Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest


Ukraine took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2006. Their best result came in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 when Anastasiya Petryk won for Ukraine with "Nebo". Her sister Viktoria Petryk came 2nd at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with "Matrosy".
It was announced in June 2008 that Ukraine has been selected to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2009. The 2009 contest was held at the Palace of Sports in Kiev on 21 November 2009. On 30 November 2013, Ukraine once again hosted the competition, this time at Palace "Ukraine" in Kiev. So on Kiev is the first city to host the contest twice, while Ukraine was then the second country after the Netherlands to host the competition twice. After Kim-Lian van der Meij from the Netherlands, Timur Miroshnychenko was the second person to host Junior Eurovision twice, this time along with Zlata Ognevich.
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 announced that UA:PBC would participate in 2018.

Participation

YearArtistSongLanguagePlacePoints
Nazar Slyusarchuk"Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll" Ukrainian958
Ilona Galitska"Urok hlamuru" Ukrainian956
Viktoria Petryk"Matrosy" Ukrainian2135
Andranik Alexanyan"Try topoli, try surmy" Ukrainian589
Yulia Gurska"Miy litak" Ukrainian14 ◁28
Kristall"Evropa" Ukrainian, English1142
Anastasiya Petryk"Nebo" Ukrainian, English1138
Sofia Tarasova"We Are One"Ukrainian, English2121
Sympho-Nick"Spring Will Come"Ukrainian, English674
Anna Trincher"Pochny z sebe - Start with Yourself" Ukrainian, English1138
Sofia Rol"Planet Craves for Love"Ukrainian, English1430
Anastasiya Baginska"Don't Stop"Ukrainian, English7147
Darina Krasnovetska"Say Love"Ukrainian, English4182
Sophia Ivanko"The Spirit of Music"Ukrainian, English1559

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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, NTU, 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.
YearCommentatorSpokesperson
Timur Miroshnychenko
Timur MiroshnychenkoAssol
Timur MiroshnychenkoAssol
Timur MiroshnychenkoMarietta
Mariya OrlovaMarietta
Timur MiroshnychenkoElizabeth Arfush
Timur MiroshnychenkoAmanda Koenig
Timur MiroshnychenkoKristall
Tetiana TerekhovaElizabeth Arfush
Timur MiroshnychenkoSofia Tarasova
Timur MiroshnychenkoSofia Kutsenko
Timur MiroshnychenkoAnna Trincher
Timur MiroshnychenkoSofia Rol
Timur MiroshnychenkoAnastasiya Baginska
Timur MiroshnychenkoDarina Krasnovetska

Hostings

YearLocationVenuePresenters
KievPalace of SportsAni Lorak and Timur Miroshnychenko
KievPalace "Ukraine"Zlata Ognevich and Timur Miroshnychenko