Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Russia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 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 3 June 2012.^[1] Valeriya Engalycheva and her song "Sensatsiya" won the national final, getting 12.34% of votes.^[2] Engalycheva previously represented Moldova in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 under her stage name Lerika, which she also used at the 2012 contest.

Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country	Russia
Selection process	National final
Selection date	3 June 2012
Competing entry
Song	"Sensation"
Artist	Lerika
Placement
Final result	4th, 88 points
Participation chronology
◄2011 • 2012 • 2013►

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

On 1 March 2012, VGTRK announced that a national final would be held to select Russia' entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012. A submission period for interested artists was opened and lasted until 1 May 2012. 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 3 June 2012 at the "Akademichesky" concert hall in Moscow, hosted by Dmitry Guberniev and Oksana Fedorova. The winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of jury voting and televoting. The members of the jury were Yury Entin, Maksim Dunayevsky, Gennady Gokhstein, Grygory Gladkov, Larisa Rubalskaya and Alexander Igudin. In addition to the performances from the competitors, the show featured guest performances by Buranovskiye Babushki, Katya Ryabova and Erik Rapp.

Final – 3 June 2012

Draw	Artist	Song	Percentage	Place
1	Sorvantsy	"Idut geroi kino" (Идут герои кино)	8.12%	5
2	Lyoma Nalgiyeva	"Moya mechta" (Моя мечта)	8.57%	3
3	Aleksandra Boldareva	"12345 (Pro mechtu)" (Про мечту)	5.88%	7
4	Akademiya Volshebnikov	"Shag navstrechu solntsu" (Шаг навстречу солнцу)	2.72%	16
5	Ivan Pomarkov	"Raz, dva, tri" (Раз, два, три)	8.35%	4
6	Alisa Sementina	"No Barbie, No Ken!"	3.64%	11
7	Valeriya Engalycheva	"Sensatsiya" (Сенсация)	12.34%	1
8	Vladlena Bogdanova	"V dvuh shagah ot mechty" (В двух шагах от мечты)	3.17%	13
9	Renata Tazetdinova	"Angel" (Ангел)	4.19%	9
10	Ivan Smidovich	"Pervaya lyubov" (Первая любовь)	2.96%	14
11	Tonika	"Zdravstvuy, solntse" (Здравствуй, солнце)	3.85%	10
12	Elizaveta Shorohova	"Ya naydu" (Я найду)	1.94%	19
13	Bon Su Hyon	"Evro, evro" (Евро, евро)	3.22%	12
14	Evgeny Shkunov	"Mama – ty eshyo molodaya!" (Мама – ты ещё молодая!)	2.59%	17
15	Delfin	"Hip hop" (Хип хоп)	7.23%	6
16	Vasilisa Matveyeva	"Stranny kot" (Странный кот)	5.58%	8
17	Dayana Kirillova	"Pyat minut do uroka" (Пять минут до урока)	9.04%	2
18	Alina Morozova	"Devochka-vredina" (Девочка-вредина)	2.86%	15
19	Kristina Kulesh	"Superstar"	2.37%	18
20	Aleksey Myshkaryov	"Tebe daryu!" (Тебе дарю!)	1.38%	20

At Junior Eurovision

During the allocation draw on 15 October 2012, Russia was drawn to perform 5th, following Belgium and preceding Israel.^[3] Russia placed 4th, scoring 88 points.^[4]

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

Voting

Points awarded to Russia[5] Score Country 12 points[a] 10 points  Belarus  Moldova 8 points  Armenia  Belgium  Kids Jury  Sweden 7 points 6 points  Georgia  Netherlands  Ukraine 5 points 4 points  Israel 3 points 2 points  Azerbaijan 1 point

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

Notes

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