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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the twenty-first edition of the contest. It took place at Palais Nikaïa, Nice, France on 26 November 2023,[1] French broadcaster France Télévisions was the host broadcaster for the event.[2] The motto for the contest was "Heroes".[3][4]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Heroes
Dates
Final date 26 November 2023
Host
Venue Palais Nikaïa, Nice, France
Presenter(s)
Director
  • Julian Gutierrez
  • Franck Broqua
Executive supervisor Martin Österdahl
Host broadcaster France Télévisions
Participants
Number of entries 16
Debuting countries
  • [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Estonia
Returning countries
  • [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Germany
Vote
Voting system The professional jury of each country awards a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs. Viewers around the world vote for 3 songs, and their votes are distributed proportionally. The votes of the jury and the audience make up 50% of all votes.
Winning song [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] France
"Cœur"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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List of participating countries

16 countries competed in the 2023 edition. Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Russia was absent from the contest.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023[5][6]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Albania RTSH Viola Gjyzeli "Bota ime" Albanian
  • Eriona Rushiti
  • Enis Mullaj
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Armenia AMPTV Yan Girls "Do It My Way" Armenian, English
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Estonia ERR Arhanna "Hoiame kokku" Estonian, English
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] France France Télévisions Zoé Clauzure "Cœur" French
  • Noée Francheteau
  • Julien Comblat
  • Jérémy Chapron
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Georgia GPB Anastasia and Ranina "Over the Sky" Georgian, English
  • Betkho
  • Mebo Nutsubidze
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Germany NDR/Kika Fia "Ohne Worte" German[a]
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ireland TG4 Jessica McKean[b] "Aisling" Irish
  • Niall Mooney
  • Ken McHugh
  • Will Weeks
  • Niamh Mooney
  • Sophie Lennon
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Italy RAI Melissa and Ranya "Un mondo giusto" Italian, English
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Malta PBS Yulan "Stronger" English
  • John-Emil Johansson
  • Sandra Wikström
  • Isak Alvedahl
  • Elise Hedengren
  • Yulan
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Netherlands AVROTROS Sep & Jasmijn [nl] "Holding On to You" Dutch, English Robert Dorn
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] North Macedonia MRT Tamara Grujeska [mk] "Kaži mi, kaži mi koj" (Кажи ми, кажи ми кој) Macedonian, English
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Poland TVP Maja Krzyżewska "I Just Need a Friend" Polish, English
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Portugal RTP Júlia Machado "Where I Belong" Portuguese, English
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Spain RTVE Sandra Valero "Loviu" Spanish[d]
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ukraine UA:PBC Anastasia Dymyd "Kvitka" (Квітка) Ukrainian, English Svitlana Tarabarova
[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}|22x20px|border ]] United Kingdom BBC Stand Uniqu3 "Back to Life" English
  • Sky Adams
  • Jakke Erixson
  • Jack Hawitt

Returning artists

Sophie Lennon, who represented Ireland in 2022, joined Jessica McKean on stage.[11]

Other countries

The following countries confirmed they would not participate in the event; Austria,[12] Azerbaijan,[13] Belgium (VRT and RTBF),[14] Cyprus,[15][16] Czechia,[17] Denmark,[18] Finland,[19] Iceland,[20] Israel,[21][22] Latvia,[23] Lithuania,[24] Luxembourg,[25] Moldova,[26] Norway,[27] Romania,[28] San Marino,[29] Serbia,[30] Slovakia,[31] Slovenia,[32] Sweden[33] and Switzerland,[34] as well as associate members in Australia[35] and Kazakhstan,[36][37].

Notes
  1. ↑ Contains phrases in French, English and Spanish;[7][8] Signed German was also used during the live televised performance.[9]
  2. ↑ Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Sophie Lennon.
  3. ↑ Despite Machado's involvement in writing "Where I Belong", she was not credited.[10]
  4. ↑ Contains repeated phrases in English, French, Italian and Portuguese.

Detailed voting results

Split results
Place Combined Jury Online vote
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] France 228 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] France 136 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] France 92
2 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Spain 201 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Armenia 116 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Spain 86
3 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Armenia 180 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Spain 115 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ukraine 83
4 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] United Kingdom 160 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] United Kingdom 102 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Germany 74
5 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ukraine 128 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Albania 70 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Netherlands 70
6 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Poland 124 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Poland 69 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Armenia 64
7 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Netherlands 122 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Netherlands 52 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] United Kingdom 58
8 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Albania 115 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Malta 51 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Poland 55
9 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Germany 107 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ukraine 45 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Georgia 53
10 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Malta 94 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] North Macedonia 37
  • [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Albania
  • [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Portugal
 45
11 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Italy 81 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Italy 37
12 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] North Macedonia 76 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Germany 33 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Italy 44
13 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Portugal 75 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Portugal 30
  • [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Estonia
  • [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Malta
 43
14 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Georgia 74 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Georgia 21
15 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Estonia 49 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ireland 8 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] North Macedonia 39
16 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ireland 42 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Estonia 6 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ireland 34
 
Distribution of points given by the juries and the audience
Detailed voting results of the final
Voting procedure used:
     100% Online vote     100% Jury vote
Total score
Jury vote score
Online vote score
 Jury vote
Spain
Malta
Ukraine
Ireland
United Kingdom
North Macedonia
Estonia
Armenia
Poland
Georgia
Portugal
France
Albania
Italy
Germany
Netherlands
Competing countries
 Spain 201 115 86 6 5 8 10 12 6 2 12 12 10 12 10 10
Malta 94 51 43 3 4 12 3 7 10 4 6 2
Ukraine 128 45 83 1 3 1 3 4 5 6 8 2 7 5
Ireland 42 8 34 3 4 1
United Kingdom 160 102 58 10 10 12 4 7 6 8 8 1 4 12 8 5 7
North Macedonia 76 37 39 2 2 2 1 1 10 6 5 1 4 3
Estonia 49 6 43 1 2 2 1
Armenia 180 116 64 3 12 10 2 12 12 8 7 10 2 7 6 5 12 8
Poland 124 69 55 8 4 7 10 10 2 5 8 3 6 6
Georgia 74 21 53 5 3 4 5 3 1
Portugal 75 30 45 7 5 6 1 1 2 6 2
France 228 136 92 12 8 6 12 6 8 10 10 12 5 10 7 10 8 12
Albania 115 70 45 8 7 7 5 5 7 4 4 12 3 7 1
Italy 81 37 44 6 3 5 1 3 8 3 8
Germany 107 33 74 1 4 4 7 3 7 2 1 4
Netherlands 122 52 70 4 7 8 5 6 2 6 2 5 4 3

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.

12 points awarded by juries
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
4 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Armenia [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Germany, [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Malta, [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] North Macedonia, [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] United Kingdom
[[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] France [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ireland, [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Netherlands, [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Poland, [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Spain
[[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Spain [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Estonia, [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] France, [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Georgia, [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Italy
2 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] United Kingdom [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Albania, [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Ukraine
1 [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Albania [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Portugal
[[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Malta [[Image:{{{flag alias-j}}}|22x20px|border ]] Armenia

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Media

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  4. ↑ "16 countries to send 'Heroes' to compete at 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest". www.ebu.ch. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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