Sophia Ivanko will represent Ukraine at the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with The Spirit Of Music.
ESC Covers caught up with Sophia here at the Gliwice Arena. She is enjoying the experience and is excited by this big opportunity to share her music with the rest of the world. Sophia composed her song herself and has been writing music since a young girl.
Sophia took part in The Voice Kids Ukraine and her mentor was Jamala (the winner of Eurovision in 2016 for Ukraine). She gained a lot of valuable tips and inspirations from Jamala.
Journalists from Destination Eurovision website in Poland gave us their opinions about the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Sebastian Mnich likes Ukraine. He thinks the performance of Sophia Ivanko and The Spirit Of Music is original and she has the advantage and confidence and inspiration of Jamala (the 2016 Eurovision winner for Ukraine), who was a mentor for Sophia on The Voice Kids. However, Sebastian thinks the winner will probably come from Spain or France this year.
Roksana Majewska told ESC Covers her personal favourite is Eliana Gomez Blanco with We Are More. However, she thinks France will take the honours on Sunday.
ESC Covers would like to give a special mention to the dancers of Dawnswyr Anti Karen who will join Erin Mai on the stage at the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest for Wales and the song Calon yn Curo.
Three of the girls were performing with Manw at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The girls who will be on the stage in 2019 are Sian, Nel, Gwen and Cadi.
We wish the Wales team lots of good luck. They are doing a great job.
Liza Misninkova delivered a confident and exciting performance on stage with her team of dancers performing her song Pepelny (Ashen) at the second rehearsal for Belarus at the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The stage was bright and colourful and her clothing was sporty and dazzling also. The performance had a lot of positive energy.
Liza is happy to be representing Belarus and performing in front of millions.
Liza is very bright and can speak English very well and also a little German and Polish.
Erin Mai will represent Wales at the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with her song Calon yn Curo . Together with Radio International, ESC Covers met up with Erin at the delegations hotel in Katowice, Poland.
Erin was very relaxed and charming and fun to talk to. She advised she is enjoying the experience of representing her country and meeting many new friends.
Her mentor at the Chwilio am Seren national selection, Tara Bethan, has advised Erin to enjoy it and relax by doing yoga before the show.
Tara advised she enjoyed doing the music video shoot that was shot in her home town in Wales.
Tara also has experience of the famous local national festival in Wales, Eisteddford. This year the show was held in Erin’s home village.
Isea Çili will represent Albania at the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Mikja ime fëmijëri. ESC Covers met with Isea and she was very charming and told us she was enjoying the whole experience of being here in Poland.
Isea is happy to make new friends and try new things. She was excited to visit Macdonalds and Starbucks for the first time too.
Isea likes to listen to artists like Billie Eilish, Beyonce and Sia, She spoke of her experience at The Voice Kids in Albania where she performed songs like Purple Rain and California Dreamin’.
Mila Moskov will represent North Macedonia at the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with her song Fire.
ESC Covers caught up with Mila at the official delegation hotel. She is currently recovering from a leg injury where she severely torn some ligaments. She was wearing a cast on her leg when we met her.
Mila’s first rehearsal went very well. She is enjoying her time in Poland and making many new friends.
Mila is a very confident and likeable personality.