With just over two weeks to go until Ukraine selects its representative for Nice, UA:PBC has launched the selection to pick the jurors that will be helping to select the country’s representative for Nice.
The top three artists with most votes will be selected
UA:PBC has put forward seven candidates to be in jury on October 1, and they are:
- ALYONA ALYONA
- Jerry Heil
- Mykhailo Klymenko
- Ihor Kondratyuk
- Kateryna Pavlenko (Monokate)
- Eduard “DILYA” Pristupa
- Pavlo Skorokhodko
- Olena Usenko
The voting will be open for Ukranians on the Diya app, and will be open until September 17. Further information about the voting right here. The three candidates with the highest votes will be selected to be part of the jury.
Ukraine’s Junior Eurovision 2023 selection
Five young artists will be competing in order to represent Ukraine at Junior Eurovision 2023 in Nice. The competing artists, the title of their entry and the respective songwriter are as follows:
| Order | Artist | Entry (Translation) | Writer |
| 1 | Polina Babiy | “Universe” | Polina Babiy |
| 2 | Anastasia Dymyd | “Квітка”(Flower) | Svitlana Tarabarova |
| 3 | Anastasia Belibova | “Сильна” (Strong) | Anastasia Belibova |
| 4 | Denys Hryschuk | “Dance” | Svitlana Tarabarova |
| 5 | 3’Beauties | “Power of Love” | Svitlana Tarabarova |
As they have done over the previous years, Ukraine will be selecting their representative via a mixture of Jury and Audience Vote.
Ukraine’s Junior Eurovision 2023 selection will air on October 1, at 18:00 on the Suspilne Kultura TV Channel and Website; on the junior.eurovision.ua website; and Eurovision Ukraine’s Facebook page and Youtube channel.
Ukraine’s Junior Eurovision Journey
In 2006, Ukraine made their debut to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, with Nazar Slyusarchuk and the song “Khlopchyk Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Хлопчик рок ‘н’ ролл), which placed 9th. Since their debut, the Eastern European nation has participated 16 times, and even won once in 2012 with Anastasiya Petryk and her song “Nebo” (Небо).
In 2022, Ukraine selected its representative through a national final, where Zlata Dziunka won the right to represent the nation with “Nezlamna”, which managed to place 9th receiving 111 points from the jury and online vote.
Are you happy to see Ukraine participating at Junior Eurovision this year? Who do you think should succeed Zlata in Nice? Are you excited for Junior Eurovision 2023? Are you hoping to attend the contest in Nice? Let us know in the comments or on social media. Be sure to follow That Eurovision Site on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
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