Category Archives: 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Archive of posts for artists who participated in the 2020 Junior Eurovision song contest from selection to present day.

2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Junior Eurovision week events roundup

22 November 2020 Barry Tsai 1 Comment

Junior Eurovision week kicked off today with a watch-a-long of last years contest with the addition of comments and reactions from this year’s contestants:

Despite the participants not being in Poland, the now traditional opening ceremony will once again take place this year and will be live streamed.

Tune in at 4pm local time Monday 23rd:

Also on Monday, In lieu of would have been first rehearsal clips being published, short previews of the artists final performances will be released.

The usual mix of interviews and fun clips will also be published regularly on the JESC.TV channels and the main press conference with all the artists will take place on Saturday 28 November 14:30 CET.

Finally the official full colour 21 page souvenir programme for the event, featuring Photo’s,Bio’sand lyrics to each song, is now available to download here:

https://cdn.accredion.com/91efd669-134b-4ac3-acf7-7157914848ac.pdf

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Ukraine issues Junior Eurovision Stamp

20 November 2020 Barry Tsai 1 Comment

Eurovision memorabilia collectors should be on the look out for a new stamp that was unveiled yesterday (19/11/20) featuring this years Ukraine entrant Oleksandr Balabanov.

The stamp features a photo of Alexander from a photo shoot organised by the public broadcaster, along with the official Junior Eurovision 2020 logo.

Alex was presented with a framed presentation sheet yesterday when the stamp was unveiled in the main post office in Kiev.

Georgia: Sandra Gadelia releases official music video for ‘You Are Not Alone’

19 November 2020 Ian Fowell Leave a comment

Sandra Gadelia has released the official music video for her song You Are Not Alone. This is the song she will represent Georgia with at the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

The music video for You Are Not Alone is beautifully filmed in a lovely Georgian ‘olde worlde’ setting. Sandra is accompanied by four female violinists, a girl keyboard player, a female drummer and a boy DJ.

Welcome back to Giga Kukhiandze, who is the composer of You Are Not Alone. Giga is man behind Georgia’s three wins at Junior Eurovision (Bzikebi in 2008 with Bzzz…, Group Candy in 2011 with Candy Music and Mariam Mamadishvili with Mzeo in 2016). Giga also composed the Georgian JESC entries by Mariam Kakhelishvili (2010 with Mari-Dari, 2012 The Funkids and Funky Lemonade, 2013 The Smile Shop and Give Me Your Smile, 2014 Lizi Pop with Happy Day and in 2015 The Virus gave us Gabede.

Sandra is just 10 years old and she has a charming and powerful voice. She won the ‘Ranina’ national selection competition in Georgia with some much acclaimed performances.

You can see the official video clip for You Are Not Alone below.

Source: ESC Covers; GPB

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Check out cover of ‘Poupée de cire, poupée de son’ by Kids United Nouvelle Génération

18 November 2020 Ian Fowell Leave a comment

Kids United Nouvelle Génération recorded a version Poupée de cire, poupée de son, the winning Eurovision song for Luxembourg by France Gall in 1965. It has a modern an upbeat production but retains the charm of the original.

The project, Kids United Nouvelle Génération, includes the representative of France at the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Valentina.

You can hear Poupée de cire, poupée de son from the album ‘Kids United 4’ below. You can also see a live performance of the song.

Source: ESC Covers

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Sandra Gadelia wins Ranina

13 November 2020 Barry Tsai 2 Comments

With the outcome of the show already known due to the release of the official Junior Eurovision album earlier in the day, The Ranina final aired this evening with Sandra Gadelia taking the trophy.

Sandra was presented with the trophy by last years winner Giorgi Rostiashvili and will compete at Junior Eurovison 2020 with the song ‘You are not Alone’

As in previous years, each finalist performed two songs with some outstanding performances which you can watch below:

Rati Gelovani – 3rd

Maria Khvedelidze – 2nd

Sandra Gadelia – Winner

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Junior Eurovision update – CD release and Voting details

11 November 2020 Barry Tsai 2 Comments

In a surprise move, it has been announced that alongside the traditional download album, a physical CD will also be available for this years Junior Eurovision song contest.

The download edition will be available from the 13th, whilst the physical CD will be released later, on the 27th – 2 days before the contest.

https://junioreurovision.tv/story/the-junior-eurovision-2020-album-will-be-released-soon

Also this week, details of the voting for Junior Eurovision have been announced with the voting format remaining largely unchanged from last year.

The only published change will be the fact that; due to the smaller number of competing entries this year, the public will be allowed 3 votes instead of the 5 from last year.

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Georgia ‘Ranina’ finalists revealed

7 November 2020 Barry Tsai Leave a comment

Ranina’s penultimate show aired this evening as the semi final was broadcast and the three artists who will compete in next weeks final revealed.

The five artists who won through from the themed rounds each performed this evening with Georgian artists ‘The Quintessence’.

Sandra Gadelia, Rati Gelovani and Marita Khvedelidze ultimately progressed through to next weeks final, where; if the show follows the same format of previous years, each artist will perform two songs before the winner is chosen.

Watch this evenings winning performances below.

Marita Khvedelidze

Sandra Gadelia

Rati Gelovani

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Sofia Feskova and her interview with Teledetki tv in Russia

5 November 2020 Ian Fowell Leave a comment

Sofia Feskova will soon represent Russia at the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with her song My New Day (Moy novyy den). Sofia has just done an interview for the children’s Teledetki tv channel based in St Petersburg, Russia.

Two correspondents from Teledetki tv, Darya Marchenko and Adele Fattakhova, interviewed Sofia and talked about her rehearsals and her plans for Junior Eurovision.

Sofia told how she starts each day and how she prepares for school. Then she goes to the rehearsal studio every day to prepare for Junior Eurovision. The school of Igor Krutov is helping with all the preparations for Sofia, and they put her through difficult but important rehearsal procedures each day to make a Junior Eurovision performance as perfect as it can be.

The 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place on 29 November. We wish Sofia lots of luck for the competition.

Thank you to Teledetki tv and their reporters – Darya Marchenko and Adele Fattakhova.

You can see the Teledetki tv video interview, in Russian, with Sofia below and also the official music video for My New Day (Moy novyy den) below.

Source: Teledetki tv; ESC Covers

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Armenia withdraws from Junior Eurovision

5 November 2020 Barry Tsai 3 Comments

The official Junior Eurovision website today announced that Armenia has withdrawn from this years contest in Poland, citing issues related to the introduction of martial law in the region as a result of the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) as the reason.

Further information was also revealed on the official Aremenia in Eurovision Facebook page, where we learnt that singer Maléna Fox had been selected and a song recorded.

On her Instagram page, Maléna posted “Considering the message of the song, our team and me have decided to release the song in the nearest future. Stay tuned, subscribe to my youtube channel for upcoming news.”

You can hear Maléna perform an R&B mashup, posted earlier this year on her YouTube channel below.