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List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest winners

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Left: Ksenia Sitnik, Belarusian winner at Junior Eurovision 2005. Center: Bzikebi, the winning artists from Georgia at Junior Eurovision 2008. Right: Gaia Cauchi from Malta, winner of Junior Eurovision 2013, in Kyiv, Ukraine

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is an annual contest organized between member countries of the European Broadcasting Union for children aged between 9 and 14 (8 and 15 between 2003 and 2006, 10 and 15 between 2007 and 2015). This junior contest has been broadcast every year since its debut in 2003, and is based on the Eurovision Song Contest, one of the longest-running television programmes in the world since its debut in 1956. The contest's winner has been determined using numerous voting techniques throughout its history; centre to these have been points awarded through jury voting or public voting. The country awarded the most points is declared the winner.

As of 2023, twenty-one contests have been held, with one winner each year. Twelve different countries have won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Five have won the contest once: Croatia, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, and the Netherlands. Five have won the contest twice: Armenia, Belarus, Malta, Poland (first country to win back to back), and Russia. The countries with the highest number of wins is Georgia and France, both with three wins. Both Croatia and Italy achieved their wins on their debut participation in the contest. Macedonia is the country with the longest history in the contest without a win, having made seventeen appearances since their debut in 2003.

Winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest provides an opportunity for the winning artist(s) to capitalise on their success and surrounding publicity by launching or furthering their career. Some artists from Junior Eurovision have progressed later in their careers to participate in national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest or the main event proper, including Molly Sandén, Nevena Božović, the Tolmachevy Sisters, Lisa, Amy and Shelley, Stefania Liberakakis, Destiny Chukunyere, and Iru Khechanovi.[1]

Unlike in the Eurovision Song Contest, until 2012, it was not tradition that the previous winning country hosts the next edition of the contest. This tradition has been applied though since 2013, with only the 2015 and 2018 editions being held in a different country than the previous winner.

Winners by year

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Year Host city Winner Song Performer(s) Language Songwriter(s)
2003 Denmark Copenhagen  Croatia "Ti si moja prva ljubav" Dino Jelusić Croatian
2004 Norway Lillehammer  Spain "Antes muerta que sencilla" María Isabel Spanish
2005 Belgium Hasselt Belarus "My vmeste" (Мы вместе) Ksenia Sitnik Russian
2006 Romania Bucharest  Russia "Vesenniy jazz" (Весенний джаз) Tolmachevy Sisters Russian
2007 Netherlands Rotterdam Belarus "S druz'yami" (С друзьями) Alexey Zhigalkovich Russian
2008 Cyprus Limassol  Georgia "Bzz.." Bzikebi None
  • Mariam Kikuashvili
  • Mariam Talulashvili
  • Giorgi Shiolashvili
2009 Ukraine Kyiv  Netherlands "Click Clack" Ralf Mackenbach Dutch, English
2010 Belarus Minsk  Armenia "Mama" (Մամա) Vladimir Arzumanyan Armenian
2011 Armenia Yerevan  Georgia "Candy Music" Candy Georgian
  • Mariam Gvaladze
  • Ana Khanchalyan
  • Irina Khechanovi
  • Irina Kovalenko
  • Giorgi "Giga" Kukhiadnidze
  • Gvantsa Saneblidze
2012 Netherlands Amsterdam  Ukraine "Nebo" (Небо) Anastasiya Petryk Ukrainian, English
2013 Ukraine Kyiv  Malta "The Start" Gaia Cauchi English
2014 Malta Marsa  Italy "Tu primo grande amore" Vincenzo Cantiello Italian, English
  • Fabrizio Berlincioni
  • Vincenzo Cantiello
  • Leonardo de Amicis
  • Francesca Giuliano
  • Alterisio Paoletti
2015 Bulgaria Sofia  Malta "Not My Soul" Destiny Chukunyere English
2016 Malta Valletta  Georgia "Mzeo" (მზეო) Mariam Mamadashvili Georgian
  • Maka Davitaia
  • Giorgi "Giga" Kukhianidze
2017 Georgia (country) Tbilisi  Russia "Wings" Polina Bogusevich Russian, English
  • Taras Demchuk
2018 Belarus Minsk  Poland "Anyone I Want to Be" Roksana Węgiel Polish, English
2019 Poland Gliwice  Poland "Superhero" Viki Gabor Polish, English
2020 Poland Warsaw  France "J'imagine" Valentina French
2021 France Paris  Armenia "Qami Qami" (Քամի Քամի) Maléna Armenian, English
  • Vahram Petrosyan
  • Tokionine
  • Maléna
  • David Tserunyan
2022 Armenia Yerevan  France "Oh Maman!" Lissandro French
2023 France Nice  France "Cœur" Zoé Clauzure French
  • Julien Comblat
  • Jérémy Chapron
  • Noée Francheteau
2024 Spain Madrid TBD

Winners by country

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Map showing each country's number of Junior Eurovision Song Contest wins (by color) as of 2023
Table key
Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not appear in the most recent contest, or will not appear in the upcoming contest
Ineligible – countries whose broadcasters are no longer part of the EBU and are therefore ineligible to participate
Wins Country Years
3  Georgia
 France
2
 Belarus
 Malta
 Russia
 Poland
 Armenia
1
 Croatia 2003
 Spain 2004
 Netherlands 2009
 Ukraine 2012
 Italy 2014

Performers and songwriters with multiple wins

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The following individuals have won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest as a performer or songwriter more than once.

Individuals with multiple Junior Eurovision Song Contest wins
Wins Name Wins as performer Wins as songwriter
2 Giga Kukhianidze
Małgorzata Uściłowska
Barbara Pravi

Winners by language

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Since the contest began in 2003, all nations competing must sing in the national language (or national languages) of the country being represented, with at least 60% of the song having to be in a national language of the country.

Wins Language Years Countries
9 English 2009,[a] 2012,[b] 2013, 2014,[c] 2015, 2017,[d] 2018,[e] 2019,[e] 2021[f] Netherlands, Ukraine, Malta, Italy, Russia, Poland, Armenia
4 Russian 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017[g] Belarus, Russia
3 French 2020, 2022, 2023 France
2 Armenian 2010, 2021[g] Armenia
Georgian 2011, 2016 Georgia
Polish 2018,[g] 2019[g] Poland
1 Croatian 2003 Croatia
Spanish 2004 Spain
Dutch 2009[g] Netherlands
Ukrainian 2012[g] Ukraine
Italian 2014[g] Italy
  1. ^ This song was partially sung in Dutch.
  2. ^ This song was partially sung in Ukrainian.
  3. ^ This song was partially sung in Italian.
  4. ^ This song was partially sung in Russian.
  5. ^ a b This song was partially sung in Polish.
  6. ^ This song was partially sung in Armenian.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g This song was partially sung in English.
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Performers

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Songwriters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ van Eersel, Dennis (2020-01-14). "Artists that went from Junior Eurovision to the adult Eurovision". ESCDaily. Retrieved 2022-12-14.