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Junior Eurovision 2024: Opening Ceremony to be held behind closed doors!

Spain is preparing to welcome the delegations from the seventeen countries competing in the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Although this will be the first time Spain hosts the event, and the first time since 1969 that a Eurovision event is held in the Iberian country, recent developments have forced alterations to the contest’s original planning.

The Opening Ceremony

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest traditionally kicks off with the Opening Ceremony, where all participating artists, national delegations, and accredited press are welcomed. However, due to the recent devastation caused by Storm DANA in Spain, the celebratory atmosphere of the event will be toned down.

According to ESCPlus, instead of the usual grand ceremony, this year’s event will feature a simple reception for the artists, which will not be open to the accredited press or the public. For the first time in recent years, the Opening Ceremony will not be broadcast online via the official Junior Eurovision website, JuniorEurovision.tv.

Nevertheless, the importance of the ceremony itself has been reduced this year, as the running order draw for the contest took place earlier, rather than during the Opening Ceremony.

Despite these changes, Spain remains committed to ensuring the safe and successful execution of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. While the celebrations may be more subdued, the event will continue as planned, and the country looks forward to hosting this important competition, albeit under altered circumstances.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  1. Italy: Simone Grande – “Pigiama Party
  2. Estonia: Annabelle – “Tänavad
  3. Albania: Nikol Çabeli – “Vallëzoj
  4. Armenia: Leo – “Cosmic Friend
  5. Cyprus: Maria Pissarides – “Crystal Waters
  6. France: Titouan – “Comme ci, comme ça
  7. North Macedonia: Ana and Aleksej – “Marathon
  8. Poland: Dominik Arim – “All Together
  9. Georgia: Andria Putkaradze – “To My Mom
  10. Spain: Chloe DelaRosa – “Como la Lola
  11. Germany: Bjarne – “Save the Best For Us
  12. Netherlands: Stay Tuned – “Music
  13. San Marino: Idols SM – “Come noi
  14. Ukraine: Artem Kotenko – “Hear Me Now
  15. Portugal: Victoria Nicole – “Esperança
  16. Ireland – Enya Cox Dempsey – “Le Chéile
  17. Malta: Ramires Sciberras – “Stilla ċkejkna

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth LorenzoMarc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

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Source: ESCPlus

Junior Eurovision 2023: Details about the Opening Ceremony!

Details about the Junior Eurovision 2023 Opening Ceremony were revealed during a press conference held by France Télévisions.

The Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony will take place at the Hotel Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais at 19:00 CET on 20 November. The presenters of the ceremony will be Carla Lazzari, who represented France at Junior Eurovision 2019, and Manon Théodet. During the opening ceremony , two places in the running order will be decided. More specifically, the country that will perform first, and the country that will perform last. The rest of the order will be decided by the Junior Eurovision 2023 producers after the end of the ceremony.

Each of the sixteen delegations will speak at the opening ceremony with the journalist Laura Tenoudji and influencer Ophénya. The ceremony will also feature performances by each French Junior Eurovision representative since their return to the contest in 2018, with the singers performing parts of their songs.

The event will be broadcast live in France by France 4 and Okoo, with commentary by Karim Ternane and Julia Gourand.


This year, 16 countries will compete in Junior Eurovision 2023

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

Reminder that Junior Eurovision 2023 will take place on 26 November in Nice , following Lissandro’s victory in Yerevan last year.

 

Source: Eurovoix / France Télevisions


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Eurovision 2023: Turquoise Carpet takes place today!

The time is here! This afternoon at 16:00 the Opening Ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, will take place in Liverpool!

Just a day after the completion of the rehearsals, the 37 delegations that take part in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, are going to attend the opening ceremony of this year’s contest. The Turquoise Carpet will take place in Saint George’s Hall right in the middle of Liverpool!

The Turquoise Carpet will be hosted by the Ukrainian commentator Timur Miroshnychenko and Sam Quek.

The contestants of this year’s Eurovision will commence their walk from the Walker Art Gallery and head towards Saint George’s Hall, where the official Opening Ceremony of the contest will take place.


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Eurovision 2022: EurovisionFun on the Turquoise Carpet! (Videos)

The opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, the Turquoise Carpet, took place yesterday in the spectacular Reggia di Venria. Artists and their team, from the 40 competing countries were presented and talked with the press and their fans. EurovisionFun was there and spoke with the contestants of this year’s contest.

You can have a look at at the interview of each artist, in the videos below:

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Eurovision 2022: Turquoise Carpet Running Order Revealed!

The running order for the Opening Ceremony of Eurovision 2022 has been revealed. The EBU has revealed the order in which the Eurovision 2022 artists will appear on the Turquoise Carpet tomorrow.

The first country will be Albania, with host country Italy last to step on the carpet.

The full order is as follows:

  1. Albania
  2. Malta
  3. Belgium
  4. Portugal
  5. Montenegro
  6. San Marino
  7. Ukraine
  8. Austria
  9. Ireland
  10. Latvia
  11. Estonia
  12. Finland
  13. Czech Republic
  14. Iceland
  15. Slovenia
  16. North Macedonia
  17. Azerbaijan
  18. Israel
  19. Bulgaria
  20. Australia
  21. Croatia
  22. Serbia
  23. Lithuania
  24. Moldova
  25. Denmark
  26. Switzerland
  27. Poland
  28. Romania
  29. Netherlands
  30. Cyprus
  31. Greece
  32. Armenia
  33. Norway
  34. Georgia
  35. Sweden
  36. United Kingdom
  37. Spain
  38. Germany
  39. France
  40. Italy

The Opening Ceremony will take place at the Venaria Reale, and will feature a 200-metre-long turquoise carpet. Hosted by Gabriele Corsi, Mario Acampa, and Carolina Di Domenico, the event will take place tomorrow (Sunday 8th May) at 16:00 CET.

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Eurovision 2022: Palace of Venaria to host Opening Ceremony!

The Palace of Venaria has been confirmed as the venue for the Opening Ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest.

The former Royal residence, the Palace of Veneria has been announced as the venue for the Opening Ceremony for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. The Palace which was first built in 1675 has been on the UNESCO Heritage List since 1997 and is now the 6th most visited museum in Italy as of 2019.

Guido Curto, director of the Consorzio Residenze Reali Sabaude, confirmed to local RAI news that they will host the Opening Ceremony on May 8. Mayor Fabio Giulivi added:

Eurovision will surely represent a beautiful business card; the city will have to live up to knowing how to exploit it with a series of events that will also be brought to our territory.

The Eurovision Song Contest returns to Italy this year following Måneskin’s victory at the 2021 contest with their song “Zitti e Buoni”. The 2022 contest will be hosted in Turin on 10th, 12th, and 14th May at the PalaOlimpico.

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Source: Eurofestivalnews