Russia won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took take place on 26 November 2017, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
[4] The Russian broadcaster, Russia-1, announced on 23 December 2016 that they would be participating at the 2017 Contest, taking place in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 26 November 2017.
[5] At the time of the announcement, it was also stated that the national final would take place at the children's camp Artek, located on the Crimean Peninsula.
[7][8] The jury consisted of: Igor Krutoy (artist), Grigory Gladkov (musician), Yevgeny Krylatov (composer), Dina Garipova (singer), Evgeny Kombarov (general director of the Children's Radio), Lerika (Junior Eurovision participant in 2011 and 2012) and Tatyana Tsyvareva (director of the Karusel TV channel).
In 2014, she competed in season one of Golos deti, where she was a member of Dima Bilan's team.
After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal.
The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes.