Junior Eurovision 2023: Watch the exclusive rehearsal footage from today’s second rehearsals!

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The preparations in Nice for the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest are on fire and it is now a wrap for the fourth day of this year’s technical rehearsals. Following their first rehearsals on Tuesday, the representatives from nine out of the sixteen participating countries, took the stage of Palais Nikaia today for their second rehearsals.

The second rehearsals gave the opportunity to the delegations to fix any mistakes spotted on the first rehearsals as well as to help the young artists feel more safe and familiar with the big stage. Meanwhile clips from this rehearsals’ stage will be used in the recap video for the first phase of the Online Voting, which is conducted before the show.

The first and second rehearsals were not open to journalists and we could only take a glimpse of what the young artists have prepared via photos. EBU has just uploaded through the official Junior Eurovision channel in YouTube a recap of today’s rehearsals. Specifically, we will have the chance to watch exclusive TV footage of today’s rehearsals.

The countries that had their second rehearsals today were the following:

Estonia

https://youtu.be/i8HMH1sgikE?si=rjcq0_bA5N3vAAf5

Georgia

https://youtu.be/36o-5qwLJqU?si=bNbNd1yANbkQ4MIR

Germany

https://youtu.be/vHXiFpypviE?si=55u5z022N-uO-QDR

Malta

https://youtu.be/p9G64cp3JQQ?si=lk92tw8VJ-gPt2Ec

The Netherlands

https://youtu.be/URRzULDz84g?si=3Le4QOId94fyyAhA

North Macedonia

https://youtu.be/LLNxYIgwyig?si=mRDmJX_puldMVMqF

Ukraine

https://youtu.be/dUa5F3hw-SM?si=5ruV8AZvIpp9D3ob

United Kingdom

https://youtu.be/L5M8i638qrc?si=yvuAccJD5CwK10Cy

Portugal

https://youtu.be/5FAlQ_l1wew?si=N8u-OLY6GDtnNwn-

Moreover, you can also watch a recap of today’s rehearsals below, followed by a small introduction of our little friends:

What’s next?

Tomorrow, the seven remaining countries will have their second rehearsals. Following the conclusion of tomorrow’s rehearsals, the first phase of the Online Voting, which will determine 50% of Sunday’s results, will begin. The voting will remain open throughout Saturday, will then close just before the show and will reopen shortly after the final performance of the show for approximately fifteen minutes.

The 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place on November 26 in Nice, France, following Lissandro’s win last year in Yerevan with “Oh maman!”. It will be the second time in just three years that France will host the big event, with the first being in 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKn-RAOwpCA

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Junior Eurovision 2023: The first rehearsals of the 16 participating countries!

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The 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest is just around the corner. Artists from sixteen different countries have arrived in Nice, where they will have the opportunity to sing live in front of millions of audience.

Those “Heroes” have been preparing for months and they have just underwent their first technical rehearsals at the stage of Palais Nikaia, where the main event will take place. The First Rehearsals began yesterday and were concluded today.

As in the adult Eurovision, no journalists were allowed to watch the first rehearsals. Moreover, there were no rehearsal clips uploaded. Hence, there is no audiovisual material, except some photos uploaded on the official social media accounts of the competition. You can take a sneak peak of what all those young performers have prepared, below:

Albania – Viola Gjyzeli

Armenia – Yan Girls

Estonia – ARHANNA

Georgia – Anastasia and Ranina

Germany – Fia

France – Zoé Clauzure

Ireland – Jessica McKean

Italy – Melissa and Ranya

Malta – Yulan

Netherlands – Sep and Jasmijn

North Macedonia – Tamara Grujeska

Poland – Maja Krzyżewska

Portugal – Júlia Machado

Spain – Sandra Valero

Ukraine – Anastasia Dymyd

United Kingdom – STAND UNIQU3

The running order

After a draw was held, the running order of the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest was decided as following:

  1. Spain
  2. Malta
  3. Ukraine
  4. Ireland
  5. United Kingdom
  6. North Macedonia
  7. Estonia
  8. Armenia
  9. Poland
  10. Georgia
  11. Portugal
  12. France
  13. Albania
  14. Italy
  15. Germany
  16. The Netherlands

What’s next?

Following the second rehearsals of the sixteen participants, a snippet of each country’s performance will be uploaded on JuniorEurovisio.tv and so will commence marks the first phase of the Online Voting, which will determine 50 percent of the total outcome. The online voting platform will close just before the show starts on Sunday and will re-open for a while after all the performances. For more information on how to vote, check this out:

https://youtu.be/3lzh9b3hq1w

Junior Eurovision 2023 will take place at Palais Nikaia, in the city of Nice, France, next Sunday 26 November. The contest will be hosted by France for the second time after Lissandro won the 2022 contest in Armenia with his song “Oh maman!”.

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Junior Eurovision 2023: The running order of the show!

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In just less than a week, the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place live from Nice, France, following Lissandro’s win last year in Yerevan.

It is the second time in Junior Eurovision Contest’s history that the contest is being held in France, with the last time being just two years, which proves the powerhouse that France has begun in the contest.

Tonight, live from Hotel Negresco, located on the much-publicised Promenade des Anglais, the opening ceremony took place. The event was hosted by Carla Lazzari, the French representative at Junior Eurovision 2019 and presenter Manon Théodet.

During the opening ceremony a draw was held in order to determine three spots in Sunday’s show running order:

  • the country that will open the show and perform at spot number one
  • the country that will close the show and perform at spot number sixteen
  • the running order spot in which the host country, namely France, will perform

The draw was conducted by Lissandro, last year’s Junior Eurovision winner with the following outcome:

  • Spain will perform at spot number one
  • France will perform at spot number twelve
  • The Netherlands will close the show, at spot number sixteen

The rest of the running order was decided by the organizers of the show and it was now revealed.

Hence, the final running order of the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest is the following:

  1. Spain
  2. Malta
  3. Ukraine
  4. Ireland
  5. United Kingdom
  6. North Macedonia
  7. Estonia
  8. Armenia
  9. Poland
  10. Georgia
  11. Portugal
  12. France
  13. Albania
  14. Italy
  15. Germany
  16. The Netherlands

What’s next?

The following days the first and second technical rehearsals of the participating countries will take place.

Following the second rehearsals, a snippet of each country’s performance will be uploaded online and that marks the beginning of the first phase of the Online Voting, which will determine 50 percent of the total outcome. The online voting platform will close just before the show starts on Sunday and will re-open for a while after all the performances. For more information on how to vote, check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lzh9b3hq1w

Junior Eurovision 2023 will take place at Palais Nikaia, in the city of Nice, France, next Sunday 26 November. The contest will be hosted by France for the second time after Lissandro won the 2022 contest in Armenia with his song “Oh maman!”.

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Jamala on the Russian government’s wanted list!

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Jamala, who won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine and is of Tatar heritage, was discovered to be on the Russian government’s wanted list earlier today, according to reports from the RIA and TASS news agencies.

More precisely, the singer is being prosecuted for allegedly disparaging Moscow’s armed forces, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Jamala is renowned for her efforts to enlighten and raise the public’s awareness of the situation in Ukraine following the Russian invasion. She has publicly criticized the Russian regime on multiple occasions in this regard, which infuriated Moscow and brought about this situation.

Her Eurovision entry was also politically fraught as it discussed the 1944 expulsion and ethnic cleansing of the Crimean Tatars by Stalin’s Soviet authority. She stated that the song was also referencing the 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea in addition to this historical occurrence.

Using an emoji to convey her displeasure, Jamala, who is now touring Australia to raise funds for the bolstering of the Ukrainian army, responded to the news through an instagram story:

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Source: POLITICO 

 

 

Junior Eurovision 2023: Opening ceremony today!

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The week of Junior Eurovision 2023 has arrived! In less than seven days we will know the winner of the 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held this year in Nice, France, with the Western European powerhouse hosting the contest for the second time in just three years.

The traditional opening ceremony to welcome all the delegations will take place today at the Hotel Negresco located on the much-publicised Promenade des Anglais at 17:00 CET. The event will be broadcast live on France TV and on the official YouTube channel of the contest.

The event will be hosted by Carla Lazzari, France’s representative at Junior Eurovision 2019 and presenter Manon Théodet.

Each of the sixteen delegations will be welcomed in Nice by journalist Laura Tenoudji and digital ambassador Ophénya. The ceremony will also include performances by each of France’s Junior Eurovision representatives since their return to the contest in 2018, with the singers performing parts of their songs.

During the opening ceremony , three places in the performance order will be determined. Following a draw, the countries that will open and close Sunday’s contest will be known, as well as the order of appearance for host France.

The remaining 13 places in the line-up will be known after the opening ceremony, with full details to be announced on the official website of the contest.

16 countries will compete in the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest, whose participants and their songs are:

🇦🇱 Albania Viola Gjyzeli – “Bota ime“
🇦🇲 Armenia Yan Girls – “Do It My Way”
🇲🇰 North Macedonia Tamara Grujeska – “Kaži mi, kaži mi koj“
🇫🇷 France Zoé Clauzure – “Coeur”
🇩🇪 Germany Fia – “Ohne Worte”
🇬🇪 Georgia Anastasia and Ranina – “Over the Sky”
🇪🇪 Estonia Arhanna – “Hoiame kokku”
🇬🇧 United Kingdom Stand Uniqu3 – “Back to Life”
🇮🇪 Ireland Jessica McKean – “Aisling”
🇪🇸 Spain Sandra Valero – “Loviu”
🇮🇹 Italy Melissa and Ranya – “Un mondo giusto”
🇲🇹 Malta Yulan – “Stronger”
🇳🇱 Netherlands Sep and Jasmijn – “Holding On to You”
🇵🇱 Poland Maja Krzyżewska – “I Just Need a Friend”
🇵🇹 Portugal Júlia Machado – “Where I Belong”
🇺🇦 Ukraine Anastasia Dymyd – “Kvitka”

Junior Eurovision 2023 will take place at Palais Nikaia, in the city of Nice, France, next Sunday 26 November. The contest will be hosted by France for the second time after Lissandro won the 2022 contest in Armenia with his song “Oh maman!”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOf_y8Tz6uw

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Ukraine: These are the ten finalists of Vidbir 2024!

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Around a week ago, Suspilne revealed the twenty artists longlisted for Vidbir 2024. The twenty artists longlisted were those advanced to the next stage of the competition, the “Live Auditions” stage. This stage was used in order to determine the participants of Vidbir 2024 televised final scheduled to air in February.

Hence, following a week of auditions, Suspilne announced the ten artists along with their song titles that have qualified to the final of the competition.

The ten finalists of Vidbir 2024 are the following:

  • Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil — “Teresa & Maria”
  • Drevo — “Endless chain”
  • INGRET — “Keeper”
  • MÉLOVIN — “DREAMER”
  • NAHABA — “GLASS”
  • NAZVA — “Slavic English”
  • SKYLERR — “Time is running out”
  • YAGODY — “Tsunamia”
  • YAKTAK — “Lalala”
  • Ziferblat — “Place I Call Home”

What’s next for Vidbir 2024?

  • Among the remaining competitors, who were not advanced to the final at this stage, an online voting will be held in order to determine one more participant to the televised final of Vidbir 2024. The online public vote for the extra spot in Vidbir 2024 final will be conducted in December.
  • The final line-up will be revealed by December 29, 2023.
  • While, the songs of the remaining ten artists will be revealed to public, so that the online voting can be conducted, the ten songs that have already made it to the final will be published in early 2024, as we approach the date of the national selection.

The televised final of Vidbir 2024 will be held in February 2024. The winner will be determined by public and jury voting. Also, the composition of the jury will be decided by the Ukrainian public at a later time through online voting.

The previous winners of Vidbir and Ukraine’s representatives in Eurovision 2023, were Tvorchi with their song “Heart of Steel”, ending up in sixth place of the Grand Final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2oqDpefJ1s&feature=youtu.be

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Source: Suspilne

Ukraine: The Live Auditions of Vidbir 2024 have started!

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Just a few days prior, Suspilne has revealed the twenty artists that will compete in Vidbir 2024 in order to represent Ukraine in Eurovision 2024. The twenty artists announced were those longlisted to advance to the “Live Auditions”, which would then determine the participants of Vidbir’s 2024 televised final.

While, the reveal of the final line-up will take place no later than November 20, the Live Auditions started in Ukraine. A couple days prioe, half of the participants longlisted were auditioned, with Suspilne providing us with a backstage video on the first day of Vidbir 2024 Live Auditions.

The participants auditioned first were the following:

  • Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil
  • ANKA
  • Carpetman
  • Drevo
  • INGRET
  • KARYOTYPE
  • KRYLATA
  • MÉLOVIN
  • NAZVA
  • PARFENIUK

What’s next for Vidbir 2024?

The remaining ten participants are expected to audition in the coming days:

  • SHÉPA
  • SKYLERR
  • STASYA
  • SWOIIA
  • TESLENKO
  • YAGODY
  • YAKTAK
  • Ziferblat
  • Julia Belei
  • NAHABA

Based on the Live Auditions’ result, the aforementioned longlisted participants will be reduced to ten.

Moreover, among the remaining competitors, who were not advanced to the final at this stage, an online voting will be held in order to determine one more participant to the televised final of Vidbir 2024.

The ten finalists, decided by their Live Auditions’ result, will be announced no later than November 20. Meanwhile, we expect the online public vote for the extra spot, following the announcement of the other ten finalists.

The televised final of Vidbir 2024 will be held in February 2024. The winner will be determined by public and jury voting. Also, the composition of the jury will be decided by the Ukrainian public at a later time through online voting.

The previous winners of Vidbir and Ukraine’s representatives in Eurovision 2023, were Tvorchi with their song “Heart of Steel”, ending up in sixth place of the Grand Final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2oqDpefJ1s&feature=youtu.be

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Ukraine: These are the 20 artists longlisted for Vidbir 2024!

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Vidbir will remain as the country’s national selection format for Eurovision 2024. Having received 389 submissions in total, Suspilne has reviewed the proposals and now revealed the 20 participants who will advance to the next stage of the competition.

The longlisted participants who have advanced to the “Live Auditions” stage are the following:

  • Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil
  • ANKA
  • Carpetman
  • Drevo
  • INGRET
  • Julia Belei
  • KARYOTYPE
  • KRYLATA
  • MÉLOVIN
  • NAHABA
  • NAZVA
  • PARFENIUK
  • SHÉPA
  • SKYLERR
  • STASYA
  • SWOIIA
  • TESLENKO
  • YAGODY
  • YAKTAK
  • Ziferblat

Dmytro Shurov (Pianoboy), the music producer of the National Selection for Eurovision 2024, noted that all the artists who made it to the longlist are different and unique.

“Ukraine, I am very happy to present to you twenty artists who will compete this year for the opportunity to represent you at Eurovision 2024! All of them are different and original, but they are united by a warm heart, talent and a huge thirst for Victory. I am grateful to each of them for the sincere and creative energy they put into their songs. And I am especially grateful to everyone who did not have enough space in the top twenty – you made this selection possible by creating this powerful charge. Next year will be a new story and a new chance. And today it’s us.” 

What’s next for Vidbir 2024?

The aforementioned are just the longlisted competitors for Vidbir 2024. These twenty selected artists will go through a live audition, and based on the result, they will be reduced to ten.

Moreover, among the remaining ten longlisted competitors, an online voting will be held in order to determine one more participant to the televised final of Vidbir 2024.

The ten finalists, decided based on their live audition result, will be announced no later than November 20. Meanwhile, we expect the online public vote for the extra spot, after the announcement of the other ten finalists.

The televised final of Vidbir 2024 will be held in February 2024. The winner will be determined by public and jury voting. Also, the composition of the jury will be decided by the Ukrainian public at a later time through online voting.

The previous winners of Vidbir and Ukraine’s representatives in Eurovision 2023, were Tvorchi with their song “Heart of Steel”, ending up in sixth place of the Grand Final.

https://youtu.be/I2oqDpefJ1s

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Ukraine: Suspilne received 389 submissions for Vidbir 2024!

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Suspilne, the public broadcaster of Ukraine, announced that they have received 389 submissions for their national final, from 288 artists, with 222 of the proposals being from solo singers.

The application period for the national final of Eurovision 2024 lasted from August 30 until October 22. The names of the artists who qualify to the next phase of the selection will be announced by November 9.

Vidbir 2024 music producer Dmytro Shurov (Pianoboy) reports that among the proposals, he heard something new that could surprise the whole world:

“Ukrainians, thank you for each of the 389 applications! I can already say that among them there are at least four hundred percent hits, ten potential hits, several interesting comebacks and something new that, I hope, will surprise us and the whole world. I am grateful to all musicians, producers, arrangers and authors for their efforts and soul. I know how difficult it is psychologically to be creative now, but I am proud that artists do not give up in their work, but develop and move forward. 

The national selection, as always, will breathe new Ukrainian music, will give a feel of what those who walk on the edge of modern pop culture and are desperately looking for themselves in this turbulent world are living now. Of course, I can never have enough music, and I always want to hear even more ideas, melodies and thoughts, so I advise everyone who did not have time to apply this year, but dreams of being heard, to start preparing their tracks for the next selection right now. Because, quoting the classics, “time flies.” And you and I will very soon start choosing our star for Eurovision 2024 .”

Within the submission period, Suspilne received 337 songs, with nearly 15% of the artists submitting more than one track. The main language of the songs is Ukrainian, at a rate of 57.5%. Accordingly, 33% are in English, about 9% are bilingual, and 0.5% are in other languages.

This year the artists that will be selected will not exceed 20. Then, according to the rules, they will go through a live audition, and based on the result, this number will be reduced to ten. Finally, from the artists who did not advance to the final, one will be selected through online public voting to participate in the national final.

The national final will take place on February 25 in the form of a televised concert. As in previous years, the winner will be determined by public and jury voting. The composition of the jury will be decided by the Ukrainian public at a later time through online voting.

The previous winners of Vidbir and Ukraine’s representatives in Eurovision 2024, were Tvorchi with their song “Heart of Steel”, ending up in sixth place of the Grand Final:

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Source: Suspilne

Ukraine: Over 65 songs have been submitted for Eurovision 2024!

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The deadline for applications to Vidbir 2024, the national competition wherein Ukraine’s representative for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen, is approaching in less than two weeks.

More specifically, interested artists are asked to submit proposals to the country’s public television by October 22.

According to a Facebook post by the Ukrainian broadcaster, 65 songs have already been submitted:

The guidelines for taking part in Vidbir 2024 are covered in detail in our article.

With a score of 243, Tvorchi, who represented Ukraine the previous year, came in sixth with the song “Heart of Steel”. Will Ukraine enter the top ten for a third consecutive year?

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