We are approaching the end of this article series as we arrived to the winner of Junior Eurovision 2018. Finally, Poland managed to win a Eurovision related event. Roksana Węgiel made her country proud with “Anyone I Want To Be”.
Throwback to Junior Eurovision 2018
In November 2018, 20 delegations traveled to Belarus’ capital Minsk. A record! Unfortunately Cyprus withdrew, but lots of other participants joined the competition. Wales and Kazakhstan made their debut. Israel, Azerbaijan and France made their return. Minsk was ready to light up the world with a brilliant show. Another historical thing happened that year: Three countries managed to score over 200 points: Australia, France and of course winner Poland.
Roksana Węgiel got the honour to represent her country Poland after TVP elected her internally. Winning The Voice Kids of Poland earlier that year clearly made a big impression on the broadcaster. In Minsk, Poland got chosen as the show closer which was obviously a promising decision for the country. After the voting, Roksana received a total of 215 points including 136 points from the online jury.
Roksana’s life after winning Junior Eurovision
A few months after her win, Roksana released her first international song called “Lay Low”.
2019 was a very busy year for the young singer, full of memorable moments:
- She got nominated in several award shows and won four!
- Roksana got invited to the adult Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv
- Meeting international celebrities
- And of course, she was one of the hosts during Junior Eurovision 2019
- Roksana collaborated with Kristian Kostov who came second for Bulgaria in Eurovision 2017.
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