Junior Athas Song Contest 02

the 2nd edition of the Junior Athas Song Contest will be hosted in  Ukraine after Anastasiya Baginska won the contest with her song "Tumany". This was the first time Ukraine winning any contest made by Athas Broadcasting Union.

## Bidding

3 Cities announced that they would be in interest of hosting the contest. They were Odessa, Lviv and Donetsk. The Host City was announced to be **Odessa**

 Lviv
 Donetsk

## Information about the possible host cities.

**Odessa** is the third most populous city of Ukraine and a major tourism center, seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative center of the Odessa Raion and Odessa Oblast, as well a multiethnic cultural center. Odessa is sometimes called the "pearl of the Black Sea", the "South Capital" (under the Russian Empire and Soviet Union), "The Humor Capital" and "Southern Palmyra".

Before the Tsarist establishment of Odessa, an ancient Greek settlement existed at its location. A more recent Tatar settlement was also founded at the location by Hacı I Giray, the Khan of Crimea in 1440 that was named after him as Hacibey (or Khadjibey). After a period of Lithuanian Grand Duchy control, Hacibey and surroundings became part of the domain of the Ottomans in 1529 and remained there until the empire's defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1792.

In 1794, the city of Odessa was founded by a decree of the Russian empress Catherine the Great. From 1819 to 1858, Odessa was a free port—a porto-Franco. During the Soviet period, it was the most important port of trade in the Soviet Union and a Soviet naval base. On 1 January 2000, the Quarantine Pier at Odessa Commercial Sea Port was declared a free port and free economic zone for a period of 25 years.

During the 19th century, Odessa was the fourth largest city of Imperial Russia, after Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Warsaw. Its historical architecture has a style more Mediterranean than Russian, having been heavily influenced by French and Italian styles. Some buildings are built in a mixture of different styles, including Art Nouveau, Renaissance and Classicist.

Odessa is a warm-water port. The city of Odessa hosts both the Port of Odessa and Port Yuzhne, a significant oil terminal situated in the city's suburbs. Another notable port, Chornomorsk, is located in the same oblast, to the south-west of Odessa. Together they represent a major transport hub integrating with railways. Odessa's oil and chemical processing facilities are connected to Russian and European networks by strategic pipelines. The population in 2021 was 1,015,826 (2021 est.)

## Participating Countries

18 Countries confirmed their participation in the contest. Also  Armenia,  Japan, ,  Netherlands and  Romania announced their debut on the 2nd edition while  Cuba,  Malta and  Italy confirmed their withdrawal from the contest.  Mexico was supposed to be participating in this edition but they failed to submit their entry meaning they got disqualifed from the contest.

* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Canada
* France
* Georgia
* Israel
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Norway
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* South Korea
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States

## Scoreboard

The Final started on 22nd of December 2021 and voting will close on 26th of December. Juries will give 12 to their favourite. 10 to their second favourite, then from 8 to 1 points. Online Voting will be on a site where non participants could vote for their favourite including their own home country.