Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox song contest national year
| Contest = Junior
| Year = 2022
| Country = Ukraine
| Selection process = National final
| Selection date = 18 September 2022
| Artist = Zlata Dziunka
| Song = Nezlamna (Unbreakable)
| Writer = Zlata Dziunka
Kateryna Sereda
| Final result = 9th, 111 points
}}
{{esccnty|Ukraine|JESC}} was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Armenia, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan.{{Cite web |last=Farren |first=Neil |date=2022-08-03 |title=🇺🇦 Ukraine: National Final for Junior Eurovision 2022 |url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/08/03/ukraine-national-final-junior-eurovision-2022/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}} The country was represented by Zlata Dziunka (born 1 December 2008) with the song "Nezlamna (Unbreakable)", who won the national selection organised by the Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-03 |title=Ukraine opens Junior Eurovision 2022 national selection submissions |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/08/03/ukraine-opens-junior-eurovision-2022-national-selection-submissions/273044/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=wiwibloggs |language=en-US}}
Background
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Prior to the 2022 contest, Ukraine had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its debut in {{Escyr|2006|Junior}}.{{cite web |date=2 December 2006 |title=Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 |url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/year-page?event=1478#Participants |access-date=5 August 2016 |website=junioreurovision.tv |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} Ukraine never missed a contest since their debut appearance,{{cite web |title=Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest |url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/country-profile?country=38 |access-date=5 August 2016 |website=junioreurovision.tv |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} and won the contest once in {{Escyr|2012|Junior}} with the song "{{lang|uk-Latn|Nebo|i=unset}}", performed by Anastasiya Petryk.{{cite web |last1=Escudero |first1=Victor |date=1 December 2012 |title=Ukraine wins the 10th Junior Eurovision Song Contest |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=ukraine_wins_the_10th_junior_eurovision_song_contest |access-date=5 August 2016 |website=eurovision.tv |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} The Ukrainian capital Kyiv has hosted the contest twice, at the Palace of Sports in {{Escyr|2009|Junior}},{{cite web |last1=Floras |first1=Stella |date=6 June 2008 |title=JESC: Ukraine to host Junior Eurovision 2009 |url=http://www.esctoday.com/12069/jesc_-_ukraine_to_host_junior_eurovision_2009 |access-date=5 August 2016 |website=esctoday.com |publisher=ESC Today}} and the Palace "Ukraine" in {{Escyr|2013|Junior}}.{{cite web |last1=Siim |first1=Jamo |date=17 April 2013 |title=Junior 2013 venue confirmed |url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=junior_2013_venue_confirmed |access-date=5 August 2016 |website=junioreurovision.tv |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} In the {{Escyr|2021|Junior}} contest, Olena Usenko represented the country in Paris, France with the song the "Vazhil", placing 6th out of 19 entries with 125 points.
Before Junior Eurovision
= National final =
The Ukrainian broadcaster announced on 1 August 2022 that they would be participating at the 2022 contest.{{Cite web |last=suspilne |title=Україна візьме участь у Дитячому Євробаченні-2022 |url=https://corp.suspilne.media/newsdetails/5199 |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=corp.suspilne.media |language=en}}
== Format ==
The final, which took place on 18 September 2022, featured five acts vying to represent Ukraine in Yerevan. The winner was selected via the 50/50 combination of votes from an online vote and an expert jury, the members of which were chosen by the public. The online voting, taking place via Suspilne's official website junioreurovision.ua, was opened on 16 September and closed before the show, and was reopened for 15 minutes after all songs were performed. Both the public televote and the expert jury will assign scores ranging from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) and the entry that has the highest number of points following the combination of these scores is declared the winner. In the event of a tie, the jurors were to be tasked with assessing and individually voting for their favourite. The voting for the expert jury was organised via Suspilne's official website junioreurovision.ua.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-30 |title=Суспільне запускає голосування за журі фіналу нацвідбору на Дитяче Євробачення |trans-title=Suspilne begins the voting for the jury of the final of the national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://suspilne.media/276342-suspilne-zapuskae-golosuvanna-za-zuri-finalu-nacvidboru-na-ditace-evrobacenna/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Suspilne Media |language=uk}} Ten candidates were presented to the public and a voting was open from 30 August to 6 September 2022, with the three candidates topping the online voting being invited to become jurors of the show. All candidates to become expert jurors were:
- Anzhelika Rudnytska – singer, television presenter, Merited Artist of Ukraine
- Darina Krasnovetska – Ukrainian representative in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
- Khrystyna Soloviy – folk singer-songwriter
- Krutь – singer, bandur player, composer, finalist of Vidbir 2020
- Mykhailo Klymenko – singer-songwriter
- Myroslava Saliy – co-founder of the children's folklore studio "Pravitsa"
- Serhiy Keyn – music journalist, publicist, artist, brand consultant
- Sophia Ivanko – Ukrainian representative in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
- Tonya Matvienko – singer, Merited Artist of Ukraine
- Vlad Darwin – singer-songwriter
The three selected jury members with the most votes were announced on 13 September 2022.{{Cite web |date=13 September 2022 |title=Глядачі обрали журі на нацвідбір дитячого «Євробачення-2022» |url=https://stv.detector.media/suspilna-korporatsiya/read/7448/2022-09-13-glyadachi-obraly-zhuri-na-natsvidbir-dytyachogo-ievrobachennya-2022/ |access-date=13 September 2022 |website=stv.detector.media |language=uk}} Khrystyna Soloviy was chosen as the head juror, forming the jury panel together with Myroslava Saliy and Anzhelika Rudnytska.
== Competing entries ==
The submissions for the national selection with original songs from Ukrainian citizens or Ukrainians living in other countries were accepted until 23 August 2022, with participants being required to submit a live performance of their entries recorded on a laptop or telephone without any alterations made to the recording.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-03 |title=Polozhennya pro natsionalʹnyy vidbir na uchastʹ u Dytyachomu pisennomu konkursi Yevrobachennya – 2022 |script-title=uk:Положення про національний відбір на участь у Дитячому пісенному конкурсі Євробачення – 2022 |trans-title=Rules for the national selection participants in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 |url=https://junior.eurovision.ua/documents/Polozhennia-DPKIe-2022.pdf |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=junior.eurovision.ua |language=Ukrainian}}{{Cite web |last=Морі |first=Євгеній |date=2022-08-04 |title=Дитяче Євробачення: критерії відбору та особливості проведення в умовах війни |url=https://suspilne.media/267534-ditace-evrobacenna-pro-kriterii-vidboru-aku-pisnu-sukaut-zuri-ta-konkurs-v-umovah-vijni/? |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |language=uk}} Five acts were selected from over 50 received submissions to proceed to the final, which were announced on 6 September 2022.{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=2022-09-06 |title=🇺🇦 Ukraine: Junior Eurovision 2022 National Selection Finalists Revealed |url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/09/06/ukraine-junior-eurovision-2022-national-selection-finalists/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Горлач |first=Поліна |date=2022-09-06 |title=Суспільне Мовлення оголосило фіналістів нацвідбору на Дитяче Євробачення-2022 |language=uk-UA |work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |url=https://suspilne.media/278743-suspilne-movlenna-ogolosilo-finalistiv-nacvidboru-na-ditace-evrobacenna-2022/ |access-date=2022-09-06}}
== Final ==
The final took place on 18 September 2022, hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko in Kyiv and was broadcast on Suspilne Kultura as well as online via Suspilne's Facebook and YouTube channels.{{Cite web |last=Farren |first=Neil |date=2022-09-09 |title=🇺🇦 Ukraine: Timur Miroshnychenko to Present Junior Eurovision 2022 Selection |url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/09/09/ukraine-timur-miroshnychenko-junior-eurovision-2022-selection/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}} The results were determined by a combination of jury and online vote.{{Cite news |last=Суспільне |date=2022-09-14 |title=Онлайн-голосування Нацвідбору на Дитяче Євробачення-2022 стартує 16 вересня |language=uk-UA |work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |url=https://suspilne.media/281630-onlajn-golosuvanna-za-peremozca-nacvidboru-na-ditace-evrobacenna-2022-startue-16-veresna/ |access-date=2022-09-14}} Due to a tie in the final results, the jurors each voted individually for their winner, with Sofia Artemenko & DJ Polinka receiving 1 vote and Zlata Dziunka receiving 2 votes, therefore winning the final.{{Cite web |last=Grace |first=Emily |date=2022-09-18 |title=🇺🇦 Ukraine: Zlata Dzyunka to Junior Eurovision 2022 |url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/09/18/ukraine-junior-eurovision-2022/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}}
| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"
|+Final – 18 September 2022 ! scope="col" |Draw ! scope="col" |Artist ! scope="col" |Song ! scope="col" |Jury ! scope="col" |Online ! scope="col" |Total ! scope="col" |Place |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |1
| align="left" |Sofia Artemenko & DJ Polinka | align="left" |"Zamovliannia" {{Small|(Замовляння)}} |4 |5 |9 |2 |
| style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center; background:gold;" scope="row" |2 | align="left" |Zlata Dziunka | align="left" |"Nezlamna" {{Small|(Незламна)}} |5 |4 |9 |1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |3
| align="left" |Yelyzaveta Petruk | align="left" |"Pisnia pro lelechat" {{Small|(Пісня про лелечат)}} |1 |2 |3 |5 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |4
| align="left" |Daria Rebrova | align="left" |"Paporoti kvitka" {{Small|(Папороті квітка)}} |3 |3 |6 |3 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |5
| align="left" |Diana Stasiuk | align="left" |"We Are the Future" |2 |1 |3 |4 |
At Junior Eurovision
After the opening ceremony, which took place on 5 December 2022, it was announced that Ukraine would perform sixteenth (last) on 11 December 2022, following Armenia.{{Cite web|url=https://junioreurovision.tv/story/junior-eurovision-2022-running-order|title=Junior Eurovision 2022: Running Order|date=2022-12-05|work=Junioreurovision.tv}}
= Voting =
{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest voting explanation|2022}}
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| class="wikitable" |
| + {{nowrap|Points awarded to Ukraine}} |
| scope="col" width="33%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country |
|---|
| scope="row" | 12 points
| |
| scope="row" | 10 points
| {{Esc|Kazakhstan|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" | 8 points
| {{Esc|Portugal|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" | 7 points
| {{Esc|Poland|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" | 6 points
| {{Unbulleted list| {{Esc|Georgia|Junior|y=2022}}| {{Esc|Ireland|Junior|y=2022}}}} |
| scope="row" | 5 points
| |
| scope="row" | 4 points
| |
| scope="row" | 3 points
| {{Unbulleted list| {{Esc|Albania|Junior|y=2022}}| {{Esc|Malta|Junior|y=2022}}}} |
| scope="row" | 2 points
| {{Unbulleted list| {{Esc|Serbia|Junior|y=2022}}| {{Esc|United Kingdom|Junior|y=2022}}}} |
| scope="row" | 1 point
| |
| colspan="2" | Ukraine received 64 points from the online vote. |
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| class="wikitable" |
| + Points awarded by Ukraine |
| scope="col" width="20%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country |
|---|
| scope="row" style="background:gold" | 12 points
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" style="background:silver" | 10 points
| {{Esc|Georgia|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" style="background:#CC9966" | 8 points
| {{Esc|Armenia|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" | 7 points
| {{Esc|Ireland|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" | 6 points
| {{Esc|Poland|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" | 5 points
| {{Esc|France|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" | 4 points
| {{Esc|Spain|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" | 3 points
| {{Esc|Netherlands|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" | 2 points
| {{Esc|North Macedonia|Junior|y=2022}} |
| scope="row" | 1 point
| {{Esc|Malta|Junior|y=2022}} |
{{col-end}}
= Jury selection =
The members of the Ukrainian jury panel will be selected via a public online vote. Ten candidates were announced on 28 October 2022 and the online vote took place until 2 November 2022 via Suspilne's official website junioreurovision.ua.{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=2022-10-28 |title=🇺🇦 Ukraine: Voting Opens to Determine Junior Eurovision 2022 Jurors |url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/10/28/ukraine-voting-junior-eurovision-2022-jury/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}} Based on the results of the vote, the five potential jurors that receive the most votes will be asked to sign to be part of the jury. In the event that a juror is unable to sign the agreement to be on the jury, the juror with the next highest number of votes will be offered the place on the jury.
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; Adult jury
- Barleben
- Khayat
- MamaRika
- Victor Bayda
- Maksym Nagornyak
- Tatyana Piskaryova
- Sofia Rol
- Svetlana Tarabarova
{{col-break}}
; Kids' jury
- DJ Polinka
- Sofia Artemenko
- Anastasia Doroshenko
- Yelyzaveta Petruk
- Daria Rebrova
- Diana Stasiuk
{{col-end}}
==Detailed voting results==
| class="sortable wikitable collapsible plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| + {{nowrap|Detailed voting results from Ukraine{{cite web|title=Results of the Grand Final of Yerevan 2022|url=https://junioreurovision.tv/event/yerevan-2022/final/results|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=11 December 2022}}}} |
| scope="col" | Draw
! scope="col" | Country ! scope="col" | Juror A ! scope="col" | Juror B ! scope="col" | Juror C ! scope="col" | Juror D ! scope="col" | Juror E ! scope="col" | Average Rank ! scope="col" | Points Awarded |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 01
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Netherlands|Junior|y=2022}} | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 02
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Poland|Junior|y=2022}} | style="background:#CC9966;" | 3 | 8 | style="background:gold;" | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 03
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Kazakhstan|Junior|y=2022}} | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 04
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Malta|Junior|y=2022}} | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 05
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Italy|Junior|y=2022}} | 11 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 13 | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 06
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|France|Junior|y=2022}} | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | style="background:gold;" | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 07
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Albania|Junior|y=2022}} | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 08
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Georgia|Junior|y=2022}} | style="background:silver;" | 2 | style="background:gold;" | 1 | 5 | style="background:silver;" | 2 | 7 | style="background:silver;" | 2 | style="background:silver;" | 10 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 09
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Ireland|Junior|y=2022}} | 4 | 4 | style="background:#CC9966;" | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|North Macedonia|Junior|y=2022}} | 12 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Spain|Junior|y=2022}} | 5 | 11 | 10 | style="background:#CC9966;" | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|United Kingdom|Junior|y=2022}} | 8 | style="background:#CC9966;" | 3 | style="background:silver;" | 2 | style="background:gold;" | 1 | style="background:#CC9966;" | 3 | style="background:gold;" | 1 | style="background:gold;" | 12 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Portugal|Junior|y=2022}} | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Serbia|Junior|y=2022}} | 14 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 14 | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Armenia|Junior|y=2022}} | style="background:gold;" | 1 | style="background:silver;" | 2 | 12 | 4 | style="background:silver;" | 2 | style="background:#CC9966;" | 3 | style="background:#CC9966;" | 8 |
| class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16 | style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Ukraine|Junior|y=2022}} | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | | style="background:#AAAAAA;" | |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022}}