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Nov 30 2012
Junior Eurovision starts on Saturday in Amsterdam
by Evgeniya Chaykovskaya at 30/11/2012 16:48
Junior Eurovision 2012 starts in Amsterdam on Saturday, where Lerika
(real name Valeria Yengalycheva) will represent Russia with her song
Sensation.
This year the contest, organized by the European Broadcasting Union,
will have12 participants from Sweden, Belgium, Belarus, Azerbaijan,
Israel, Albania, Armenia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and the hosts, The
Netherlands.
The first Junior Eurovision was held in 2003 in Copenhagen and became
very popular in Europe. Russia first took part in 2005, and in 2006
the Tolmachev sisters won it for Russia.
The current contestant, Lerika, 13, was born in Olomouc, the Czech
Republic, RIA Novosti reported. In 2007, she took part in the
Slavyansky Bazar festival in Vitebsk, and in 2008 took first place in
Orpheus in Italy's contest.
This is not Lerika's first Junior Eurovision: she came in sixth in
2011 in Yerevan.
Junior Eurovision will be broadcast live on Rossiya 1 at 11:15 p.m. on Saturday.
Nov 30 2012
Junior Eurovision starts on Saturday in Amsterdam
by Evgeniya Chaykovskaya at 30/11/2012 16:48
Junior Eurovision 2012 starts in Amsterdam on Saturday, where Lerika
(real name Valeria Yengalycheva) will represent Russia with her song
Sensation.
This year the contest, organized by the European Broadcasting Union,
will have12 participants from Sweden, Belgium, Belarus, Azerbaijan,
Israel, Albania, Armenia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and the hosts, The
Netherlands.
The first Junior Eurovision was held in 2003 in Copenhagen and became
very popular in Europe. Russia first took part in 2005, and in 2006
the Tolmachev sisters won it for Russia.
The current contestant, Lerika, 13, was born in Olomouc, the Czech
Republic, RIA Novosti reported. In 2007, she took part in the
Slavyansky Bazar festival in Vitebsk, and in 2008 took first place in
Orpheus in Italy's contest.
This is not Lerika's first Junior Eurovision: she came in sixth in
2011 in Yerevan.
Junior Eurovision will be broadcast live on Rossiya 1 at 11:15 p.m. on Saturday.