Ilona Galitskaya has won the Ukrainian national final for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and will represent her country in Rotterdam on 8th December. With her entry Ruki v goru (Hands up), she was the clear winner of the televote ahead of the other eleven participants.
The complete results:
- Ilona Galitskaya – Ruki v goru – 8454 votes
- Alina Grosu – Arena – 3380 votes
- Fresh time- Moya planeta – 2908 votes
- Marietta – Futbol – 2607 votes
- Nazariy Schegelskiy – Kamyanytsya – 1846
- Valeriya Dmitrienko – Tse kohannya – 1818
- Victoriya Petrik – Zagadkoviy svit – 1693
- Dmitry Borodin – Made in Ukraine – 1317
- Vladislav Belik – Podruzhka – 1006 votes
- Vladislav Karaschuk – Moya gitara – 1002 votes
- Yarina Shust – Ukrayina u nas odna – 790 votes
- Kristina Barabulya – Pisnya dlya vsih – 351 votes
Last year, Ukraine competed in the junior competition for the first time. Nazar Slyusarchuk finished equal 8th with his song Khlopchyk rock 'n' roll.
