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has been represented at the

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since 2006. Ukrainian public broadcaster UA:PBC, has been responsible for the participation.

History

Ukraine won the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the tenth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place at the AFAS Live, Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 1 December 2012. Dutch broadcaster AVRO (broadcaster), AVRO was ...

with the song " Nebo" performed by

Anastasiya Petryk Anastasiya Ihorivna Petryk (born 4 May 2002, known known by the diminutive Nastya) is a Ukrainian singer. She won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Nebo (Anastasiya Petryk song), Nebo", becoming the first Ukrainian entrant ...

. Her sister,

Viktoria Petryk Viktoria Ihorivna "Vika" Petryk (; born 21 May 1997) is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter who represented Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held in Limassol, Cyprus, with the song "Matrosy" ("Sailors"). She finished in second pla ...

, reached 2nd place at the

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with "Matrosy". The country hosted the at the

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on 21 November 2009. On 30 November 2013, Ukraine once again hosted the competition, this time at

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. Kyiv is the first city to host the contest twice, while Ukraine was then the second country after the to host the competition twice. On 2 July 2018, UA:PBC initially announced that they would not take part in the contest in

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due to financial difficulties. However, on 2 August 2018, the

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(EBU) announced that UA:PBC would participate in 2018.

Participation overview

Photo gallery

Image:Anastasiya Petryk (Ukraine, winner of JESC 2012).jpg, Anastasiya Petryk in Amsterdam () Image:JESC 2013 (Ukraine) Sofia Tarasova at rehearsal 2.jpg,

Sofia Tarasova Sofia Mikhaylivna Tarasova (; born 31 March 2001) is a Ukrainian singer, actress and former member of the Ukrainian girl group Nu Virgos. She Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, represented Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Conte ...

in Kyiv () Image:JESC 2014 Sympho-Nick.jpg, Interview with

Sympho-Nick Ukraine selected its entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 through a national final that consisted of eighteen songs. The final was held on 9 August 2014 in Bukovel, Ukraine. Sympho-Nick and their song "Pryyde vesna" (Прийде в� ...

for kidsmusic.info at the contest

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and

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. 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.

Hostings

References