Junior Eurovision 2023: France is the big winner!

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The 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest has just come to an end. Following a tense voting sequence, France with Zoé Clauzure and her song “Coeur” was crowned the winner of this year’s edition just moments ago. Spain finished in 2nd place and Armenia in 3rd place.

The show

Following Lissandro’s win last year in Yerevan, the contest was moved to France for the second time in just three years. Palais Nikaïa, at the homonymous city of Nice, opened its doors today for delegations from the sixteen participating countries. The show was hosted by Laury Thilleman and Olivier Minne.

The number of the participating countries remained the same as last year, as Serbia and Kazakhstan withdrew, while Germany returned after a year of absence. The Junior Eurovision family, also, welcomed a new member, Estonia which made its first appearance today at the stage of Palais Nikaïa.

The show began with Spain and was concluded with the performance of The Netherlands

  1. Spain: Sandra Valero – “Loviu“
  2. Malta: Yulan – “Stronger“
  3. Ukraine: Anastasia Dymyd – “Kvitka“
  4. Ireland: Jessica McKean – “Aisling“
  5. United Kingdom: STAND UNIQU3 – “Back to Life“
  6. North Macedonia: Tamara Grujeska – “Kaži mi, kaži mi koj“
  7. Estonia: ARHANNA – “Hoimame kokku“
  8. Armenia: Yan Girls – “Do It My Way“
  9. Poland: Maja Krzyżewska – “I Just Need a Friend“
  10. Georgia: Anastasia and Ranina – “Over the Sky“
  11. Portugal: Júlia Machado – “Where I Belong“
  12. France: Zoé Clauzure – “Coeur“
  13. Albania: Viola Gjyzeli – “Bota Ime“
  14. Italy: Melissa and Ranya – “Un mondo giusto“
  15. Germany: Fia – “Ohne Worte“
  16. The Netherlands: Sep and Jasmijn – “Holding On to You“

The interval acts

Shortly after the the beginning of the Online Voting’s second phase, we had the chance to watch what the French prepared for the interval acts this year.

Evidently, last year’s winner Lissandro who brought the contest to Nice performed his winning song “Oh maman!”.

https://youtu.be/XHs9phBCg3o?si=9qG35zZEE3ukuRSF

Later, Amir, the French representative in Eurovision 2016, took the stage singing his Eurovision song “J’ai cherché” as well as his song “Il ya”. A really colorful and vibrant performance!

Laury Thilleman also sang along with the crowd and accompanied with a piano just before the most touching performance of the night. Angelina, Valentina, Enzo and Lissandro, all of them French Junior Eurovision participants, took the stage accompanied with this year’s participants to sing “We Are the World“.

Junior Eurovision 2023 – the voting procedure

The winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was decided as following:

  • on a 50% via the Online Voting, which was conducted in two phases (before and during the live broadcast)
  • 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.
The national juries’ result

At the first place, there was France with 136 points, followed by Armenia with 116 points and Spain with 115 points. Both France, Armenia and Spain received four sets of 12 points from the national juries.

The results of the online voting

As Martin Österdahl informed us, people from no less than 175 countries voted tonight!

France won the online voting with 92 points, followed by Spain with 86 points and Ukraine with 83 points.

Final Results

Combining the national juries’ and the public vote, France with Zoe was declared as the winner of Junior Eurovision 2023 scoring 228 points.

France emerged as the winner of the competition for the second consecutive year, while it is the second time in Junior Eurovision history that a country has managed to win two consecutive editions, the first being Poland (2018-2019). At the same time, this is the fourth year in a row that France wins the jury voting. With France achieving its third victory this year in Nice, it is officially crowned Junior Eurovision “queen” holding a record number of victories(2020-2022-2023), a title it shares with Georgia(2008-2011-2016).

https://youtu.be/iYsEvSLQJro?si=ndhkVBis3cT0uHHH

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Junior Eurovision 2023: The Grand Final takes place tonigh in Nice!

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The big day for all Junior Eurovision fans has arrived. This afternoon, the Grand Final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which celebrates its 21st edition will take place!

Live from Nice, France at 16:00 pm CET, 16 countries will battle it out for the coveted first place and victory in Junior Eurovision 2023.

From Palais Nikaïa right in the center of the French city, presenters Olivier Minne and Laury Thilleman will welcome us to the 21st edition of the children’s music festival.

Running Order

France, represented by Zoé Clauzure, will perform 12th in Sunday’s grand final. The show will be opened by Sandra Valero from the Spain, while Sep & Jasmijn from the Netherlands will perform her song last.

  1. 🇪🇸 Spain: Sandra Valero – “LOVIU”
  2. 🇲🇹 Malta: Yulan – “Stronger”
  3. 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Anastasia Dymyd – “Kvitka”
  4. 🇮🇪 Ireland: Jessica McKean – “Aisling”
  5. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Stand Uniqu3 – “Back to Life”
  6. 🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Tamara Grujeska – “Kaži Mi, Kaži Mi Koj”
  7. 🇪🇪 Estonia: Arhanna – “Hoiame Kokku”
  8. 🇦🇲 Armenia: Yan Girls – “Do It My Way”
  9. 🇵🇱 Poland: Maja Krzyzewska – “I Just Need A Friend”
  10. 🇬🇪 Georgia: Anastasia & Ranina – “Over The Sky”
  11. 🇵🇹 Portugal: Julia Machado – “Where I Belong”
  12. 🇫🇷 France: Zoé Clauzure – “Cœur”
  13. 🇦🇱 Albania: Viola Gjyzeli – “Bota Ime”
  14. 🇮🇹 Italy: Melissa & Ranya – “Un Mondo Giusto”
  15. 🇩🇪 Germany: Fia – “Ohne Worte”
  16. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: Sep & Jasmijn – “Holding On To You”

Voting

Online voting will determine 100% of the public vote as voting by phone or SMS is not possible. As it was until now in Eurovision, the public decides by 50% on the results, with the remaining 50% coming from the votes of each country’s juries. The JESC 2023 Jury will include three music industry professionals and two children aged 10 to 15 years.

The vote for Junior Eurovision 2023 is divided into two phases:

 -Phase 1: voting begins at 8 pm today (CET time) in Friday. This round of voting will remain open throughout Saturday, closing at 15:59 on Sunday, shortly before the show begins.
–Phase 2 :takes place during the live broadcast. The window will open after the appearance of the last country, Ukraine. The second phase will last about 15 minutes.

You can watch the Grand final of Junior Eurovision 2023 through the official YouTube channel of the competition:

Which country do you think will succeed France and win the 20th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest?

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:

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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

Georgia

Germany

Malta

The Netherlands

North Macedonia

Ukraine

United Kingdom

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:

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!”.

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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:

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!”.

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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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North Macedonia: Discussions are underway for its return to the competition!

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The state broadcaster of North Macedonia, MRT, has not yet made a definitive decision on whether or not the country would compete in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Conversely, discussions over the country’s return are still going on.

The topic of participating in Eurovision was also discussed at the TV station’s recent planning meetings for the upcoming year. Smilka Janeska Sarkanjac, the MRT planning project chairman, stated the following in this regard:

The fact that Eurovision is on the proposed 2024 MRT schedule is good news.

During the meetings in October, Sarkanjac recommended that the country’s participation be confirmed immediately and that the search for the North Macedonian artist in Malmö be started promptly as well.

A national final to choose the country’s representative was also suggested during the talks. However, because of the short time frame, this idea was finally deemed unfeasible.

In conclusion, Sarkanjac emphasized the significance of North Macedonia’s participation in Eurovision:

With our absence from Eurovision, we are missing the opportunity to be represented on the international stage.

Future competition participation is contingent upon the government’s approval of the budget. North Macedonia’s decision to compete in Eurovision 2024—or not—will be made public in the coming days upon the official announcement of the countries that will compete in Malmö, Sweden, in May of next year.

North Macedonia withdrew from the competition in 2023 because it was unable to match the increased financial requirements following Russia’s disqualification. The country’s last representative was Andrea, whose song “Circles” placed 11th in the semi-final. Would you like to see North Macedonia return to the contest?

 

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Source: MRT 

Junior Eurovision 2023: Listen to the entry of North Macedonia!

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Back in May, MRT, the national broadcaster of North Macedonia, announced that the nation’s representative in Nice would be the 12 year-old Tamara Grujeska. Tamara was selected through auditions held in Skopje by MRT in early May.

Today, with less than two months to go from the contest, the song that will represent North Macedonia in the children’s contest has just been released. The song’s title is “Kazi Mi, Kazi Mi Koj“(Tell Me, Tell Me Who). The entry was written by the well-known Darko Dimitrov, Robert Bilbilov & Kosta Petrov.

You can listen to “Kazi Mi, Kazi Mi Koj”, below:

Who is Tamara Grujeska?

Tamara was born on December 2, 2010 in Gostivar. She made her first beginnings in the world of music when she was only five years old, and since then she has been constantly active at children’s festivals in the country and abroad.

Her first appearance at an international competition is in 2021 at “Ezerski Biseri” in Struga, where she wins First Place Laureate I degree. In the same year, she participated in the International Festival “Zvezdichki” in Prilep where she won the highest Grand Prix award with her song “Music has a home in me”.

In 2022, Tamara also participates in the most prestigious festival and competition in Vladimir “Golden Stars Rain”, where she won the Grand Prix award in competition with 150 competitors from several countries.

Tamara is a student at the elementary school “Goce Delchev” – Gostivar in the VII grade and at the elementary school of music “Todor Skalovski” – Tetovo section “solo singing”.

The 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Nice, France, on the 26th of November, following Lissandro’s win last year in Yerevan.

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North Macedonia: Are they returning to the contest in 2024?

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After a year’s absence, North Macedonia looks ready to return to the contest in 2024. After the broadcast of the contest in 2023 (even though they did not participate) but also their participation in Junior Eurovision 2023, it seems that they will also participate in Eurovision 2024.

As it became known, the amount of 1,500,000 Denars has been allocated to the proposed MRT budget for Eurovision and Junior Eurovision 2024. In addition, in a special paragraph, the Eurovision Song Contest is stated, which they have add to the column with music festivals!

The same paragraph was present in the proposed budgets of 2020, 2021 and 2022, but was removed in the proposed budget of 2023. Summarizing these facts we can be led to the conclusion that North Macedonia is returning to the Eurovision 2024, after their short abstention for the year 2023. It remains to be seen if they will officially confirm their participation in the next few days!

Until then let’s remember the country’s last participation which was in 2022! Andrea with the song “Circles” finished in 11th place in the second semi-final with 76 points.

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