Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018


Ukraine participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Say Love" performed by Darina Krasnovetska. Their entrant was selected through a national selection, organized by the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC.

Background

Prior to the 2018 Contest, Ukraine had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its debut in. Ukraine have never missed a contest since their debut appearance, having won the contest once in with the song "Nebo", performed by Anastasiya Petryk. The Ukrainian capital Kiev has hosted the contest twice, at the Palace of Sports in, and the Palace "Ukraine" in.

Before Junior Eurovision

Final

The national final for Ukraine was not a TV show, instead, there was an online voting from 28 August to 3 September to decide the winner. The winner was announced on 10 September.
ArtistSongOnline votingResult
Darina Krasnovetska"Say Love"3rdWinner
Denys Rodin"Bat'ky" 9thEliminated
HAOS"Nenormal'ne lito" 8thEliminated
Iryna Ihnatenko"Ya z toboyu" 6thEliminated
Kain Rivers""1stEliminated
Aleksandr Balabanov"My dity zemli!" 2ndEliminated
Polina Pisartsova"Ty povir v lubov" 5thEliminated
Sofia Ivanko"Chomu?" 7thEliminated
The Sparks"We Are Part of This"10thEliminated
Yaryna Taras"Sonyachny'y bit" 4thEliminated

Artist and song information

Darina Krasnovetska

Darina Krasnovetska is a Ukrainian child singer. She represented Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Say Love", finishing fourth.

Say Love

"Say Love" is a song by Ukrainian child singer Darina Krasnovetska. It represented Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Ukraine was drawn to perform first on 25 November 2018, preceding Portugal.

Voting

The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country will have a national jury that will consist of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury will be asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting will start on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances will be shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting will stop on Sunday, 25 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers can vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They can also vote for their own country’s song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it will receive 20% of the available points. The public vote will count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries.

Points awarded to Ukraine

12 points
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1 point

Split voting results