ABC have released the official video for Australia’s 2019 Junior Eurovision entry – Jordan Anthony ‘We will rise’
Jordan (14) is the youngest ever finalist of the of The Voice Australia and will be the first boy to represent his country at the contest in Gliwice on November 24th.
rtve have released the full version of Melanie Garcia’s Spanish entry for Junior Eurovision 2019.
Letra de “Marte” (Letter to Mars) is an uplifting ballad featuring soaring; almost operatic vocals which tap in to the current environmental youth movement.
Audio. video and lyrics in both Spanish and English can be found here:
Ireland came a step closer to selecting its artist for Junior Eurovision 2019 earlier this evening as the selection show reached the Semi Final stage.
Eight acts; in two groups of four, performed with one act from each group being chosen by the judges to automatically go through to the final and two further artists facing a ‘sing off’ for the third place in the final.
Judges Chris Greene and Grainne Bleasdale were joined by guest judge, Eurovision 1993 winner Niamh Kavanagh.
The first four acts to perform were:
Anna Kearney
Alison McGrath
Caoimhe McBride
Seisear Séiseach
Anna Kearney was chosen to go through to the final.
The second group consisted of:
Savannah Phoenix-Munroe
Arabella Dolan
Orla McDermott
Skye Murphy Darrer
With Savannah Phoenix-Munroe getting the judges vote to progress to the final.
Alison McGrath and Orla Mcdermott were chosen to take part in the sing off with Orla Mcdermott coming out victorious by two votes to one to also progress.
The Final will take place next Sunday when the winner will be chosen. A song will be specially written for the winner and will be revealed at a later date.
Maria Ermakova impressed many with her participation in the 2019 Belarus Junior Eurovision national selection. She performed the song Vetra which is a upbeat pop ethnic song with a strong vibe.
Chwilio am Seren (Search for a Star), Wales Junior Eurovision selection show came to a conclusion tonight with the national final taking place at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno,
Seven acts made it through from the semi final last week and with Mackenzie & Rhiannon being teamed up by the judges to perform as a duo; for the first part of the show, each of the six acts performed a song chosen by themselves and their mentor:
Sophie – “Cae o yd”
Mackenzie & Rhiannon – “Nythod cacwyn””
Carys – “Croeswn ddyfroedd geirwon”
Y Minis – “Hedfan uwch na’r ser”
Cerys – “Meddwl amdanaf fi”
Erin – “Nos Da Susanna”
Following a vote from the 5 regional Welsh juries, the field was narrowed down to a final three.
Mackenzie & Rhiannon, Cerys and Erin each performed their own version of “Calon yn Curo” the song which will represent Wales in Poland and after the public vote Erin was crowned the Winner and will represent Wales in Gliwice, Poland.
Elizaveta Misnikova has won the local national selection and will represent Belarus at the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the song Pepelnyy (Ash).
The upbeat Pepelnyy won by a combination of televoting and jury. The televote top score went to song number 10.
ESC Covers reporters Ian Fowell and Barry Tsai give their marks out of 10 for each song –
1- Elizaveta Misnikova – Pepelnyy Ian 7 – Barry 4
2- Anastasiya Zhabko – Poymi menya Ian 6 – Barry 8
3- Mariya Zhilina – Spyavala, gukala, chakala Ian 10 – Barry 7
4- Kseniya Galetskaya – A Better World Ian 6 – Barry 5
5- Monkey Tops – Posmotri na nas Ian 9 – Barry 9
6- Sofiya Khrolovich – Davay tantsuy Ian 5 – Barry 5
7- Sofiya Rustamova – Skazhi mne Ian 10 – Barry 5
8- Zefir – Luchshiye i pervyye Ian 8 – Barry 7
9 – Arina Pekhtereva – Never Again Ian 4 – Barry 6
10 – Mariya Yermakova – Vetra – Ian 10 – Barry 10
The interval consisted of performances by Olga Satsiuk (2003 JESC Belarus), Helena Maraai (2017 JESC Belarus) and Daniel Yastremski (2018 JESC Belarus).
You can see Elizaveta perform her winning song below.
Source: ESC Covers
Selection for the Belarus entry for Junior Eurovision 2019 will conclude this Friday September 20 at 22:00 with a live show which will be broadcast on the Belarus 1, Belarus 24 TV channels and online. at www.tvr.by
Eurovision Belarus reported earlier “Work on installation of equipment and stage has begun in the studio ” 600 meters On September 19, the “Six-hundred” will take place individual finals. The General broadcast of the show in live mode will be held on Friday afternoon.
Ten entries will compete with the running order as follows:
1- Elizaveta Misnikova – “Pepel’nyy” (Пепельный)
2- Anastasiya Zhabko – “Poymi menya” (Пойми меня)
3- Mariya Zhilina – “Spyavala, gukala, chakala” (Спявала, гукала, чакала)
4- Kseniya Galetskaya – “A Better World”
5- Monkey Tops – “Posmotri na nas” (Посмотри на нас)
6- Sofiya Khrolovich – “Davay tantsuy” (Давай танцуй)
7- Sofiya Rustamova – “Skazhi mne” (Скажи мне)
8- Zefir – “Luchshiye i pervyye” (Лучшие и первые)
9 – Arina Pekhtereva – “Never Again”10 – Mariya Ermakova”Vetra” (Ветра)
Mariya Yermakova “Vetra” (Ветра) appears to be one of the early fan favorites in a very high quality field of songs and artists.
Tune in at www.tvr.by
Armenia wrapped up it’s Junior Eurovision national selection today (Sun 15th).
The show; which included performances from last year’s winner Roksana Węgiel and Armenia’s 2018 contestant L.E.V.O.N, concluded with Karina Ignatyan and her song ‘Colours of your dream’ being chosen to represent the Armenia in the upcoming contest in Gliwice, Poland.
After a very respectable 9th Place finish from L.E.V.O.N in last year’s contest, Armenia will be the first country to broadcast it’s national selection show, which takes place on Sunday 15th at 22:00 local time.
This year’s competing artists and songs are:
Anahit Arakelyan – Chem Handznvi
Ani Atayan – Every Time
Anishock – Selfie Yerevan
Anzhhela Albertyan – Khaghanq Khaghagh
Emily Hovhannisyan – Parum Enq Pary
Karina Ignatyan – Colours Of Your Dream
Narek Markosyan – Im Ergy
Robert Bagratyan – Captain Friendship
Roza Eloyan – Im Qaghaq Vardan
Margaryan – La La La
A good strong eclectic mix of songs including several suitable for younger listeners/viewers and a number that would not be out of place in the Adult contest.
For those wishing to tune in to see the result on Armenian Channel 1tv – here is the link:
In 2018, a record 20 countries participated in the Junior Eurovision song contest in Minsk and even the most casual viewer couldn’t have failed to notice that the vast majority of the performers were female.
Taylor Hines (Ireland), Noam Dadon (Israel) Daniel Yastremski (Belerus) and L.E.V.O.N (Armenia) were the only solo male artists, with Max Albertazzi (Max and Anne/Netherlands) and Marco Bonni (Melissa and Marco/Italy) bringing the total number of male artists to 6.
Looking back at recent contests we also find a similar situation:
Tblisi 2017- 16 Entries – 3 male solo, 1 boy band
Malta 2016 – 17 Entries – 2 Male solo – 1 Male/Female duo
Similarly, if we look at the winning entries, in the 16 years the contest has been running, only 5 male solo artists and Giorgi Shiolashvili; who was a member of the winning trio Bzikebi, have taken home the winners prize.
For the 2019 contest, we currently have 3 confirmed male artists, but with the upcoming national selections all being; once again, dominated by female entrants, It’s highly likely that girl power will once again be evident in Poland.
Please leave a comment below with your thoughts? Why do you think it is that there are so few male entries in the Junior competition?