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Jessica, who is 10 years old, is the youngest Irish representative to date.

Jessica is from Lifford in Co. Donegal and is no stranger to winning competitions as she won her first Feis competition at only three years of age and is really excited to make her country proud in Nice next Sunday.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest will broadcast live on TG4 on November 26 at 3pm.

Ireland's Junior Eurovision representative Jessica McKean is excited to be heading to Nice for the grand final and is pictured at Dublin Airport on Sunday.

Photographer: 1IMAGE/Bryan Brophy — Ireland's Junior Eurovision representative Jessica McKean is excited to be heading to Nice for the grand final and is pictured at Dublin Airport on Sunday. Photographer: 1IMAGE/Bryan Brophy

Jessica will be singing a song called ‘Aisling’ written by Niall Mooney and his team. The music video is also proving to be very popular online. You can watch Jessica perform her song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnFw5VZdDjY

On Sunday morning, Jessica was very excited as she left Dublin airport bound for Nice to begin a week of rehearsals and international press interviews ahead of her performance at Junior Eurovision on Sunday next.

This year marks a special year of Junior Eurovision, it is the 21st anniversary of the first show and sees 16 countries compete.

With over 33 million viewers across Europe the show is something spectacular to be a part of.

Last year, Sophie Lennon came fourth at the contest in Yerevan, with her song ‘Solas’. This was the best result for Ireland in the junior or senior competition in 25 years. Can we top that this year?

Lifford's Junior Eurovision star Jessica heads to France for grand final

This year marks a special year of Junior Eurovision, it is the 21st anniversary of the first show and sees 16 countries compete.

With over 33 million viewers across Europe the show is something spectacular to be a part of.

Last year, Sophie Lennon came fourth at the contest in Yerevan, with her song ‘Solas’. This was the best result for Ireland in the junior or senior competition in 25 years. Can we top that this year?