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.
Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
 The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Russia-1 (RTR).
 The Tolmachevy Sisters, winners of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, represented Russia with the song "Shine", which qualified from the first semi-final and placed 7th in the final, scoring 89 points.
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.
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.
Russia participated in and hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Believe" performed by Dima Bilan.
 The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia (C1R).
 Anastasia Prikhodko represented Russia with the song "Mamo", which scored 91 points in the final and finished in 11th place.
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.
Sofiya Marinova Kamenova, better known as Sofi Marinova (Bulgarian: Софи Маринова , ] ), (born 5 December 1975 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian pop-folk and ethno-pop singer of Romani descent.
 She is one of the most popular singers in Bulgaria, famed for her extreme five-octave vocal range.
 She has won multiple music awards and contests.
 Оften called "the Romani pearl" and "the Romani nightingale", she is compared to Bulgarian pop singer, Lili Ivanova.
 In February 2012 she won the Bulgarian Eurovision national final with the song "Love Unlimited", thus becoming the representative of Bulgaria in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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.
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 participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin, Ireland.
 This was Russia's first entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.
 The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Russian broadcaster Rossiya Channel (RTR).
 Youddiph represented Russia with the song "Vechni stranik", which placed 9th and scored 70 points at the contest.

Question: The Russian entry in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest was which ethno-pop band consisting of eight elderly women?
Answer: Buranovskiye Babushki