andrey Drobyshev – 100 Dorog
- Nikita Varentsov – 7.40
- Masha Gulevich – Moy Mir
- Murad Khuslaev – Naivnaya
- Sofia Fomenko – Hey Mom
- Liza Trofimova – Zachet
- Yulia Gavrilova – Moyo Ima Lyubov
- Sania Tania – Zakruzhit
As in previous years, the final will not be broadcast live but will be pre-recorded prior to its broadcast, on October 26 the final will be recorded while on October 30 at 6:00 p.m. CET will broadcast the final in which the public through online voting and the 50% professional jury will determine the winner of the gala and therefore the representative of Russia in Paris.
The jury members who will decide the 50% of the final results are the following:
- Igor Smirnov, Composer and music producer.
- Konstantin Rabotov, Composer and professor at the Igor Krutoy academy.
- Stella Khachanyants, General Director of the Igor Krutoy Academy.
- Taras Demchuk, composer and sound producer.
Last year Sofia Feskova proclaimed herself the winner of the Russian national final with the ballad ‘My New Day’. Sofía championed Russia in the European competition obtaining a tenth and penultimate position, adding 88 points (44 from the jury and 44 from the tele-vote). Will Russia manage to improve this position in 2021?