Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025
| Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne) | |||
| Country |  Ukraine | |||
| Selection process | Natsvidbir na Dytiache Yevrobachennia – 2025 | |||
| Selection date | October 2025 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "TBD" | |||
| Artist | TBD | |||
| Songwriters | TBD | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | TBD | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Ukraine is set to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Ukrainian national broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne) will organise the national final Natsvidbir na Dytiache Yevrobachennia – 2025 in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2025 contest.
Background
[edit]Prior to the 2025 contest, Ukraine had participated in the contest nineteen times, without ever missing an edition since its debut appearance in 2006.[1] The country came second in 2008 with the song "Matrosy" performed by Viktoria Petryk, which remained its best result until 2012, when Anastasiya Petryk – who happens to be Viktoria's younger sister – represented the country with the song "Nebo" and won the contest.[2] Ukraine has hosted the event twice, both times in its capital city, Kyiv: at the Palace of Sports in 2009 – the same venue that previously hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 – and at the Palace "Ukraine" in 2013.[3][4] In 2024, Artem Kotenko competed for Ukraine with the song "Hear Me Now", which ended up in 3rd place out of 17 entries with 203 points.[5]
Before Junior Eurovision
[edit]Natsvidbir na Dytiache Yevrobachennia – 2025
[edit]Natsvidbir na Dytiache Yevrobachennia – 2025 is the national final format developed by Suspilne in order to select Ukraine's entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition consists of a final held in October 2025.[6]
Format
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The selection of the competing entries for the national final will take place over three stages. In the first stage, artists could apply for the competition through an online submission form. For the third year in a row, Svitlana Tarabarova is the music producer of the event,[7] who was in charge of reviewing the received submissions and selecting a longlist of 15 participants, announced on 21 July 2025.[8][9] In the second stage, longlisted artists were assessed by a three-member expert council alongside competition producers Tarabarova, creative producer Anton Pozhydayev and director of the selection Danilo Demykhin at an event labeled as the "Star School",[10][11] and eventually five acts directly qualifying for the final, while a sixth act will be formed by the production and will be composed of several artists initially eliminated from "Star School".[12] The six selected acts will take part in a final on October 2025, where the winner will be determined by a 50/50 combination of jury and public votes – the latter being cast through the Diia application over two phases of voting. The third stage consisted of Tarabarova and Alyona Alyona – who represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 alongside Jerry Heil – writing and assigning original songs for the finalists.[13][14]
Competing entries
[edit]The submission process for interested artists aged between nine and fourteen was open between 16 June and 10 July 2025.[7][15] All submissions required participants to enter covers of two songs and a separate introduction video; however, artists were also allowed to submit original songs for consideration. Precedence was not given to complete submissions, with Suspilne also reserving the right to replace a song submitted by an eventual finalist with a new entry of its choice if such a case occurs.[15] At the closing of the submission process, 510 applications had been received, with roughly 10% of them also including an original song.[12][16]
| Artist | Top 10 | Top 6 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anhelina Hlohus | TBA | TBA | |
| Artem Manzhura | |||
| David and Oleksandr Podlyashchuk | |||
| Kateryna Vatan | |||
| Kyrylo Pariyenko (Kiro) | |||
| Likeria Chyrva | |||
| Maria Sviyazova | |||
| Mriinyky | |||
| Olha Nesterko | |||
| Olivia Tkachyk | |||
| Rehina Kulynenko | |||
| Sofiia Nersesian | |||
| Vladyslav Danilevskyi | |||
| Vsevolod Skryma | |||
| Zlata Ivaniv and Vladyslav Vasytskyi | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ Escudero, Victor (2012-12-01). "Ukraine wins the 10th Junior Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ Floras, Stella (2008-06-06). "JESC: Ukraine to host Junior Eurovision 2009". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ Siim, Jamo (2013-04-17). "Junior 2013 venue confirmed". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ "Final of Madrid 2024 – Junior Eurovision Song Contest". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
- ^ Makarets, Alina (2025-06-16). "Дитяче Євробачення – 2025: Суспільне офіційно розпочинає Нацвідбір" [Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025: Suspilne officially launches National Selection]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ a b "Дитяче Євробачення – 2025: Суспільне офіційно розпочинає Нацвідбір" [Junior Eurovision 2025: Suspilne officially starts National Selection]. Корпоративний Сайт Суспільного (in Ukrainian). 2025-06-16. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
- ^ a b "Нацвідбір на Дитяче Євробачення – 2025: Суспільне оголосило лонглист" [National selection for Junior Eurovision – 2025: Suspilne announced the longlist]. Корпоративний Сайт Суспільного (in Ukrainian). 2025-07-21. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
- ^ a b Farren, Neil (2025-07-21). "🇺🇦 Ukraine: Junior Eurovision 2025 National Selection Longlist Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
- ^ Makarets, Alina (2025-07-07). "Нацвідбір на Дитяче Євробачення: Суспільне назвало імена креативного продюсера й режисера-постановника - Офіційно" [National Selection for Junior Eurovision: Suspilne announced the names of the creative producer and director - Officially]. Дитяче Євробачення 2024 (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2025-07-13). "🇺🇦 Ukraine: Creative Producer & Director of Junior Eurovision 2025 Selection Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
- ^ a b Makarets, Alina (2025-07-16). "Рекорд на Дитячому Євробаченні: Суспільне отримало понад 500 заявок на участь у Нацвідборі-2025" [Record at Junior Eurovision: Suspilne received over 500 applications to participate in the National Selection 2025]. Дитяче Євробачення 2024 (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
- ^ "Дитяче Євробачення – 2025: alyona alyona стала сонграйтеркою Нацвідбору" [Junior Eurovision 2025: Alyona Alyona became the songwriter of the National Selection]. Корпоративний Сайт Суспільного (in Ukrainian). 2025-06-19. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
- ^ Farren, Neil (2025-06-22). "🇺🇦 Ukraine: alyona alyona Songwriter for Junior Eurovision 2025 Selection". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
- ^ a b Farren, Neil (2025-06-16). "🇺🇦 Ukraine: Junior Eurovision 2025 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2025-07-16). "🇺🇦 Ukraine: 510 Applications Received for Junior Eurovision 2025 National Selection". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2025-07-21.