RTVE Spain has revealed that Soleá will represent them at Junior Eurovision 2020.
According to the press release issued on the official Junior Eurovision website ‘Soleá Fernandez Moreno was born in Sevilla on 19 June 2011 and comes from one of the most important flamenco families in Spain’
RTVE will work with Soleá on the official song, which will be revealed in due course.
Full statement here:
https://junioreurovision.tv/story/its-solea-for-spain
In a statement released earlier today the format of this years competition has been announced.
Contest Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl announced “Travel restrictions and the ongoing issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic mean regrettably we cannot bring all the artists to Poland to compete in person at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year,”
As a result, and in order to ensure that the contest goes ahead, for the first time, all participants will broadcast their songs from their home countries.
The Live show will be broadcast from the TVP studio’s in Poland with performances from the various participating countries being streamed in.
To ensure fairness each country has agreed ‘a similar stage layout and technical set up to capture the performance of their artist(s).’
You can read the full statement here:
https://junioreurovision.tv/story/13-countries-will-move-the-world-at-junior-eurovision-2020
Unconfirmed reports are that Alexander Balabanov (Олександр Балабанов) has won the Ukraine selection for Junior Eurovision.
With only the jury voting being known, it would now appear that it is impossible for Alexander to be overtaken when the public vote closes tomorrow and therefore he will represent Ukraine in Junior Eurovision 2020.
The official result is due to be announced later this week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXKvCkbIxY4
Alexander (14) who also took part in the selection process in 2018 and 2019, will now have the opportunity to represent his country with the song ‘open’ (Відкривай)
Lena Marzek beat off the competition to become the first artist to progress to the final of ‘Szansa Na Sukces’ and get the chance to represent Poland at Junior Eurovision 2020.
7 contestants competed in the initial heat which was broadcast on Sunday afternoon.
A further 2 heats will follow, with the final being broadcast on 27th Sep.
Susan ‘Stronger with you’ has been chosen by the German jury to represent her country at Junior Eurovision 2020.
The two one hour special shows broadcast on German children’s network KIKA, concluded with ‘Stronger with you’ being chosen as the song and Susan as the performer to go on to Warsaw in November and be the first to represent her country at Junior Eurovision.
Watch Susan perform her entry here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-toZcSeX3E
Efi Gjika who represented Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision with ‘Barbie’ shows off her vocal talents on her latest cover video ‘Rise up’
The song was voted for by her Instagram fans as the one they would most like to see Efi cover and earlier this week Efi released the video on YouTube.
Showcasing her maturing vocal talents, the song is an impressive cover of the original by Andra Day
Both Malta and Kazakhstan have today announced the lucky artists that will compete for a chance to represent their countries at Junior Eurovision 2020.
The 12 contestants who will compete an MJESC2020 for Malta are:
Leah Cauchi
Leah Mifsud
Isaac Tom
Mariah Cefai
Chanel Monseigneur
Yulan Law and Gianluca Cilia
Kaya Gouder Curmi
Emma Cutajar
Anneka Xerri
Zaira Mifsud and Eksenia Sammut
Michela Caruana
Mychael Bartolo Chircop
(https://www.tvm.com.mt/mt/news/min-huma-l-finalisti-tal-mjesc-2020/)
And for Kazakhstan (In order of most votes received)
Islam Saipolda
Adiya Burhanоva
Aidana Zhumazhan
Akjibek Manarbekovna
Jean Maksim
Ayyim Mukitanоva
Kamila Gazizkyzy
Saniya Altynbekkyzy
Mahinur Tursunоva
Nurshat Кusanоva
Tleubek Ajkerim
Karakat Bashanоva
(https://jevision.khabar.kz/kz/vote)
Ukraine has selected the 11 artists that will complete for the honor of representing the country at Junior Eurovision 2020 in Warsaw, Poland.
The chosen artists are:
Nikita Achkasov
Polina Babiy
Alexander Balabanov
Julia Karimi
Angelina McFarlane
Darin Osman
Yaroslav Politov
Angelina Terennikova
Olena Usenko
Daniela Shapochnikova
Sofia Shkidchenko
Voting will take place online in early September with the winner being selected by a combination of the online votes and those if the professional jury.
You can listen to all the shortlisted artists and find more about them at the official site here:
https://junior.eurovision.ua/shortlist
In an announcement on the official Junior Eurovision channel earlier today, it was announced that over 70 entrants hoping to represent the country at Junior Eurovision, had been whittled down to five:
Linnea May (13, from Friedrichsdorf in Hessen)
Malaika (14, from Herrsching in Bayern)
Davit (12, from Neustadt in Rheinland-Pfalz)
Leroy Kay (13, from Neuruppin in Brandenburg)
Susan (13, from Berlin)
The five remaining contestants will now perform before a panel of judges, who will decide the contestant that will represent Germany for the first time at Junior Eurovision.
T.V Channel KIKA will be following the process in two special shows ‘Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Das Casting’ which will air at 20:00 on the 1st and 2nd September.
As Special Junior Eurovision page has been set up where you meet and listen to the contestants here:
https://www.kika.de/junior-eurovision-song-contest/index.html
Kazakhstan today announced the 30 qualifiers who will compete to represent the country at Junior Eurovision 2020 in Warsaw, Poland.
From an initial application of 684, the judging panel have selected the 30 children who will move onto the next stage of the selection process.
1) Ms. Mukitanova; 2) Abdrakhmanova Zhanerke 3) Tilepova Dilnaz; 4) Saniya Altynbekovna; 5) Karakat Bashanova; 6) Gilova Kamila; 7) Nurmuhammed Jakypbekov; 8) Kuzdenbaeva Camilla; 9) Akjibek Manarbekovna; 10) Zausheva Aylun; 11) Jean Makim; 12) Islam in Saipal; 13) Miras Maximov; 14) Tleubek Aykerim; 15) Balgazina Sofia; 16) Tleunbetova Jasmine; 17) Kunadilova Adele; 18) Saginbaeva Alina; 19) Jumabai Abulhair; 20) Kaldybek Janel; 21) Gazizkyzy Kamila; 22) Zhumazhan Aidana; 23) Nurshat Kusanova; 24) Tursunova Makhinur; 25) Adiya Burkhanova; 26) Sherkhan Arystan; 27) Nurzhanova Aknur; 28) Sagyn Omirbayevich 29) Bekzhan Nazarbek 30) Toleubay Dinmuhammed
All of the candidates original audition video’s are available to view here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC89g4n1QKtM1S7uOcTvM2QQ/videos
and you can vote here:
https://jevision.khabar.kz/ru/vote
The 12 finalists will each have a song written for them and will get the chance to perform live; at the previously announced televised final, which will take later this year.