Ukraine participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine. On 2 August 2013 a national selection was held, out of which
Sofia Tarasova
Sofia Mikhaylivna Tarasova ( uk, Софія Михайлівна Тарасова; born 31 March 2001) is a Ukrainian singer and actress. She represented Ukraine at the ''Junior Eurovision Song Contest'' 2013, with the song "We Are One", placi ...
and her song "
We Are One" were later declared the winner and represented Ukraine.
Before Junior Eurovision
National final
The final took place on 2 August 2013, which saw twenty competing acts participating in a 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. After a four-way tie for the first place,
Sofia Tarasova
Sofia Mikhaylivna Tarasova ( uk, Софія Михайлівна Тарасова; born 31 March 2001) is a Ukrainian singer and actress. She represented Ukraine at the ''Junior Eurovision Song Contest'' 2013, with the song "We Are One", placi ...
was selected to represent Ukraine with the song "
We Are One".
At Junior Eurovision
Voting
The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was 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 individual rankings of each jury member were released one month after the final.
During the allocation draw on 25 November 2013, Ukraine was drawn to perform 6th, following
Macedonia and preceding
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
.
Ukraine placed 2nd, scoring 121 points.
Voting
Notes
References
{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
2013
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