Polina Bogusevich
Polina Bogusevich represents Russia with her song Wings in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. She was born in July 2003 in Moscow. She attends school in Moscow and is a student of Igor Krutoy's Academy of Popular Music.In 2014 Polina took part in the first season of The Voice Kids and she won the second prize in the New Wave Junior contest. In 2015, she won the international competition Sanremo Junior 2015 and she rose to the Super Final of the Bitva Talantov song contest in 2016. In 2016, Polina participated in a concert called The First Fifty Years in the Kremlin Palace which was held to celebrate the 50th birthday anniversary of Sergey Zhilin and his orchestra, Fonograf. Polina is the soloist of the orchestra.
Participating in Junior Eurovision Song Contest is a giant step forward in Polina’s career. She cannot say that the only aim of her joining in the contest is winning, Polina wants to gain new experience and skills necessary for moving on in the future. Polina is inspired by watching her idols and their concerts make her realize how much effort and time it will take before she can approach their level of art and skill. The song Wings makes us see that no one is alone in this world. We are all winners in this life no matter where we come from or who we are. We all have equal opportunities and rights. People should not be embarrassed about their appearance or their social status. All of us have the right to love and be happy.
Polina is often asked why in the English part of the song the word “starlight” is mentioned while it is all about the wings. The team decided to use this word “starlight” in the refrain because of the open vowel “a:” which makes the sound more beautiful and resonant. However, as for the final modulated refrain, she performs it in the Russian language because only in her native language can she best express her real feelings and emotions and share them with the audience.
About the song writers and composers
Taras Demchuk has written more than 3000 songs, many of which have been performed by some of the biggest and well-known singers in Russia. he has written three previous Russian Junior Eurovision entries. In 2009 Ekaterina Ryabova performed Little Prince, in 2012 Lerika performed Sensation and in 2013 Dayana Kirillova performed Dream On.
Taras Demchuk also works as a music producer on many different TV shows. Taras has a degree from music school and music college and graduated from piano classes after jiust five years instead of the usual seven. He was also a singer in a choir, soloist, and a performer in different plays.
After graduating from music college in 1998 he entered a music conservatory which helped him to improve his songwriting and composing skills. His favourite music styles are pop and pop-rock. Taras is married and has five children.