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Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (sometimes shortened to JESC or simply Junior Eurovision) is an international song contest held every year by the European Broadcasting Union since 2003. Each year, different child singers representing countries in Europe perform a song and the winner is decided through voting.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Also known asJunior Eurovision
JESC
Junior ESC
GenreSong contest
Created byBjørn Erichsen [da]
Country of originVarious participating countries
Original languagesEnglish and French
Production
Production locationsVarious host cities
Running time1 hour, 45 minutes (2003)
2 hours (2009–2013, 2020)
2 hours, 15 minutes (2004–2008, 2017)
2 hours, 30 minutes (2014–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–2023)
2 hours and 40 minutes (2021)
Original release
Releasepresent
Related

Between 27 million and 33 million people watch every year. This makes it the second largest music competition in the world after Eurovision Song Contest.

Slogans

Starting in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005, each contest was given a different theme and slogan.

Year Host country Host city Slogan Refs
2003 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Denmark Copenhagen N/A[a] N/A
2004 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Norway Lillehammer N/A[b] N/A
2005 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Belgium Hasselt Let's Get Loud [1]
2006 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Romania Bucharest Let the Music Play [2]
2007 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Netherlands Rotterdam Make a Big Splash [3]
2008 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Cyprus Limassol Fun in the Sun [4]
2009 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ukraine Kyiv For the Joy of People [5]
2010 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Belarus Minsk Feel the Magic [6]
2011 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Armenia Yerevan Reach for the Top! [7][8]
2012 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Netherlands Amsterdam Break the Ice [9]
2013 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ukraine Kyiv Be Creative [10]
2014 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Malta Marsa #Together [11]
2015 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Bulgaria Sofia #Discover [12][13]
2016 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Malta Valletta Embrace [14]
2017 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Georgia Tbilisi Shine Bright [15][16]
2018 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Belarus Minsk #LightUp [17]
2019 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Poland Gliwice Share the Joy [18]
2020 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Poland Warsaw #MoveTheWorld [19][20]
2021 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] France Paris Imagine [21]
2022 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Armenia Yerevan Spin the Magic [22]
2023 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] France Nice Heroes [23][24][25]
2024 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Spain Madrid TBA TBA
  1. ↑ Junior Eurovision Song Contest didn't have a slogan for this contest
  2. ↑ Junior Eurovision Song Contest didn't have a slogan for this contest

List of contests

Further information: List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The first Contest was won by Croatian singer Dino Jelusić with the song "Ti si moja prva ljubav".

Year Country making its first entry
2003 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Belarus
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Belgium
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Croatia
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Cyprus
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Denmark
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Greece
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Latvia
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Malta
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Netherlands
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] North Macedonia[a]
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Norway
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Poland
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Romania
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Spain
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Sweden
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] United Kingdom
Year Country making its debut entry
2004 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] France
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Switzerland
2005 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Russia
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Serbia and Montenegro[b]
2006 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Portugal
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Serbia[c]
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ukraine
2007 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Armenia
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Bulgaria
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Georgia
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Lithuania
2010 Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova
2012 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Albania
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Azerbaijan
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Israel
2013 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] San Marino
Year Country making its debut entry
2014 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Italy
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Montenegro[c]
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Slovenia
2015 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Australia[d]
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ireland
2018 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Kazakhstan[d]
Flag of Wales.svg Wales[e]
2020 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Germany
2023 [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Estonia
  1. ↑ Before the Prespa agreement in 2018 presented as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
  2. ↑ Serbia and Montenegro only participated once in 2005 and in the following year, the federation between the two countries was dissolved. Thus, Serbia continued to participate independently from 2006 and Montenegro was given the option to participate that year, which did not happen. Montenegro participated for the first time in 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Participated as part of Serbia and Montenegro in 2005.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Not a member of the EBU, but participates by special invitation.
  5. ↑ Participated as part of the United Kingdom between 2003 and 2005 and from 2022.

Winning entries

Main page: List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest winners

Junior Eurovision Song Contest Media

  • Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark hosted the inaugural edition of the contest in 2003.

  • Ksenia Sitnik claimed Belarus' first win in 2005 with "My vmeste". Her country's next victory was two years later with Alexey Zhigalkovich

  • Vladimir Arzumanyan representing Armenia, who won the 2010 contest with the song "Mama"

  • Sietse Bakker (center), executive supervisor from 2011 to 2012

  • Vladislav Yakovlev, executive supervisor from 2013 to 2015

  • Participants in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, coloured by decade of debut

  • Emmelie de Forest at a JESC press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine (2013)

  • Jedward on stage performing "Hologram" during the interval in 2016

References

  1. ↑ "Hasselt 2005". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bucharest 2006". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Rotterdam 2007". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Lemesos 2008". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Kyiv 2009". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Minsk 2010". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Granger, Anthony (16 July 2011). "Official JESC 2011 Logo Released". Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Yerevan 2011: Reach for the top!". junioreurovision.tv. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Amsterdam 2012". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Creating the Common Song". junioreurovision.tv. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  11. ↑ Fisher, Luke James (18 December 2013). "Malta to host Junior Eurovision 2014". JuniorEurovision.tv. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Sofia 2015". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "#Discover the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015". Eurovision. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Valletta 2016". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  15. ↑ Granger, Anthony (12 May 2017). ""Shine Bright" the Slogan of Junior Eurovision 2017". Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "Georgia gears up to host its first Eurovision event!". Eurovision. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  17. ↑ "#LIGHTUP for the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Minsk". Eurovision. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  18. ↑ "Junior Eurovision 2019: Share the Joy". junioreurovision.tv. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  19. ↑ "Poland 2020". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  20. ↑ "It's time to #MoveTheWorld!". junioreurovision.tv. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  21. ↑ "Paris 2021". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  22. ↑ "Everything you need to know about Junior Eurovision 2022". junioreurovision.tv. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  23. ↑ Granger, Anthony (10 May 2023). "Junior Eurovision 2023 Slogan Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  24. ↑ "Nice 2023". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  25. ↑ "Junior Eurovision 2023: What to expect in Nice". Eurovision. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

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