Earlier today, Khabar, the public broadcaster of Kazakhstan, announced through the director of content acquisition, that the country will not return to Junior Eurovision 2024, having the 2022 contest as its last participation!
It is now official! Cyprus, one of the contest’s founding members, returns to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the first time after seven years.
Moreover, RIK, the Cypriot broadcaster, has also revealed its representative as well, the 11-year-old Maria Pissarides.
The eleven-year-old Maria Pissarides will participate in Junior Eurovision 2024, being the nation’s tenth representative in the contest. Maria Pissarides is a singer, actress, and dancer and has also studied music theory at a London-based institution.
Maria exhibited a passion for performance from a very young age, while in her home country of Cyprus. She is an enthusiast of the arts and, although her initial steps were in dancing, over time she is progressing on to musical theatre.
Maria has held leading roles in multiple shows within her community, including an adaptation of Matilda. She also likes to write lyrics and has taken part in the European Radio 2023 song writing and singing competition, achieving third place with her team.
Currently, at 11 years of age, Maria is a full-time student at a performing arts school in the UK and seeks every opportunity to progress and learn new skills. Maria’s favourite day would include watching movies, drawing, playing with her dog, eating chocolate and berries and spending time with her two brothers!
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Maria’s song as well as the music video will be revealed by RIK at a later stage. In fact, Maria’s entry is written by Sofia Patsalides, the Cypriot entrant in Junior Eurovision 2014.
In the meantime, the dancers who will join Maria Pissarides on the stage in Madrid will be selected through auditions conducted by RIK as well as the spokesperson of the Cypriot votes, who will travel with the delegation in Madrid. The stage performance will be conducted by the British creative director Layla Ellison.
Cyprus is the sixteenth country to confirm its participation in the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, though another country is also expected to make its return. As we had exclusively informed you before, two countries would make its return in Madrid, with the first ultimately being Cyprus. Regarding the second country, announcements are expected soon.
This year will mark Cyprus’ tenth participation in the contest. The country’s best result is eighth place, in 2004 and 2006, while Cyprus’ last appearance in the contest, in 2017, also marks its worst placement, finishing last.
Will Maria Passarides manage to bring Cyprus its best Junior Eurovision result? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!
The list of countries that will participate in Junior Eurovision 2024 on November 16 in Madrid is expected with surprises. According to our exclusive information two countries will finally be returning to the competition, bringing the final list of participating countries to 17! Read more
It is now official. GPB confirmed that the eleven-year-old Andria Putkaradze will represent the country in Junior Eurovision 2024.
Andria Putkaradze was declared officially as the Georgian representative one month following Georgia’s participation announcement and two months following the conclusion of Ranina 2024, the national selection process for Junior Eurovision.
Andria Putkaradze competed along with two other young artists in the final of Ranina 2024. Specifically, the artists competing in Ranina 2024 were the following:
All three artists performed covers of patriotic songs composed by Gogi Dolidze, as the day of Ranina’s final collided with the Georgian Independence Day.
The winner was crowned after the decision of a three member professional jury who selected the Georgian representative based on four criteria: vocals, performance, artistry and collaboration. Meanwhile the exact result has not yet been revealed.
Andria Putkaradze is the successor of Anastasia and Ranina, who represented Georgia last year with their song “Over The Sky”.
The 22nd edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row.
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Greece is not set to return to Junior Eurovision 2024 either, continuing its long absence from the children’s song contest.
ERT’s last participation in the Junior Eurovision was in the distant 2008. Since then, for various reasons, the main one being the lack of interest, the Greek public television has not returned to the competition.
Junior Eurovision 2024 is set to take place on November 16 in Madrid. 14 countries have already confirmed their participation with more expected to be announced in the near future.
As we have already informed you with our previous exclusive article, at least one more country comeback is going to happen at Junior Eurovision 2024.
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Today saw the announcement of another Junior Eurovision 2024 contestant, this one from the Iberian Peninsula. Not only was Portugal’s participation in Junior Eurovision 2024 announced during the “The Voice Kids” finale, but the nation’s representative was also disclosed.
In particular, Victória Nicole was selected right away by RTP to represent Portugal in the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Madrid, after she emerged victorious in the fifth season of “The Voice Kids” in Portugal.
Victória’s song will be decided internally and released at a later stage.
A winner of “The Voice of Portugal” has previously been awarded a golden ticket to Junior Eurovision. The nations’ representatives in the children’s competition were also crowned as the winners of “The Voice of Portugal” in 2021 and 2023, while the runner-up of the talent show in 2022 represented Portugal in Yerevan.
Victoria Nicole is 13 years old, she plays the piano and the ukulele and she’s also a theatre kid. She started singing at the age of 5 and also enjoys writing songs, as it makes her to feel free. Her dream is to become a professional singer.
The 22nd edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row.
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Until know, Georgia’s participation in Madrid was not officially confirmed. A month following the conclusion of Ranina 2024, the Georgian national selection process for Junior Eurovision, comes the confirmation of GPB’s participation in Junior Eurovision 2024.
However, it is not official whether Andria Putkaradze, the winner of Ranina 2024, will also serve as Georgia’s representative in Junior Eurovision 2024. The Georgian representative will soon be announced according to GPB.
Andria Putkaradze competed along with two other young artists in the final of Ranina 2024. Specifically, the artists competing in Ranina 2024 were the following:
All three artists performed covers of patriotic songs composed by Gogi Dolidze, as the day of Ranina’s final collided with the Georgian Independence Day.
The winner was crowned after the decision of a three member professional jury who selected the Georgian representative based on four criteria: vocals, performance, artistry and collaboration. Meanwhile the exact result has not yet been revealed.
We are now waiting whether Andria Putkaradze will be selected as Georgia’s representative in Junior Eurovision 2024 participant and therefore the successor of Anastasia and Ranina, who represented Georgia last year with their song “Over The Sky”.
The 22nd edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row.
Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!
With less than five months left until the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Germany has just selected its entrant, via a national selection.
Five acts competed for the German representation in Madrid:
Following the combination of the votes from an expert jury and an online voting in equal shares, Bjarne was crowned the winner of the selection and therefore the German representative in Junior Eurovision 2024. In fact, Bjarne triumphed both in jury’s and online voting.
Bjarne’s song “Save The Best For Us” is currently available in a demo version, while the full version along with the music video will be released in the coming months.
Bjarne is ten years-old and took part in the twelfth season of the German version of “The Voice Kids” in 2024 and reached the sing-offs as part of the team of ESC winner Lena Meyer-Landrut . His appearances on the show have certainly also brought him many followers on social networks. Around 176.000 people follow the ten year-old’s Instagram account, which is managed by his mother. There are almost as many on TikTok – more than 161,000 followers.
The 22nd edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row.
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Despite the country’s non-participation in Eurovision in recent years, North Macedonia keeps on participating in Junior Eurovision, and in fact, a while ago the representatives for the next Contest in Madrid were announced! Read more
In less than five months from today, the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Madrid. According to a BBC journalist, Adrian Bradley, the United Kingdom will withdraw from the Junior Eurovision contest due to low viewership. But another country will fill the void, and according to our exclusive information it will be ready to announce its grand return in a few days!
Following sixteen years of absence from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, BBC made its return two years ago and continued the same success it had during the early years of the contest with two consecutive top five placements and an online vote win. However, the low viewership the national broadcast of the competition received, made UK’s public television to decide to pull out of the upcoming edition, which is scheduled to take place in Madrid on November 16.
Ah some sad@bbceurovision
news. After a couple of sucessful years, the BBC has told me they won’t be taking part in this years Junior competition in Madrid. They came 5th in Yerevan and 4th in Nice, but possible viewing figures didn’t quite reach the heights they’d hoped for.— Adrian Bradley (@adebradley) June 21, 2024
While all of this is going on in London, officials in another European capital are preparing to announce their nation’s return to Junior Eurovision in 2024.
Since everything has been finalized and only a few formal details need to be completed, they are ready to officially announce their return and even their representative, which is great news for all Junior Eurovision fans.
In fact, based on our exclusive information, the hopes are high about their return as the young participant selected for the nation’s representation is a gifted singer, and they anticipate that they will provide us with an excellent performance.
Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!
