Ukraine wants to participate in Junior Eurovision despite empty pockets
The representative of Ukraine will take part in the Junior Eurovision 2018 in Minsk, despite the financial difficulties of the Ukrainian broadcaster, the press service of the National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus (Belteladiocompany), which is preparing the competition, reported today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Earlier, the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine reported that the representative of this country this year will not participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest due to critical underfunding of the broadcasting organization.
“After the official publication... of a list of 19 countries that wished to send their contestants to Minsk, the European Broadcasting Union received an application from Ukraine... Today, the European Broadcasting Union and the supervisory board of the international children's Eurovision song contest... approved Ukraine's application to participate in the most popular song contest in Europe competition,” the press service said in a statement.
Participation in Junior Eurovision has been confirmed by Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, France, Macedonia, Georgia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, the Netherlands, Wales.
The International Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will be held in Belarus in November. A record number of countries will take part in the entire history of Junior Eurovision since 2003. 16 countries took part in the first competition, 2010 in Minsk in 14, and last year 16 performers performed on the Georgian stage.
Ukraine wants to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest despite its empty pockets.