Ten more artists took to the stage today for Junior Eurovision 2021 first rehearsals.
Ahead of this weekend’s live show, the second 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 Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Albania, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Serbia, Russia and France.
Sona Azizova brought ice queen glamour, Olena Usenko lit up the room and Alinur and Beknur took us to an underwater fairy wonderland. But who had the best rehearsal? Take a look at all of the snippets and vote in our poll below.
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Junior Eurovision 2021 rehearsals: Day Two (December 15)
Azerbaijan’s Sona Azizova with “One Of Those Days”
Bulgaria’s Denislava & Martin with “Voice Of Love”
Albania’s Anna Gjebrea with “Stand By You”
Ukraine’s Olena Usenko with “Vazhil”
North Macedonia’s Dajte Muzika with “Green Forces”
Kazakhstan’s Alinur & Beknur with “Ертегі әлемі (Fairy World)”
Armenia’s Maléna with “Qami Qami”
Serbia’s Jovana & Dunja with “Children’s Eyes”
Russia’s Tanya Mezhentseva with “Mon Ami”
*Note: Due to medical reasons, Russia’s Tanya Mezhentseva did not sing live and instead used playback during her first rehearsal.
France’s Enzo with “Tic Tac”
Poll: Who had the best first rehearsal on December 15?
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 16 with results published shortly after.
Who did you vote for? Which act had the best first rehearsal? Sound off in the comments below.
I gave my votes here bases on either great live vocals or stagings I really liked 😛
In terms of staging, I want to notice Albania and France for bringing something really great
In terms of vocals, I mean, they’re all basically talented and accurate but one’s gotta appreciate Armenia, N. Macedonia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan 🙂
I think everyone was fantastic and did a great job and I wish them all the best of luck ?
I’ve not listened to any of the songs cause I want to keep that as a surprise. but so far Enzo looks like the ideal choice. Pure class and showmanship
You can’t deny that Olena’s vocals are by far the best, I’m definitely voting for her!
Her vocals are indeed very powerful.
We literally see nothing really worthing it and people are still coming at each other throats. This is ridiculous. Remember this is a show for children y’all. Calm the f- down.
Thank you Ellen. Better yet, Wiwi could close the comments section for JESC. Yes?
I’m so impressed by all rehearsals they are all beautiful the only one I was disappointed in was Ireland and Malta from yesterday I am very intrigued about Bulgaria though it looks really beautiful and seeing the picture it looks beautiful Malena did amazing Serbia surprised me a lot Albania is here to win with that staging it’s so cool I’m just hoping it does not look messy on the night France expected but still really well done Tanya I know she did not actually sing in the clip for health reasons but I believe she could do it live… Read more »
Hello everyone! Only three days to go! Whoo! All the stagings are awesome, France, Russia and Ukraine are amazing! Totally didn’t expect Serbia’s staging to be like that, it’s very different and I love it. Love Sona’s dress so much, but no one’s talking about Kazakhstan, Alinur’s vocals were superb! And Armenia, I was expecting the staging to be polished and everything, but I don’t know why, I just don’t like Málena’s outfit. I was thinking they were gonna use an outfit similar to the one in the music video. Anyways, hope Tanya feels better soon, and I wish luck… Read more »
Tbh, many adults watching Armenia’s performance, rotting for her, hearing that high note, saying she is slay are making me tired… Junior Eurovision is a competition for children. So sometimes, imperfect is perfect, I want to see those innocent and adorable children on stage, not some rebellious teenagers on the verge of maturity. Malena is about to celebrate her 15th birthday in January 2022, Isn’t there a rule that contestants have to be under the age 14 to participate in this contest? Anyway, good luck to all contestants.
Very true.
the rule is ages 9-14, malena is allowed to participate. JESC is more than just cute, childish songs, you can’t expect every single song to be like j’imagine. I also find it quite rude that you’re going to extent to quesiton her eligibility to participate and calling her a “rebellious teen” you dont even know her.
okay Armenia fans calm down! 15 haters in 3 seconds, u guys are really aggressive.
lol this is unbelievable. u Armenia fans are unbelievable.
I think it’s more that people just hate hearing the ‘too mature’ sentence, and I can’t blame them
Say what you want, but 14 is the maximum age to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Malena already screams “WINNER” in our ears because her song’s quality is way beyond Junior Eurovision – and this is a contest for kids and early teens.
I think that Jesc should be 10-15 like it used to be , In my opinion , Having it 9-14 leaves out the 15 year old’s
But at the same time , i understand ur opinion on wanting it be child like cause its called JUNIOR eurovision for a reason
Ofcourse armenia got the most votes, getting pretty bored with everyone hyping up armenia, its a good song but saying yes slay queen winner performance everything is just a bit overhyping it. Tbh i really hope macedonia winning in the end
armenia absolutely stunning !! y’all wanted a more child-friendly vibe, they gave it to you with that staging. france and macedonia were also amazing. great day overall 🙂
I’m not going to vote on a child’s rehearsal. I don’t know why the EBU do this.
why comment than, stop with your negativity
Because the children wants to?
I think Azerbaijan was the best while Bulgaria’s entry was the worst singingwise, on the style of the staging Ukraine really flopped! It’s good that atleast some countries are bringing their best to the stage.
I’d say France got me the most. Armenia is on point but I was expecting it. Armenia reminds of some past winners, specially those from Poland. So this could be the winner this time. I’d prefer something less mature tbh.
I like the Armenian song, but now that you say that it’s a copy of past winners it makes it a bit bad if Qami Qami would end up winning. Copycats should just stay at home!
so u don’t have your own brain that ur influenced by what others say? armenia is out of this world and the only thing it has in common with past winners is that it has that winner vibes. get a grip for real.
He said that Armenia reminded him of past winners, not that Armenia is a copycat
I’m so impressed by France! Love everything about it 🙂
France and North Macedonia had the best rehearsals but Armenia will win the poll due obvious reasons
Well we saw those bots by Malta earlier in this year ruining every poll, so it’s nothing new.
North Macedonia !!
I am very surprised by the level of the junior, I keep my fingers crossed the most, for North Macedonia they must be high after being surprised by Mila’s performance in 2019, they deserve success and it shows
France, Armenia and Russia all gave me possible winner vibes but Albania and North Macedonia are my guilty pleasures, they could definitely make top 5. I have a soft spot for Enzo though, he’s really charismatic and I wouldn’t mind another French victory, they’ve been killing it for years now and Poland managed to do it two years in a row, so why not France too.
Albania has been so timid with staging in the adult competition, so it was a great surprise to see what they got for JESC. France, Russia and Armenia are also taking it very seriously.
Azerbaijan sounds like that entry that does well with the jury even if the audience is ignoring it. On a silly ending note: I wish I was as cool as Olena when I had her age! Love both the haircut and the clothes.
my winners of the day: albania, armenia, france, and north macedonia
When it comes to staging only the best were France, Russia and Albania.
Every year since 2018, France kills it… Amazing video.
France and Russia look amazing! I really want a second victory for France, it seems like they have found the perfect formula for JESC
Russia and France really went with everything. Not surprising knowing them.
North Macedonia also fantastic.
Very strong Jesc
Every participant is so strong this year, My top 5:
This was such a great day of rehearsals! We got Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Kazakhstan serving simple stagings with fantastic vocals, Albania, France and Russia with killer stagings, Armenia and North Macedonia giving great choreographies and finally Serbia and Bulgaria elevating their songs with perfect stagings! I can’t wait for Sunday, I’m still rooting for Armenia and North Macedonia.
Qami qami is like the euphoria of junior esc. SO good.