Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)19 August 2019
Selected entrantSophia Ivanko
Selected song"The Spirit of Music"
Selected songwriter(s)Sophia Ivanko
Mykhailo Tolmachov
Finals performance
Final result15th, 59 points
Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Ukraine participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Gliwice, Poland with the song "The Spirit of Music" performed by Sophia Ivanko. Their entrant was selected through a national selection, organized by the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC.

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Background

Prior to the 2019 Contest, Ukraine had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times since its debut in 2006. [1] Ukraine have never missed a contest since their debut appearance, [2] having won the contest once in 2012 with the song "Nebo", performed by Anastasiya Petryk. [3] The Ukrainian capital Kyiv has hosted the contest twice, at the Palace of Sports in 2009, [4] and the Palace "Ukraine" in 2013. [5] In the 2018 contest, Darina Krasnovetska represented her country in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Say Love". She ended 4th out of 20 entries with 182 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

The winner was determined by a seven-member jury formed of both representatives of Ukrainian television, as well as music industry professionals and announced on 19 August 2019. [6] The jury panel that selected the winner consisted of: Oleksandra Koltsova (singer, member of the UA:PBC board), Alyosha (singer, represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010), Adam (singer, composer), Tanya Sha (singer, composer), Oleksandr Stasov (composer), Oksana Shibinskaya (Head of Delegation of Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest) and Stanislav Medvedev (Head of Entertainment at UA:PBC). [7] Together with the winner announcement, jury member Alyosha also announced the reasoning for the selection of Sophia Ivanko, stating: "We have decided that Sofia Ivanko would be the best representative of Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year. Why? Because she very much stands out from other participants, she is very special, she has her specific, very expressively emotional character, she is mysterious and there is something about her, not characteristic of other people or other participants. The song needs a little more extra work, and then it will be very cool material, a cool song. I hope that Ukraine’s entry will be highly appreciated not only here, in this room, but also all over the world". [8]

National final – 19 August 2019
ArtistSong
Alisa Chydzhan"Novyi den" (Новий день)
Anhelina Terennikova"Fly Away"
Evanhelina Zamula"Malyu You" (Малю)
Mariya Tkachuk"Nytochky" (Ниточки)
Oleksandr Balabanov "Power in You"
Oleksandr Zazarashvilli"Moia MA (Zalysheni v pit'mi...)" (Залишені в пітьмі...)
Polina Pisartsova"My Friend"
Sophia Ivanko"Koly zdaietsia" (Коли здається)
Valeriya Khrystyuk"I Will Shine"
Varvara Koshova"Dyvo v rozmayitti" (Диво в розмаїтті)

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Ukraine was drawn to perform thirteenth on 24 November 2019, following Ireland and preceding Netherlands. [9]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [10]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 24 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [11] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Ukraine [12]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 42923210
02Flag of France.svg  France 61410121013
03Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 101615101315
04Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 34671147
05Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 27116756
06Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 141248911
07Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1710125812
08Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 18818141716
09Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 91814151617
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 13512112
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 11174138
12Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 159316483
13Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 813831292
15Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1315111674
16Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 161717171818
17Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 76291465
18Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 12516181514
19Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 51113135101

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