Today Serbian national broadcaster revealed via Junior Eurovision’s YouTube channel that Petar Aničić will represent the Balkan country with the song Heartbeat. This comes just three weeks after the open call for songs was closed on September 1st. Petar was born in 2006. and already at the age of four his musical talent came up and just two years later he …
After today’s news that Wales will not participate at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Australia have also announced their withdrawal from the 2020 competition. A spokesperson from national broadcaster SBS today stated, “Due to the current restrictions and the ongoing uncertainty around this situation, Australia will not be competing in the Junior Eurovision Contest 2020. We have informed the …
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 will see the Polish hosting #MoveTheWorld, as Warsaw continues preparations to host the contest in November. The slogan and logo were unveiled during JESC 2019 winner Viki Gabor’s interview with Jan Smit in tonight’s Europe Shine a Light broadcast where it was also confirmed that Warsaw would be the host city for this year’s …
I promised myself that I would report on the JESC winner next – fully expecting it to be Spain – but Poland pulled off back-to-back wins, so here we are. Could this sudden surge translate itself in success in adult Eurovision? But first, the usual disclaimer: NOTE – This post is an editorial and therefore heavily prone towards subjectivity, as …
Following their second consecutive victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this afternoon, the national broadcaster of Poland, TVP, indicated that they would seek the right to host the competition once more next autumn. Viki Gabor took home the glass microphone trophy and became the second Pole in as many years to lift the trophy for her performance of the …
This afternoon, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 took place in Gliwice, Poland, with nineteen countries taking part in the annual competition. The well-produced show saw each country perform in turn, followed by last year’s winner Roksana Węgiel performing “Anyone I Want To Be”, a dance performance featuring co-host Ida Nowakowska and the nineteen contestants performing this year’s anthem, the …
With just over a week to go, the excitement for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest is hotting up! Nineteen countries will take to the stage in Gliwice, Poland, with one act set to follow in Roksana Wegiel’s footsteps and be crowned as the Junior Eurovision champion! But which country do #YOU think should win the contest? Vote in our …
[UPD] #YOU can now hear Kazakhstan’s Junior Eurovision entry above. It is official. Kazakhstan have now fully joined the fray as a possible contender for the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Broadcaster Khabar Agency intend to snag a victory with the dramatic power ballad “Armanyńnan Qalma”. Information about the song is fairly scarce at the time of writing, but the …
The Junior Eurovision 2019 stage has finally been revealed by the contest organisers, with a Polish production designer the brains behind the exciting design. TVP have gone all-out for Poland’s first hosting of a Eurovision music event, with a colourful and unique backdrop designed by Giorgios Stylianou-Matsis, who also designed stages for various events in Poland including The X Factor, …
Last week Gaia Cauchi announced that she will be releasing her second ever track since her Junior Eurovision Song Contest win in 2013. The track titled “Why Should I?” is inspired by Cauchi’s experience with heartbreak and a breakup, and centers around the hurt that someone feels when they aren’t getting the same emotional investment from another person. When asked …
