The first three artists have been eliminated from the Ukrainian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
The second episode of Shchodennyk Dytyachoho Yevrobachennya 2025 (Junior Eurovision 2025 Diaries) was broadcast tonight. In tonight’s episode, the 15 longlisted artists performed for the Star School coaching panel. Each artist performed a solo song of their choice. All of the artists then performed “Teresa & Maria”, the Ukrainian entry for Eurovision 2024. After all of the performances, the panel selected three artists to be eliminated from the contest.
The eliminated artists are:
Kyrylo Pariyenko (KIRO)
Rehina Kulynenko
Artem Manzhura
The 12 artists still in the running to represent Ukraine at Junior Eurovision 2025 are:
Vladyslav Danilevskyi
Sofia Nersesyan
Olivia Tkachyk
Angelina Hlohus
Likeria Chyrva
Oleksandr and David Podlyashchuk
Maria Sviyazova
Mriinyky
Olha Nesterko
Kateryna Vatan
Vsevolod Skryma
Zlata Ivanov and Vladyslav Vasytskyi
“Star School” takes place in the Recording House of Radio Ukraine in Kyiv. The artists will train with music industry professionals in performing, singing, acting and choreography. The specialists are:
Svitlana Tarabarova
Timur Miroshnychenko
Danny Demehin
Anton Pzohidaev
Alyona Alyona
After evaluations during Star School, six finalists will be chosen for the live final in October. In a change to the rules, the sixth finalist may be a group composed of several artists from “Star School”. alyona alyona, who represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2024, will write entries for the finalists of the Ukrainian selection for Junior Eurovision 2025.
The final of the Ukrainian national selection for Junior Eurovision 2025 will take place in October. The winner will represent Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Tbilisi.
Artem Kotenko represented Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with “Hear Me Now”. He finished 3rd with 203 points, receiving 12 points from the juries of North Macedonia and Poland. This was Ukraine’s best result and first top 3 finish since 2013.
Image source: Corinne Cumming/EBU | Source: Suspilne
Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Ukraine debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 and has competed in the contest ever since. To date, Ukraine has only won the competition once. In 2012, Anastasiya Petryk won in Amsterdam with the song “Nebo”. She scored 138 points, including eight sets of 12 points. Ukraine has hosted the contest twice, the first time in 2009 and the second in 2013 following their victory in Amsterdam.
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Posted by:Neil Farren
Neil is from Ireland but has lived in several countries around Europe. He has has been an editor for Eurovoix since May 2017. He has been following the Eurovision Song Contest since 2005 and attended every contest as press since 2019. He also follows other Eurovision contests, such as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which he has watched since the very first edition in 2003.