Junior Eurovision 2023: The Online Voting starts now | How to vote for your favorites!

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n opThe countdown for the Grand Final of Junior Eurovision 2023 has begun. In less than two days from now, Palais Nikaia will welcome the young artists from the sixteen participating countries.

Out of the sixteen participating countries, only one will be crowned as the big winner of the competition. Hence, following the second rehearsals that were conducted the past two days, the Online Voting, which will determine 50% of the final result, has now officially started.

How to vote | The rules

Just like in recent editions, the voting for Junior Eurovision 2023 is open to the public. What you need is to:

  1. have an internet connection
  2. and a device to connect to the contest’s site.

You can vote for your favorite songs on the contest’s page, but only after watching a short recap of all 16 songs. This video includes snippets from the second rehearsals, which resemble the performances we will watch on the Sunday show. Once the recap is over, viewers will be able to vote for their favorite three entries, neither more nor less. Since, no geographical restrictions apply, fans can even vote for their own country if they wish so, in case it is participating.

We remind you that these are the 16 participating countries in the order they will perform on Sunday:

You can cast your votes here!

 

The two phases of the Online Voting

The Online Voting for Junior Eurovision 2023 is divided into two phases:

Phase 1: The voting began at 8 pm today (CET time). the vote submission window will remain open throughout Saturday and will close at 15:59 on Sunday, November 26, shortly before the show begins.
Phase 2 : it will take place during the live broadcast. The window will open shortly following the final performance of the show, namely The Netherlands. It will remain open for approximately 15 minutes, in a similar way to how it is conducted in the adult Eurovision.

The votes submitted in the two voting phases will be summed up following the conclusion of the second phase and will be calculated as a single result.

Junior Eurovision 2023 – the voting procedure

The Online Voting has replaced the familiar televoting via phone calls and SMS and hence it is the one that will determine 100% of the public’s vote. Therefore, the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be decided as following:

  • on 50% via the Online Voting, which will be conducted in the two aforementioned phases
  • on the remaining 50% by the participating countries’ national juries. The national jury of each country will include three music industry professionals and two kids aged 10 to 15.

You can check this explanatory video regarding the voting procedure:

https://youtu.be/3lzh9b3hq1w

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Junior Eurovision 2023: Watch the exclusive rehearsal footage from today’s second rehearsals!

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The preparations in Nice for the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest are on fire and it is now a wrap for the fourth day of this year’s technical rehearsals. Following their first rehearsals on Tuesday, the representatives from nine out of the sixteen participating countries, took the stage of Palais Nikaia today for their second rehearsals.

The second rehearsals gave the opportunity to the delegations to fix any mistakes spotted on the first rehearsals as well as to help the young artists feel more safe and familiar with the big stage. Meanwhile clips from this rehearsals’ stage will be used in the recap video for the first phase of the Online Voting, which is conducted before the show.

The first and second rehearsals were not open to journalists and we could only take a glimpse of what the young artists have prepared via photos. EBU has just uploaded through the official Junior Eurovision channel in YouTube a recap of today’s rehearsals. Specifically, we will have the chance to watch exclusive TV footage of today’s rehearsals.

The countries that had their second rehearsals today were the following:

Estonia

https://youtu.be/i8HMH1sgikE?si=rjcq0_bA5N3vAAf5

Georgia

https://youtu.be/36o-5qwLJqU?si=bNbNd1yANbkQ4MIR

Germany

https://youtu.be/vHXiFpypviE?si=55u5z022N-uO-QDR

Malta

https://youtu.be/p9G64cp3JQQ?si=lk92tw8VJ-gPt2Ec

The Netherlands

https://youtu.be/URRzULDz84g?si=3Le4QOId94fyyAhA

North Macedonia

https://youtu.be/LLNxYIgwyig?si=mRDmJX_puldMVMqF

Ukraine

https://youtu.be/dUa5F3hw-SM?si=5ruV8AZvIpp9D3ob

United Kingdom

https://youtu.be/L5M8i638qrc?si=yvuAccJD5CwK10Cy

Portugal

https://youtu.be/5FAlQ_l1wew?si=N8u-OLY6GDtnNwn-

Moreover, you can also watch a recap of today’s rehearsals below, followed by a small introduction of our little friends:

What’s next?

Tomorrow, the seven remaining countries will have their second rehearsals. Following the conclusion of tomorrow’s rehearsals, the first phase of the Online Voting, which will determine 50% of Sunday’s results, will begin. The voting will remain open throughout Saturday, will then close just before the show and will reopen shortly after the final performance of the show for approximately fifteen minutes.

The 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place on November 26 in Nice, France, following Lissandro’s win last year in Yerevan with “Oh maman!”. It will be the second time in just three years that France will host the big event, with the first being in 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKn-RAOwpCA

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Junior Eurovision 2023: The first rehearsals of the 16 participating countries!

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The 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest is just around the corner. Artists from sixteen different countries have arrived in Nice, where they will have the opportunity to sing live in front of millions of audience.

Those “Heroes” have been preparing for months and they have just underwent their first technical rehearsals at the stage of Palais Nikaia, where the main event will take place. The First Rehearsals began yesterday and were concluded today.

As in the adult Eurovision, no journalists were allowed to watch the first rehearsals. Moreover, there were no rehearsal clips uploaded. Hence, there is no audiovisual material, except some photos uploaded on the official social media accounts of the competition. You can take a sneak peak of what all those young performers have prepared, below:

Albania – Viola Gjyzeli

Armenia – Yan Girls

Estonia – ARHANNA

Georgia – Anastasia and Ranina

Germany – Fia

France – Zoé Clauzure

Ireland – Jessica McKean

Italy – Melissa and Ranya

Malta – Yulan

Netherlands – Sep and Jasmijn

North Macedonia – Tamara Grujeska

Poland – Maja Krzyżewska

Portugal – Júlia Machado

Spain – Sandra Valero

Ukraine – Anastasia Dymyd

United Kingdom – STAND UNIQU3

The running order

After a draw was held, the running order of the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest was decided as following:

  1. Spain
  2. Malta
  3. Ukraine
  4. Ireland
  5. United Kingdom
  6. North Macedonia
  7. Estonia
  8. Armenia
  9. Poland
  10. Georgia
  11. Portugal
  12. France
  13. Albania
  14. Italy
  15. Germany
  16. The Netherlands

What’s next?

Following the second rehearsals of the sixteen participants, a snippet of each country’s performance will be uploaded on JuniorEurovisio.tv and so will commence marks the first phase of the Online Voting, which will determine 50 percent of the total outcome. The online voting platform will close just before the show starts on Sunday and will re-open for a while after all the performances. For more information on how to vote, check this out:

https://youtu.be/3lzh9b3hq1w

Junior Eurovision 2023 will take place at Palais Nikaia, in the city of Nice, France, next Sunday 26 November. The contest will be hosted by France for the second time after Lissandro won the 2022 contest in Armenia with his song “Oh maman!”.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding the 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest!

Junior Eurovision 2023: The running order of the show!

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In just less than a week, the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place live from Nice, France, following Lissandro’s win last year in Yerevan.

It is the second time in Junior Eurovision Contest’s history that the contest is being held in France, with the last time being just two years, which proves the powerhouse that France has begun in the contest.

Tonight, live from Hotel Negresco, located on the much-publicised Promenade des Anglais, the opening ceremony took place. The event was hosted by Carla Lazzari, the French representative at Junior Eurovision 2019 and presenter Manon Théodet.

During the opening ceremony a draw was held in order to determine three spots in Sunday’s show running order:

  • the country that will open the show and perform at spot number one
  • the country that will close the show and perform at spot number sixteen
  • the running order spot in which the host country, namely France, will perform

The draw was conducted by Lissandro, last year’s Junior Eurovision winner with the following outcome:

  • Spain will perform at spot number one
  • France will perform at spot number twelve
  • The Netherlands will close the show, at spot number sixteen

The rest of the running order was decided by the organizers of the show and it was now revealed.

Hence, the final running order of the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest is the following:

  1. Spain
  2. Malta
  3. Ukraine
  4. Ireland
  5. United Kingdom
  6. North Macedonia
  7. Estonia
  8. Armenia
  9. Poland
  10. Georgia
  11. Portugal
  12. France
  13. Albania
  14. Italy
  15. Germany
  16. The Netherlands

What’s next?

The following days the first and second technical rehearsals of the participating countries will take place.

Following the second rehearsals, a snippet of each country’s performance will be uploaded online and that marks the beginning of the first phase of the Online Voting, which will determine 50 percent of the total outcome. The online voting platform will close just before the show starts on Sunday and will re-open for a while after all the performances. For more information on how to vote, check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lzh9b3hq1w

Junior Eurovision 2023 will take place at Palais Nikaia, in the city of Nice, France, next Sunday 26 November. The contest will be hosted by France for the second time after Lissandro won the 2022 contest in Armenia with his song “Oh maman!”.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding the 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest!

Junior Eurovision 2023: Opening ceremony today!

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The week of Junior Eurovision 2023 has arrived! In less than seven days we will know the winner of the 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held this year in Nice, France, with the Western European powerhouse hosting the contest for the second time in just three years.

The traditional opening ceremony to welcome all the delegations will take place today at the Hotel Negresco located on the much-publicised Promenade des Anglais at 17:00 CET. The event will be broadcast live on France TV and on the official YouTube channel of the contest.

The event will be hosted by Carla Lazzari, France’s representative at Junior Eurovision 2019 and presenter Manon Théodet.

Each of the sixteen delegations will be welcomed in Nice by journalist Laura Tenoudji and digital ambassador Ophénya. The ceremony will also include performances by each of France’s Junior Eurovision representatives since their return to the contest in 2018, with the singers performing parts of their songs.

During the opening ceremony , three places in the performance order will be determined. Following a draw, the countries that will open and close Sunday’s contest will be known, as well as the order of appearance for host France.

The remaining 13 places in the line-up will be known after the opening ceremony, with full details to be announced on the official website of the contest.

16 countries will compete in the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest, whose participants and their songs are:

🇦🇱 Albania Viola Gjyzeli – “Bota ime“
🇦🇲 Armenia Yan Girls – “Do It My Way”
🇲🇰 North Macedonia Tamara Grujeska – “Kaži mi, kaži mi koj“
🇫🇷 France Zoé Clauzure – “Coeur”
🇩🇪 Germany Fia – “Ohne Worte”
🇬🇪 Georgia Anastasia and Ranina – “Over the Sky”
🇪🇪 Estonia Arhanna – “Hoiame kokku”
🇬🇧 United Kingdom Stand Uniqu3 – “Back to Life”
🇮🇪 Ireland Jessica McKean – “Aisling”
🇪🇸 Spain Sandra Valero – “Loviu”
🇮🇹 Italy Melissa and Ranya – “Un mondo giusto”
🇲🇹 Malta Yulan – “Stronger”
🇳🇱 Netherlands Sep and Jasmijn – “Holding On to You”
🇵🇱 Poland Maja Krzyżewska – “I Just Need a Friend”
🇵🇹 Portugal Júlia Machado – “Where I Belong”
🇺🇦 Ukraine Anastasia Dymyd – “Kvitka”

Junior Eurovision 2023 will take place at Palais Nikaia, in the city of Nice, France, next Sunday 26 November. The contest will be hosted by France for the second time after Lissandro won the 2022 contest in Armenia with his song “Oh maman!”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOf_y8Tz6uw

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Estonia: Eesti Laul 2024’s 5 pre-qualified finalists!

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The five artists who are automatically qualified for the Eesti Laul 2024 final have been unveiled by Estonia’s official broadcaster, ERR. These five performers round up the lineup for this year’s Estonian national final, along with the remaining fifteen entries that were revealed yesterday and will compete in the semi-final on January 20.

The following five performers are automatically qualified for the Eesti Laul 2024 final:

  1. Βrother Apollo – “Bad Boy” (Erkii Sippel, Joseph Miettinen)
  2. Daniel Levi – “Over The Moon” (Daniel Levi Viinalas, Victor Crone, Vallo Kikas)
  3. Nele-Liss Vaiksoo – “Kate umber jaa” (Peter Poder, Allan Kasuk, Nele-Liss Vaiksoo, Marek Sadam)
  4. Carlos Ukareda – “Never Growing Up” (Carlos Ukareda)
  5. Uudo Sepp, Sarah Murray – “Still love” (Liis Hainla, Uudo Depp, Joel Sundkvist, Aleksi Wiklund)

The following artists will compete in the semi-final:

  1. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi” (Põhja Korea, kohver, Lancelot, Päevakoer, Marko Veisson, Ramo Teder, Kim Wennerström)
  2. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” (Sven Lõhmus)
  3. Antsud – “Vetevaim” (Aile Alveus, Antsud)
  4. Cecilia –“FOMO”, autorid Cecilia-Martina Mägi, Sander Sadam, Liis Hainla
  5. Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now” ( Ewert Sundja, Erki Pärnoja, Ivo Etti, Kristjan Kallas)
  6. Inga – “No Dog On a Leash”, (Inga Tislar, Markus Palo)
  7. Ingmar – “Dreaming” (Ingmar Erik Kiviloo)
  8. Laura – “Here’s Where I Draw the Line” (Laura Põldvere, Johannes Lõhmus)
  9. Multikas, Ewert Sundja – “Oblivion” (Joosep Järvesaar, Hugo Martin Maasikas, Ewert Sundja)
  10. Ollie – “My Friend” (Oliver Mazurtšak)
  11. Peter Põder “Korra veel” (Peter Põder)
  12. Silver Jusilo – “Lately” (Silver Jusilo, Markus Palo)
  13. Sofia Rubina – “Be Good” (Jason Hunter, Robert Stanley Montes, Renae Rain)
  14. Traffic – “Wunderbar” ( Stig Rästa, Silver Laas)
  15. Yonna – “I Don’t Know About You” (Johanna Eendra, Jakob Kaarma, Semjon Greef)

The semi-final of Eesti Laul 2024 is scheduled to take place on 20 January in Tartu, while the final will take place on 17 February in Tallinn.

This year Estonia was represented by Alika, with the song “Bridges”. Alika managed to defy predictions and deliver her country the best result in recent years by placing 8th with 168 points despite the bookies’ doubts about her qualification.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsbC-OYMA3s&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

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Source: Eurovision.tv 

Estonia: Eesti Laul 2024 Semi-Final Participants Revealed!

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During ERR’s program, entitled “Ringvaade”, the names, titles and composers/lyricists of the 15 artists who will participate in the semi-final of Eesti Laul 2024 were announced today.

The 15 participants of Eesti Laul 2024 are:

  1. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi” (Põhja Korea, kohver, Lancelot, Päevakoer, Marko Veisson, Ramo Teder, Kim Wennerström)
  2. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” (Sven Lõhmus)
  3. Antsud – “Vetevaim” (Aile Alveus, Antsud)
  4. Cecilia –“FOMO”, autorid Cecilia-Martina Mägi, Sander Sadam, Liis Hainla
  5. Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now” ( Ewert Sundja, Erki Pärnoja, Ivo Etti, Kristjan Kallas)
  6. Inga – “No Dog On a Leash”, (Inga Tislar, Markus Palo)
  7. Ingmar – “Dreaming” (Ingmar Erik Kiviloo)
  8. Laura – “Here’s Where I Draw the Line” (Laura Põldvere, Johannes Lõhmus)
  9. Multikas, Ewert Sundja – “Oblivion” (Joosep Järvesaar, Hugo Martin Maasikas, Ewert Sundja)
  10. Ollie – “My Friend” (Oliver Mazurtšak)
  11. Peter Põder “Korra veel” (Peter Põder)
  12. Silver Jusilo – “Lately” (Silver Jusilo, Markus Palo)
  13. Sofia Rubina – “Be Good” (Jason Hunter, Robert Stanley Montes, Renae Rain)
  14. Traffic – “Wunderbar” ( Stig Rästa, Silver Laas)
  15. Yonna  – “I Don’t Know About You” (Johanna Eendra, Jakob Kaarma, Semjon Greef)

It goes without saying, that this year too there would be returns of old Eurostar! At Eesti Laul 2024, Laura returns, who represented her country twice, the last time in 2017 in the duet “Verona“, together with Koit Toome. Another comeback, Ollie, wholast year finished second in the Estonian national final with the song “Venom“. There are also artists who have participated in earlier versions of Eesti Laul, such as Inga, Anet Vaikmaa, Antsud, Sofia Rubina & Traffic.

We remind you that tomorrow, November 7, they will announce the five artists who went directly to the final according to the decision of the jury.

Eesti Laul 2024 will be hosted by Tõnis Niinemetsa and Grete Kulla. The songs are expected to be released on December 8. The Semi-Final will be held on January 20 in Tartu, while the Grand Final will take place on February 17 in Tallinn.

Alika represented Estonia at Eurovision 2023 with “Bridges” placing 8th with 168 points, marking her country’s best result in the competition in years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsbC-OYMA3s&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

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Source: ERR

Estonia: The songs submitted for Eesti Laul 2024 were evaluated by a 41-member jury!

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The next songs competing for Eurovision 2024 that we are going to listen, are coming from Estonia! The songs are going to be revealed in November 6 and 7 through the show “Ringvaates“, as they were just evaluated by a 41-member jury.

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Estonia: Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld will host Eesti Laul 2024!

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Through Eesti Laul, we met the duo of Tõnis Niinemetsa and Grete Kulla for the first time in 2021. After that they presented the national final again in 2023, just as big fans, they accepted this role once again in 2024.

Tõnis Niinemetsa was excited about it:

“For me, Eesti Laul is like Christmas or my birthday. This time of the year I look forward to even more excitedly than summer. And it’s especially nice that I can go to Tartu again this year!”

Grete Kuld was also excited about going back to Tartu:

“The semi-final in Tartu will be awesome! We will bring a big stage, lots of cameras, 15 semi-finalists and definitely a long ladder so that Tõnis can get the high notes, because we also plan to take the stage with a little surprise.”

The semi-final of Eesti Laul will take place in Tartu on January 20 and the final on February 17 in Tallinn. Grete Kulda and Tõnis Niinemets will also appear on the show “Ringvaate” on November 6 and 7 where they will introduce the contestants.

The winner of Eesti Laul 2023 and Estonia’s representative at Eurovision 2023 was Alika with the song “Bridges”. Alika achieved her country’s best finish in the contest in years by placing eighth in the final.

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Source: err.ee

Estonia: 35 judges evaluated the Eesti Laul 2024 entries!

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Hanna-Liina Võsa (a finalist of the 1997 Estonian selection) disclosed to the radio station “Vikerhommikus” that she is a member of the special jury, which consists of 35 people and which assessed the 215 entries that were submitted for Eesti Laul 2024.

The Estonian public television received 215 song submissions in total, which were assessed by a 35-person special panel. Hanna-Liina Võsa, a jury member, had listened to 186 songs by Saturday morning. She expressed her excitement about becoming a part of the jury and clarified that her evaluation of the songs is primarily based on her personal taste. Hanna-Liina Võsa believes that it’s important that the song captures your attention right away.

I still have a few songs to listen to, but luckily there’s about 24 hours left!

Even though there are some well-produced tracks, the ones that resonated with me were the ones that I ended up liking the most. These are now my top picks.

I’ve discovered that a song is unlikely to stick with me if it doesn’t grab my attention from the start. It ought to be captivating right away.

After evaluating the submitted songs, the 35-member special jury will select the 20 songs to advance to the next round of the competition. The 20 musicians that will take part in Eesti Laul 2024 will be revealed in a few days.

Of the 20 songs:

  • Five will be selected by the jury to qualify directly to the Grand Final
  • The Semi-Final will include the remaining fifteen competitors

Three entries will advance to the Super Final from the Grand Final, following voting by the jury and the television audience. At this point in the competition, the Estonian representative in Malmö will be determined solely by public voting.

The songs are expected to be released in early December. The semi-final will be held on January 20, while the Grand Final will take place on February 17.

The winner of Eesti Laul 2023 and Estonia’s representative at Eurovision 2023 was Alika with the song “Bridges”. Alika achieved her country’s best finish in the contest in years by placing eighth in the final.

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Source: ERR