Just over 400,000 viewers watched the final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 live from Warsaw.
A total of 424,000 viewers watched the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Russia. In Moscow 56,3000 viewers watched with a share of 1.3%, while in cities across Russia with over 100,000 inhabitants 367,900 viewers watched with a share of 1.6%. Overall viewing figures fell in Russia by over 1.7 million due to NTV not airing the contest this year.
Viewing figures for Junior Eurovision 2020:
- Poland – 6,000,000 viewers – 32.6% share
- France – 1.2 million – 7.3% share
- Spain – 1.082 million – 7.4% share
- Russia – 424,900 viewers – 1.45% share
- Germany – 370,000 viewers – 2.5% share
- The Netherlands – 319,000 viewers – 2.0% share
- Ukraine – 312,000 viewers – 0.75% share
Russia placed 10th in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 represented by Sofia Feskova. Russia was 10th with both the public and juries scoring exactly 44 points from each vote.
Image Source: EBU/Music Academy of Igor Krutoy / Source: Mediascope
Russia made their debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 and has participated in the contest every year since. The country won the contest for the first time in 2006 when they were represented by the Tolmachevy Twins with the song “Vesenniy jazz”, who scored a total of 154 points. Russia had never finished outside of the top 10 in their time at the contest until 2019, and have finished second twice, fourth four times, and fifth once. At the 2017 contest in Georgia, Russia won the contest for a second time represented by Polina Bogusevich and “Wings”.
