Category Archives: 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Archive of posts for artists who participated in the 2020 Junior Eurovision song contest from selection to present day.

2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine Selects 11 Shortlist Finalists for Junior Eurovision

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Ukraine has selected the 11 artists that will complete for the honor of representing the country at Junior Eurovision 2020 in Warsaw, Poland.

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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

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Germany reveals details of Junior hopefuls

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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)

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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

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Kazakhstan announce 30 qualifiers for Junior Eurovision

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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.

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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.

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Ukraine Junior Eurovision selection underway – First Artists/Songs released!

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As reported here last week the Ukraine selection process for Junior Eurovision 2020 is now underway and several artists have already submitted, and had their songs released on the official YouTube Channel.

4 artist have had their songs released and you can listen to each below.

Maria Tkachuk who also entered last years Ukraine selection is back to try again with her song ‘встигнемо все!’ (Time for everything!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Priz4UpnNVM

Maria Danilova will be hoping to make it to the final with her song “Сяйво” (Shine)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcx5cGI3YDA

The third hopeful is Karina Zayets with her song “жива” (Alive)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usBYXvKtmdU

Song 4 – Julia Karimi – ‘People’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMBYcB6_EJI

 A great initial selection from Ukraine – We will keep you updated as more are released.

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kazakhstan Junior Selection process announced.

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Kazakhstan has announced the selection procedure for Junior Eurovision 2020 which will see them will revert to public vote and a televised National live final.

Following the initial application stage, a jury will select 30 participants who will be whittled down to a final 12 by an online public vote on the Khabar TV website.

The live national final will take place on Sep 26th, though at this time; according to the organisers ‘the format and venue of the final depends on the epidemiological situation’

Yerzhan Maksim
Yerzhan Maksim

2020 be the third time Kazakhstan has competed at Junior Eurovision having made its debut in 2018 with Daneliya Tuleshova and finishing in 2nd spot in 2019 with Yerzhan Maksim.

Readers wishing to follow the selection may do so at: https://jevision.khabar.kz/kz/  where from  24 to 31 August 2020 the online voting to select the 12 participants of the final stage will take place.

 

 

 

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Ukraine Junior selection process revealed

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Ukraine public broadcaster has revealed the process for selection of their Junior Eurovision participant for 2020 in Warsaw, Poland

In a change to previous years, it was announced ‘For the first time, the Public is expanding opportunities and changing the selection conditions so that talented children can enter an international competition, even if they do not have their own song. The selection of the representative of Ukraine for the Junior Song Contest “Eurovision-2020” will take place online, and everyone will be able to vote for their favorite.’

In early September, the finalists will be announced and as in previous years  the public will be able to view and vote for their favourite songs and artist.

The winner will be announced on 12th September after consideration of the public vote by the Internal jury.

Full details of the process can be found in the announcement here:

https://corp.suspilne.media/newsdetails/2789

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Netherlands Junior Song Festival 2020 *Update*

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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’

 

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Netherlands Junior song Festival songs released

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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’

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Netherlands Junior Song Festival update

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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.

Netherlands JSF Finalists
Netherlands JSF Finalists

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