Georgia Wins Junior Eurovision in Spain; Portugal and Ukraine Take Second and Third Places
The winner of the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest held today in Madrid, Spain, is the song To My Mom by 11-year-old Georgian participant Andriy Putkaradze. The winner of this year's contest started singing at the age of two and later became a member of the Children of the Sea vocal ensemble. He plays the piano at the Zakaria Paliashvili Music School. His greatest achievement is winning his favourite TV talent competition RANINA, hosted by GPB.
Portugal took second place with the song Esperança. Singer Victoria Nicol showed Portgal the best result in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Esperança finished the evening with 213 points.
Ukraine took third place with HEAR ME NOW by Artem Kotenko. This is Ukraine's best result at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in the last ten years. Artem Kotenko was born in Okhtyrka, Sumy region. He really wanted to get to Junior Eurovision. According to Artem, he dreamed of representing Ukraine because he wanted Europe and the whole world to hear that people in Ukraine are now being deprived of their homes. ‘And home is the most important thing in life that you can never give away, and that's why we are fighting for it now,’ the singer said. He is now 12 years old, but has been singing since he was three and performing on stage since he was four.
