Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 | |
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Share the Joy | |
Dates | |
Final | 24 November 2019 |
Host | |
Venue | Gliwice Arena, Gliwice-Silesia, Poland |
Presenter(s) |
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Directed by |
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Executive supervisor | Jon Ola Sand |
Executive producer | Leszek Ratajczak |
Host broadcaster | Telewizja Polska (TVP) |
Website | junioreurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 19 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | Spain |
Non-returning countries | Azerbaijan Israel |
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Vote | |
Voting system | The professional jury of each country awards a set of 12, 10, 8-1 points to 10 songs. Viewers around the world vote for 3-5 songs, and their votes are distributed proportionally. The votes of the jury and the audience make up 50% of all votes. |
Winning song | Poland "Superhero" |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the seventeenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by Telewizja Polska (TVP) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was held on 24 November 2019, at the Gliwice Arena in Gliwice, Poland, following the country's victory at the 2018 contest in Minsk, Belarus, with the song "Anyone I Want to Be", performed by Roksana Węgiel. It was the first time Poland had hosted the contest, as well as the first Eurovision event to be held in the country since the Eurovision Young Dancers 2013.
Nineteen countries participated in the contest, with Spain taking part for the first time since 2006, [1] while Azerbaijan and Israel did not return to the contest after having participated in 2018.
Poland's Viki Gabor with the song "Superhero" was the winner of the contest, making Poland the first country to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest two years in a row and the first country to win on home soil. Kazakhstan placed second, their best result. Returning country Spain placed third. The Netherlands and France completed the top five.
The 2019 contest took place in Poland for the first time, following the country's victory at the 2018 edition with the song "Anyone I Want to Be", performed by Roksana Węgiel. It was the sixth time that the contest had been hosted by the previous year's winning country. The contest took place in Gliwice Arena, a sport and entertainment hall with a capacity of 17,178 in the main arena. It is considered one of the mixed uses venue in Poland.
Prior to Poland's confirmation two other countries had announced their intentions to host the event. These bids were from Armenia and Kazakhstan. [2] Had the Kazakh proposal been accepted, it would've marked the first time an associate member was chosen to host an EBU flagship event. [3] Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency said they would have moved the contest to October due to possible adverse weather conditions in the country's capital Astana, which was proposed as the host city. However, for this to happen, the general rules of the competition would have to be changed, because as in the adult competition, the competition cannot be held in a non-full member state of the EBU, even if the country in question is an effective participant of the contest. [4]
After Poland's victory in the 2018 contest, the director-general of Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), Jacek Kurski, stated that the country would apply to host the event in 2019, [5] and on 10 December 2018, it was confirmed by the EBU that Poland would host the 2019 contest. [6]
Immediately following the final, Kurski stated that Warsaw would not host as it does not have a suitable venue to host an event of this size, marking the first time since the 2014 contest that the event is not hosted in the host country's capital. [7] On 18 January 2019, in an interview for TVP Info, Director-General of the EBU Noel Curran stated that the contest would be held in Kraków, [8] however the same day TVP issued a statement that the city had not yet been chosen. [9] In February 2019 it was revealed that three cities remained in the race: Gliwice, Szczecin and Toruń, and that all of the bids were approved by the EBU, meaning that the final decision regarding the host was exclusively up to the host broadcaster. [10] [11] On 6 March 2019, during a press conference held by TVP and the EBU, it was confirmed that the contest would be held in Gliwice in cooperation with the Silesian Voivodeship. [12]
Key: † Host venue ‡ Shortlisted
City | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
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Gdańsk | Ergo Arena | The venue was reportedly booked during the planned start of the preparations. | [13] [14] |
Gliwice † | Gliwice Arena | Candidacy supported by the MP for the city of Gliwice, Jarosław Gonciarz, who made an official call to TVP to select Gliwice as the host city. | [13] [15] |
Katowice | Spodek | The venue can hold around 11,500 spectators, although in practice this number is limited to between 8 and 10 thousand due to stage set-up obscuring the view. | [13] |
International Congress Centre | Consists of multiple halls, with the capacity ranging from 100 to 10,000. | [16] [17] | |
Kraków | Tauron Arena Kraków | The largest and most modern entertainment and sports venue in Poland with a capacity of up to 22,000 spectators. Hosted the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship tournament. | [13] [18] |
Łódź | Atlas Arena | — | [13] |
Szczecin ‡ | Netto Arena | Candidacy supported by the Szczecin Agency of Arts. | [13] [19] |
Toruń ‡ | Arena Toruń | — | [13] |
On 18 July 2019, 19 countries were confirmed to be participating in the contest. [20] Spain returned to the contest, marking their first appearance since 2006. [21] Azerbaijan and Israel both withdrew after returning to the contest for a one-off appearance in 2018.
Prior to the event, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2019 contest was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 8 November 2019. [22]
Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
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Albania | RTSH | Isea Çili | "Mikja ime fëmijëri" | Albanian |
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Armenia | AMPTV | Karina Ignatyan | "Colours of Your Dream" | Armenian, English |
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Australia | ABC | Jordan Anthony | "We Will Rise" | English |
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Belarus | BTRC | Liza Misnikova | "Pepelny (Ashen)" (Пепельный) | Russian, English |
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France | France Télévisions | Carla | " Bim bam toi " | French [a] |
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Georgia | GPB | Giorgi Rostiashvili | "We Need Love" | Georgian, English | David Evgenidze |
Ireland | TG4 | Anna Kearney | "Banshee" | Irish |
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Italy | RAI | Marta Viola | "La voce della terra" | Italian, English |
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Kazakhstan | KA | Yerzhan Maxim | "Armanyńnan qalma" (Арманыңнан қалма) | Kazakh, English |
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Malta | PBS | Eliana Gomez Blanco | "We Are More" | English, Maltese |
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Netherlands | AVROTROS | Matheu | "Dans met jou" | Dutch, English |
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North Macedonia | MRT | Mila Moskov | "Fire" | Macedonian, English |
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Poland | TVP | Viki Gabor | "Superhero" | Polish, English [b] |
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Portugal | RTP | Joana Almeida | "Vem comigo (Come with Me)" | Portuguese, English | João Pedro Coimbra |
Russia | VGTRK/NTV | Tatyana Mezhentseva and Denberel Oorzhak | "A Time for Us" | Russian, English | Dmitry Northman |
Serbia | RTS | Darija Vračević | "Podigni glas (Raise Your Voice)" (Подигни глас) | Serbian, English |
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Spain | RTVE | Melani García | "Marte" | Spanish |
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Ukraine | UA:PBC | Sophia Ivanko | "The Spirit of Music" | Ukrainian, English |
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Wales | S4C | Erin Mai | "Calon yn curo (Heart Beating)" | Welsh |
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The theme for the contest, Share the Joy, was revealed on 13 May 2019 during a press conference prior to the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The press conference included Gert Kark (Project Manager), Konrad Smuga (Creative Director), Marta Piekarska (Project Coordinator) and Roksana Węgiel, the winner of the 2018 contest. [24] The logo features a brightly coloured kite to symbolize "freedom, light and shared joyous moments." The creative concept represents "how working together makes us better, stronger and can bring joy and happiness as we celebrate the beautiful things in life." [24]
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. [25] The main trophy is a glass microphone with colored lines inside the upper part, which symbolize the flow of sound. [26]
Each postcard took place in a different location in Poland. They all began with a short clip of the upcoming performer looking through a telescope at their postcard's location. A group of people performing an activity in said location was then shown. This activity was also included as a hashtag at the bottom of the screen. At completion of the activity, the upcoming performer is shown moving a digital kite (the logo of the contest) decorated with their country's flag, signalling the commencement of their performance. [27]
On 22 August 2019, it was announced that Ida Nowakowska, Aleksander Sikora and the previous year's winner Roksana Węgiel would host the 2019 contest. [28] Węgiel is the first former winner to host an edition of the contest as well as the fifth person under the age of 16 to do so. Nowakowska is a Polish-American digital influencer, while Sikora is a breakfast television host.
Additionally, on 24 September 2019, journalists and TV hosts Agata Konarska and Mateusz Szymkowiak were confirmed as the hosts for the Opening Ceremony, which took place on 18 November in Silesian Theatre in Katowice, the capital city of the host region of Silesia. [29] Konarska previously hosted the Eurovision Young Dancers 2005 in Warsaw.
The event took place on 24 November 2019 at 16:00 CET. Nineteen countries participated, with the running order published on 18 November 2019. [30] All the countries competing were eligible to vote with the jury vote, as well as participating and non-participating countries under an aggregated international online vote, eligible to vote. [31] Poland won with 278 points, also winning the online vote. Kazakhstan came second with 227 points and won the jury vote, with Spain, the Netherlands and France completing the top five. Ukraine, Portugal, Albania, Wales and Malta occupied the bottom five positions.
The opening of the show featured the traditional flag parade, accompanied by theme music created by Polish DJ Gromee, who represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. [32] During the interval, Roksana Węgiel performed her winning song "Anyone I Want to Be". All participants then joined on stage for a rendition of the common song, "Share the Joy", which was followed by a dance routine by host Ida Nowakowska inspired by the competition's slogan.
R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | Australia | Jordan Anthony | "We Will Rise" | 121 | 8 |
2 | France | Carla | " Bim bam toi " | 169 | 5 |
3 | Russia | Tatyana Mezhentseva and Denberel Oorzhak | "A Time for Us" | 72 | 13 |
4 | North Macedonia | Mila Moskov | "Fire" | 150 | 6 |
5 | Spain | Melani García | "Marte" | 212 | 3 |
6 | Georgia | Giorgi Rostiashvili | "We Need Love" | 69 | 14 |
7 | Belarus | Liza Misnikova | "Pepelny (Ashen)" | 92 | 11 |
8 | Malta | Eliana Gomez Blanco | "We Are More" | 29 | 19 |
9 | Wales | Erin Mai | "Calon yn curo (Heart Beating)" | 35 | 18 |
10 | Kazakhstan | Yerzhan Maxim | "Armanyńnan qalma" | 227 | 2 |
11 | Poland | Viki Gabor | "Superhero" | 278 | 1 |
12 | Ireland | Anna Kearney | "Banshee" | 73 | 12 |
13 | Ukraine | Sophia Ivanko | "The Spirit of Music" | 59 | 15 |
14 | Netherlands | Matheu | "Dans met jou" | 186 | 4 |
15 | Armenia | Karina Ignatyan | "Colours of Your Dream" | 115 | 9 |
16 | Portugal | Joana Almeida | "Vem comigo (Come with Me)" | 43 | 16 |
17 | Italy | Marta Viola | "La voce della terra" | 129 | 7 |
18 | Albania | Isea Çili | "Mikja ime fëmijëri" | 36 | 17 |
19 | Serbia | Darija Vračević | "Podigni glas (Raise Your Voice)" | 109 | 10 |
The following people announced the jury 12 points for their respective country: [33]
Place | Combined | Jury | Online Vote | |||
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Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | |
1 | Poland | 278 | Kazakhstan | 148 | Poland | 166 |
2 | Kazakhstan | 227 | Poland | 112 | Spain | 104 |
3 | Spain | 212 | Spain | 108 | France | 84 |
4 | Netherlands | 186 | Netherlands | 105 | Netherlands | 81 |
5 | France | 169 | North Macedonia | 100 | Kazakhstan | 79 |
6 | North Macedonia | 150 | France | 85 | Italy | 64 |
7 | Italy | 129 | Australia | 82 | Serbia | 63 |
8 | Australia | 121 | Armenia | 70 | Russia | 57 |
9 | Armenia | 115 | Italy | 65 | North Macedonia | 50 |
10 | Serbia | 109 | Serbia | 46 | Belarus | 48 |
11 | Belarus | 92 | Belarus | 44 | Armenia | 45 |
12 | Ireland | 73 | Ireland | 39 | Portugal | 43 |
13 | Russia | 72 | Georgia | 37 | Australia | 39 |
14 | Georgia | 69 | Ukraine | 28 | Ireland | 34 |
15 | Ukraine | 59 | Russia | 15 | Georgia | 32 |
16 | Portugal | 43 | Wales | 9 | Ukraine | 31 |
17 | Albania | 36 | Albania | 7 | Albania | 29 |
18 | Wales | 35 | Malta | 2 | Malta | 27 |
19 | Malta | 29 | Portugal | 0 | Wales | 26 |
Voting procedure used: 100% jury vote 100% online vote | Total score | Jury vote score | Online vote score | Jury vote | |||||||||||||||||||
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Australia | France | Russia | North Macedonia | Spain | Georgia | Belarus | Malta | Wales | Kazakhstan | Poland | Ireland | Ukraine | Netherlands | Armenia | Portugal | Italy | Albania | Serbia | |||||
Contestants | Australia | 121 | 82 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
France | 169 | 85 | 84 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | |||||
Russia | 72 | 15 | 57 | 3 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
North Macedonia | 150 | 100 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |||
Spain | 212 | 108 | 104 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 5 | |||||
Georgia | 69 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Belarus | 92 | 44 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |||||||||||
Malta | 29 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wales | 35 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 227 | 148 | 79 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | ||
Poland | 278 | 112 | 166 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||
Ireland | 73 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Ukraine | 59 | 28 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 186 | 105 | 81 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 10 | ||||||
Armenia | 115 | 70 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
Portugal | 43 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 129 | 65 | 64 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||
Albania | 36 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Serbia | 109 | 46 | 63 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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7 | Kazakhstan | Belarus , Georgia , Netherlands , Poland , Serbia , Ukraine , Wales |
4 | Netherlands | Armenia , Australia , France , Portugal |
2 | Poland | Kazakhstan , Spain |
Spain | Albania , Italy | |
1 | Australia | Russia |
Italy | Ireland | |
North Macedonia | Malta | |
Serbia | North Macedonia |
Contestant | Votes | Points |
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Poland | ~567,895 | 166 |
Spain | ~355,789 | 104 |
France | ~287,368 | 84 |
Netherlands | ~277,105 | 81 |
Kazakhstan | ~270,263 | 79 |
Italy | ~218,947 | 64 |
Serbia | ~216,000 | 63 |
Russia | ~195,000 | 57 |
North Macedonia | ~171,053 | 50 |
Belarus | ~164,211 | 48 |
Armenia | ~153,947 | 45 |
Portugal | ~147,105 | 43 |
Australia | ~133,000 | 39 |
Ireland | ~116,421 | 34 |
Georgia | ~109,474 | 32 |
Ukraine | ~106,053 | 31 |
Albania | ~99,211 | 29 |
Malta | ~92,368 | 27 |
Wales | ~88,947 | 26 |
Total | ~3,770,000 |
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. [36] It is currently unknown whether the EBU issued invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
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Albania | RTSH | Andri Xhahu | |
Armenia | Armenia 1 | Avet Barseghyan and Mane Grigoryan | |
Australia | ABC Me | Pip Rasmussen, Ava Madon and Drew Parker | |
Belarus | Belarus 1, Belarus 24 | Evgeny Perlin | [46] |
France | France 2 | Stéphane Bern and Sandy Héribert | [47] |
Georgia | 1TV | Demetre Ergemlidze and Tamar Edilashvili | [48] |
Ireland | TG4 | Sinéad Ní Uallacháin | |
Italy | Rai Gulp | Mario Acampa and Alexia Rizzardi | [49] [50] |
Kazakhstan | Khabar Agency | Kaldybek Zhaisanbai and Mahabbat Esen | |
Malta | PBS | No commentary | |
Netherlands | NPO Zapp | Buddy Vedder | [51] [52] |
North Macedonia | MRT 1 | Eli Tanaskovska | |
Poland | TVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP ABC | Artur Orzech | [53] |
Portugal | Live: RTP1, RTP Internacional Delayed: RTP Internacional Ásia, RTP África | Nuno Galopim | [54] [55] |
Russia | Carousel | Anton Zorkin | [56] [57] |
NTV | Vadim Takmenev and Lera Kudryavtseva | ||
Serbia | RTS2 | Tijana Lukić | [58] |
Spain | La 1, TVE Internacional | Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela and Víctor Escudero | [59] |
Ukraine | UA:First, UA:Kultura, UA:PBC regional channels | Timur Miroshnychenko | [60] |
Wales | S4C | Welsh: Trystan Ellis-Morris, English: Stifyn Parri | [61] |
Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
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Israel | KAN | Unknown | [62] |
Lithuania | TVP Wilno | Artur Orzech | [63] |
United Kingdom | Fun Kids | Ewan Spence | [64] |
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