Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

VGTRK organised a national final to select the Russian entry. The final took place on 25 September 2020, and was televised a day later on 26 September 2020.[2][6]

Submissions for entrants were open between 6 April and 25 August, with the audition stage taking place in the Russian capital, Moscow in September 2020.[1] VGTRK announced on 15 September 2020 that a total of eleven artists would be competing in the national final. The competing artists were revealed on 15 September 2020, and their songs were revealed on 16 September 2020.[7][8]

The winner of the national final was determined by a voting split of 50% jury members and 50% internet voting. Internet voting opened on 16 September 2020 and closed on 24 September 2020.[6] On 25 September 2020, Sofia Feskova was announced as the winner of the selection with the song "Moy novy den".[9][10] The show itself was broadcast at a delayed time on 26 September 2020 at 18:00 MSK (17:00 CEST).

Sofia Feskova (Russian: София Феськова; born 5 September 2009)[11] is a Russian singer. She will represent Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Moy novyy den".[12]

"Moy novy den" (Russian: Мой новый день; English: "My New Day")[13] is a song by Russian singer Sofia Feskova. It will represent Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

Feskova's performance will feature augmented reality, with "bright pictures from magical dreams" on the LED screen.[15]

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.[16] Every country has a national jury that consists of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. The rankings of those jurors are combined to make an overall top ten.[17]

The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 27 November 2020 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 29 November at 16:59 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.[18] 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.

• Russia received 44 points from Online voting.