Polina Bogussevich - Russian singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2017. Member of the television show "Voice. Children."
Childhood and family
Polina Sergeevna Bogussevich was born on July 4, 2003 in Moscow. Polina’s parents do not work as musicians or other specialists in show business, but the singer’s father knows how to play the guitar and piano. The girl’s mother and father were born in Kazakhstan, but they are Russian by nationality, although Julia Vasilyevna, Polina’s mother, also has Korean roots. Polina Bogussevich showed musical abilities in early childhood: the girl sang beautifully, regularly performed at matinees and concerts in kindergarten, which were arranged for parents. Teachers in kindergarten drew parents' attention to the girl's musical talent. This influenced the fact that she was sent to study at a music school, where Polina began to seriously study and improve her skills. The singer later admitted to reporters that the teachers at the music school saw her as a future pianist, but she already showed determination in character and insisted on vocal lessons.
Carier start
In 2012, Polina Bogussevich took part in the Jezerski Biseri music festival for children. It was the ninth international festival and competition of children and youth, organized in Macedonia. In the same year she performed on television projects “Window to Paris” and “School of Music”. For the next two years, the young vocalist performed with a team called the Jazz Band Phonograph, and also participated in the popular phonograph-symphonic jazz orchestra, whose artistic director is Sergey Sergeyevia Zhilin, a famous Russian conductor and composer. Polina Bogussevich also began to vigorously engage in vocals at Igor Krutoy’s Academy and began collaborating with A-TEENS. In 2014, Polina took part in the television shows "Song of the Year 2014", "Christmas Song of the Year 2014" and "Children's Song of the Year 2014".
Participation in the TV show "Voice. Children"
In 2014, the whole of Russia learned about Polina Bogussevich when she took part in the television show "Voice. Children." At the first performance of Polina, Bogussevich Maxim Fadeev, a well-known producer and musician, even compared the singer with Diana Ross. Polina Bogussevich performed the song "Think" by Aretha Franklin, an American performer. Absolutely all the jury members turned to the girl, but Polina chose Dima Bilan as a mentor. Polina said that her manner of performance was influenced by the songs of Ella Fitzgerald, Jennifer Hudson and Christina Aguilera. She also admitted that she dreams of becoming a star and even has already chosen a stage name for herself - Paula. Unfortunately, in the television contest "Voice. Children, " Pauline did not qualify for the finals. She left the project at the stage of "fights".
Career development
In 2016, Polina Bogussevich took part in the next music competition. San Remo It was the sixty-sixth annual music festival and television song contest held in Italy from February 9 to 13. Polina Bogussevich received a first degree diploma there. In 2017, Polina sent an application for participation in the international vocal competition "Junior Eurovision". The auditions were organized at the Artek international children's camp, which is located on the southern coast of Crimea in the village of Gurzuf. The jury of the qualifying round included famous musicians: Grigory Gladkov, Evgeny Krylatov and Dina Garipova, winner of the Voice show. Polina passed the selection and she was honored to represent Russia at the competition in Georgia. The competition took place on November 26, 2017. Pauline sang a song called "Wings", she sang it in Russian and English. It was a song about children who live in dysfunctional families and suffer from it. The text of the composition tells that every young child needs parental love and care. The announcement of the results of the contest was very exciting for Polina: at first she was inferior in the number of votes to Grigol Kipshidze, a young Georgian singer, but in the very end of the audience vote Polina Bogussevich suddenly pulled ahead, and the Georgian performer took only the second place. The margin was small: Polina Bogussevich scored 188 points, and the silver medalist received 185 points. To win the international competition, Polina Bogussevich, according to her, had to miss a lot of classes at the school in order to qualitatively prepare for the competition. Video performances by Polina Bogusevia were distributed on the social network "Instagram" and on the video hosting "YouTube", which made the winner of "Junior Eurovision" known around the world.
