Ukraine has been represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2006. The Ukrainian participating broadcaster in the contest is the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC).
History Ukraine was set to debut in the contest, being represented by the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine, however the broadcaster pulled out of the contest before the official list of participants. UA:PBC still broadcast the contest in 2005. UA:PBC instead decided to debut the following year in .The broadcaster decided to hold a National Final; was selected with his entry "," the nation placed 9th. In , another National Final was held with Ilona Halytska winning the selection with her entry "Urok hlamuru" the country would place 9th again.
In the contest, Viktoria Petryk achieved 135 points and reached 2nd place in a field of 15 other places with her song "." This result gave the country its best result–at the time, and the first top 3 placement for Ukraine. Subsequently, UA:PBC hosted the contest, in the Palace of Sports in Kyiv. Ukraine held another National Finak and was represented by Andranik Alexanyan with "Try topoli, try surmy" – he placed 5th.
2010-2019 In , the entry "Nebo" performed by Anastasiya Petryk, – who is also Viktoria Petryk's sister, gave Ukraine its first every win, and , the countrys only win the contest. The 35–point winning margin also become a record at the time. Subsequently, UA:PBC once again hosted the competition in , this time at Palace "Ukraine" in Kyiv. Making Kyiv the first city to host the contest twice. The country also placed 2nd, giving it its 3rd top 3 placement.
UA:PBC continued its participation from the 2014 contest to the 2017 contest, but on 2 July 2018, UA:PBC initially announced that they would not take part in the contest in Minsk, Belarus due to financial difficulties. However, on 2 August 2018, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that UA:PBC would participate in 2018. In , the nation received its worst result to date when it placed 15th out of 19 countries in Gliwice, Poland.
2020-present Ukraine participated one again in the contest from 2020 to 2023. Meanwhile, in 2024 UA:PBC presented a new selection format by the name of "" which would, at first, select the top 6 artists from a longlist. The selected 6 artists would then compete in a final, where the result of the final would be selected from a jury vote and an online vote. The jury would award a set of 1-6 points to every song and the online vote would do the same; Incase of a tie the song with a higher televote would go to Junior Eurovison. In , "Hear Me Now", originally titled "Dim" by Artem Kotenko won and placed 3rd in Madrid, Spain, which gave Ukraine its 4th top 3 placement. In , "Motanka" by Sofiia Neresian won which would go on to win the televote, and place 2nd overall in Tbilisi, Georgia, giving ukraine its 5th top 3 placement. UA:PBC confirmed its participation in the contest and will use once again to select its entry.
Participation overview + Table key 1 First place 2 Second place 3 Third place ◁ Last place † Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Place Points Nazar Slyusarchuk "" Ukrainian 9 58 Ilona Halytska "" Ukrainian 9 56 Viktoria Petryk "" Ukrainian 2 135 Andranik Alexanyan "" Ukrainian 5 89 Yuliya Gurska "" Ukrainian 14 ◁ 28 Kristall "" Ukrainian, English 11 42 Anastasiya Petryk "" Ukrainian, English 1 138 Sofia Tarasova "We Are One" Ukrainian, English 2 121 Sympho-Nick "Spring Will Come" Ukrainian, English 6 74 Anna Trincher "" Ukrainian, English 11 38 Sofia Rol "Planet Craves for Love" Ukrainian, English 14 30 Anastasiya Baginska "Don't Stop" Ukrainian, English 7 147 Darina Krasnovetska "Say Love" Ukrainian, English 4 182 Sophia Ivanko "The Spirit of Music" Ukrainian, English 15 59 Oleksandr Balabanov " (Open Up)" Ukrainian, English 7 106 Olena Usenko "" Ukrainian 6 125 Zlata Dziunka " (Unbreakable)" Ukrainian, English 9 111 Anastasiia Dymyd "" Ukrainian, English 5 128 Artem Kotenko "Hear Me Now" Ukrainian, English 3 203 Sofiia Nersesian "" Ukrainian, English 2 177 Erika Kolesnichenko "Not a Lullaby" Ukrainian, English colspan="2"
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Commentators and spokespersons
The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. The Ukrainian broadcaster sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the Ukrainian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Ukraine. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2005.
YearCommentatorSpokespersonTimur Miroshnychenko Assol Marietta Mariya Orlova Timur Miroshnychenko Elizabeth Arfush Amanda Koenig Kristall Tetiana Terekhova Elizabeth Arfush Timur Miroshnychenko Sofia Tarasova Sofia Kutsenko Anna Trincher Sofia Rol Anastasiya Baginska Darina Krasnovetska Sophia Ivanko Viktor DiachenkoOleksandr Balabanov Timur MiroshnychenkoMykola Oliinyk Zlata DziunkaAnastasia DymydArtem Kotenko
Hostings
YearLocationVenuePresenters KyivPalace of SportsAni Lorak and Timur MiroshnychenkoPalace "Ukraine"Zlata Ognevich and Timur Miroshnychenko
See also Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Russia–Ukraine relations in the Eurovision Song Contest – Relations between the two countries in the Junior and Senior Eurovision Song Contests.
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