On the lead up to the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is been held in Paris, we are looking back at all the countries to have participated in the Contest and their histories – past and present. Today we start with Ukraine’s story.

Ukraine debuted at the 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Bucharest, Romania. Nazar Slyusarchuk participated with “Khlopchyk Rock ‘n’ Roll”, finishing in 9th place and 58 points.

Ilona Galitska represented Ukraine at the 2007 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She participated with “Urok hlamuru”, finishing in 9th place and 56 points.

Viktoria Petryk represented Ukraine at the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Limassol, Cyprus. She participated with “Matrosy”, finishing in 2nd place and 135 points.

Andranik Alexanyan represented Ukraine at the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Kyiv, Ukraine. He participated with “Try topoli, try surmy”, finishing in 5th place and 89 points.

Yulia Gurska represented Ukraine at the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Minsk, Belarus. She participated with “Miy litak”, finishing in 14th and last place, with 28 points.

Kristall represented Ukraine at the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Yerevan, Armenia. She participated with “Evropa”, finishing in 11th place and 42 points.

We will be back tomorrow with the second part of Ukraine’s Junior Eurovision story. Let us know what you think about Ukraine and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in the comments below or on our FACEBOOK and TWITTER pages.

Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovision Ireland