| Contest: | Junior |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Country: | Russia |
| Preselection: | Russian: Akademiya Eurovision 2021 |
| Preselection Date: | 30 October 2021 |
| Entrant: | Tanya Mezhentseva |
| Song: | Mon ami |
| Final Result: | 7th, 124 points |
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. this was Russia's final entry at the contest, before the country was expelled from the EBU the following year.
See main article: Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Prior to the 2021 contest, Russia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 16 times since its debut in . Russia has won the contest twice: in with the song "Russian: [[Vesenniy jazz]]|italic=unset" performed by the Tolmachevy Twins, and in with the song "Wings" performed by Polina Bogusevich.[1] In the 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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] [5] [6] VGTRK announced on 14 October 2021 that a total of twelve artists would be competing in the national final.[7] [8]
The national selection final to select the entrant for Russia was recorded on 26 October 2021, and was televised later on 30 October.[9] The winner was determined by a voting split of 50% jury members and 50% internet voting, which was open between 20 and 25 October.[10] Tanya Mezhentseva won the national final with the song "Mon ami".[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]
| Artist | Song | Jury | Online vote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murad Hushlaev | "Russian: Naivnaya|italic=unset" | 18 | 10 | 28 | 11 | |
| 2 | Lol&Pop | "Russian: Tantsuy|italic=unset" | 18 | 30 | 48 | 6 | |
| 3 | Yulia Gavrilova | "Russian: Moyo imya Lyubov|italic=unset" | 35 | 32 | 67 | 2 | |
| 4 | Liza Trofimova | "Russian: Zachot|italic=unset" | 43 | 1 | 44 | 7 | |
| 5 | Masha Gulevich | "Russian: Moy mir|italic=unset" | 13 | 50 | 63 | 4 | |
| 6 | Polina Etchik | "Russian: Vremya mechtat|italic=unset" | 8 | 30 | 38 | 8 | |
| 7 | Nikita Varentsov | "7.40" | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 | |
| 8 | Saniya Taniya | "Russian: Zakruzhit|italic=unset" | 25 | 12 | 37 | 9 | |
| 9 | Tanya Mezhentseva | "French: Mon ami|italic=unset" | 36 | 54 | 90 | 1 | |
| 10 | Ochechi | "Russian: Siyay|italic=unset" | 3 | 50 | 53 | 5 | |
| 11 | Sofia Fomenko | "Hey Mom" | 30 | 1 | 31 | 10 | |
| 12 | Andrey Drobyshev | "Russian: 100 dorog|italic=unset" | 53 | 14 | 67 | 3 |
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.
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| Draw | Country | Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 02 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 03 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 04 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 05 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 06 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 07 | |||||||||
| 08 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 09 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 15 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 17 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 19 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 |