Where and when will Junior Eurovision 2019 take place, who will go from Russia

Unlike the adult Eurovision Song Contest, its children’s counterpart has not yet been spoiled by any politics, and its participants are no less talented than their adult “colleagues”. Therefore, there is also a lot of attention to this competition.

This year, Junior Eurovision will be held in the Polish city of Gliwice on November 24. And yesterday, September 24, the names of the winners were announced in Moscow – the very guys who will represent Russia at the song contest.

“The winner of the final of the national selection round” Junior Eurovision – Russia “was the song” Time for Us “performed by Tatyana Mezhentseva and Denberel Oorzhak”, – said representatives of the Russian selection competition.

Tatyana Mezhentseva is nine years old, she is a student of the Igor Krutoy Academy, lives in Moscow. And her duet partner Denberel is twelve years old, he comes from Kyzyl. By the way, the young man is no stranger to competitions. He participated in the project “You are super!” this year and took first place, sharing it with Anastasia Simoganova.

By the way, the music for the song with which the duet will go to the competition was written by Tatiana.

Despite their young age, the guys already have sickly ambitions. “I want to win and justify the trust of my fans and people who believe in me. It would be a great honor for me to represent Russia at such a prestigious competition, ”Denberel explained why he was going to Eurovision. Tatiana briefly and clearly stated that she wants to win and get the grand prix, сообщают at the Igor Krutoy Academy.

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For the first time, Russia sent a contestant to the show 13 years ago. The competition was held in the Belgian city of Hasselt. The representative of our country was Vlad Krutskikh from Voronezh with the song “The Road to the Sun”. The debut turned out to be not the most successful: 13-year-old Vlad took only 9th place, although by that time he already had experience of performing at international competitions. But the guy still got his portion of fame: he was offered a job at Children’s Radio, and he also hosted a TV program on the Karusel channel. Now Vlad is 23 years old, he still sings: he performs as part of the Heroes trio.

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The Kursk twins were the first to bring Russia a “golden” victory. At Eurovision in Bucharest, they took first place, their hit “Spring Jazz” conquered the whole world. And after the competition, the girls even became the most popular personalities in 2006, according to polls by VTsIOM. A year later, the girls sang on the same stage with Alla Pugacheva herself in the musical “Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors”. In 2014, the sisters went to conquer the already adult Eurovision Song Contest with the song Shine and took seventh place there. Conchita Wurst won then.

After Anastasia and Maria participated in many television projects, but they did not go to study vocal skills, but to the faculty of producing and directing. They also opened their own creative workshop, where they teach vocals, choreography and acting. But in social networks they still position themselves as “singers”.

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Junior Eurovision was held in Rotterdam that year. Our participant Sasha Golovchenko with her song “Excellent student” took the sixth place. She was one of the youngest participants in the competition: the girl at that time was only 9 years old. After that, of course, there was fame: television shooting, participation in prestigious concerts. On November 5, Sasha turns 20, and she already knows exactly what she wants from life. Now she works as a vocal teacher: she brings up the young talents of Volgograd, where she comes from.

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Misha Puntov went to the competition in the city of Limassol, in sunny Cyprus. He then sang in the group “Wizards of the Court”. The team leader Vitaly Ososhnik did everything to help his ward to get to Eurovision. The 12-year-old boy took the seventh place in the competition with the song “The Angel is Sleeping”. Now Mikhail sings in the group “Heroes” – yes, in the same as the debutant of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Vlad Krutskikh.

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In 2009, almost the whole country followed Katya Ryabova’s preparations for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. At that time, the girl had already succeeded in the musical field: she received a diploma for musicality and artistry in the world competition “Delphic Games” and the patriotic song competition “Where the Motherland Begins”. At the competition held in Kiev, Katya Ryabova sang the song “Little Prince”. She shared the second place with a contestant from Armenia Laura Hayrapetyan. The girls lagged behind the winner of the competition by only 5 points.

Now Katya Ryabova records songs, acts as an expert in international music shows. In May last year, she married the singer Alexander Laver, and in November of the same year they had a son, Alex.

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In 2010, the competition was held in Minsk. Russia was represented by the duet “Magic Flute” – 11-year-old Liza Drozd and Sasha Lazin from Krasnoyarsk.

Young singers in the competition had a difficult task – to be the first. And they did a great job! They brilliantly performed the song Boy $ Girl and became the silver medalists of the competition, lagging behind the winner from Armenia Vladimir Arzumanyan by only one point.

Now Liza leads an ordinary student life: she studies at the College of Variety and Jazz Arts of the State University of Economics and Technology in Moscow and at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH). But she did not quit singing either. The VKontakte network has an official group dedicated to the girl, where videos of her performances, photos and various information about the young singer are published.

Alexander Lazin also moved to Moscow and is now studying at GITIS. He not only continues to sing, but also hosts a program on KidsFM radio. On his personal Instagram page, Alexander publishes his own poems, which may become song hits.

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Katya’s repeated participation caused heated discussions. Despite the fact that she received permission for a second appearance from EBC (European Broadcasting Corporation – European Broadcasting Union), not everyone supported her candidacy.

By the way, it was in 2011 that the Junior Eurovision Song Contest had very low viewing ratings.

But 14-year-old Katya Ryabova still became the first returning singer in the history of the competition. Although this did not bring the expected success. Katya took only fourth place with the song “Like Romeo and Juliet”. Before the competition, Katya was supported by Dima Bilan, who also twice represented Russia at Eurovision.

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In 2012, Russia again failed to win. Our country was represented by a bright singer Valeria Engalycheva. A girl originally from the Czech Republic performed under the pseudonym Lerik. The song “Sensation” in her performance brought us fourth place.

At the age of 11, a girl with two citizenships (Moldovan and Russian) already had her debut at Eurovision. Then, in 2011, she represented Moldova, because she lived there for a long time.

Now Valeria is studying at the Moscow Art Theater School, continues to study singing. On her personal Instagram page, the girl shares a video with subscribers where she performs excerpts of various songs. In August 2018, she released a new single “Love is Alive”.

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In 2013, the competition was held in Kiev again. This time, 11-year-old pop singer from Kazan Dayana Kirillova went to defend the honor of Russia.

At the age of four, the girl made her debut on the stage of the local House of Culture. And since 2012 I have been trying to get into the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. And she succeeded. Dayana’s song “Dream” was specially written for this number. The girly performance again brought Russia fourth place.

Now Dayana is doing more blogging than pop. She still lives in Kazan, works on an Instagram page, where she talks about herself, publishes poetry, touches on sensitive topics and communicates with subscribers.

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Alisa Kozhikina from Uspenka, Kursk region, went to sing about a dream in 2014. This is a truly star girl. Alisa participated in the children’s “New Wave – 2012”, became the winner of the show “Voice. Children “in 2014.

She went to conquer the international music world at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in the city of Mars, Malta, where she finished fifth with the song Dreamer.

Alice is considered one of the most famous participants in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. After winning the show “Voice. Children ”she signed a cooperation contract with Maxim Fadeev for 10 years. But in 2015, at the insistence of her parents, she temporarily suspended her stage activities.

On October 1, 2018, Alisa Kozhikina released her second solo album “You are with me”. It seems that this is the future star of Russian pop music.

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For three years in a row, contestants from Russia performed songs about a dream. In 2015, Muscovite Mikhail Smirnov sang another song called “Dream”.

Mikhail’s musical career began in 2012 with the title role in the Moscow International House of Music musical “We are of the same blood.” Every year the boy took part in various music competitions, sang in musicals, and in 2015 he became a finalist of the second season of the show “Voice. Children ”on Channel One. After that Mikhail went to Eurovision, where he took only 6th place.

Not the most top place, but the career of the young singer quickly took off. Mikhail became a TV presenter, continued to sing in musicals, and recently released the album “Silence” and, as an artist should be, goes on tour around the country.

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In 2016, Russia at Eurovision was represented by Sofya Fisenko, a young singer from Novomoskovsk, a participant in the first season of the show Voice. Children”.

Sophia already took part in the selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2013, and then she took third place without making the final. But the second attempt in 2016 was successful. The song for Sophia “Living Water” was written by Rita Dakota. Sophia Fisenko brought Russia another fourth place.

Now the girl participates in fashion shows as a model, hosts various TV programs, continues to sing. It is curious that outwardly the 16-year-old girl is very reminiscent of the singer Pelageya: blonde hair, natural beauty. Who knows, maybe she has the same bright future.

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2017 brought Russia a long-awaited victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. 14-year-old Polina Bogusevich charmed the world with the song “Wings”. The young singer, like many other contestants from Russia, was a participant in the first season of the show “Voice. Children”. Then she was in Dima Bilan’s team, maybe it was he who charged the girl to win Eurovision.

Now the girl still lives a normal life. He studies in one of the Moscow lyceums, from time to time records songs. Polina plans to connect the future with the stage, but first she intends to get an education.