Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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.[6][7][8]

The national selection final to select the entrant for Russia took place 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 opened on 20 October and closed on 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]

Tatyana "Tanya" Mezhentseva (Russian: Татьяна Меженцева, born 14 December 2009)[14] is a Russian singer. She previously represented Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with Denberel Oorzhak and their song "A Time for Us". Mezhentseva will go on and represent her country again in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris with the song "Mon Ami".

"Mon Ami"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry
Country	Russia
Artist(s)	Tatyana Mezhentseva
As	Tanya Mezhentseva
Languages	Russian, English, French
Composer(s)	Alexander Broshovyan
Lyricist(s)	Danu Boian Dmitriy Korochin Tanya Mezhentseva
Entry chronology
◄ "My New Day" (2020)

"Mon Ami" (English: My Friend; Russian: Мой Друг) is a song by Russian singer Tatyana Mezhentseva. It was composed by Alexander Broshovyan, and lyricised by Danu Boian, Dmitriy Korochin and Tanya Mezhentseva.[15]

It will represent Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting.

The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on Sunday 19 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for a maximum of three songs.[17] They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.