Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Ukraine took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2006. Their best result came in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 when Anastasiya Petryk won for Ukraine with "Nebo". Her sister Viktoria Petryk came 2nd at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with "Matrosy".
It was announced in June 2008 that Ukraine has been selected to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2009. The 2009 contest was held at the Palace of Sports in Kiev on 21 November 2009. On 30 November 2013, Ukraine once again hosted the competition, this time at Palace "Ukraine" in Kiev. So on Kiev is the first city to host the contest twice, while Ukraine was then the second country after the Netherlands to host the competition twice. After Kim-Lian van der Meij from the Netherlands, Timur Miroshnychenko was the second person to host Junior Eurovision twice, this time along with Zlata Ognevich.
On 2 July 2018, UA:PBC initially announced that they would not take part in the contest in Minsk, Belarus due to financial difficulties. However, on 2 August 2018, the European Broadcasting Union announced that UA:PBC would participate in 2018.
Participation
Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
Nazar Slyusarchuk | "Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll" | Ukrainian | 9 | 58 | |
Ilona Galitska | "Urok hlamuru" | Ukrainian | 9 | 56 | |
Viktoria Petryk | "Matrosy" | Ukrainian | 2 | 135 | |
Andranik Alexanyan | "Try topoli, try surmy" | Ukrainian | 5 | 89 | |
Yulia Gurska | "Miy litak" | Ukrainian | 14 ◁ | 28 | |
Kristall | "Evropa" | Ukrainian, English | 11 | 42 | |
Anastasiya Petryk | "Nebo" | Ukrainian, English | 1 | 138 | |
Sofia Tarasova | "We Are One" | Ukrainian, English | 2 | 121 | |
Sympho-Nick | "Spring Will Come" | Ukrainian, English | 6 | 74 | |
Anna Trincher | "Pochny z sebe - Start with Yourself" | Ukrainian, English | 11 | 38 | |
Sofia Rol | "Planet Craves for Love" | Ukrainian, English | 14 | 30 | |
Anastasiya Baginska | "Don't Stop" | Ukrainian, English | 7 | 147 | |
Darina Krasnovetska | "Say Love" | Ukrainian, English | 4 | 182 | |
Sophia Ivanko | "The Spirit of Music" | Ukrainian, English | 15 | 59 |
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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. The Ukrainian broadcaster, NTU, 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 | |
Timur Miroshnychenko | |||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Assol | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Assol | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Marietta | ||
Mariya Orlova | Marietta | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Elizabeth Arfush | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Amanda Koenig | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Kristall | ||
Tetiana Terekhova | Elizabeth Arfush | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Sofia Tarasova | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Sofia Kutsenko | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Anna Trincher | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Sofia Rol | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Anastasiya Baginska | ||
Timur Miroshnychenko | Darina Krasnovetska |
Hostings
Year | Location | Venue | Presenters |
Kiev | Palace of Sports | Ani Lorak and Timur Miroshnychenko | |
Kiev | Palace "Ukraine" | Zlata Ognevich and Timur Miroshnychenko |