Russia: Sofia Feskova to Junior Eurovision 2020 with the song "My New Day"

Russia: Sofia Feskova to Junior Eurovision 2020 with the song
Saturday, 26 September 2020

  • Sofia Fescova is going to be the next Russian hopeful at Junior Eurovision with her entry titled "My New Day" which won the 2020 national final. 

    Eleven-year-old Sofia Feskova from St. Petersburg with the song "My New Day" won on Friday, September 25, the Russian national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The outcome  of the national final was determined 50% a vote by the jury and 50% by the audience and was organized by the Igor Krutoy Academy.

    The young act stated after her victory to TASS

    "Of course, I will prepare very hard for the final. Before the competition, I worked with a vocal teacher twice a week. Now, I think there will be a lot more classes. But I am ready for this"

    This was Sofia's second attempt to represent Russia after last year's participation. Commenting on how she feels after her efforts she said: 

    “This is a very interesting experience, I really love such events. “Now I have mixed feelings: surprise, joy."

    A total of 11 acts were chosen via auditions to compete in the national final. These acts were: 

    1. Sofia Feskova from St. Petersburg (Moy novy den - My new day)
    2. Arseny Slesarev from Moscow ( Chto ty nadelala baby? - What have you done baby?)
    3. Artem Fokin from Sevastopol ( Vozmi moyu ruku - Take my hand)
    4. Sofia Shkepu from Yaroslav ( Alise)
    5. Artem Morozov from Moscow (Leti - Fly) 
    6. Rutger Garecht from Orenburg ( Doroga ,Moya Suba - The road is my destiny) 
    7. "Little Z" ( Mikhail Koval & Polina Koroleva) from Novosibirsk ( Pervaya Lyobov - My first love) 
    8. Sergey Filin & Veronica Litovchenko from  Moscow  (V trendakh TikTok - In TikTok trends)
    9. Sophia Tumanova from Novosibirsk (Bolshe Sveta - More Light) 
    10. Genych (Gennady Pereverdiev) from Moscow (Nastroyeniye Panda - Mood Panda)
    11. Sofia Kirsenko from Simferopol (Prosto Zhit - Just live)

    The professional jury chaired by the editor-in-chief of the Karusel TV channel Tatyana Tsyvareva included Eurovision-2004 participant Yulia Savicheva, Eurovision-2011 contestant Alexei Vorobyov, Eurovision-2003 participant in the Tatu band Lena Katina, winner of Junior Eurovision 2017 "Polina Bogusevich, participant of Junior Eurovision 2015 Mikhail Smirnov and TV presenter Alla Krutaya.

    Listen to Sofia's Junior Eurovision 2020 entry: 

     

    Russia in Junior Eurovision 

    Russia debuted at the competition in 2005 and has all years achieved to finish in the top 10 places.  The country has won twice the contest , in 2006 and 2019. Last year the country was represented in Gliwice by Tatyana Mezhentseva and Denberel Oorzhak with the song “A Time For Us”  which ended at 13th place with 72 points.