Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Russia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kyiv, Ukraine. 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 31 May 2009.^[1] Ekaterina Ryabova and her song "Malenkiy prints" won the national final, getting 12.07% of votes.^[2]

Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country	Russia
Selection process	National Final
Selection date	31 May 2009
Competing entry
Song	"Malenkiy prints"
Artist	Ekaterina Ryabova
Placement
Final result	3rd, 116 points
Participation chronology
◄2008 • 2009 • 2010►

Before Junior Eurovision

National Final

On 14 March 2009, VGTRK announced that a national final would be held to select Russia' entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009. A submission period for interested artists was opened and lasted until 20 April 2009. 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 31 May 2009 at the Russian Academy of Sciences' concert hall in Moscow, hosted by Oksana Fedorova and Oskar Kuchera. In addition to the performances from the competitors, the show featured guest performances by Dima Bilan, Valeriya and band "Domisolki". The members of the backup jury were Maksim Dunayevsky, Larisa Rubalskaya, Grigoriy Gladkov, Yana Rudkovskaya and Gennadiy Gohshtein.

Final – 31 May 2009
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Aleksandra Kozlova	"Tsvetnye sny"	3.13%	16
2	Nellya Kolchina	"Step"	5.16%	10
3	Ekaterina Ryabova	"Malenkiy prints"	12.07%	1
4	Arina Doronina	"Deti, muzyka I tantsy"	5.31%	9
5	Vlada Sergeeva	"Emelya"	5.47%	8
6	Band "Papiny deti"	"Parus mechty"	1.82%	19
7	Irina Dzhantemirova	"Put-doroga"	2.32%	17
8	Pavel Artemov	"Ya lyublyu rock-n-roll"	8.18%	2
9	Alina Tyumirekova	"Hora polyh"	1.51%	20
10	Yuliana Savilova	"Fantazyorka"	3.35%	15
11	Esmiralda Shoniya	"Devochka-teenager"	4.31%	12
12	Band "Podruzhki"	"Bashkortostan"	3.57%	14
13	Duet "Akvilon"	"Poletim v lyubov"	6.43%	5
14	Anastasiya Tarasova	"Ya uletayu"	4.12%	13
15	Show-band "Kinder-syurpriz"	"Ryzhiy"	5.02%	11
16	Aleksandr Zinovyev	"On v Rossiyu hotel"	6.68%	4
17	Alina Shaygorodskaya	"Solo-shag"	2.11%	18
18	Aleksey Tsevtkov	"Ya lyotchik"	6.21%	6
19	Anastasiya Karamysheva	"Kukushechka"	7.06%	3
20	Band "Muzykalniy fregat"	"Supermama"	6.17%	7

At Junior Eurovision

During the allocation draw on 13 October 2009, Russia was drawn to perform 2nd, following Sweden and preceding Armenia.^[3] Russia placed 3rd, scoring 116 points.^[4]

Katya Ryabova was joined on stage by four girls from a dance troupe.

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

Voting

Points awarded to Russia[5] Score Country 12 points[a]  Belarus  Ukraine 10 points  Armenia  Cyprus  Serbia 8 points  Belgium  Romania 7 points  Georgia  Macedonia  Malta  Netherlands 6 points  Sweden 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Russia[5] Score Country 12 points  Armenia 10 points  Belgium 8 points  Netherlands 7 points  Ukraine 6 points  Belarus 5 points  Georgia 4 points  Sweden 3 points  Cyprus 2 points  Malta 1 point  Serbia

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.