It certainly seems watching episodes ofย Coronation Street on Fridays is the way to see former Junior Eurovision contestants on British television! Prior to the episode, ITV aired a trailer for the upcoming first series ofย The Voice Kids UK due to begin airing next month. And who did we spot this time? Only Irish Junior Eurovision star Zena Donnelly! See Zena in action in the trailer atย 0:21 andย 0:31 below, courtesy of ITV:
Twitter has got in on the action!
It wasn’t the first time ITV had aired the trailer. Some people on Twitter commented that they saw Zena earlier this week!
Is that @ZENAdonnelly I saw in #thevoicekids advert? That will be a good watch #fingerscrossed
— Siborg โข (@siborg) May 20, 2017
Wonder if ITV are considering returning to Junior #Eurovision? Destiny on #BGT and Zena Donnelly on #TheVoiceKids
— Dylan ๐บ๐ฆ (@Harkinson) May 20, 2017
Zena Donnelly: Ireland’s most successful Eurovision star since Jedward!
Zena earned Ireland their best finish in any Eurovision Song Contest since Jedward finished in 8th place withย Lipstick in 2011. Her performance ofย Brรญce ar Bhrรญceย earned Ireland their first top 10 finish at Junior Eurovision, finishing in 10th place with 122 points. In addition, it was notable and wonderful how several of the younger Junior Eurovision participants last year looked up to Zena. This was no more evident than during Mariam Mamadashvili’s winning reprise. Zena ensured the Georgian vocal sensation made the most of that special moment!
Junior Eurovision is taking over the UK…
This time last week we saw a trailer of Maltese Junior Eurovision 2015 winner Destiny Chukunyere auditioning forย Britain’s Got Talent. As we saw when the episode aired, Destiny earned a standing ovation and immense praise from the judges. She will now wait to find out if she will be one of the lucky acts to perform in the live semi-finals next week.ย This decision will be made on tomorrow night’s episode! Of course, Destiny and Zena met at last year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Valletta!
Hey Baby Girl ๐ So happy & proud @destinychukuny Go Destiny ๐ #BGT ๐ค๐๐ธ pic.twitter.com/vbrnyEqqwZ
— Zena (@ZENAdonnelly) May 21, 2017
…but not completely
It may seem that ITV are loving all things Junior Eurovision. However, yesterday the broadcaster confirmed that they would not be returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Tbilisi. This means that 2005 will remain the UK’s most recent participation at the contest unless the BBC make a shock swoop to take part for the first time. We thought this year would be the perfect year for ITV to return, even before Destiny and Zena turned up on ITV’s most popular talent shows. Read why we believed this by clicking here!
Nevertheless, good luck Zena for your journey onย The Voice Kids! We’ll be supporting and voting for you! Zena’s audition is expected to air on ITV next month.
Are you looking forward to seeing Zena compete inย The Voice Kids UK? Did you see the advert too this evening? Let us know in the comments section below and via our social media channels @ESCXTRA!
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