Russia won the the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 with Buranovskiye Babushki, a band consisting of how many people?
eight elderly women
Buranovskiye Babushki
Buranovskiye Babushki (Russian: Бурановские Бабушки , ] ; Udmurt: Брангуртысь песянайёс , "Brangurtyś Pesänajos"; meaning "Buranovo Grannies") is a Russian (Udmurtian) ethno-pop band containing eight elderly women.
 They are from the village of Buranovo (Brangurt), Udmurtia, halfway between the Volga and the Urals in Russia.
 Buranovskiye Babushki represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan where they finished second.
 The band consists of eight "grandmothers", but only six were allowed to appear on the Eurovision stage due to contest rules.
 The band performs most of their songs in the Udmurt language.
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Russia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 20 times since their debut in 1994 and has participated from 2000 to 2016.
 Russia won the 2008 contest with Dima Bilan performing the song "Believe".
 Russia co-holds (with Sweden ) the record for the most top five finishes in the 21st century; finishing second with Alsou in 2000 , Dima Bilan in 2006 , Buranovskiye Babushki in 2012 and Polina Gagarina in 2015 ; third with t.A.T.u. in 2003 , Serebro in 2007 and Sergey Lazarev in 2016 , and fifth with Dina Garipova in 2013 , for a total of nine top five results.
Party for Everybody
"Party for Everybody" was the Russian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 sung by Buranovskiye Babushki (The Grannies from Buranovo).
 The song won Russia's national song selection, which took place on March 7, 2012, in Moscow. Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The participation of Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
 Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) were responsible for the selection process of their participation.
 The only representative to participate for the nation was Kids.il with the song "Let the Music Win", which finished in eighth place out of twelve participating entries, achieving a score of sixty-eight points.
 Israel withdrew from competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2013, and also sat out of the 2014 and 2015 contests.
 However, following their success at the 2015 and 2016 Eurovision Song Contests, IBA expressed an interest in making a return to competing at Junior Eurovision.
 It was announced on the 28 September 2016 that Israel would indeed return to the contest in 2016, with their entrant being selected internally.
 As of Junior Eurovision 2016, Israel have awarded the most points to Armenia and the Netherlands , and received the most points from Ukraine . Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
 The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Russian broadcaster RTR.
 Buranovskiye Babushki represented Russia with the song "Party for Everybody", which qualified from the first semi-final and went on to place 2nd in the final, scoring 259 points. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the thirteenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and took place, for the first time, in Bulgaria.
 The Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT was the host broadcaster for the event.
 The final took place on 21 November 2015 and was held at the Arena Armeec in Sofia.
 Poli Genova, a Bulgarian singer and former representative of Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, hosted the show.
 A total of seventeen countries participated, with Australia and Ireland making their debuts.
 Albania and Macedonia returned after being absent since the 2012 and 2013 contests, respectively.
 Croatia and Cyprus withdrew after returning in the 2014 edition , while Sweden withdrew for the first time since 2008. Anri Jokhadze
Anri Jokhadze (Georgian: ანრი ჯოხაძე ; born 6 November 1980) is a Georgian pop singer from Tbilisi who represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "I'm a Joker".
 The singer is a winner and laureate of 13 international contests.
 Prior to his appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Anri Jokhadze has also represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 as a backing vocalist for Diana Gurtskaya and her song "Peace Will Come."
 Besides, he is the composer of the Georgian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, "Keep the Faith" sung by Tamara Gachechiladze. Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The participation of Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 which took place in Bucharest, Romania.
 Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), were responsible for the selection process of their participation.
 Portugal used a national selection format, broadcasting a show entitled ""Festival da Canção Junior"", for their participation at the contests.
 This was a junior version of Festival da Canção, the national music competition organised by broadcaster RTP to choose the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.
 The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2006 contest was Pedro Madeira with the song "Deixa-me sentir", which finished in second-last place out of fifteen participating entries, achieving a score of twenty-two points.
 Portugal withdrew from competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2008, and will return for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The participation of Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began in Rotterdam, Netherlands, at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
 Bulgarian National Television (BNT), a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), have been responsible for the selection process of their participants, since their debut in 2007.
 The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2007 contest was Bon-Bon with the song "Bonbolandiya", which finished in seventh place out of seventeen participating entries, achieving a score of eighty-six points.
 There has been four absences from the competition, those being in 2009 , 2010 , 2012 and 2013 .
 Bulgaria's most recent return to the contest in 2014 proved to be successful, when Krisia, Hasan & Ibrahim represented them with the song "Planet of the Children", achieving one-hundred and forty-seven points and finishing in second place out of sixteen participating countries, the country's best ever result in a Eurovision competition.
 They hosted the contest at Arena Armeec in 2015 .
 On 11 June 2016, Lidia Ganeva won the national selection ""Decata na Bulgaria sa super"", earning the right to represent Bulgaria at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, in Valletta, Malta.
 Ganeva performed the internally selected song "Magical Day (Valsheben den)" at the contest.
 She received one-hundred and sixty-one points and therefore finished ninth out of seventeen participating countries. Kids Jury in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The use of a Kids' Jury in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was first introduced at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, as part of a new voting system for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest following discussions between the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), KidsRights Foundation, and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 host broadcaster Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO).
 Three of the four spokespersons who announced the jury points at each annual contest were former winners of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
 As of 2016, the results of each country's Kids' Jury have been integrated with the adult jury to give out two sets of 1-8, 10, and 12 points per country.