Suspilne has announced that the national selection for Ukraine’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will begin on August 18. The selection process, titled “Diaries of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest,” will feature 15 young artists who will undergo rigorous training and development in preparation for the final competition.
The fifteen singers participating in the Star School are:
- Mariya Blyznyuk, 9 years old, from Mukachevo, Zakarpattia
- Anastasiya Byelibova, 13 years old, from Yuzhnoukrainsk, Mykolaiv
- Bohdan Bilukha, 11 years old, from Novoukrainka, Kirovohrad
- Vladyslav Vasytsʹkyy, 11 years old, from Kyiv
- Daryna Vitsan, 14 years old, from Kyiv
- Anhelina Hlohus, 12 years old, from Ternopil
- Anna Doyna, 14 years old, from Kyiv
- Veronika Kohan, 11 years old, from Kharkiv
- Ilya Konovchenko (ILKO), 12 years old, originally from Kharkiv, currently living in Switzerland
- Artem Kotenko, 12 years old, from Okhtyrka, Sumy
- Vladyslava Kitselyuk (VLADA K), 12 years old, originally from Ivano-Frankivsk, currently living in the United Kingdom
- Sofiya Nersesyan, 8 years old, from Kyiv
- Vsevolod Skryma, 12 years old, from Zaporizhzhia
- Zlata Solonenko (Zlata Solo), 9 years old, from Vinnytsia
- Zlata Ivaniv, 10 years old, from Odesa
These young talents will participate in a summer “Star School” at the Ukrainian Radio Recording House, where they will receive training from industry professionals. The school aims to enhance their artistic abilities and prepare them for the competition ahead.
An expert panel, including TAYANNA, Michelle Andrade, and Yevhen Khmara, will evaluate the participants’ progress and help select the top six finalists. These finalists will then work on original songs under the guidance of music producer Svitlana Tarabarova and songwriter Yevhen Tryplov, while Yevhen Kot will oversee the visual and stage presentations. The final selection, scheduled for September, will be broadcast as a televised concert, with the winner being chosen through a combination of jury votes and public voting.
Notably, last year’s representative, 9-year-old Anastasiya Dymyd, achieved Ukraine’s best result since 2018 with her song “Kvitka,” finishing 5th overall. The Junior Eurovision 2024 final will be held on November 16 at the Caja Mágica arena in Madrid, marking the first time the contest is hosted in Spain.
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