FESTIVAL HISTORY
The festival founder is Ruslan Kvinta, a famous composer and music producer of TV projects on 1+1 TV channel, such as "The Voice" and "The Voice. Kids" and the National Selection for Eurovision.
The festival was first held in July 2022 in Bulgaria. Later, in November, Ruslan Kvinta brought this children's contest to Poland. In 2023, the festival took place in Spain and Bulgaria.
In August 2024, the fifth United Kids Festival will take place in the sunny city - Alicante (Spain)! This evening, the atmosphere in the hall was provided by the festival hosts - the charismatic Andriy Voynikov and the famous Ukrainian TV presenter, model and public figure Ivanna Onufriychuk, who is also the founder of the charitable foundation “IvaLive Foundation”, the general partner of the festival in Alicante.
The star guests and jury of the festival were both Ukrainian and foreign artists: Kateryna Buzhynska, TAYANNA, Vlad Zelenskiy, Oleksandra Zaritska (KAZKA), Teodora Oreshenska, Lana Pavlova, George Kostadinov, Alekseev.
FESTIVAL RULES
The contest consists of 3 stages:
- Selection round: online listening of all applications by a music producer;
- Semi-final: performance of the participants on the festival stage, determination of 9 finalists;
- Final: performance of the finalists (3 from each category) at a grand gala concert and announcement of the winner.
Participants' categories:
- Kids aged 5-9
- Juniors aged 10-13
- Teenagers aged 14-18
Prizes for winners
The total prize fund of the festival is estimated at €10,000!
There will be 3 prize-winners that receive festival cups, cash prizes, and other pleasant gifts. Apart from that, among the participants who take 1st prize in their categories, the jury chooses a winner who receives the grand prize! It means they receive another cash prize and a song presented by a composer and music producer Ruslan Kvinta. In addition, the winner automatically gets a place as a jury member of the next festival.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
- Prepare two competition songs, which may include world hits, original songs and songs in the participants' native language. The song theme must correspond to the participant's age and be suitable for the children's festival format.
- Prepare an instrumental phonogram. The competition song duration should not exceed 3:00 minutes.
- Record a video of two competition songs in the classroom during the lesson or at home. Save videos on your own Google Drive or YouTube channel.
- Add a link to the video of the two competition songs in the application on the festival website. The video must be taken no earlier than six months prior to the application submission.
- In the application, indicate the information about the participant and parents/supervisor, and attach the participant's birth certificate or their ID card.
- In the application, specify the artists' names and the song titles.
- The cost of participation in the festival is €77. Payment is made on the first day of the festival.
