Suspilne, the Ukrainian national broadcaster, has revealed the results of episode 3 of Shchodennyky Dityachoho Yevrobachenia 2026.

The third episode of Shchodennyky Dityachoho Yevrobachenia 2026 (Junior Eurovision 2026 Diaries) was broadcast today. In today’s episode, the nine remaining artists continued their journey at Star School, which took place in One Camp in Bukovel in the Carpathian Mountains. For today’s challenge, the artists had to sing and dance at the same time. They learned the choreography from dancer Ivan Yurkiv, who performed as a backing dancer for Go_A at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The artists then had a singing masterclass with sunger LAUD.

After the challenge, the judging panel chose eight artists to move on to the next stage of Star School. Karina Shtefanesa was eliminated.

The eight artists remaining in the Ukrainian national selection for Junior Eurovision 2026 are:

Roman Doroshenko

Sofiia Dupelych

Dmytro Karabet

Erika Kolesnichenko

Anastasiia Poshedina

Marko Serdynskyi

Zlata Solonenko

Oliviia Tkachyk

Star School took place in the Children’s Camp ‘One Land’ in Bukovel in the Carpathian Mountains. Star School saw the ten remaining artists develop their creative abilities, improve their vocal, choreography and acting skills. From these artists, six were chosen to advance to the final of the Ukrainian selection for Junior Eurovision 2026 on September 13. The six finalists will be revealed during the next episode of Shchodennyky Dityachoho Yevrobachenia 2026.

Sofia Neresesian represented Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with “Motanka”. She won the public vote and finished second overall with 177 points. This was Ukraine’s best result at Junior Eurovision since 2013.

Source: Suspilne