At the age of 14, he was the oldest person to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in its seven-year history.

[6] On 6 June 2008, after deliberations by the EBU, the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) was granted the rights to the 2009 contest and confirmed they would host it in Kyiv.

[7] An NTU organiser team headed by then-First Lady of Ukraine Kateryna Yushchenko originally proposed a candidacy set in Camp Artek (located in Gurzuf, Crimea) to the EBU during discussions held in Rotterdam as part of the 2007 contest.

[8][9] On 12 November 2009, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Vasiunyk declared that the contest would not be postponed; (earlier) Party of Regions member of parliament Hanna Herman had called on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to cancel the song contest because of the 2009 flu pandemic in Ukraine.

[citation needed] Prior to the event, a compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2009 contest, along with karaoke versions, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 21 November 2009.

The interval acts included young acrobats Karyn Rudnycka and Yuriy Kuzynsky accompanied all participating contestants on stage,[2] whilst Ani Lorak performed her Eurovision 2008 entry "Shady Lady".

The official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary via the peer-to-peer medium Octoshape.