Ukrainian Artem Kotenko set a record at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Video

The young winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024, Artem Kotenko, has set a record at the show. The 12-year-old teen became the first participant of this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest to have his performance watched over 100 thousand times.

In just a week after the National Selection, the video on YouTube garnered over 115 thousand views. The success of the song was noted in the Eurovision House Telegram.

"Artem Kotenko's performance in the final of the National Selection has crossed the 100 thousand views mark! Thus, he became the first participant of this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest to reach this figure!" the statement reads.

The winner of the National Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024, 12-year-old Artem Kotenko, is from the long-suffering town of Okhtyrka, Sumy region. He performed his song "Home" about how Russians are taking away Ukrainians' homes and hometowns, and won the show. The vocalist flatly refused to leave the frontline town of Okhtyrka.

Artem Kotenko started his life with music at the age of 3, and at 5 he began to study vocals professionally. He has already won the Black Sea Games in 2021. This is not the young man's first attempt to conquer the Eurovision Song Contest - in 2023, he was included in the longlist of the National Selection. His dream is to become famous all over the world and show his fans what talent, as he says, lives in Ukraine.

It is worth noting that the performance of last year's grand finalist at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was watched by over 225 thousand people in 11 months. Anastasia Dymyd represented Ukraine in 2023 with the song "Flower". The girl won fifth place on the international stage for her country.

Unlike the other years of Junior Eurovision, which are already behind us, it was Artem Kotenko and Anastasia Dymyd who attracted a lot of attention to the junior show among Ukrainians who had previously only watched the main Eurovision Song Contest.

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