Ukraine gets ready for national final! 🇺🇦

Twelve finalists have been chosen to compete in a live televised national selection show on UA: KULTURA on Saturday 23 October.

The overall winner (decided by a mixture of professional jury scores and televotes) will jet off to Paris to fly the yellow and blue flag of Ukraine.

The lucky dozen are:

• Anastasiia Doroshenko (Nana Do) – Svit nadliudei (The World of Super People)
• Arsenii Hryshchenko – Redemption
• Karina Kornuta – Song TBC
• Daryna Kryvenko – Kosy khmarochosy (Skyscraping Braids)
• Angelina McFarlane (RREALINA) – Angel of Light
• Veronika Morska – Song TBC
• Yelyzaveta Petruk – Song TBC
• Daria Rebrova – Make Me Happy
• Sofiia Skvaruk – Golden Time
• Mariia Tkachuk – Pazly svitu (Puzzles of the World)
• Olena Usenko (Ellen Usenko) – Vazhil (Leverage)
• Daryna Zinchenko – Song TBC

Eight of the participants have qualified with original material, the other 4 will be assigned a new song shortly.

Clips of the songs and performances (including a great version of SHUM by 10 year old Veronika Morska) are available to watch on the official Ukraine Junior Eurovision Instagram account.

Tune in to UA: KULTURA on Saturday 23 October to find out who wins!

Who are your top three contestants? Let us know on the official Junior Eurovision Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook channels.