The City of Vinnytsia has announced that they will be holding a fundraising concert to help pay for Darina Krasnovetska to take part in Junior Eurovision 2018.
On November 14 the City of Vinnytsia will hold a fundraising concert to help raise the funds required to pay for Darina Krasnovetska to participate in Junior Eurovision 2018. The city council has already confirmed that they will help pay towards the 100,000 UAH required for Darina to take to the stage in Minsk, Belarus.
Tickets for the concert which will include Darina cost 100 UAH, with all of the funds going towards the fund. The venue for the concert has also been donated free of charge to help ensure that Darina receives the necessary funds.
The Vinnytsia City Council is one of a number of organisations and companies to pledge funds to help fund Ukraine’s participation in Junior Eurovision 2018.
Who is Darina Krasnovetska?
Eleven-year-old Darina Krasnovetska was born on 12th May 2007 in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. The young singer has been taking singing classes for over five years, and her other hobbies include travelling, contemporary dancing, painting, and playing the piano. Her greatest achievements in her career include participating in The Voice Kids in Ukraine, and winning the Black Sea Games two times.
In September this year, Darina and nine other artists took part in the Ukrainian Junior Eurovision selection show. In the end, Darina took the crown after the jury panel of music experts decided she would be the best candidate. She will compete this November with the song “Say Love”.
Source: Vinnytsia
Ukraine debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 and has competed in the contest ever since. To date Ukraine has only won the competition once. In 2012 Anastasiya Petryk won in Amsterdam with the song “Nebo”, she scored 138 points including eight sets of 12 points. Ukraine has hosted the contest twice, the first time being in 2009 and the second being in 2013 following their victory in Amsterdam.
