Two days ago, the Igor Krutoy‘s Academy held live auditions in order to select the candidates that will compete at the Russian national final for Junior Eurovision 2017. Around 50 shortlisted acts took part in the second phase of the national selection from which a professional jury selected the 19 finalists that will compete at the big show.
You can find the names of the finalists below:
- Victoriya Bezdomnikova
- Polina Bogusevich
- Anastasiya Gladilina
- Vladlena Gubareva
- Egor Ermolayev
- Group “Kinder Star”
- Elvira Kirsanova
- Yuliya Kondrashenko
- Arseniy Kulikov
- Glafira Leukhina
- Kseniya Neznamova
- Ulyana Ovchinnikova
- Group “Ochechi”
- Group “PapaYA”
- Polina Terekhova
- Veronika Ustimova
- Duet “Emodzhi”
- Vilena Khikmatullina
- Anya Chernotalova
The Russian national final for Junior Eurovision will be held on June 3 in the Artek Children Camp, located in Crimea. The winner and Russian representative will be decided by a mix of jury decision and on-line voting procedure.