The fourth rehearsal today was by the Romanian participant Ioana Anuţa. She took the stage by storm and had a stylish performance.

Luara Hayrapetyan from Armenia had her first rehearsal today in Kyiv. She amazed everyone with a wonderful performance of Barcelona, especially as it was her first time taking the stage!

Ekaterina Ryabova was the second participant to rehearse today in the Palace of Sports in Kyiv. Check out how it went below!

Today is the first day of rehearsals for our young stars in Kyiv, Ukraine. The first 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest participant to take the stage was Mimmi Sandén from Sweden.

As mentioned before, today, a lot is going on at the backstage of the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. The young stars are filming the postcards and getting acquainted with the Arena in Ukraine.

Today the excitement of the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest is starting to peak, as all the delegations have arrived to Kyiv, Ukraine. JuniorEurovision.tv is here too and will now give you a glimpse of the stage!

Artem Nikiforov, the host of Internet backstage broadcast of the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, never counted on becoming a host and didn’t seek for TV work. Yet he feels honoured to guide the Internet users through the highly popular Junior Eurovision Song Contest on the 21st of November.

The Georgian entry at the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Group Princesses, have released a video with greetings to all this year's participants - watch them perform snippets of all the entries!

Kateryna Tymoshenko, the host of Internet-broadcast for the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, dreamt as a child of being a teacher and dedicating her life to kids. That’s why at the 2009 Junior Eurovision she wants to help the children to leave the competition behind and enjoy the  atmosphere of celebration of the contest instead.

The preparations for the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest are proceeding as planned.  Further to a comprehensive review of the current situation in Ukraine and discussions between European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Host Broadcaster NTU and the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, a decision has been reached that the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, will take place on 21 November at the Palats Sportu in Kyiv, Ukraine.