Polina Sergeyevna Bogusevich (russian: Полина Сергеевна Богусевич; born 4 July 2003) is a Russian singer. She represented Russia in the

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with the song "

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", and went on to win the competition. She is the second Russian entrant to win the

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. She previously competed in season onе of '' The Voice Kids Russia'', where she progressed to the battle rounds.

Life and career

Early life and career

Bogusevich was born in

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on 4 July 2003 to parents Yulia and Sergey Bogusevich. She is of mixed Russian and

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ancestry, while her family originates in Omsk. Bogusevich is a student at the Academy of Popular Music. She began her professional singing career in 2012, while taking part in an international arts festival in

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, and later appeared on the television programs ''Okno v Parizh'' and ''Shkola muzyki''.

2014–present: ''Golos deti'', ''New Wave Junior'', and ''Junior Eurovision''

In 2014, Bogusevich was selected to compete in season one of '' Golos deti''. After her blind audition, she joined Team

Dima Bilan Dima Nikolayevich Bilan (russian: Ди́ма Никола́евич Била́н; born Viktor Nikolayevich Belan, russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Бела́н, links=no; 24 December 1981) is a Russian singer, songwriter and acto ...

. She progressed to the battle rounds, where she was eliminated from the competition. Following ''Golos deti'', Bogusevich took part in '' New Wave Junior 2014'', as one of the two Russian representatives. She went on to place second in the competition. In April 2017, Bogusevich was confirmed to be taking part in the Russian national selection for the

with the song "Krylya". She later went on to win the national selection, and was awarded the right to represent Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in

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. The song was later given an

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title for Junior Eurovision, "

". At the final on 26 November 2017, Bogusevich was declared the winner of the competition, becoming only the second Russian entrant to win and the first since the

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won the

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Discography

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