Nine countries took to the stage today for Junior Eurovision 2021 first rehearsals.
Ahead of this weekend’s live show, the first batch of contestants had their chance to get to grips with La Seine Musicale stage and give fans a glimpse at what they’ve got in store for the competition.
Today, we saw first rehearsals from Portugal, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Georgia, Spain and Poland.
Simão Oliveira gave classic elegance, Ayana brought Japanese culture and Ike and Kaya went for Disney princess realness. But who had the best rehearsal? Watch a recap of all the rehearsals and cast your vote below.
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Junior Eurovision 2021 rehearsals: Day One (December 14)
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Portugal’s Simão Oliveira with “O Rapaz”
Ireland’s Maiú Levi Lawlor with “Saor”
Malta’s Ike & Kaya with “My Home”
Netherlands’ Ayana with “Mata Sugu Ao Ne”
Germany’s Pauline with “Imagine Us”
Italy’s Elisabetta Lizza with “Specchio”
Georgia’s Niko Kajaia with “Let’s Count The Smiles”
Spain’s Levi Díaz with “Reir”
Poland’s Sara James with “Somebody”
Poll: Who had the best first rehearsal on December 14?
As always, you can vote for as many songs as you like, but you can only vote once. Make it count!
This poll will close on December 15 with results published shortly after.
Who did you vote for? Which act had the best first rehearsal? Sound off in the comments below.
Georgia!
I love Georgia and Ukraine
?? Georgia??
Géorgie est le meillere , selon moi ??
Georgia
Poland
georgiaaaa
Georgia ??????
Georgia, Niko
That year Georgia has so talantive, charismatic, positive guy Niko. Wish u good luck ?
Georgia ?Niko you are the best . wait for the stage ??
Georgia
Georgia!
Georgia!????
Georgia!
J’aime trop Niko, il a super voix et la chanson est top
Georgia is the best!!! Outfit, staging, song, singer – so childish and, cool and cute!!! Bravo!!!
Georgia definitely was the best ?? ??
Georgia is the best
Mamma Mia Niko , fantastic song, love love love…???
Georgia niko is the cutest!!! Love love love! I’m definitely gonna vote for him.
Niko <3<3
Georgia was the best rehearsal but Poland is still the one to beat. Both had great days.
Georgian entry sounds/looks so so so cute. I can’t…. Those moves are so effective! I wouldn’t mind if they win 😀
Spain vs Italy, let the games begin.
Based on the snippets, it seems all the delegations put some good effort on these performances. I personally love the style behind the Georgian one (those outfits!) and how cute everything about the Dutch performance is. Italy and Poland look very polished too.
There’s something so interesting about Maiú’s voice, it’s almost like he came from an old british rock band. It would be a distinctive sound even for the adult Eurovision.
All agreed. My position with JESC is that of an awkward grandfather who would rather the children not be given the keys to the castle in the first place. But, if they are going to put on a show, they better do it well. This year looks like a good one so far.
I don’t follow JESC that closely (and partially because I share part of your concerns about it) and I only watched the last 3 years of the contest, but I have the feeling the organizers genuinely try to keep things more relaxed and ludic. Hopefully we won’t have an online mob attacking the winner this time. If it’s unpleasant when this happens with adults, it’s even worst when people target a child.
I just can’t handle cuteness of Georgia OMG sooo adorable
Wow Ireland! Vocals were on point! I just hope they get a good result. They wouldn’t deserve to come bottom 5 tbh. “Soar” is so uplifting and energetic and he’s really selling it.
Poland the Best
The only obvious thing here is that the stage is AWSOME. For the rest, a lot of disappointment for me with many entries: Spain, Italy (totally off key), Georgia (Don’t like the staging and the dance at all), Germany (what a mess…). On the other hand, Portugal’s staging seems extremely beautiful. I’m so-so with today’s rehearsals.
Buy a pair of ears, they sell them online too.
You mean you need some? That’s not my problem.
That is rude. I am Georgian and I like how most people sand. You could have just said what country you liked. What a mess WhiteSox.
Georgia is amazing
Voted for Germany, she did nice Job, vocaly was very good
Netherlands and Ireland were really good.
Poland was awesome!
I found Germany’s performace so wholesome, I really enjoyed it so much! I think they’ll be a great opener. The rest did as well as I expected them to do, Poland and Spain were fantastic, all the others were good and Ireland was meh (sorry). I’m excited for tomorrow, I, again, can’t wait for Armenia, Russia and North Macedonia.
Italy and Portugal by far. Poland was at 0:36 completely out of tune.
I’d be so embarrassed talking about a child like that, but you do you
WTF, it’s a song contest. One thing is sure, Poland will not be in the top 3.
That is not how you talk to CHILDREN. And by the way, Poland is on second place.
Yes, she was pitchy.
Georgia, Spain & The Netherlands ^^
The need to even downvote my favourites… is it really necessary? ._.
For me : Poland, Georgia, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.
Georgia, by far.