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Jessica McKean will represent Ireland at Junior Eurovision 2023 on Sunday, November 26 in Nice, France and it will be broadcast live on TG4 at 3pm.
Sixteen countries are competing in this event. You can help decide the winner of this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest by voting online at WWW.JESC.TV
No matter where in the world you are, from Friday, November 24 at 7pm until the start of the live show on Sunday you can vote here where you will find a preview of all the performances.
Jessica’s song ‘Aisling’, is written by Niall Mooney who also wrote Niamh Kavanagh’s, It’s for You, as well as numerous other Junior Eurovision entries.
Click here to hear Jessica singing the Irish entry, Aisling.
Ten-year-old Jessica hails from Lifford and she is the youngest singer to represent Ireland. Her Junior Eurovision experience isn’t the first time she’s taken to the stage, having won a singing competition at her first Féis aged 3.
The young performer also featured on RTÉ’s Donncha’s Two Talented singing I Love You Honey by Patsy Cline, and has won numerous competitions, cups and medals since.
Jessica is currently in France rehearsing for Sunday's final.
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