As part of the Opening Ceremony of the 18th edition of Junior Eurovision, the draw to determine the first positions of the final's running order took place. A special customary draw was held to determine in which place will the host nation appear in the show along with the opening and closing acts. 

According to the draw held Poland will compete in the 6th place of the final while Germany will be the one to open the show. On the other hand France will be the country to close the evening with Valentina's performance. 

With a total of 12 countries competing in this year's competition the rest nine positions is decided by the show's producers. 

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Due to the covid-19 restrictions imposed by the goverments  this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest which took place in a studio at TVP's headquarters without the large audiences of the past, the competing entries were pre-recorded and only the interval acts, the hosting and the voting were presented live from Warsaw. 

The presentation of the show was assigned to three hosts. Namely  Małgorzata Tomaszewska, Rafał Brzozowski and Ida Nowakowska-Herndon.

The show opened with the presentation of the 12 competing countries and with the acts addressing a shot message while last year's winner Viki Gabor from Poland followed with the performance of her JESC 2019 winning entry 'Superhero'

THE COMPETING ACTS

A total of 12 countries competed in this year's contest with Germany making  their debut participation. The 12 hopefuls who had their perfromance pre-recorded, appeared in the following running order: 

1. Germany: Susan – “Stronger With You”

2. Kazakhstan: Karakat Bashanova – “Forever”

3. Netherlands: Unity – “Best Friends”

4. Serbia: Petar Aničić – “Heartbeat”

5. Belarus: Arina Pehtereva – "Aliens”

6. Poland: Ala Tracz – “I’ll Be Standing”

7. Georgia: Sandra Gadelia – "You Are Not Alone"

8. Malta:  Chanel Monseigneur – “Chasing Sunsets”

9. Russia: Sofia Feskova – “My New Day”

10. Spain: Soleá – "Palante”

11. Ukraine: Oleksandr Balabanov – “Vidkryvay”

12. France: Valentina – “J’imagine”

THE INTERVAL ACTS

The show went on with the interval acts. As earlier this year the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled and has been so missed by the fans, the Polish broadcaster decided to invite back on stage the winner of Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv, Duncan Laurence, bringing us a little bit of Eurovision on the JESC stage in Warsaw. Duncan Laurence  performed his winning song ‘Arcade’  joined by the last two Junior Eurovision winners Viki Gabor and Roksana Węgiel. 

While the online voting was still in progress, the stage saw teenage dancers performing in full motion a modern jazz routine, thanking at the end the people of all different professions for their daily efforts and making live what this year's slogan "Move the World" is all about.

Next on stage we watched Alicja Szemplińska the Polish ESC 2020 hopeful perform  her Eurovision entry 'Empires' which never reached the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. 

Just before the voting results were announced the custommary common performance of the competing acts took place with the 12 participants performing this year’s Common Song, named after this year’s slogan Move The World.

THE RESULTS

While the online voting determines the 50% of the overall result the other 50% is been determined by the national juries, formed by three adults and two children. The juries had the chance to watch all performances in yesterday's jury final and their votes were revealed first in today's live show, with the appointed spokespersons announcing the 12 points and the rest from 1-10 followed. 

Once the national juries' votes were in, the result saw Valentina from France top the scoreboard, followed by Kazakhstan's Karakat Bashanova in second place and Belarus coming third. 

Further on it was time for the results from the online voting, with more than 4,5 million votes determining the other 50% of the result. Once the online votes were added in, the overall score declared winner Valentina from France leaving in second place Kazakhstan and with Solea from Spain closing the top 3 places. 

For the story Valentina achieved to top both votings, jury and public voting reaching the very impressive total of 200 points ! Specifically the French talented act came also first in the online voting with 112 points leaving second Solea from Spain with 73 points while Karakat from Kazakhstan came third with 69 points. The top 5 closed with Unity in the 4th place and 64 points while Belarus came 5th with 57 points. 

Therefore France is the winner of Junior Eurovision 2020 with Valentina and her entry 'J'imagine'. Congratulations to France and Valenting for their victory!! 

Watch below the moment Valentina finds out her points from the online voitng, handing to her this year's Junior Eurovision 2020 trophy: 

In case you missed out this evening's Junior Eurovision show you can watch the whole event in the following link: 

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Although Armemia had initially confirmed their participation in Junior Eurovision 2020 earlier in November the national broadcaster, APMTV, announced  that the country will not eventually take part due to the ongoing conflict in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) and the martial law imposed in the country. 

The Armenian Head of Delegation revealed then that 13 yo Malena Fox was internally selected to represent the nation back in  July. Now the 13 year-old act has released the song which she was set to perform in Warsaw titled 'Why". 

Why is an emotianl ballad asking why people tend to hate and indifference while love can heal all the wounds. Behind the music and production is tokio9 and the song  has been penned by Suzanne Khanzadian, David Tserunyan (Armenian Hod) and tokio9.

Armenia in Junior Eurovision 

After 13 editions of consecutive appearances in Junior Eurovision, since 2007 they debuted in the contest, Armenia iwithdrew for the first time this year from the competition. 

Time flies and from last year's triymph of Viki Gabor's "Superhero" in Gliwice-Silesia here we are ready for the 2020 final to hit our screens on at 17:00 CET. However this year's contest has nothing to do with last year's competition as the covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecented circumstances affecting all aspects of life among which all mass event. 

The restrictions imposed by the goverments affected this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in a studio at TVP's headquarters without the large audiences of the past, the competing entries are pre-recorded and only the interval acts, the hosting and the voting will be presented live from Warsaw. 

THE COMPETING ACTS

A total of 12 countries will compete in this year's contest with Germany making its their debut participation. On the other hand Ireland, Portugal, Wales and Italy withdrew from the 2020 edition due to covid-19 restrictions. Armenia even though they had confirmed participation had to withdraw cause of the war at Nagorno - Karabakh (Artsakh) .

Thus we will watch today the 12 competing acts in the following running order: 

1. Germany: Susan – “Stronger With You”
2. Kazakhstan: Karakat Bashanova – “Forever”
3. Netherlands: Unity – “Best Friends”
4. Serbia: Petar Aničić – “Heartbeat”
5. Belarus: Arina Pehtereva – “Aliens”
6. Poland: Ala Tracz – “I’ll Be Standing”
7. Georgia: Sandra Gadelia – "You Are Not Alone"
8. Malta:  Chanel Monseigneur – “Chasing Sunsets”
9. Russia: Sofia Feskova – “My New Day”
10. Spain: Soleá – "Palante”
11. Ukraine: Oleksandr Balabanov – “Vidkryvay”
12. France: Valentina – “J’imagine”

All 12 entries will be present via pre-recoreded videos as none of the acts will performa live on stage like in previous years, due to the covid-19 restrictions. 

The show will be presented to us by the three hosts. Namely  Małgorzata Tomaszewska, Rafał Brzozowski and Ida Nowakowska-Herndon will have the honor to host the show. 

THE INTERVAL ACTS

As this year the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled and has been so missed by the fans, the Polish broadcaster has decided to invite back on stage the winner of Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv, Duncan Laurence, bringing us a little bit of Eurovision on the JESC stage in Warsaw. 

Duncan Laurence will  perform his  winning song ‘Arcade’  joined by the past two Junior Eurovision winners Viki Gabor and Roksana Węgiel to perform the song together. 

Alicja Szemplińska earned the right to represent Poland at the 2020  Eurovision Song Contest after winning  the Polish national selection Szansa Na Sukses in February with her song 'Empires'. Alicja may not have had the chance to complete her Eurovision journey to Rotterdam but is invited to perform her ESC 2020 entry on stage during Sunday's show. 

#Move the world

Following the each year's custommary common performance of the competing acts , the 12 participants will perform this year’s Common Song, named after this year’s slogan Move The World. We already saw Viki Gabor perform the song at the Opening Ceremony earlier this week and today during the press conference earlier this afternoon. 

While this year's slogan is Move the World the host broadcaster has arranged the sense of motion to flood the stage as  teenage dancers will perform a modern jazz routine, thanking people of all different professions for their daily efforts.

THE VOTING

The online voting for the 18th edition of Junior Eurovision has already open from Friday, November 27, at 20:00 CET and voters will  can cast their votes until Sunday , November 29, at 16:59 CET, just before the live show begins.The online voting will open again for 15 minutes during the final show. Voters must watch 1 minute clips of the competing entries and are able to vote for three songs maximum. Voters can vote for their own country and cast their choices one time only per device as long as they visit JuniorEurovisiontv's voting page

While the online voting determines the 50% of the overall result the other 50% has been determined by the national juries, formed by three adults and two children. The juries had the chance to watch all performances in yesterday's jury final and their votes will be announced first in the live show, with the appointed spokespersons announcing the 12 points and the rest ones from 1-10 to follow. 

The Junior Eurovision 2020 final will hit our screen at 17:00 CET and will be broadcast by all competing broadcasters and on the official JuniorEurovision.tv channel on Youtbe: 

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Early this morning the organisers unveiled pictures of the finalized stage which will host this year's contest. Meanwhile rehearsals of the interval act will take place. Later on in the afternoon a TVP & EBU press conference is set to take place while today the online voting will kick off.

Lets go and see today's program: 

TVP & EBU Press Conference ( 14:00 CET) 

The host broadcaster TVP and EBU will be holdng a press conference this afternoon with TVP President Jacek Kurski and   EBU Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl will be making their statements on this year's contest.  The press conferecne will be joined also by last year's winner Viki Gabor. Although the press wasn't able to travel this year to attend the event media outlets accross the globe have the chance to submit their questions via mail to all three of them. You can watch the live press conference in the following link: 

Junior Eurovision 2020 Online voting opens at 20:00 CET

The online voting for the 18th edition of Junior Eurovision will open today at 20:00 CET and voters will be able to cast their votes until Sunday , November 29, at 16:59 CET. The online voting will open again for 15 minutes during the final show. Voters will watch 1 minutes clips of the competing entries and will be alble to vote for three songs maximum. Voters can vote for their own country and cast their choices one time only per device. All you have to do is visit as long as they visit JuniorEurovisiontv's voting page  watch the recap of all songs and cast your vote from your three favorite entries. 

A total of 12 countries are competing in this year's contest while Poland is hosting the competition for a second successive year. The final show is set to take place on November 29, 17:00 CET . Due to the covid-19 pandemic, Junior Eurovision 2020  will be held in a recording studio at the headquarters of Polish Television in Warsaw at Woronicza Street. 

The organisers have confirmed that at Sunday's Junior Eurovision 2020 final show in the TVP headquarters, a small audience is predicted to be present during the broadcast. 

The small audience will be made of extras during the broadcast. The purpose for having an audience in the studio is to contribute in creating an atmosphere for the broadcast. In accrodance with the current restrictions in Poland, the audience will follow social distancing and other measures imposed by the Polish government. 

A total of 12 countries are competing in this year's edition of Junior Eurovision with Germany making its debut participation in the competition. The show will see the following acts competing for the trophy: 

1. Germany: Susan – “Stronger With You”
2. Kazakhstan: Karakat Bashanova – “Forever”
3. Netherlands: Unity – “Best Friends”
4. Serbia: Petar Aničić – “Heartbeat”
5. Belarus: Arina Pehtereva – “Aliens”
6. Poland: Ala Tracz – “I’ll Be Standing”
7. Georgia: Sandra Gadelia – "You Are Not Alone"
8. Malta:  Chanel Monseigneur – “Chasing Sunsets”
9. Russia: Sofia Feskova – “My New Day”
10. Spain: Soleá – “Palante”
11. Ukraine: Oleksandr Balabanov – “Vidkryvay”
12. France: Valentina – “J’imagine”

This will be the second siccessive contest hosted by Poland with the show to be presented to us by Małgorzata Tomaszewska, Rafał Brzozowski and Ida Nowakowska-Herndon. 

During the interval show Duncan Laurence will  perform his  winning song ‘Arcade’  joined by the past two Junior Eurovision winners Viki Gabor and Roksana Węgiel to perform the song together.  In addition Alicja Szemplińska, Poland's ESC 2020 hopeful, will perform on stage her Eurovision 2020 entry 'Empires'.

The final show of Junior Eurovision 2020 is set to begin on November 29 at 17:00 CET while the voting will open on Friday, November 27 at 20:00 CET. 

The next act we see is Susan from Germany, who has recorded the performance of her JESC entry "Stronger with you .  Susan won the national final held by KiKa with a total of five finalists and marks Germany debut participation at the competition. 

The yong act takes to the stage wearing a black top jacket combined with a black-white patterned dress. The staging included two trees on the two sides of the stage which their branches are LED tubes while more LED tubes are all over the stage floor in front of Susan. The back ground starts from dark blue color and switches during the performance to a dark red scenery.

A few words about Germany

Susan is flying the flag for Germany at Junior Eurovision 2020 performing her song "Stronger with You". With a total of 70 singers applying , only five of them took the casting stage before a jury in the KiKA LIVE: Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Das Casting', the format Germany opted for in order to select is first ever participant in Junior Eurovision. 

The 13 years old act started at the age of 4  to watch her sister Katja play in a band. From that point Susan discovered what she loves most and started taking singing lessons and hip hop dance classes. At that age she started playing tambourine in the band “Kids Groove”. From the international music scene she admires Ariana Grand. 

Levent Geiger, "Your-Song" finalist 2019, is behind  the German entry's composition. 

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With the jury final being the highlight of today's program the day includes rehearsal of the interval acts that will perform live tomorrow and the custommary press conference with all the participating acts.

This is how today's JESC 2020 schedule will unfold: 

Acts' Press conference ( 14:30 CET) 

This afternoon, at 14:30 CET the press conference with all the competing acts will take place. The custommary press conference one day before the live show will last about one hour and see all 12 participating acts attend the event. The 12 acts this year will attend the press conference remotely from their home countries. 

You can watch the whole event live on the following link: 

2020 Junior Eurovision Jury Final ( 17:00 CET) 

One day before the show, the national juries, formed by three adults and two children , will have the chance to watch the 12 performances and cast their votes which will count as the 50% of the overall voting. As all the performances have been pre -recorded there will be no live show on their screens but the juries will watch the same videos that will be broadcast tomorrow afternoon during the live show. 

The results of the national juries will be announced tomorrow by each country's spokesperson during the live show and count as the 50% of the overall result. The other 50% is determined by the online voting. 

This year a total of 12 competing countries will take place as following: 

1. Germany: Susan – “Stronger With You”
2. Kazakhstan: Karakat Bashanova – “Forever”
3. Netherlands: Unity – “Best Friends”
4. Serbia: Petar Aničić – “Heartbeat”
5. Belarus: Arina Pehtereva – “Aliens”
6. Poland: Ala Tracz – “I’ll Be Standing”
7. Georgia: Sandra Gadelia – "You Are Not Alone"
8. Malta:  Chanel Monseigneur – “Chasing Sunsets”
9. Russia: Sofia Feskova – “My New Day”
10. Spain: Soleá – “Palante”
11. Ukraine: Oleksandr Balabanov – “Vidkryvay”
12. France: Valentina – “J’imagine”

You can find more details on this year's 12 contestants and their entries in our previous post.

The final show of Junior Eurovision 2020 is set to begin on November 29 at 17:00 CET while the voting will open on Friday, November 27 at 20:00 CET. 

The Polish organisers are promising a spectacular show for Sunday's Junior Eurovision Song Contest, set to hit our screen at 17:00 CET. A Eurovision winner, past JESC winners along with other Polish stars will feature this year's interval acts

A liitle bit of Eurovision on stage.

As this year the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled and has been so missed by the fans, the Polish broadcaster has decided to invite back on stage the winner of Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv, Duncan Laurence, bringing us a little bit of Eurovision on the JESC stage in Warsaw. 

Duncan Laurence will  perform his  winning song ‘Arcade’  joined by the past two Junior Eurovision winners Viki Gabor and Roksana Węgiel to perform the song together. 

Alicja Szemplińska earned the right to represent Poland at the 2020  Eurovision Song Contest after winning  the Polish national selection Szansa Na Sukses in February with her song 'Empires'. Alicja may not have had the chance to complete her Eurovision journey to Rotterdam but is invited to perform her ESC 2020 entry on stage during Sunday's show. 

#Move the world

Following the each year's custommary common performance of the competing acts , the 12 participants will perform this year’s Common Song, named after this year’s slogan Move The World. We already saw Viki Gabor perform the song at the Opening Ceremony earlier this week and today during the press conference earlier this afternoon. 

While this year's slogan is Move the World the host broadcaster has arranged the sense of motion to flood the stage as  teenage dancers will perform a modern jazz routine, thanking people of all different professions for their daily efforts.

News Source: JuniorEurovision.tv

The next act we see is internally selected Arina Pehtereva from Belarus, who has recorded the performance of her JESC entry "Aliens" . This year the Belarusian broadcaster opted for an internal selection instead of a televised national selection show, determining both act and entry. Arina Pehtereva was chosen to fly the flag the country in Warsaw performing the song 'Aliens'.

Arina takes to the stage to perform her power ballad song wearing a long white light coat with writings all over it. The Belarusian hopeful is joined by four more young acts on stage dressed in total black. Her performance features also a globe as a symbolic prop. As she explains: 

“The globe is a very important part of my act. The idea is that the world is in our hands. And kids will create our future!”

A few words about Arina

Arina Pehtereva was born on March 14, 2008 in Mahiljou, the third largest city in the country. At the age of six, she began taking singing lessons and took part in several competitions and festivals. In 2017 and 2019 she was a candidate in the Belarusian junior ESC preliminary round. In spring 2019 she also applied to the Russian "The Voice Kids". In the team of the Ukrainian ESC candidate Svetlana Loboda ( Moscow 2009 ) she reached the battles.

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The next act we see is internally selected Valentina from France, who has recorded the performance of her JESC entry "J'imagine"  . Valentina will be the closing act for this year's contest and ambitions to see France topping the scoreboard. 

Valentina takes to the stage along with four dancers . Her staging features  LED effects displaying many colours and famous French sights, among which the Eiffel Tower creating a scenery that matches the positive and happy vibes of her song. 

A few words about Valentina

Valentina Tronel, was born on April 6, 2009 in Rennes. At 6 years old, she decides to participate in The Voice Kids: she will take part in season 4 of TV hook in summer 2017 (edition which was won by the representative of France at the Eurovision Junior 2018 Angélina ) where she performs during the blind auditions "Tra Te E Il Mare", one of Laura Pausini's successes.

In May 2018, she joined the new version of the charity group Kids United , formed for the benefit of UNICEF , nicknamed Kids United New Generation (or KUNG), which consists of the original member Gloria and three other new members: Dylan, Ilyana and Nathan.

At the start of 2020, as a member of the KUNG, she was part of the Green Team project (set up to support the Good Planet Foundation of photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand) and of the cover album " À Toi " (released on October 23 2020, created in tribute to singer Joe Dassin), both produced with the representative of France at Eurovision Junior 2019 Carla .

Her JESC 2020 entry has been penned by the wirters of last year's entry 'Bim Bam Toi' sung by Carla. Igit and Barbara Pravi have written the French JESC entry for a second consecutive year. Igit is no stranger to the French Eurovision fans as she was behind the "Eurovision Destination 2018' entry 'Lisboa, Jerusalem' .

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Next up is Sandra Gandelia from Georgia, who has recorded the performance of her JESC entry "You are not alone"  and ambitions to offer her country the 5th trophy and keep it on the top of nations with the most victories in the competition.

Sandra earned the right to represent Georgia after winning the talent show Ranina. The 10 year-old act takes to the stage accompanied by four female dancers. She wears a total black dress with colorful flowers popping up in the front part. Contrasting her black dress her four dancers are in white with flowers on their head. 

A few words about Sandra

Sandra was born in 2010 in Tbilisi where she with her mother, grandparents, cousin and aunt. The Georgian artist says she's had a deep connection to music since she was very little and really loves to sing. 

Behind the lyrics and the composition of her song are Giga Kukhianidze and Temo Sajaia , who are no strangers to the Junior Eurovision family as they were responsible for the entries in 2008 and 2010 till 2016. 

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Sofia Feskova takes to the stage to deliver her entry 'My new day' which conveys are strong message of non giving up and trying to fill eaxh day with happiness. 

The Russian act from St Petersburg appears on the stage dressed in a dreamy, light-blue princess gown with white and sparkling flowers, which in combination with the surrounding lights make Sofia seem as a little princess that comes out form a fairytale. 

Sofia won the Russian Junior Eurovision 2020 national final leaving behing second Rutger Garecht. The 11 year old young talented act hails from St. Petersburg has participated in several competitions among which the Junior New Wave contest where she reached the final. 

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It's time for the Maltese representative to take the stage, as Chanel Monseigneur , records the performance of her JESC entry "Chasing Sunsets" with which she ambitions to continue Malta's achievements in the competition.

Chanel travelled to Warsaw to record her performance of Chasing Sunsets earlier this month. The 9 year old act appears alone on stage wearing a beautiful red dress during the performance and the graphics in the background “give a message of hope, to chase your dreams no matter how far and impossible they seem!”

A few words about Chanel 

Chanel was born on the 2nd of January 2011 and lives in Mosta. It was at an early age that she showed interest and passion for singing. Her first singing and music theory lesson was 3 years ago but she always showed interest in learning the piano, so she added piano lessons last year. 

Chanel started participating in various local competitions where she was always praised and encouraged to keep on nourishing her talent. Last December she was awarded as the ‘Best Singer of The Year’ in a local competition. 

In 2018 she participated in her first-ever international competition held in Lithuania (Music Talent League) achieving a 1st place in her age group. Last summer she also had the opportunity to participate in ‘Talent World Contest’ (Italy) and in ‘Riga Symphony’ (Latvia) last December, placing 1st in both competitions with only a few marks away from winning the Gran Prix award.

Chanel's JESC entry has been penned by Emil Calleja Bayliss and composed by Aleandro Monseigneur, Peter Borg & Joe Rosco .

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It's time for the Kazakh representative to take the stage, as Karakat Bashanova , records the performance of her JESC entry "Forever" with the country's good resutls  in the competition depsite having only two participations. 

Karakat travelled to Warsaw earlier this month to record her performance of 'Forever' . The 12 year old act appears alone on stage wearing  a beautiful impressive white gown with wings giving a fairytale dimension to her performance. As she delivers the song  the graphics in the background display wild top of mountains creating an imaginery scene. 

A few words about Karakat

Karakat started singing at 5 years old and started having vocal lessons at the age of 9. Not long after, she began to practice vocals from singers on YouTube. She is now enrolled at a music boarding school named after famous Kazakh opera singer Kulyash Baisetova, where she plays the piano and violin.

Karakat has participated in several singing contests in the region, as she was a finalist in 'The Voice of Children 2018' and also took 3rd place at the II open children's vocal festival 'Happy Child 2019'.

The 12-year-old performer has dedicated her song Forever to her father. The song was written by Khamit Shangaliyev, the same composer who wrote Yerzhan Maxim’s song for Junior Eurovision Song Contest last year.

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It time for the host nation's representative to take the stage, as Ala Tracz, records the performance of her JESC entry "I'll be standing" with which she ambitions to continue the good results Roskana and Vicki have achieved the last two years for the country. 

Ala performs an inspiring song that talks about the need to follow your dream and stand up against all kind of difficulties. The young talented act changes dresses behind the camera ,switching colors from white to red . 

A few words about Alicja (Ala)

Alicja Tracz was one of the youngest participants in the third edition of "The Voice Kids 3" - she was 9 years old then. In the second episode (blind auditions), she performed "I'll be there" and chose Dawid Kwiatkowski (who was also the juror of the episode "Szansa na Sukces" in which she performed) as her mentor . In the battles, she performed "Don't Worry About Me" together with Karina Kowalska and Józia Karnkowska and she was promoted further. In the sing-off, she again presented "I'll be there" and entered the first round of the final with Marcin Maciejczak . 

Alongside with her older sister, Ola, recorded the song "Przed nami cały świat" ("The Whole World Before Us"), and performed together at the concert on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Paul II. They also took part in Domowy Graniu z Eska.pl. Ali's vocal instructor is Agnieszka Wiechnik , and the singer is under the care of the Janów Cultural Center. It was there that she recorded her cover of the Eurovision film "To nie ja". She also performed this song as a representative of Poland during the "Smiles of the Sea" competition in Bulgaria.

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Petar takes to the stage to record his song "Hearbeat" a song through which he ambition to cause many heartbeats to Europe's audience and bring the trophy to Serbia.

Petar appears on the stage in a modern suit. He entered the stage wearing a notable orange and white striped suit. During his performance, he walks around the stage singing while at some point he also sits at a piano.

A few words about Petar

Born in 2006, the yung act studies in the 8th grade of primary school in Belgrade, and has been involved in music since he was 4 years old. When he was six, he enrolled the "Mokranjac" Junior Music School in Belgrade, the piano section, and as soon as the following year he composed his first piece titled "I run fast". 

During his education, Petar performed at numerous concerts, public lessons and contests where he won several awards. At the National Competition for Students of Music Schools in 2017, he won the second prize, at the municipal-level contest for solo singers "Golden Mermaid" - Demus 2017/2018 he won the first prize, and then also the first prize at the city-level contest, winning a landslide victory with 99 points.

In addition to music, Petar is also a fan of history and geography, languages and sports. He is currently practicing rowing at the Rowing Club Partizan and he would recommend this sport to everyone because, according to Petar, the water has a calming and inspiring effect, while rowing activates all the body muscles and helps develop both physical and mental strength. 

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Oleskandr will be performing on stage his song 'Vidkryvai' (Open Up). The young act appears on stage wearing a cream coloured suit, while his team was wearing Vidkryvai merchandise and ‘Open Up’ face masks. During his performance he uses a small orb. 

The Urainian act was one of the delegates to travel to Warsaw earlier this month in order to record his performance. Behind Oleskandr's staging is the same team that was responsible for Jamala's performance, winner of ESC 2016. 

A few words about Oleksandr 

The 13-year-old act was born in Donetsk. He has started singing from the age of 4 in a folk singing group! When he turned 8, he moved to the capital of Kyiv with his parents so he can attend the music classes at the art school there in order to evolve his talent as a pop vocalist as well.
He has won about 40 national and internations festivals and competitions already and is fluent in English already, all while studying German and Turkish as well! He has experienced been a finalist in the Ukrainian preliminary round for the JESC twice, namely in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he won the Slavianski Bazar Kids in 2018 and was at the Ukrainian The Voice Kids successfully

Meanwhile Oleksandr is the first male act to represent Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2009, when Andranik Alexanyan represented the country in the edition Timur Miroshnychenko hosted!

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UNITY recorded their performance in a studio in Hileversum. After Demi's covid-19 adventure prior the Junior Songfestival, the four girls reunite for the JESC final. 

Naomi, Maud, Jayda and Demi appear on stage dressed similar as in the national final, in a updated version of it and showcase their pattern of dance moves. 

A few words about UNITY

The girl group Unity won the Dutch national final , Junior Songfestival 2020  are representing the Eurovision 2021 host nation at the upcoming Junior Eurovision in Warsaw with their song "Best Friends". The girl-group which consists of the four members Naomi , Maud, Jayda and Demi. 

Naomi 

Naomi is 13 years old. When she was 6 years old, she joined a theatre school just for fun. When  she realized how much she loved it, she decided to work hard for it. Her idols are the Dutch singers Maan and Davina Michelle.

Jayda

Jayda us 13 years old and has been singing since she can remember herself. However from the age of 9 she took things seriously and began developing her talent. From the established acts she admires Beyonce and Dutch singer Maan.

Maud

Maud is 14 years old and has started singing and performing when since was very young. When she was 6 years old, she started singing lessons and has  never stopped doing it since then. Singing, dancing and acting are her greatest passions. Favorite act is the Dutch singer Maan. 

Demi 

Demi is a 14 year old act that has been singing since she could talk and  joined musical lessons at the age of 8. Her parents both play music in the church band and so she  was motivated to sing with them. Like the other group's members she admires the Dutch singer Maan. Before the national final began  Demi  was tested for Covid-19 and were found positive. Thus she had to withdraw from the national final leaving the selection, while Unity appeared as a group with three members instead of four. However Demi will be able to join the group at Junior Eurovision in Warsaw. 

Their song 'Best Friends' talk about the power of friendship that can overcome distances and difficulties and can become a factor for unity and major achievements. 

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Soleá was internally selected by RTVE to represent Spain at its second participation after the country's comeback at the contest and its 13 years of absence. The young talented act aims to conquer Europe's hearts through her urban pop song with a flamenco touch , 'Palante' , continuing Spain's succeeful comeback to the competition. 

The 9 years old talented act delivers a powerful in motion performances, adjusting her staging to the flamenco vibes her song conveys. Solea's moves, the song's beat and the colorful scenery add up in a sensation that make you want to dance along.

A few words about Solea 

Soleá Fernández Moreno was  born in Seville on June 19, 2011 in the bosom of an  outstanding saga of  dancers  and artists from Spain . Daughter of Farru, niece of Farruquito, granddaughter of Farruca and great-granddaughter of Farruco, it can be said that  art and flamenco run through her veins  and from a very young age she showed faculties for  singing, dancing and interpretation.In 2014,  when she was only three years old, she  made her debut as a singer at  La Maestranza in Seville,  during a family show Farruquito y familia . In 2015, she was the star of  the Christmas family show  where she made her debut as an actress and dancer at the  Quintero Theater in Seville.  In 2016 he starred in another Christmas show created by his father, which took him on a tour of some of the best theaters in the country, such as  the Apolo Theater (Barcelona) and the Rialto Theater (Madrid).  That same year he made his  first television appearance  thanks to the Canal Sur program Menuda noche.

In 2019, she was one of the special guests at Ketama's  concert  at the  Cartuja Center in Seville. During Christmas of that year, the girl took part in  La zambombá flamenca , with which she  toured Spain  and shared the stage with artists such as  Pitingo, Tomatito or Rosario Flores.  At the beginning of 2020, he participated in the last album of the singer  Lya Manuela.

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