Ukraine was the host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv.[1] NTU has held a national final to select the fourth Ukrainian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country |  Ukraine | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-final 14 May 2009 Final 14 June 2009 | |||
| Selected entrant | Andranik Alexanyan | |||
| Selected song | "Tri topoli, tri surmy" | |||
| Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Junior Eurovision edit
National final edit
NTU held a national final to select the Ukrainian entry to the JESC 2009. From the 70 accepted entries received by NTU for the contest, a professional jury selected 32 to compete in a pre-recorded semi-final on 14 May 2009. The members of the jury were Roman Nedzelskiy (vice-president of NTU), Mihaylo Chemberzhi (director of the Kyiv Youth Academy of Arts), Natalia Efimenko (vocal tutor of the Kyiv Music Academy) Victor Knysh (director of representative office of Artek in Kyiv and staging director of the national final), Olexander Zlotnik (composer), Marina Modina (singer) and Nadya Atonasova (head of dance studio "A6").
Semi-final edit
At the semi-final on 14 May 2009, 15 entries were selected by the jury to progress to the live final on 14 June 2009.
Final edit
The final, attended by Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, took place on 14 June 2009 at the International Children's Centre 'Artek' in Kyiv, and was hosted by commentator for Eurovision and Junior Eurovision Timur Miroshnychenko and three-time participant at the Ukrainian Junior national final Marietta.[2] Fifteen competing acts participated in the televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of both public telephone vote and the votes of jury members made up of music professionals. Andranik Alexanyan was selected to represent Ukraine with the song "Try topoli, try surmy".[3] Only the televoting results were revealed, which Olexander Chernenko won. Andranik Alexanyan came second and Liza Malaeva came in third.[4]
The members of the jury that voted in the final were Vasil Ilaschuk (president of NTU), Yuriy Pavlenko (Minister for Family, Youth and Sports Affairs), Vasil Vovkun (Minister for Culture and Tourism Affairs), Mihaylo Chemberzhi (director of the Kyiv Youth Academy of Arts), Olexander Zlotnik (composer), Boris Novozhilov (director of the International Children's Centre 'Artek'), Marina Modina (singer) and Vasyl Lazarovych (singer).
| Draw | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kapriz | "Super Song" |
| 2 | Nguen Li | "Melodiya" (Мелодія) |
| 3 | Katerina Kuritsina | "Ya i ty" (Я і ти) |
| 4 | Marina Lozinska | "Litak" (Літак) |
| 5 | Daniela Yakobchuk | "Pisnya sribnoy zemli" (Пісня срібла землі) |
| 6 | Liza Malaeva | "Litnya samba" (Літня самба) |
| 7 | Valentina Danilyuk | "Malesenke kohannya" (Малесенке когання) |
| 8 | Andranik Alexanyan | "Try topoli, try surmy" (Три тополі, три сурми) |
| 9 | Karina Mazuryk | "Disco Lady" |
| 10 | Vladislav Karaschuk | "Planeta dytynstva" (Планета дитинства) |
| 11 | Valeriya & Anastasiya Groshko | "Tsikaviy svit" (Цікавий світ) |
| 12 | Katerina Panchenko | "Ya zapitayu" (Я запітаю) |
| 13 | Olexander Chernenko | "Kazka" (Казка) |
| 14 | Anna Kudryashova | "Misyats" (Місятс) |
| 15 | Dmitro Borodyn | "Zirka" (Зірка) |
At Eurovision edit
Voting edit
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Notes edit
- ^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.
References edit
- ^ Bakker, Sietse (2008-06-06). "Ukraine to host Junior Eurovision in 2009". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ Yulia Tymoshenko visited the final concert of child's competition «Eurovision-2009», Personal web site of Yulia Tymoshenko (June 14, 2009)
- ^ Costa, Nelson (2009-06-14). "Andranik Aleksanyan to Junior Eurovision". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- ^ "Ukraine Junior Eurovision 2009 - Украина Детское Евровидение 2009".
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Kyiv 2009". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
External links edit
- (in Ukrainian) NTU website