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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (sometimes shortened to JESC or simply Junior Eurovision) is an international song contest held every year by the European Broadcasting Union since 2003. Each year, different child singers representing countries in Europe perform a song and the winner is decided through voting.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest | |
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Also known as | Junior Eurovision JESC Junior ESC |
Genre | Song contest |
Created by | Bjørn Erichsen |
Based on | MGP Nordic by DR |
Presented by | Various presenters |
Country of origin | Various participating countries |
Original languages | English and French |
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Production locations | Various host cities |
Running time | 1 hour, 45 minutes (2003) 2 hours (2009–2013, 2020) 2 hours, 15 minutes (2004–2008, 2017) 2 hours, 30 minutes (2014–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–2023) 2 hours and 40 minutes (2021) |
Production companies | European Broadcasting Union Various national broadcasters |
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Release | 15 November 2003 – present |
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Between 27 million and 33 million people watch every year. This makes it the second largest music competition in the world after Eurovision Song Contest.
Starting in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005, each contest was given a different theme and slogan.
Year | Host country | Host city | Slogan | Refs |
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2003 | Denmark | Copenhagen | —[lower-alpha 1] | — |
2004 | Norway | Lillehammer | —[lower-alpha 2] | — |
2005 | Belgium | Hasselt | Let's Get Loud | [1] |
2006 | Romania | Bucharest | Let the Music Play | [2] |
2007 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | Make a Big Splash | [3] |
2008 | Cyprus | Limassol | Fun in the Sun | [4] |
2009 | Ukraine | Kyiv | For the Joy of People | [5] |
2010 | Belarus | Minsk | Feel the Magic | [6] |
2011 | Armenia | Yerevan | Reach for the Top! | [7][8] |
2012 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Break the Ice | [9] |
2013 | Ukraine | Kyiv | Be Creative | [10] |
2014 | Malta | Marsa | #Together | [11] |
2015 | Bulgaria | Sofia | #Discover | [12][13] |
2016 | Malta | Valletta | Embrace | [14] |
2017 | Georgia | Tbilisi | Shine Bright | [15][16] |
2018 | Belarus | Minsk | #LightUp | [17] |
2019 | Poland | Gliwice | Share the Joy | [18] |
2020 | Poland | Warsaw | #MoveTheWorld | [19][20] |
2021 | France | Paris | Imagine | [21] |
2022 | Armenia | Yerevan | Spin the Magic | [22] |
2023 | France | Nice | Heroes | [23][24][25] |
2024 | Spain | Madrid | TBA | TBA |
The first Contest was won by Croatian singer Dino Jelusić with the song "Ti si moja prva ljubav".
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