Ukraine has selected its act for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025. 10-year-old Sofiia Nersesian will fly the Ukrainian flag in Tbilisi with the song “Motanka”.
Sofiia wins Junior Vidbir 2025
The final of Junior Vidbir 2025 took place on 12 October, hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko, Masha Kondratenko, and Anna Tulyeva.
Six acts competed, with the result decided by a 50/50 combination of jury and public voting through the Diia app.
The jury for this year’s selection included:
- Vlad Darwin – singer and songwriter
- Natela Chkhartishvili-Zatsarynna – general producer of music channels M1 and M2
- Michelle Andrade – singer and performer
Sofiia earned 11 points, receiving the highest score from both the jury and the public. Zlata Ivaniv & Vladyslav Vasytskyi finished second with “Zorianyi chas” on 8 points.
Ukraine’s Junior Eurovision journey
In 2006, Ukraine made their debut in 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 17 times, and even won once in 2012 with Anastasiya Petryk and her song “Nebo” (Небо).
Following a fifth-place finish in 2023, Ukraine achieved another top-five finish in 2024, when Artem Kotenko and his song “Hear Me Now” placed third. He placed second in both individual voting categories, receiving 122 points from the jury and 81 from the televote, but was ultimately beaten out by Georgia and Portugal, respectively.
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