Junior Eurovision 2022: The Grand Final takes place tonigh in Yerevan!

The big day for all Junior Eurovision fans has arrived. This afternoon, the Grand Final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which celebrates its 20th edition will take place!

Live from Yerevan, Armenia at 16:00 pm CET, 16 countries will battle it out for the coveted first place and victory in Junior Eurovision 2022.

From the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex right in the center of the Armenian capital, presenters Iveta Mukuchyan, Karina Ignatyan and Garik Papoyan, along with Robin the Robot, will welcome us to the 20th edition of the children’s music festival.

Running Order

Armenia, represented by Nare, will perform 15th in Sunday’s grand final. The show will be opened by Luna from the Netherlands, while Zlata Dziunka from Ukraine will perform her song last.

  1.  🇳🇱 Netherlands: Luna – La Festa

  2.  🇵🇱 Poland: Laura – To The Moon

  3.  🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: David Charlin – Jer-Ana (Mother Earth)

  4.  🇲🇹 Malta: Gaia Gambuzza – Diamonds In The Skies

  5.  🇮🇹 Italy: Chanel Dilecta – BLA BLA BLA

  6.  🇫🇷 France: Lissandro – Oh Maman!

  7.  🇦🇱 Albania: Kejtlin Gjata – Pakëz Diell

  8.  🇬🇪 Georgia: Mariam Bigvava – I Believe

  9.  🇮🇪 Ireland: Sophie Lennon – Solas

  10.  🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Lara feat. Jovan & Irina – Životot E Pred Mene

  11.  🇪🇸 Spain: Carlos Higes – Señorita

  12.  🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Freya Skye – Lose My Head

  13.  🇵🇹 Portugal: Nicolas Alves – Anos 70

  14.  🇷🇸 Serbia: Katarina Savić – Svet Bez Granica

  15.  🇦🇲 Armenia: Nare – DANCE!

  16.  🇺🇦 Ukraine: Zlata Dziunka – Nezlamna (Unbreakable)

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 2022 Jury will include three music industry professionals and two children aged 10 to 15 years.

The vote for Junior Eurovision 2022 is divided into two phases:

 -Phase 1: voting begins at 8 pm today (CET time). This round of voting will remain open throughout Saturday, closing at 15:59 on Sunday, December 11 – 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 2022 through the official YouTube channel of the competition:

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

Junior Eurovision 2022: The voting starts now! | How to vote for your favorite songs!

The countdown for the grand final of Junior Eurovision 2022 has begun. There are two days left to find out which country will be the winner of this year’s contest. After defining the order of songs appearances and analyzing this year’s Junior Eurovision favorites, it’s time to take a look on how to vote.

The vote for Junior Eurovision 2022 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 page, but only after watching a recap of all 16 songs. This video will come from parts of the participants’ second rehearsal .

Once the recap is complete, viewers will be able to vote for their favorite three entries. No geographical restrictions apply, so fans can vote for their own country if they wish so. In an effort to avoid duplication of voting, it is necessary to create an account at junioreurovision.tv before voting.

When do we vote?
The vote for Junior Eurovision 2022 is divided into two phases:

 -Phase 1: voting begins at 8 pm today (CET time). This round of voting will remain open throughout Saturday, closing at 15:59 on Sunday, December 11 – 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 vote HERE!

The way to calculate the final result

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 2022 Jury will include three music industry professionals and two children aged 10 to 15 years.

You can watch a explanatory video below:

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Junior Eurovision 2022: Running order released!

Earlier today, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest kicked off after the Opening Ceremony took place in Yerevan, Armenia hosted by Dalita Avanessian, Hamlet Arakelyan and Aram MP3, while a little later the order of appearance for the final of this year’s event was also made public.

During the Opening Ceremony , three places in the order of appearance were decided. Specifically, the country that will appear first, the country that will appear last, and the position in which Armenia will appear. The draw took place at the National Gallery of Armenia, while the rest of the line-up was decided by the Junior Eurovision 2022 producers after the ceremony.

Junior Eurovision 2022 running order:

  1.  🇳🇱 Netherlands: Luna – La Festa

  2.  🇵🇱 Poland: Laura – To The Moon

  3.  🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: David Charlin – Jer-Ana (Mother Earth)

  4.  🇲🇹 Malta: Gaia Gambuzza – Diamonds In The Skies

  5.  🇮🇹 Italy: Chanel Dilecta – BLA BLA BLA

  6.  🇫🇷 France: Lissandro – Oh Maman!

  7.  🇦🇱 Albania: Kejtlin Gjata – Pakëz Diell

  8.  🇬🇪 Georgia: Mariam Bigvava – I Believe

  9.  🇮🇪 Ireland: Sophie Lennon – Solas

  10.  🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Lara feat. Jovan & Irina – Životot E Pred Mene

  11.  🇪🇸 Spain: Carlos Higes – Señorita

  12.  🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Freya Skye – Lose My Head

  13.  🇵🇹 Portugal: Nicolas Alves – Anos 70

  14.  🇷🇸 Serbia: Katarina Savić – Svet Bez Granica

  15.  🇦🇲 Armenia: Nare – DANCE!

  16.  🇺🇦 Ukraine: Zlata Dziunka – Nezlamna (Unbreakable)

We remind you that Junior Eurovision 2022 will take place in Yerevan, Armenia on December 11 with presenters Iveta Mukuchyan, Garik Papoyan and Karina Ignatyan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS7AhDpz61c

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source:  junioreurovision.tv

Junior Eurovision 2022: Listen to Kazakhstan’s song for the contest!

The tenth out of 16 countries taking part in Junior Eurovision 2022, to reveal its song is Kazakhstan. A few minutes ago, the country’s song was released through the contest’s official YouTube channel.

Jer-Ana“, is the song that will represent Kazakhstan in this year’s competition which will be held in Yerevan, Armenia on December 11, 2022.

David Charlin‘s entry for the 20th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was released this morning. The song is titled “Jer-Ana” (Mother Earth) and was composed by Khamit Shangaliev, who wrote Kazakhstan’s Junior Eurovision entries in 2019 and 2020. The young singer was selected as Kazakhstan’s representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in August.

Listen to this year’s participation of Kazakhstan below:

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Kazakhstan: Possibilities for a Kazakh participation in Eurovision 2023 still exist!

Kazakh “Khabar Agency” reports that there are still hopes for a possible participation of Kazakhstan in the European Eurovision Song Contest in the near future.

Speaking at a press conference organized by the Khabar Agency and ORTCOM regarding the participation of Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, producer Zhan Mukanov spoke about the hopes of “Khabar Agency” and Eurovision 2023. In particular, he stated that:

Since Khabar Agency is an official accredited member of the European Union of Radio and Television Stations, there is every possibility of officializing the participation in Eurovision. I really hope, we hope everything goes well.

Khabar Agency has been an associate member of the Broadcasting Union since 2016, which means that in order to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest they will have to be invited to compete by the EBU.

The only broadcaster that has never been invited to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest without being a full member is Australian broadcaster SBS. SBS was invited as part of the 60th edition of the competition, with the EBU highlighting more than 30 years of broadcasting the competition and Australia’s links to the competition.

Kazakhstan has been participating in Junior Eurovision since the 2018 contest where it has been invited by the contest’s Reference Group to participate. Khabar Agency broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest live in Kazakhstan annually between 2010 and 2021, but did not broadcast the 2022 contest due to low viewership and the high cost of broadcasting.

 

In 2021, Kazakhstan was represented at Junior Eurovision by Alinur Khamzin & Beknur Zhanibekuly, with “Ertegі әlemі” (Fairy World)

The Kazakh broadcaster is currently seeking full EBU membership, which would allow the country to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest.

 

Source: eurovoix.com

Junior Eurovision 2022: 16 countries will take part in the contest in Yerevan!

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) alongside the Armenian public broadcaster (AMPTV), announced that 16 countries are going to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, which is scheduled to take place in Yerevan, on Sunday, December 11.

https://youtu.be/NvgeXx_BUV4

The 16 countries that will travel to Yerevan in December are:

  • 🇦🇱 Albania (RTSH)
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia (AMPTV)
  • 🇫🇷 France (France TV)
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia (GPB)
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland (TG4)
  • 🇮🇹 Italy (Rai)
  • 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (Khabar Agency)
  • 🇲🇹 Malta (PBS)
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands (AVROTROS)
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (MKRTV)
  • 🇵🇱 Poland (TVP)
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal (RTP)
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia (RTS)
  • 🇪🇸 Spain (TVE)
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine (UA:PBC)
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (BBC)

The number of countries that will take part in this year’s contest is reduced, compared to last year, since Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Germany and Russia will not return to the contest, while the United Kingdom returns after a 16 years of absence.

What is more, alongside the final list of competitions, the Armenian public broadcaster announced the slogan of this year’s contest which is: “Spin the Magic”.

Martin Österdahl, Executive Supervisor for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, is excited about the show’s return:

“We’re delighted to be welcoming talented young artists from 16 countries this year to Yerevan for the 20th Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It’s exciting to be returning to the Armenian capital for the first time in over a decade to “Spin The Magic” on this special anniversary – and welcoming back the United Kingdom to the competition, our host country for Eurovision 2023. There’s so much energy, passion and creativity from our colleagues at AMPTV and we can’t wait to see a spectacular show in December.”

Armenia will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 after Maléna’s win with the song “Qami Qami”:

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Kazakhstan: Khabar Agency won’t broadcast Eurovision 2022!

Kazakhstan’s broadcaster, Khabar Agency will not broadcast Eurovision Song Contest 2022. This will be the first time Khabar Agency will not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest live for viewers in Kazakhstan since the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway!

The Kazakh broadcaster is currently participating in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest as an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union. Kazakhstan has been participating in Eurovision Junior since the 2018 contest in Minsk, Belarus.

Agency Khabar is currently pushing for full membership in the European Broadcasting Union, which will allow the broadcaster to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Jon Ola Sand: “We don’t need to broaden our scope of participating countries in the Eurovision Song Contest.”

On the last episode of Euro Trip, Jon Ola Sand, the ex-Executive Supervisor of Eurovision, talked about the possibility to see a debut of Kossovo or Kazakhstan but also for a returning country to come back any time soon.

At first, in his interview with the host of the show, he mentioned Kazakhstan and if the have chances to debut in Eurovision:

“There is a really keen interest from the broadcaster in Kazakhstan to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. There has never been any serious discussion to bring them in.They are not a member of the EBU, and we really don’t need to broaden our scope of participating countries in the Eurovision Song Contest.”

After that he talked about Kossovo and their chances of a debut, when he mentioned:

“There has been no attempt from the EBU to bring Kosovo into the Eurovision Song Contest. There have been discussions as a broadcaster, but they  lack the status to allow them to compete.

Australia have been an exception because the country’s public broadcaster SBS has competed in every edition of the competition since owing to its associate EBU membership.

Last but not least, he talked about the possibility to see Luxembourg, Andorra, Slovakia, Monaco or Turkey returning in Eurovision Song Contest:

“We had talks with all the broadcasters you mentioned . It hasn’t been a priority for us to bring them in. There isn’t a need to grow the number of participants. But Turkey would have a higher priority than say, Monaco for instance”

Jon Ola Sand served as Executive Supervisor between 2011 and 2020. Prior to this role he was Executive Producer for Eurovision when the contest was held in Oslo, Norway in 2010.

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Kazakstan: An unfair decision by EBU – Editorial

EBU has made it clear for another year that it does not intend to make a special invitation to Kazakstan or Kosovo in order to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. Although the case of Kosovo is quite complex and any participation would have bad consequences, as there are political and diplomatic implications, this is not the case with Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan is indeed a predominantly Asian country, with a small part belonging to Europe. It is not geographically located in the EBU area countries and is therefore not a member, although the Caucasus countries also do not belong to its broadcasting area, EBU exceptionally accepted the public broadcasters of these countries.

The argument, of course, that Kazakhstan cannot participate because it is not in Europe does not apply, since every year Israel or formerly Morocco, countries that do not belong to Europe, take part. Of course in recent years we have also Australia, a country located on the other side of the earth.

Many argue that Kazakhstan’s political regime is inconsistent with a contest that promotes freedom and respect for diversity like Eurovision. Indeed, Kazakhstan does not have one of the best democracies in the world, but is it worse off than Azerbaijan or, as we now see, Belarus?

It could not be a new case of Australia, that is, to participate with a special invitation, as it is a unique case, which has shown great interest in the competition, before it is finally given the right to participate, say some others. But when 365 songs have been submitted to Kazakhstan for Junior Eurovision this year, think about the interest for the senior Eurovision!

Now if the problem is where the contest will take place if Kazakhstan wins, the same can be said here as in the case of Australia, although Astana is not that far away. That is, to organize it in cooperation with another EBU member country, in the territory of the latter.

While according to the above there is no serious excuse for not participating in a country that has been participating in Junior Eurovision for three years with a special invitation, the EBU continues to close the door unnecessarily in Kazakhstan, despite its great desire to participate.

Kazakhstan, however, continues to hope every year that it will receive the special invitation to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, just as it does with Australia. The issue is that now the majority of fans are with him, considering the relevant decision of the EBU unfair and selective.

What is your opinion? Should Kazakhstan be invited to the Eurovision Song Contest or not?

EBU: “There are no plans to invite Kazakstan and Kosovo to Eurovision 2021”!

A comment from the EBU on the ESCXtra website clarifies the picture of the possible participation of Kazakhstan and Kosovo in Eurovision 2021. The EBU leaves no room open, saying that there are no plans to invite the public televisions of Kazakhstan and Kosovo to Eurovision 2021. Read more