Two former Junior Eurovision national selection finalists made memorable appearances on The Voice Kids UK this weekend.
Gracie-Jayne took part in the 2018 Chwilio am Seren selection in Wales and impressed many with her performances including an amazing Welsh language version of You’re My World my Cilla Black. In The Voice Kids, Gracie-Jayne sang Golden Slumbers, a song by the Beatles, but more well known recently by Jennifer Hudson from the ‘Sing’ movie soundtrack. Three of the judges turned their chairs for Gracie-Jayne’s performance. Gracie-Jayne chose Pixie Lott to be her mentor going forward in the competition.
Erik Antonyan participated in the 2018 Depi Mankakan Evratesil national selection in Armenia, Ari Pari. Erik is now living in London in England. In The Voice Kids, Erik gave a rousing performance of Saturday Night by Whigfield and the got the audience enthusiastic and dancing and they gave him a lot of applause. Unfortunately, none of the judges turned around but they gave Erik a lot of praise and said he has a big future.
You can see the performance by Gracie-Jayne and Erik below.
Source: ESC Covers; ITV