Cypriot broadcaster CyBC has selected the act for Junior Eurovision 2026.
The selection process took place in multiple rounds and featured a jury panel.
Harry Georgiou was selected from 209 young artists; 45 of them reached the final audition phase.
The song “Who I Can Be” was internally selected and has just been released:
Laurell Barker, Anna-Klara Folin, Nathalie Brydolf, Victoria Chalkiti, and Thomas Stengaard wrote the song.
All of them have been involved in Eurovision before:
- Laurell has co-written multiple Eurovision entries for various countries, like UK 2019 (“Bigger Than Us”) and Cyprus 2021 (“El Diablo“). She has also competed in the Swedish selection “Melodifestivalen 2023” with “Sober”
- Nathalie Brydolf competed in “Melodifestivalen 2021″ With “Fingerprints”
- Anna-Klara Folin co-wrote the UK’s Eurovision 2019 entry (“Bigger Than Us”). She also co-wrote several “Melodifestivalen” entries, including “Fingerprints” (Melodifestivalen 2021) and “My Turn” (Melodifestivalen 2018).
- Thomas Stengaard is a Danish songwriter who wrote several Eurovision entries, such as Denmark 2013 (Eurovision winner), Azerbaijan 2022, Cyprus 2021, Cyprus 2023, and the UK 2025.
- Victoria Chalkiti supported several Eurovision acts as a vocal coach and a backing vocalist.
About Harry
Thirteen-year-old North London native Harry is an accomplished young performer training at the award-winning Platinum Performing Arts. A recent winner of a national Best Vocal award, Harry’s impressive West End credits include starring as Gavroche in Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre (2024–2025) and playing Michael Hobbs in Elf: The Musical at the Aldwych Theatre. Nurturing a lifelong passion for the stage, Harry is now taking his talents international and looks eagerly toward the future.
Rafaella & Christos represented Cyprus at Junior Eurovision 2025 with the song “Away.
They ended up in 16th place:
The 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on Saturday, October 24th, 2026.
Junior Eurovision 2026 will be held at the MFCC venue in Ta’Qali. Malta
As of now, the following countries confirmed intention to compete in Junior Eurovision 2026:
- Malta
- Albania
- Armenia
- Cyprus
- France
- Georgia
- Ireland
- Italy
- North Macedonia
- The Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Ukraine