Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne has selected its act for Junior Eurovision 2026
6 artists compete in the national selection:
- Anastasiia Poshedina – “Kryla” (Eng: Wings)
- Roman Doroshenko- “Say Hello”
- Erika Kolesnichenko – “NE kolyskova” (Eng: Not a lullaby)
- Dmytro Karabet – “Mamo” (Eng: Mother)
- Marko Serdynskyi – “Hory” (Eng: Mountains)
- Zlata Solonenko – “Who am I”
The hosts of the national final were: Timur Miroshnychenko, Anna Tulieva, and Anastasia Dymyd:
- Timur Miroshnychenko is Ukraine’s Eurovision commentator who also co-hosted the national selection “Vidbir” and Eurovision 2017.
- Anna Tulieva is a Ukrainian Eurovision blogger.
- Anastasia Dymyd represented Ukraine in Junior Eurovision 2023 with “Kvitka“
The Results
The results were based on a 50% public vote and a 50% jury vote. The jury panel featured Dmitry Shurov, and SKYLERR. Dmitry Shurov is the music producer of “Vidbir”; SKYLERR participated in “Vidbir 2024” (and was on the longlist for “Vidbir 2026”).
- Erika Kolesnichenko – “NE kolyskova” (Eng: Not a lullaby) – 11 points
- Zlata Solonenko – “Who am I” – 11 points
- Marko Serdynskyi – “Hory” (Eng: Mountains) – 8 points
- Anastasiia Poshedina – “Kryla” (Eng: Wings) – 6 points
- Roman Doroshenko- “Say Hello” – 4 points
- Dmytro Karabet – “Mamo” (Eng: Mother) – 3 points
The first-place tie led to favor the public vote. Therefore, Erika Kolesnichenko will represent Ukraine in Junior Eurovision 2026.
Erika Kolesnichenko will perform “NE kolyskova” (Eng: Not a lullaby):
Sofia Nersesian represented Ukraine at Junior Eurovision 2025 with the song “Motanka“.
She ended up in 2nd 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
The following countries will compete in Junior Eurovision 2026:
- Malta
- Albania
- Armenia
- Cyprus
- France
- Georgia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Montenegro
- North Macedonia
- The Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- San Marino
- Spain
- Ukraine