Jessica McKean heads to France for Junior Eurovision final

Jessica McKean has jetted off to France ahead of the Junior Eurovision final next Sunday.

The 10-year-old St Johnston girl will represent Ireland in Nice with the final to be broadcast live on TG4.

Jessica is the youngest Irish representative to date and is no stranger to winning competitions. She won her first Feis competition at only three years of age and is really excited to make her country proud in Nice.

Jessica will be singing a song called ‘Aisling’ written by Niall Mooney and his team.  The music video is also proving to be very popular online.

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You can watch Jessica perform her song here. 

On Sunday morning, Jessica was very excited as she left Dublin airport bound for Nice to begin a week of rehearsals and international press interviews ahead of her performance at Junior Eurovision.

With over 33 million viewers across Europe the show is something spectacular to be a part of. Last year, Sophie Lennon came firth at the contest in Yerevan, with her song ‘Solas’.

This year marks a special year of Junior Eurovision, it is the 21st anniversary of the first show and sees 16 countries compete.

Jessica, a pupil at Raphoe Central National School, competed against thousands of hopefuls, to reach the final.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest will broadcast live on TG4 on the 26th of November 2023 at 3pm.