ON Sunday the eyes of the world will be on a youngster from Gwynedd as she represents Wales in the final round of Junior Eurovision.

Manw Lili Robin from Rhostryfan, will take to the stage, and she’ll sing a song written by fellow Gwynedd resident, Yws Gwynedd, from Llan Ffestiniog.

There will be a special programme in the run up to the big day – Chwilio am Seren Junior Eurovision – Manw yn Minsk, and a chance to follow Manw’s big adventure from the first interview for the S4C series Chwilio am Seren: Junior Eurovision to the stage of the Minsk Arena, Belarus for the main competition.

We will get to see all the preparations for the singing and dancing, the process of making a music video in Wales and then the week of preparations in Minsk including Manw rehearsing and practising her dance and opening song.

In the world of Eurovision, a catchy song that is light, fun but full of feeling is essential for the keen competitors to avoid the dreaded ‘nil point’!

Perta – the song which Manw will be performing before millions of people worldwide – has been written and composed by Yws Gwynedd.

Yws is one of Wales’ most popular artists and has composed many crowd-pleasing tunes such as Sebona Fi and Neb Ar Ôl.

Here’s a chance to find out a little bit more about the song Perta and to discover what it means to have written a song which will represent Wales for the first time in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

How did you feel when you got the call asking you to compose the song for Wales’s first time at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest?

YG: Somebody else had let them down – but to be totally honest I really wanted to do it, so it was a real honour to get the call.

It is so cool that the Welsh language is going to be showcased on the European stage before millions of people, so I couldn’t say no.

What was the inspiration behind the song Perta?

YG: I wrote the chorus before Junior Eurovision, it was a song for my daughter, Berta and I had hummed the rest from the beginning to end and the tune was suitable for a younger audience.

After deciding on the tune, I started to think about what young people make of the way that we as adults treat our planet.

I remember thinking that when I was a child, older people thought about the future of our planet in a very different way to me.

One of the biggest problems facing our planet today is the amount of plastic in the sea and it isn’t fair that we are doing this to the world and leaving our children to clear up the mess we have made.

I went on to think about how a young person would put this into words and looked back at how I felt as a child.

Did you have a particular brief or were you free to be creative?

YG: I was completely free to be creative with the song.

Considering 90 per cent of people that listen to the song can’t understand Welsh, my main aim was to make the words sound nice.

I don’t usually tend to use sound in the way that I have in this song, but I wanted the song to be repetitive so that even a child in Azerbaijan could sing the song and make some sort of sense of it as well.

Even if somebody doesn’t understand the words, at least they can say and sing the song.

What are your hopes for the song, for Manw and for Wales in Minsk?

YG: This is the first time for us to take part in Junior Eurovision and it is important that we are represented as an individual country and that the Welsh language will be heard across Europe and the world.

When it comes to the song and the music, personal taste is everything and one person’s taste can be completely different to someone else’s.

Like a football team – it is important that we are there competing.

Will you be watching together as a family back home in Wales?

YG: Yes, we will be watching as a family back home in north Wales and I am looking forward to seeing if we get a point. If we at least win one point, I will be happy and best of luck to Manw in Belarus.

• Chwilio am Seren Junior Eurovision -– Manw yn Minsk, Friday, 23 November, 7.30pm, S4C

• Chwilio am Seren Junior Eurovision - Y Ffeinal, Sunday, 25 November, 3pm, S4C

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