Archive of posts for artists who participated in the 2020 Junior Eurovision song contest from selection to present day.
Despite confirming in January that the country would be participate in this years contest, TG4 have now announced that Ireland will sadly be withdrawing from Junior Eurovision 2020.
The uncertain travel situation due to Covid 19 was cited as the reason for the withdrawal along with the hope that Ireland would return in 2021.
T Square controversy
After the release of the 4 songs competing to represent Netherlands at this years Junior Eurovision in Warsaw in November, some controversy surrounding the T Square entry ‘Count on Me’ has emerged.
Several fans noted in comments that the track sounded very much like Korean band BTS ‘Boy with luv’, some even claiming plagiarism.
The organisers have since issued a release stating ‘we’ve decided to investigate the matter’ so expect more news in the coming days/weeks.
You can listen to both songs and judge for yourself here:
Common Song
In other related news, today saw the release of the shows common song which will be performed by all 10 of the competing artists – ‘All we need is music’
Junior song festival Netherlands have revealed the songs in the running to represent the country at this years Junior Eurovision Song contest, due to take place in Warsaw, Poland in November.
The Dutch ‘Junior Song Festival 2020’ will take place at the Ahoy arena on Sep 26th, most likely without an audience in attendance.
The 4 artists and songs competing will be:
Thijs, Teddy, Thimo and Tyrone – T-SQUARE – ‘Count on me’
Jackie and Janae – ‘It’s you and me’
Unity ‘Best Friends’
Robin ‘Mee’
Further to the recent announcement that the final of the Netherlands Junior Eurovision selection show ‘Junior Song Festival 2020’ would be held at the Ahoy arena in Rotterdam; the names of the songs that each artist will be perform , have now also been released.
Four piece girl group (Jayda, Maud, Naomi and Dem) Unity will perform ‘Best Friends’
Boy band T- Square (Thimo, Tyrone, Teddy and Thijs) will perform ‘Count On Me
Jackie And Janae’s song is appropriately titled ‘It’s You And Me’
and young female solo singer Robin will perform ‘May (Along)’
The songs are set to be revealed next week on the Junior Song Festival YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuwdQTLBmOMn39PygFQMmBQ
After many years of speculation and in a surprise move, Germany has announced it will make its debut at this years Junior Eurovision show in Warsaw.
The show will be broadcast on the KIKA network; a dedicated children’s channel, in collaboration with NDR AND ZDF.
Levent Geiger, a finalist in last year’s Dein Song (Your Song); a long running children’s talent show, will compose the German entry. He will also be involved in the casting, and will accompany the young performer on every step along the way to the big night in Warsaw.
From August, the KIKA show ‘Kika Live’ will show regular updates on preparations for the contest.
The full announcement on the official Junior Eurovision website can be read here:
https://junioreurovision.tv/story/germany-will-participate-at-junior-eurovision-2020
In a surprise announcement earlier today, it was revealed that the Netherlands Junior Eurovision selection show ‘Songfestival 2020’ will be held at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena.
Details are still unclear as to whether an audience in the huge 16,500 capacity venue will be allowed to attend or what measures will be in place if they are.
The Arena was of course set to host Eurovision 2020; before it’s cancellation and is due to host Eurovision 2021, so perhaps the ‘Songfestival 2020’ will serve as a test event for how social distancing measure could be implemented if they are still required for the main Eurovision show in 2021.
Watch the announcement video with the participants below:
Georgia 1TV today announced that the Junior Eurovision selection show ‘Ranina’ will be returning to screens in the near future.
After initially announcing the artists taking part and a start date of late March, the show was put on hold as the Covid 19 pandemic locked down the country.
We look forward to Georgia once again kicking off the Junior Eurovision selection season when the show restarts in the coming weeks.
The confirmed artists are:
Top row left to right
Cecil Thurmanidze Female 10
Veronica Shamugia Female 12
Sandra Gadelia Female 9
Rati Gelovan Male 10
Gio Gogiashvili Male 8
Marita Khvedelidze Female 11
Nikoloz Reddit Male 10
Bottom row left to right
Shio Kavsadze Male 10
Nia Khinchikashvili Female 12
Lela Kveniashvili Female 10
A recent release to check out is by Ala & Ola Tracz and their song Przed Nami Cały Świat (The whole world is ahead of us). It is a real fun and upbeat song about sisterly friendship and bonding. The track has a powerful beat and production and makes you want to dance.
Agnieszka Wiechnik and MAVOOI wrote the music for Przed Nami Cały Świat and Agnieszka also wrote the lyrics. MAVOOI produced and mixed and mastered the song with Rafał Konieczny doing the production of the recording. The music video is courtesy of Rafał Pop.
Ala & Ola Tracz are sisters and were popular contestants on The Voice Kids Poland and Przed Nami Cały Świat is their first official release and music video.
You can see the official video clip for Przed Nami Cały Świat below. The song is available to purchase or stream via most digital stores.
Source: ESC Covers; MyMusic Poland
More details of the 10 contestants who will participate in the popular ‘Ranina’ show; which will select the Georgian artist to represent them at the 2020 Junior Eurovision song contest, were revealed today.
The confirmed artists are:
Top row left to right
Cecil Thurmanidze Female 10
Veronica Shamugia Female 12
Sandra Gadelia Female 9
Rati Gelovan Male 10
Gio Gogiashvili Male 8
Marita Khvedelidze Female 11
Nikoloz Reddit Male 10
Bottom row left to right
Shio Kavsadze Male 10
Nia Khinchikashvili Female 12
Lela Kveniashvili Female 10
The show is due to begin in late March.
The 10 young artists that will compete for the honor of representing Georgia at this years Junior Eurovision song contest, were revealed over the weekend on First Channel Georgia.
Photo 1TV
For the third year, the show ‘Ranina’ will be used to select the representative – broadcasts are expected to begin in late March.