Suspilne, the Ukrainian national broadcaster, has revealed the participants of the Junior Eurovision 2026 Star School.<\/p>\n
The first episode of Shchodennyky Dityachoho Yerobachenia 2026 (Junior Eurovision 2026 Diaries) was broadcast today. In this episode, the 15 longlisted artists performed at a public audition in the Respublika Park shopping centre in Kyiv. A three-member judging panel then decided which ten artists would progress to Star School.<\/p>\n
The jury members were:<\/p>\n
Svitlana Tarabarova \u2013 Musical Producer of Junior Eurovision 2026 selection<\/p>\n
alyona alyona \u2013 Songwriter for Junior Eurovision 2026 selection, represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2024<\/p>\n
M\u00e9lovin \u2013 Represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2018<\/p>\n
The ten artists who qualified for Star School are:<\/p>\n
VYHOR<\/p>\n
Roman Doroshenko<\/p>\n
Sofiia Dupelych<\/p>\n
Dmytro Karabet<\/p>\n
Erika Kolesnichenko<\/p>\n
Anastasiia Pshedina<\/p>\n
Marko Serdynskyi<\/p>\n
Zlata Solonenko<\/p>\n
Oliviia Tkachyk<\/p>\n
Karina Shtefanesa<\/p>\n
The artists who did not qualify are:<\/p>\n
Kateryna Vatan<\/p>\n
Sofiia & Veronika Voznika<\/p>\n
Vladyslav Danielvskyi<\/p>\n
Sofiia Nazarenko<\/p>\n
Mariia Blyznuk<\/p>\n
Star School took place in the Children\u2019s Camp \u2018One Land\u2019 in Bukovel in the Carpathian Mountains. Star School saw the ten remaining artists develop their creative abilities, improve their vocal, choreography and acting skills. From these artists, six were chosen to advance to the final of the Ukrainian selection for Junior Eurovision 2026 on September 13. The results of Star School will be revealed over the next episodes of Shchodennyky Dityachoho Yerobachenia 2026.<\/p>\n
Sofia Neresesian represented Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with \u201cMotanka\u201d. She won the public vote and finished second overall with 177 points. This was Ukraine\u2019s best result at Junior Eurovision since 2013.<\/p>\n