Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Ukraine was the host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv.^[1] NTU has held a national final to select the fourth Ukrainian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country	Ukraine
Selection process	National Final
Selection date	Semi-final 14 May 2009 Final 14 June 2009
Competing entry
Song	"Tri topoli, tri surmy"
Artist	Andranik Alexanyan
Participation chronology
◄2008 • 2009 • 2010►

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

NTU held a national final to select the Ukrainian entry to the JESC 2009. From the 70 accepted entries received by NTU for the contest, a professional jury selected 32 to compete in a pre-recorded semi-final on 14 May 2009. The members of the jury were Roman Nedzelskiy (vice-president of NTU), Mihaylo Chemberzhi (director of the Kyiv Youth Academy of Arts), Natalia Efimenko (vocal tutor of the Kyiv Music Academy) Victor Knysh (director of representative office of Artek in Kyiv and staging director of the national final), Olexander Zlotnik (composer), Marina Modina (singer) and Nadya Atonasova (head of dance studio "A6").

Semi-final

At the semi-final on 14 May 2009, 15 entries were selected by the jury to progress to the live final on 14 June 2009.

Final

The final, attended by Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, took place on 14 June 2009 at the International Children's Centre 'Artek' in Kyiv, and was hosted by commentator for Eurovision and Junior Eurovision Timur Miroshnychenko and three-time participant at the Ukrainian Junior national final Marietta.^[2] Fifteen competing acts participated in the 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. Andranik Alexanyan was selected to represent Ukraine with the song "Try topoli, try surmy".^[3] Only the televoting results were revealed, which Olexander Chernenko won. Andranik Alexanyan came second and Liza Malaeva came in third.^[4]

The members of the jury that voted in the final were Vasil Ilaschuk (president of NTU), Yuriy Pavlenko (Minister for Family, Youth and Sports Affairs), Vasil Vovkun (Minister for Culture and Tourism Affairs), Mihaylo Chemberzhi (director of the Kyiv Youth Academy of Arts), Olexander Zlotnik (composer), Boris Novozhilov (director of the International Children's Centre 'Artek'), Marina Modina (singer) and Vasyl Lazarovych (singer).

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Kapriz	"Super Song"
2	Nguen Li	"Melodiya" (Мелодія)
3	Katerina Kuritsina	"Ya i ty" (Я і ти)
4	Marina Lozinska	"Litak" (Літак)
5	Daniela Yakobchuk	"Pisnya sribnoyi zemli" (Пісня срібної землі)
6	Liza Malaeva	"Litnya samba" (Літня самба)
7	Valentina Danilyuk	"Malesenke kohannya" (Малесеньке кохання)
8	Andranik Alexanyan	"Try topoli, try surmy" (Три тополі, три сурми)
9	Karina Mazuryk	"Disco Lady"
10	Vladislav Karaschuk	"Planeta dytynstva" (Планета дитинства)
11	Valeriya & Anastasiya Groshko	"Tsikavyy svit" (Цікавий світ)
12	Katerina Panchenko	"Ya zapytayu" (Я запитаю)
13	Olexander Chernenko	"Kazka" (Казка)
14	Anna Kudryashova	"Misyats" (Місяць)
15	Dmitro Borodyn	"Zirka" (Зірка)

At Eurovision

Voting

Points awarded to Ukraine[5] Score Country 12 points[a]  Armenia 10 points  Belarus  Georgia  Romania 8 points 7 points  Russia 6 points 5 points  Cyprus  Macedonia  Netherlands 4 points  Malta  Sweden 3 points  Belgium 2 points  Serbia 1 point

Points awarded by Ukraine[5] Score Country 12 points  Russia 10 points  Armenia 8 points  Netherlands 7 points  Belarus 6 points  Georgia 5 points  Belgium 4 points  Sweden 3 points  Serbia 2 points  Macedonia 1 point  Malta

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.