Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
'#LightUp'
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Dates
Final 25 November 2018
Host
Venue Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus
Presenter(s) Evgeny Perlin
Zinaida Kupriyanovich
JESC
Director Gordon Bonello
Daniel Jelinek
Executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer Olga Shlyager
Host broadcaster Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC)
Opening act Flag parade introducing the 20 participating countries
Interval act Polina Bogusevich with "Wings"
All participants with "Light Up"
Participants
Number of entries 20
Debuting countries  Kazakhstan
 Wales
Returning countries  Azerbaijan
 France
 Israel
Withdrawing countries  Cyprus

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         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2018
Vote
Voting system Each country's professional jury award 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs. International viewers vote for 3–5 songs, and votes are converted to points by proportional representation.
Winning song  Poland
"Anyone I Want to Be"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2017 • 2018 • 2019►

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the sixteenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It took place in the Belarusian capital city, Minsk on 25 November 2018 at the Minsk-Arena.[1] It was the second time that the contest was held in Belarus, after it staged the Junior at the same venue.

A record twenty countries took part in the contest, with Junior and Junior participating for the first time. Junior returned for the first time since Junior, alongside Junior for the first time since Junior and Junior after missing the Junior. Junior withdrew from the contest.

The winner was Roksana Węgiel, who represented Junior with the song "Anyone I Want to Be". Poland won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. Returning country Junior came second, their best result at the contest, while Junior placed third for the second year in a row. Junior was the third best performing debuting nation, after Croatia and Junior's victories in 2003 and 2014 respectively, and Junior's second place in 2007, finishing sixth, whilst Junior came last.

Location

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File:Minsk Arena during JESC 2018.jpg
Minsk Arena in Minsk, where 2018 Junior Eurovision was hosted.

The EBU confirmed on 15 October 2017, that the contest would be hosted by Belarus.[2] This was the second time Belarus hosts the Junior Eurovision Song contest, after hosting the Junior contest.

Venue

On 21 November 2017, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Vasily Zharko confirmed that the contest was scheduled to be held at Minsk-Arena in November 2018.[3] The arena previously hosted the 2010 contest. However, on 26 November 2017, it was confirmed by the host broadcaster that the exact location of the contest is still unknown, stating that Minsk Arena was one of the possible options.[4] On 18 March 2018, the 15,000-capacity Minsk-Arena was confirmed as the venue by the contest organisers.[1]

Format

Visual design

File:JESC 2018 stage.jpg
The stage during rehearsals for the opening act and flag parade.

The slogan was the hashtag #LightUp. The logo of the contest was based around a morning star made of vertically inverted soundwaves. The source of inspiration was the artistic potential and creative aspiration of the young participants who fill the scene like a star.[1]

Hosts

File:Hosts of JESC 2018.jpg
The hosts during a dress rehearsal

On 26 October 2018, it was announced that Eugene Perlin and Zinaida Kupriyanovich would host the contest, together with Helena Meraai in the green room.[5] Meraai is the fourth person under the age of sixteen to ever host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, after Ioana Ivan in Junior, Dmytro Borodin in Junior and Lizi Japaridze in Junior, and is also the second former participant to host an edition of the contest. Meraai previously Junior in the 2017 contest, where she placed fifth with the song "Junior". Perlin is a television presenter and the country's Eurovision commentator since 2013, whilst Kupriyanovich is a singer and artist who has participated in Belarus' national selections for the 2015 and 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contests. It was also announced that Denis Dudinsky and Anna Kviloria would host the opening ceremony.[6]

Voting

The results were determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country used a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represent. The first phase of the online voting started on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances were shown on the official website before the viewers could vote. Following this recap, voters had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on 25 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and started after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five, including their own country.[7]

The number of points were determined by the percentage of votes received. The public vote counted for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% came from the professional juries.[8]

Trophy

The trophy was designed by Kjell Engman of the Swedish glass company Kosta Boda, using the same design as was first introduced in the 2017 contest.[9] The main trophy is a glass microphone with colored lines inside the upper part, which symbolize the flow of sound.[10]

Participating countries

On 25 July 2018, the EBU released the official list of participants with 19 competing countries. Junior was given special dispensation by the host broadcaster BTRC and the EBU in order to participate as the country had won the adult contest earlier that year.[11] Junior were invited to make their debut appearance in the contest this year.

Despite initially withdrawing from the contest on 2 July 2018 due to financial difficulties,[12] Junior were added to the list of participating countries on 2 August 2018, setting a record of 20 participating countries.[13]

Draw[14] Country[14] Artist[14] Song[14] Language(s) Place Points
01  Ukraine Junior "Junior" Ukrainian, English 4 182
02  Portugal Junior "Junior" Portuguese 18 42
03  Kazakhstan Daneliya Tuleshova “Junior" (Өзіңе сен) Kazakh, English 6 171
04  Albania Junior “Junior" Albanian, English 17 44
05  Russia Junior "Junior" Russian, English 10 122
06  Netherlands Junior "Junior" Dutch, English 13 91
07  Azerbaijan Junior "Junior" Azerbaijani, English 16 47
08  Belarus Junior "Junior" Russian, English 11 114
09  Ireland Junior "Junior" Irish 15 48
10  Serbia Junior "Junior" (Свет) Serbian 19 30
11  Italy Junior "Junior" Italian, English 7 151
12  Australia Junior "Junior" English 3 201
13  Georgia Junior "Junior" Georgian, English 8 144
14  Israel Junior "Junior" Hebrew 14 81
15  France Angélina "Junior" French, English 2 203
16  Macedonia Junior "Junior" (Дома) Macedonian 12 99
17  Armenia Junior "Junior" Armenian 9 125
18  Wales Junior "Junior" Welsh 20 29
19  Malta Junior "Junior" English 5 181
20  Poland Roksana Węgiel "Anyone I Want to Be" Polish, English 1 215

Scoreboard

Online voting results

A total of 1,283,921 valid votes were received during the voting windows.[15][16]

Contestant Votes Points
Poland ~150,529 136
France ~129,499 117
Kazakhstan ~114,003 103
Ukraine ~86,333 78
Armenia ~77,478 70
Netherlands ~75,264 68
Russia ~68,623 62
Italy ~63,089 57
Australia ~58,662 53
Belarus ~58,662 53
Israel ~52,021 47
Malta ~47,594 43
Portugal ~46,487 42
Georgia ~43,166 39
Ireland ~39,846 36
Macedonia ~38,739 35
Albania ~37,632 34
Azerbaijan ~33,205 30
Wales ~32,098 29
Serbia ~30,991 28
Total 1,283,921 1,160

Other countries

For a country to be eligible for potential participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, it needs to be an active member of the EBU.[17] It is currently unknown whether the EBU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Active EBU members

  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina – On 25 May 2018, the Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) stated that they would not be allowed to debut at the contest in the near future until the debt-related sanctions placed on them by the EBU were lifted.[18]
  •  Denmark – On 16 February 2018, it was reported that the EBU was calling on Danish broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) to return to the contest after an 11-year break.[19] However, Jan Lagermand Lundme, the head of Entertainment at the Danish broadcaster, played down the likelihood of Denmark returning to the competition, saying "Now, never say never, but as long as the show is, as it is now, I’m definitely not going to compete again. The values that we put in Denmark in a program for children do not match the values of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest… It seems that the children are on stage and play adults instead of acting as children, and we think that is fundamentally wrong. Children must be children, they should not try to strive to be something they are not. It’s super bad for us, because we really wanted to be part of the show. Participating in a concept like Junior Eurovision would be a natural step for us after MGP, but it does not work when we do not feel the show fits the Danish values."[20]
  •  Lithuania – On 28 February 2018, the Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) declared that they would not return to contest in the near future. LRT executive producer Audrius Giržadas stated that "this contest has become a clone of the main Eurovision Song Contest and has nothing to do with childhood, little girls go on stage with clipped hairs, glued eyelashes and bare belly, copying Beyoncé and Christina Aguilera – this is not an event that we would like to participate in."[21] Lithuania last took part in Junior.
  •  United Kingdom – On 2 January 2018, the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC) announced that a representative from an unknown British broadcaster would be attending the supervisory meeting for the 2018 contest.[22] Two days later it was confirmed that the United Kingdom would not take part in the Steering Group meetings. United Kingdom last took part in Junior.[23] Wales, a country that is part of the United Kingdom, competed.

The following broadcasters publicly declined to participate in the contest without providing any further explanations:

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Commentators and spokespersons

Spokespersons

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  1.  Ukraine – Anastasiya Baginska (Ukrainian representative in the Junior contest)[37]
  2.  Portugal – Nadezhda Sidorova[38]
  3.  Kazakhstan – Aruzhan Hafiz[39]
  4.  Albania – Daniil Lazuko[38]
  5.  Russia – Dina Baru and Khryusha
  6.  Netherlands – Vincent Miranovich[38]
  7.  Azerbaijan – Valeh Huseynbeyli[40]
  8.  Belarus – Arina Rovba
  9.  Ireland – Alex Hynes[41]
  10.  Serbia – Lana Karić
  11.  Italy – Yan Musvidas[38]
  12.  Australia – Ksenia Galetskaya[38]
  13.  Georgia – Nikoloz Vasadze[42]
  14.  Israel – Adi
  15.  France – Daniil Rotenko and Lubava Marchuk[38]
  16.  Macedonia – Arina Pekhtereva[38]
  17.  Armenia – Vardan Margaryan
  18.  Wales – Gwen Rowley
  19.  Malta – Milana Borodko[38]
  20.  Poland – Grace

Commentators

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Non-participating countries

  •  New Zealand – Ewan Spence, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson (World FM 88.2)[59]
  •  United Kingdom – Ewan Spence, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson (Radio Six International and Fun Kids)[59]

Official album

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018: Minsk
File:JESC 2018 album cover.jpg
Compilation album by Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Released 16 November 2018
Genre Pop
Length 58:48
Label Universal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017: Tbilisi
(2017)		 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018: Minsk
(2018)		 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019: Gliwice
(2019)

Junior Eurovision Song Contest Minsk 2018 is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on 16 November 2018.[60] The album features all the songs from the 2018 contest.[61]

No. Title Artist Length
1. "Barbie"   Efi Gjika (Junior) 2:49
2. "L.E.V.O.N"   L.E.V.O.N (Junior) 3:02
3. "Champion"   Jael (Junior) 2:57
4. "I Wanna Be Like You"   Fidan Huseynova (Junior) 3:00
5. "Time"   Daniel Yastremski (Junior) 3:01
6. "Jamais sans toi"   Angelina (Junior) 3:04
7. "Your Voice"   Tamar Edilashvili (Junior) 3:00
8. "IOU"   Taylor Hynes (Junior) 3:02
9. "Children Like These"   Noam Dadon (Junior) 2:58
10. "What Is Love"   Melissa & Marco (Junior) 2:58
11. "Òzińe sen"   Daneliya Tuleshova (Junior) 2:52
12. "Doma (Home)"   Marija Spasovska (Junior) 2:56
13. "Marchin' On"   Ela (Junior) 3:00
14. "Samen"   Max & Anne (Junior) 2:55
15. "Anyone I Want to Be"   Roksana Węgiel (Junior) 2:57
16. "Gosto de Tudo (Já Não Gosto de Nada)"   Rita Laranjeira (Junior) 2:39
17. "Unbreakable"   Anna Filipchuk (Junior) 2:58
18. "Svet"   Bojana Radovanović (Junior) 2:56
19. "Say Love"   Darina Krasnovetska (Junior) 3:00
20. "Perta"   Manw (Junior) 2:30
Total length:
 58:48

See also

References

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