Suspilne, the Ukrainian national broadcaster, have revealed the artist long-list for Natsvidbir na Dytiache Yevrobachennia – their national selection for the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Ta’ Qali.

Following on from receiving 642 applications to participate in Natsvidbir na Dytiache Yevrobachennia, 15 acts have made the long-list and will attend auditions at Neopolis Theme Park today, Sunday 26th July. 10 acts will progress to Star School following today, with 6 eventually progressng to Natsvidbir na Dytiache Yevrobachennia. The 15 acts (one group, one duo and thirteen soloists) to make the long-list are:

• Band VYHOR (Mariia Vaskivska (13), Tina Kolodiichuk (9), Zoriana Panchenko (13), Daria Udovychenko (12), Oleksandra Svarnyk (14) and Kateryna Yaiuk (11))
• Mariia Blyznuk (11)
• Kateryna Vatan (12)
• Sofiia & Veronika Voznika (12 & 10)
• Vladyslav Danielvskyi (11)
• Roman Doroshenko (12)
• Sofiia Dupelych (14)
• Dmytro Karabet (10)
• Erika Kolesnichenko (11)
• Sofiia Nazarenko (10)
• Anastasiia Pshedina (9)
• Marko Serdynskyi (12)
• Zlata Solonenko (11)
• Oliviia Tkachyk (10)
• Karina Shtefanesa (10)

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovoix