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Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Also known asJunior Eurovision
JESC
Junior ESC
GenreSong contest
Created byBjørn Erichsen [da]
Based onMGP Nordic
by DR
Presented byVarious presenters
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)
Production companiesEuropean Broadcasting Union
Various national broadcasters
Original release
Release15 November 2003 (2003-11-15) –
present
Related

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.

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.

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  Denmark Copenhagen [a]
2004  Norway Lillehammer [b]
2005  Belgium Hasselt Let's Get Loud [1]
2006  Romania Bucharest Let the Music Play [2]
2007  Netherlands Rotterdam Make a Big Splash [3]
2008  Cyprus Limassol Fun in the Sun [4]
2009  Ukraine Kyiv For the Joy of People [5]
2010  Belarus Minsk Feel the Magic [6]
2011  Armenia Yerevan Reach for the Top! [7][8]
2012  Netherlands Amsterdam Break the Ice [9]
2013  Ukraine Kyiv Be Creative [10]
2014  Malta Marsa #Together [11]
2015  Bulgaria Sofia #Discover [12][13]
2016  Malta Valletta Embrace [14]
2017  Georgia Tbilisi Shine Bright [15][16]
2018  Belarus Minsk #LightUp [17]
2019  Poland Gliwice Share the Joy [18]
2020  Poland Warsaw #MoveTheWorld [19][20]
2021  France Paris Imagine [21]
2022  Armenia Yerevan Spin the Magic [22]
2023  France Nice Heroes [23][24][25]
2024  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

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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  Belarus
 Belgium
 Croatia
 Cyprus
 Denmark
 Greece
 Latvia
 Malta
 Netherlands
 North Macedonia[a]
 Norway
 Poland
 Romania
 Spain
 Sweden
 United Kingdom
Year Country making its debut entry
2004  France
 Switzerland
2005  Russia
 Serbia and Montenegro[b]
2006  Portugal
 Serbia[c]
 Ukraine
2007  Armenia
 Bulgaria
 Georgia
 Lithuania
2010  Moldova
2012  Albania
 Azerbaijan
 Israel
2013  San Marino
Year Country making its debut entry
2014  Italy
 Montenegro[c]
 Slovenia
2015  Australia[d]
 Ireland
2018  Kazakhstan[d]
 Wales[e]
2020  Germany
2023  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

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References

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  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.

Other websites

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