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Junior Eurovision 2023: Listen to Poland’s song!

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The Junior Eurovision season is getting busier than ever,with the next country announcing its representative being Poland.Represented by Maja Krzyżewska and her song “I Just Need A Friend” (to be sung in both Polish and English),which won her the first place in the selection process Szansa na sukces,the Slavic country is set to compete for the JESC trophy in the 21st edition of the contest in Nice,on November 26th.

The country first took part in the inaugural contest in 2003 and has already won the competition twice,in 2018 and 2019,becoming the first country to win the edition two consecutive times:

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source:TVP

 

Junior Eurovision 2023: Listen to Germany’s song | The first song for the contest is out!

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We’re almost two months away from Junior Eurovision 2023, which is going to take place in Nice, France, with 16 countries taking part.

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The steering group of Junior Eurovision 2023!

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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest steering group’s membership list was updated earlier today.

What role does the group act out?

Modernizing and promoting the contest is one of its primary responsibilities, as stated on the contest’s official website. The group participants are also expected to supervise the host broadcaster’s annual preparation. The JESC Steering group meets on behalf of all participating broadcasters, four or five times a year.

The following members make up the JESC Steering Group:

  • The chairman;
  • Two elected members of the heads of delegation;
  • The executive producer of the previous host country, the executive producer of the current year’s host broadcaster and the executive producer of the next host broadcaster;
  • The EBU Junior Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor.

Each year, the group’s composition is altered to ensure that all participating broadcasters’ interests are represented.

The recent modifications

After the most recent revisions were made, the team was joined by Anna Maria Bordas, a representative of the Spanish national channel RTVE.

As a result, the group is made up of the following eight individuals:

  • Ana Maria Bordas (RTVE – Spain)
  • Mariangela Borneo (RAI – Italy)
  • Carla Bugalho (RTP – Portugal)
  • Melissa Hardinge (BBC – United Kingdom)
  • Marta Piekarska (TVP, Chairperson – Portugal )
  • Alexandra Redde (France TV – France)
  • David Tserunyan (AMPTV – Armenia)
  • Anja Zegwaard (AVROTROS – The Netherlands)
  • Martin Österdahl (EBU)

After Lissandros‘ triumph in Yereval last year with the song “Oh Maman!” the 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to take place on November 26 in Nice, France.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dgVbV1rRxs

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Estonia: With Arhanna Sandra Arbma to Nice!

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It’s official! Estonia will make its debut in Junior Eurovision 2023 in Nice. Estonia is the last Baltic nation to make a debut in Junior Eurovision, but the only Baltic country taking part in this year’s edition.

ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster, also announced the name of the artist that will fly the Estonian flag in the stage of Nice. Arhanna Sandra Arbma will be honored to be the first Estonian representative in Junior Eurovision.

Arhanna Sandra Arbma was born and raised in the city of Räpina and has been taking singing and music lessons since she was 5 years old. She has also participated in numerous competitions, one of which was the ETV produced “Tähtede lava” in 2022 and where she was crowned as a winner.

The song will be released in the coming months and according to the language rules we can expect that it will be at least 60% in Estonian.

You can also enjoy Arhanna’s cover on “Bridges“, the song that represented Estonia this year in the adult Eurovision.

Junior Eurovision 2023 will take place in Nice, on the 26th of November, following Lissandro’s win last year in Yerevan. 16 countries will take and the slogan of the competition will be “Heroes“!

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Source: ERR-ETV

Junior Eurovision 2023: 16 countries will participate with Estonia making their debut!

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The European Broadcaster Union has confirmed the number of participants for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023.  The junior version of the Eurovision Contest will welcome 16 countries all over Europe to Nice, France.  Estonia will make their debut in the contest.

Partipating Countries

This is the list of the countries taking part in the Junior Eurovision 2023:

  • 🇦🇱 Albania (RTSH)
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia (AMPTV)
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia (ERR)
  • 🇫🇷 France (France Télévisions – Host Broadcaster)
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia (GPB)
  • 🇩🇪 Germany (NDR)
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland (TG4)
  • 🇮🇹 Italy (Rai)
  • 🇲🇹 Malta (PBS)
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands (AVROTROS)
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (MKRTV)
  • 🇵🇱 Poland (TVP)
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal (RTP)
  • 🇪🇸 Spain (RTVE)
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (BBC)
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine (UA:PBC)

Heroes

Heroes is the motto of this year’s competition.  The slogan “heroes” wants to convey a sense of strength and inspiration for the children competing with a “street art” look in the logo aiming to bring modernity and speak to all generations.  The art work also includes splashes using the colors of all the competing countries’ flags.

Talking about France preparations as a host country, Executive Producer for the Junior Eurovision, Martin Österdahl says:

It’s exciting to be returning to France so soon, to a new host city as well as welcoming a new country (Estonia) to the competition. Our colleagues at France TV have once again put together a great creative team to give us all a spectacular show and make the young artists feel like the Heroes they are.’

Lissandro won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song Oh Maman! giving France their second victory in the contest only two years after their first victory.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place at the Palais Nikaïa in Nice on Sunday 26 November at 16:00 CET.

Source: EBU

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Serbia preparations for 2024 start as the country withdraws from Junior Eurovision

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Serbia has confirmed their intention to participate to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

Public broadcaster RTS has already started their search for their representative for Malmö.  According to the statement of the broadcaster, the submission period is opened until November 01, 2023.  Interested artists can submit their entries filling an online application available on the broadcaster’s website.

After the submission period closes, a panel of music experts selected by RTS will select the artists that will participate in the Serbian national final based “solely on the artist quality of the entries”.

The results of the Serbian Eurovision national final consists on a 50% televote, 50% jury vote mirroring the current rules of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Serbia withdrawal from Junior Eurovision 2023

Serbia has withdrawn to the Junior Eurovision 2023 citing financial reasons.  The country participated in the previous Junior Eurovision 2022 with Katarina Savić who finished in 13th place.

Serbian withdrawal from the Junior Eurovision was confirmed by RTS editor in chief, Olivera Kovacevic  This marks the first time Serbia will not participate at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2014.  Serbia had previously withdrawn from the Junior Eurovision due to financial difficulties in 2011.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Nice, France after the victory of Lissandro last year.

Source: RTS, Eurofestivales

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Spain: Sandra Valero will represent the country on Junior Eurovision 2023!

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Sandra Valero will represent Spain at Junior Eurovision 2023, which will take place in Nice, France on November 26!

Spain has chosen its representative internally once again, among hundreds of children. Sandra is from Valencia and started singing at the age of four, and now, at the age of eleven, she is a singer, actress and model. She is a young girl with immense talent, which led her to participate in many television competitions.

Sandra will show all her talent on the Junior Eurovision stage in Nice on November 26. Right now RTVE is busy finding the most suitable song for her. In September, the music video of her song will be shot, which RTVE must deliver to th EBU by October 16.

Last year’s representative of Spain in Junior Eurovision 2022, was Carlos Higes with his song “Señorita” and ended up in sixth place, after coming second in the online voting:

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Georgia: Anastasia Vasadze will represent Georgia in Junior Eurovision 2023!

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Tonight, Georgia selected its artist for Junior Eurovision 2023, through Ranina 2023, the Georgian selection process for Junior Eurovision. Anastasia Vasadze will represent Georgia in Junior Eurovision 2023 with her song announced on a later stage.

Anastasia Vasadze competed along with 4 other young artists in order to represent her home country in Junior Eurovision 2023. Specifically, the artists competing in Ranina 2023 were the following:

  • Tako Tomashvili
  • Soso Chachua
  • Anastasia Berishvili
  • Anastasia Vasadze
  • Gabriel Lomsadze

The winner was crowned after the decision of a three member professional jury who selected the Georgian representative based on four criteria: vocals, performance, artistry and collaboration. Meanwhile the exact result has not yet been revealed.

Anastasia is the second representative of Junior Eurovision 2023 and the successor of Mariam Bigvava, who represented Georgia last year with her song “I Believe”.

Junior Eurovision 2023 will take place in the 26th of November in Nice, France with a total of 13 countries having confirmed their participation so far.

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Kazakhstan: Withdraws from Junior Eurovision 2023!

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The first country that announces their withdrawal from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is Kazakhstan!

After a satisfactory debut in 2018 (6th place) and two consecutive second places in 2019 and 2020 the national broadcaster of Kazakhstan announced according to EUROVISION NEWS post on Instagram, that they won’t take part in the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023  in Nice, France!

 

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Last year Kazakhstan was represented by David Charlin and the song “Jer-Ana (Mother Earth)” (Жер-Ана)”. The country ended up in the 15th place with 47 points.

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Junior Eurovision 2023: Pre-recorded vocals may not be allowed!

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There seems to be a big change coming to Junior Eurovision 2023. According to a press release from the Spanish National Broadcaster, RTVE, all vocals must be live.

More specifically, a passage from the same press release, which is an open call for finding the next Spanish representative, states the following:

The EBU has introduced a series of changes to the Junior Eurovision 2023 rules. It specifies that the performances on stage must be carried out live. In addition, no processor will be allowed for pitch corrections or full-screen insertion of video clips as part of stage performances.

The pitch correction software, mostly common as autotune, was allowed for the first time in this year’s Norwegian Eurovision pre-selection and the “full-screen insertion of video clips” was used as a part of the Polish performance in Junior Eurovision 2022.

If the aforementioned is confirmed by the EBU, it will be the first time in Junior Eurovision history that pre-recorded vocals will be prohibited.

What is more interesting is whether we will see that change of the rules in the next Eurovision Song Contest. Pre-recorded vocals were first introduced in Eurovision during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, in order to help the delegations deal with COVID-19 requirements. The use of pre-recorder vocals took the green light both for the 2022 and 2023 edition, causing controversy among fans and people in the music industry with the fear of the contest losing its integrity.

During the next months, EBU will provide us with every answer needed!

Junior Eurovision 2023 will be hosted in Nice after France’s win with Lissandro in the previous edition of the contest hosted in Yerevan.

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Source:eurovoix.com