Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Ukraine
Participating broadcasterPublic Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC)
Participation summary
Appearances19
First appearance2006
Highest placement1st: 2012
Host2009, 2013
Participation history
    • 2006
    • 2007
    • 2008
    • 2009
    • 2010
    • 2011
    • 2012
External links
UA:PBC page
Ukraine's page at JuniorEurovision.tv Edit this at Wikidata
For the most recent participation see
Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Ukraine has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2006. Ukrainian public broadcaster UA:PBC, has been responsible for the participation.

History

Ukraine won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Nebo" performed by Anastasiya Petryk. Her sister, Viktoria Petryk, reached 2nd place at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with "Matrosy".

The country hosted the 2009 contest at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv on 21 November 2009. On 30 November 2013, Ukraine once again hosted the competition, this time at Palace "Ukraine" in Kyiv. Kyiv is the first city to host the contest twice, while Ukraine was then the second country after the Netherlands to host the competition twice.

On 2 July 2018, UA:PBC initially announced that they would not take part in the 2018 contest in Minsk, Belarus due to financial difficulties.[1] However, on 2 August 2018, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that UA:PBC would participate in 2018.[2]

Participation overview

Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
◁ Last place
† Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2006 Nazar Slyusarchuk "Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll" (Хлопчик рок 'н' ролл) Ukrainian 9 58
2007 Ilona Halytska "Urok hlamuru" (Урок гламуру) Ukrainian 9 56
2008 Viktoria Petryk "Matrosy" (Матроси) Ukrainian 2 135
2009 Andranik Alexanyan "Try topoli, try surmy" (Три тополі, три сурми) Ukrainian 5 89
2010 Yuliya Gurska "Miy litak" (Мій літак) Ukrainian 14 ◁ 28
2011 Kristall "Evropa" (Європа) Ukrainian, English 11 42
2012 Anastasiya Petryk "Nebo" (Небо) Ukrainian, English 1 138
2013 Sofia Tarasova "We Are One" Ukrainian, English 2 121
2014 Sympho-Nick "Spring Will Come" Ukrainian, English 6 74
2015 Anna Trincher "Pochny z sebe" (Почни з себе) Ukrainian, English 11 38
2016 Sofia Rol "Planet Craves for Love" Ukrainian, English 14 30
2017 Anastasiya Baginska "Don't Stop" Ukrainian, English 7 147
2018 Darina Krasnovetska "Say Love" Ukrainian, English 4 182
2019 Sophia Ivanko "The Spirit of Music" Ukrainian, English 15 59
2020 Oleksandr Balabanov "Vidkryvai (Open Up)" (Відкривай) Ukrainian, English 7 106
2021 Olena Usenko "Vazhil" (Важіль) Ukrainian 6 125
2022 Zlata Dziunka "Nezlamna (Unbreakable)" (Незламна) Ukrainian, English 9 111
2023 Anastasia Dymyd "Kvitka" (Квітка) Ukrainian, English 5 128
2024 Artem Kotenko "Hear Me Now" Ukrainian, English 3 203

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[3] The Ukrainian broadcaster sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the Ukrainian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Ukraine. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2005.

Year Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
2005 Timur Miroshnychenko Did not participate
[4]
2006 Assol
[5]
2007
2008 Marietta
2009 Mariya Orlova
2010 Timur Miroshnychenko Elizabeth Arfush
2011 Amanda Koenig
[6]
2012 Kristall
2013 Tetiana Terekhova Elizabeth Arfush
[7]
2014 Timur Miroshnychenko Sofia Tarasova
2015 Sofia Kutsenko
2016 Anna Trincher
[8]
2017 Sofia Rol
[9]
2018 Anastasiya Baginska
[10][11]
2019 Darina Krasnovetska
[12][13]
2020 Sophia Ivanko
[14][15]
2021 Viktor Diachenko Oleksandr Balabanov
[16][17]
2022 Timur Miroshnychenko Mykola Oliinyk
[18][19]
2023 Zlata Dziunka
[20][21][22]
2024 Anastasia Dymyd
[23][24][25]

Hostings

Year Location Venue Presenters
2009 Kyiv Palace of Sports Ani Lorak and Timur Miroshnychenko
2013 Palace "Ukraine" Zlata Ognevich and Timur Miroshnychenko

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ukraine: Withdraws from Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix. 2 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Surprise!Ukraine joins as 20th country for Minsk 2018". EBU. 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Тімур Мірошниченко – український Террі Уоган (Timur Miroshnychenko – Ukrainian Terry Wogan)". NTU. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  5. ^ «Дитяче Євробачення» як взірець для дорослого (in Ukrainian). Telekritika. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  6. ^ ДПКЄ-2011: церемонія відкриття. National Television Company of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 3 December 2011. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  7. ^ Дитяче Євробачення-2013 [The First Channel – Junior Eurovision 2013] (in Ukrainian). NRCU. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  8. ^ Granger, Anthony (22 November 2017). "Ukraine: Timur Miroshnychenko To Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2017". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Ukraine: Timur Miroshnychenko To Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2017". Eurovoix. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  10. ^ Herbert, Emily (23 November 2018). "Ukraine: Timur Miroshnychenko to Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  11. ^ Granger, Anthony (21 November 2018). "Ukraine: UA:PBC To Broadcast Junior Eurovision on Three Channels". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  12. ^ "ᴅᴀʀɪɴᴀ ᴋʀᴀsɴᴏᴠᴇᴛsᴋᴀ on Instagram: "З радістю передаю естафету @sophy.ivanko 🤝🇺🇦 Я знаю яке це важке та відповідальне завдання – представляти свою країну на міжнародному…"" (in Ukrainian). 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 18 November 2019 – via Instagram.
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  18. ^ Granger, Anthony (2022-12-10). "🇺🇦 Ukraine: Timur Miroshnychenko Commentator For Junior Eurovision 2022". Eurovoix.com.
  19. ^ "Дитяче Євробачення-2022: голосуйте за Україну!". suspilne.media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  20. ^ "Тімур Мірошниченко та Анна Тульєва стануть ведучими фіналу Нацвідбору на Дитяче Євробачення" [Timur Miroshnichenko and Anna Tullieva to host the final of the National Final to Junior Eurovision Song Contest]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian). 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  21. ^ "Дитяче Євробачення 2023: де дивитися та як голосувати за Україну" [Junior Eurovision 2023: where to watch and how to vote for Ukraine]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian). 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  22. ^ Andersson, Rafaell (2023-11-24). "Ukraine: Zlata Dziunka Spokesperson For Junior Eurovision 2023". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
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