Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
#MoveTheWorld!
Junior Eurovision 2020 logo.jpeg
Dates
Final29 November 2020
Host
Venue TVP Headquarters, Warsaw, Poland [1] [2]
Presenter(s)
Executive producerMarta Piekarska [3]
Director
  • Marcin Migalski
  • Tomasz Motyl
Executive supervisor Martin Österdahl [4]
Host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Website junioreurovision.tv/event/poland-2020 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries12
Debuting countriesFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
  • JESC 2020 Map 2.svg
         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2020
Vote
Voting systemThe professional jury of each country awards a set of 12, 10, 8-1 points to 10 songs. Viewers around the world vote for 3 songs, and their votes are distributed proportionally. The votes of the jury and the audience make up 50% of all votes. [5]
Winning songFlag of France.svg  France
"J'imagine"
2019  Junior Eurovision Song Contest  2021

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was the 18th edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by Telewizja Polska (TVP) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest took place on 29 November 2020, and was held in Warsaw, Poland, following the country's victory at the 2019 contest with the song "Superhero" by Viki Gabor. This was the first time the contest was held in the same country for two consecutive years. [1]

Contents

Twelve countries participated in the contest, having the smallest number of participants since the 2013 contest (with some countries pointing the COVID-19 pandemic situation and the resulting travel restrictions as the reasons for their withdrawal), with Germany participating for the first time.

France's Valentina was the winner of the contest with the song "J'imagine". This was France's first victory in the contest, as well as its first win at a Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. Kazakhstan and Spain finished second and third, respectively, for the second year in a row. The Netherlands and Belarus completed the top five, with the Netherlands finishing fourth also for the second year in a row. Debuting country Germany finished last.

Location

TVP Headquarters, the venue of Junior Eurovision 2020. Siedziba Telewizji Polskiej w Warszawie 2017.jpg
TVP Headquarters, the venue of Junior Eurovision 2020.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 took place in Studio 5 in the TVP Headquarters located in Warsaw, Poland, after the country won the 2019 edition on home soil in Gliwice with the song "Superhero" by Viki Gabor. [2] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time, all the competing songs were performed in a studio in each participating country. [6]

It was the third time Warsaw hosted a Eurovision event (after the Eurovision Young Musicians 1994 and the Eurovision Young Dancers 2005), and the first time the contest is held in the same country in two consecutive years.

Bidding phase and host city selection

Relief Map of Poland.svg
Location of the candidate city (red) and the chosen host city (blue)

After Poland's victory in the 2019 contest, the director-general of Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), Jacek Kurski, stated that the country would apply to host the event again in 2020. [7] However, Kurski stated that the possibility of two consecutive editions of the event in Poland could be frowned upon by the EBU. After a period of uncertainty, in the last week of December 2019, it was reported by Gazeta Wyborcza that some Kraków City Councillors were expressing interest in taking the proposal that the contest be held in the city, focused on Tauron Arena. A few days later on 8 January 2020, the proposal was discussed at the City Council and accepted by the majority of its members. [8] Poland was confirmed as the host country in March 2020 and Kraków was seed as the main possibility to be host city. [9]

Following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work on the event was suspended indefinitely. [10] On 16 May 2020, during the airing of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light , it was confirmed that the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 would be held in a minor scale inside a television studio in Warsaw on 29 November. Gabor also revealed the competition's logo and slogan during the broadcast. [1]

On 7 October, Rafał Brzozowski revealed in an interview for TVP that the contest would take place in Studio 5 at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw. In that studio, TVP1 has produced the game show Jaka to melodia? since 2019. [2] Previously, the venue had organised the national finals (in 2003–04 as Krajowe Eliminacje and from 2006 to 2008 as Piosenka dla Europy) for the adult and children's (until 2004) versions of the contest.

Participating countries

On 8 September 2020, the EBU released the initial list of participants with 13 competing countries. Germany would make their debut appearance, while Albania, Australia, Ireland, Italy, North Macedonia, Portugal and Wales would not return, having participated in 2019. [6] All of these countries cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for their withdrawal. Although initially confirmed as a participating country, Armenia withdrew from the contest on 5 November 2020 due to the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, reducing the number of participating countries to 12. [11] This was the lowest number of participating countries since 2013, which also had twelve participating countries.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 [6] [11] [12]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)Location [a]
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus BTRC Arina Pehtereva"Aliens" Russian, English
  • Arina Pehtereva
  • Daniil Zabela
Minsk [14]
Flag of France.svg  France France Télévisions Valentina " J'imagine " French Paris [15]
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia GPB Sandra Gadelia"You Are Not Alone" Georgian, English
  • Giga Kukhianidze
  • Temo Sajaia
Tbilisi [16]
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Kika Susan"Stronger with You" German, EnglishLevent Geiger Hamburg [17]
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan KA Karakat Bashanova"Forever" Kazakh, English
  • Abulkhair Adam
  • Khamit Shangaliyev
  • Ardak Yeleusiz
Almaty [18]
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta PBS Chanel Monseigneur"Chasing Sunsets"English
  • Peter Borg
  • Emil Calleja Bayliss
  • Joe Roscoe
  • Aleandro Spiteri Monseigneur
Warsaw [13]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands AVROTROS Unity"Best Friends" Dutch, EnglishRobert Dorn Aalsmeer [19]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland TVP Ala Tracz"I'll Be Standing" Polish, English
Warsaw [13]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia VGTRK Sofia Feskova"My New Day"Russian, English
  • Sofia Feskova
  • Anna Petryasheva
  • Vitaly Tomin
Moscow [20]
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia RTS Petar Aničić"Heartbeat" Serbian, English
  • Petar Aničić
  • Nemanja Filipović
  • Vladimir Grai
  • Leontina Vukomanovićć
Warsaw [13]
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain RTVE Soleá"Palante" Spanish
  • César G. Ross
  • Hajar Sbihi
  • Bruno Valverde
Madrid [21]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine UA:PBC Oleksandr Balabanov"Vidkryvai (Open Up)" (Відкривай) Ukrainian, English
  • Oleksandr Balabanov
  • Mykhailo Klymenko
Warsaw [13]

Official album

Cover art of the official album JESC 2020 album cover.jpg
Cover art of the official album

Prior to the event, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2020 contest was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 13 November 2020. It was the first time since 2012 that the compilation was released physically. [22] [23]

Production

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was, like the previous year, a joint project held by TVP and the EBU. [9] In January 2020, the EBU announced that after the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, Martin Österdahl would become the new executive supervisor of both the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and the Eurovision Song Contest, succeeding Jon Ola Sand. [24] Österdahl stated during the press conference before the contest final that this year's event "faced more challenges than perhaps ever before", [25] and that some worked double or triple the normal amount. [26]

For the first time in the contest's history, most of the participants performed their songs remotely, in a series of performances on their country of origin. The EBU stated "to ensure continuity and the fairness of the competition, EBU Members in the [then] 13 participating countries have agreed to use a similar stage layout and technical set up to capture the performance of their artist(s)." [6] Due to logistical reasons, aside from Poland, the only three countries to record their performances in Warsaw were Malta, Serbia and Ukraine. [13]

The opening ceremonies, the draw and the interval acts were also broadcast live from Warsaw, with, according to the EBU, "all presenters and necessary crew socially distancing." [6] There was a small audience present. [27]

Format

Presenters

On 7 October 2020, it was announced that Ida Nowakowska, Rafał Brzozowski, and Małgorzata Tomaszewska  [ pl ] would host the contest. [28] Nowakowska was the first person to host either the junior or adult contest two times in a row. Brzozowski is a Polish singer and TV presenter, and later represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Tomaszewska is a co-host of The Voice of Poland . [29]

On 14 November 2020, journalist and TV host Mateusz Szymkowiak was confirmed as the host for the Opening Ceremony, which took place on 23 November in Warsaw. Szymkowiak was the first person to host the Opening Ceremony of either the junior or adult contest two times in a row. [30]

Visual design

The theme for the contest, #MoveTheWorld!, was revealed on 16 May 2020, during the broadcast of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light by Junior Eurovision 2019 winner Viki Gabor. [1] The creative concept behind the slogan is the belief in children that "all important things are done by renowned people: scientists, astronauts, athletes and actors", celebrating the millions of people around the world perform their day-to-day duties with capability and care and the "collective power we hold together." [1]

The main stage in Warsaw was designed by Anna Brodnicka. [31] It was "inspired by the rich symbolism of a circle and its connection to our lives." The participating broadcasters were presented two versions of the stage to film their performances in their own countries. [32] One version of the stage featured LED screens, while the other more simplified stage used projections instead.

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. [33] The main trophy is a glass microphone with coloured lines inside the upper part, which symbolize the flow of sound. [34]

Postcards

Each postcard took place in a different location in Poland. They all began with a short clip of the upcoming performer creating a heart with their hands or otherwise gesturing to the camera, followed by an extended sequence involving dance troupes dancing around cardboard models related to a certain profession. Each postcard ended with the upcoming performer giving a gift to a worker in that profession. [35]

Contest overview

The event took place on 29 November 2020 at 17:00 CET. Twelve countries participated, with the running order published on 23 November 2020. [36] 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. [37] France won with 200 points, winning both the jury and online vote. Kazakhstan came second with 152 points, with Spain completing the top three. Russia, Serbia and Germany occupied the bottom three positions.

Opening the show, Viki Gabor performed her winning song "Superhero". She later returned during the interval to perform the 2019 adult Eurovision winning song "Arcade" with Roksana Węgiel and Duncan Laurence, the latter having his appearance inserted via chroma keying. [38] Alicja Szemplińska then performed "Empires", the intended Polish entry for the cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The show's co-host, Ida Nowakowska, performed as a backup dancer for Szemplińska. Closing the interval, all participants performed the common song, "Move the World", with their appearance also inserted via augmented reality and chroma key. [39]

Following the final, multiple delegations, including winner France, were accused of having used playback and pre-recorded vocals in the recordings of their performances. A formal request to respond to the allegations was denied by the EBU, which responded, "all countries were subject to the same controls and that the playback allegations were not true." [40]

R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Susan"Stronger with You"6612
2Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Karakat Bashanova"Forever"1522
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Unity"Best Friends"1324
4Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Petar Aničić"Heartbeat"8511
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Arina Pehtereva"Aliens"1305
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Ala Tracz"I'll Be Standing"909
7Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Sandra Gadelia"You Are Not Alone"1116
8Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Chanel Monseigneur"Chasing Sunsets"1008
9Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sofia Feskova"My New Day"8810
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Soleá"Palante"1333
11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Oleksandr Balabanov"Vidkryvai (Open Up)"1067
12Flag of France.svg  France Valentina " J'imagine "2001

Spokespersons

Breaking a tradition introduced in recent years, in which spokespeople from each participating country were part of their respective delegations and giving the results at the contest's venue, for this year the spokespersons announced the jury 12 points from their respective countries and were connected to Warsaw via satellite, in the same way as the adult contest. The following announced the jury 12 points for their respective country:

  1. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  Olivia[ citation needed ]
  2. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  Saniya Zholzhaksynova [41]
  3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  Robin de Haas [42]
  4. Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  Darija Vračević [43]
  5. Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  Ksenia Galetskaya [44]
  6. Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  Marianna Józefina Piątkowska [45]
  7. Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  Marita Khvedelidze [46]
  8. Flag of Malta.svg  Malta  Leah Mifsud [47]
  9. Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  Mikella Abramova and Khryusha [48]
  10. Flag of Spain.svg  Spain   Melani García [49]
  11. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  Sophia Ivanko [50]
  12. Flag of France.svg  France   Nathan Laface

Detailed voting results

Split results
PlaceCombinedJuryOnline Vote
CountryPointsCountryPointsCountryPoints
1Flag of France.svg  France 200Flag of France.svg  France 88Flag of France.svg  France 112
2Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 152Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 83Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 73
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 133Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 73Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 69
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 132Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 69Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 64
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 130Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 68Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 57
6Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 111Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 60Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 54
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 106Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 52Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 50
8Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 100Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 51Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 49
9Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 90Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 46Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 44
10Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 88Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 44Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 44
11Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 85Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 35Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 42
12Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 66Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 27Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 39
Detailed voting results [51]
Voting procedure used:
  100% jury vote
  100% online vote
Total score
Jury vote score
Online vote score
Jury vote
Germany
Kazakhstan
Netherlands
Serbia
Belarus
Poland
Georgia
Malta
Russia
Spain
Ukraine
France
Contestants
Germany66273952322526
Kazakhstan15283693810103121012474
Netherlands13268641274586621053
Serbia8535503445231112
Belarus130735771211212376562
Poland9046442658288421
Georgia111694251065151712125
Malta100514917166101748
Russia8844446438433310
Spain1335073102106771458
Ukraine106525441231071087
France20088112881271214128610

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
3Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan , Flag of Poland.svg  Poland , Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus , Flag of Malta.svg  Malta , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain , Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia , Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Flag of France.svg  France

Online voting

According to the EBU, a total of over 4.5 million valid votes were received during the voting windows. [52] [53]

Online voting results [53]
ContestantVotesPoints
Flag of France.svg  France ~723,000112
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain ~471,00073
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan ~445,00069
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands ~413,00064
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus ~368,00057
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine ~348,00054
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia ~322,00050
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta ~316,00049
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland ~284,00044
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia ~284,00044
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia ~271,00042
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ~251,00039
Total>4,500,000697

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. [54]

Broadcasts

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)Channel(s)Commentator(s)Ref.
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus BTRC Belarus 1, Belarus 24 Pavel Lazovik [77] [44]
Flag of France.svg France France Télévisions France 2 Stéphane Bern, Carla Lazzari [78]
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia GPB 1TV Helen Kalandadze [79]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD/ZDF Kika Bürger Lars Dietrich  [ de ] [80]
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Khabar Agency Khabar TV Mahabbat Esen, Kaldybek Zhaisanbai [81]
Flag of Malta.svg Malta PBS TVM No commentary [82]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands AVROTROS NPO Zapp via NPO 3 Jan Smit [83] [84]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP TVP1, TVP ABC, TVP Polonia Artur Orzech [85] [86] [87]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia C1R/VGTRK Carousel Anton Zorkin and Khryusha [82]
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia RTS RTS2, RTS Svet Tijana Lukić [88] [89]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain RTVE La 1, TVE Internacional Tony Aguilar, Eva Mora, Víctor Escudero [90] [91]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine UA:PBC UA:First, UA:Kultura Timur Miroshnychenko [92]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)Channel(s)Commentator(s)Ref.
Flag of Albania.svg Albania RTSH RTSH Shkollë [b] [93]
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania TVP TVP Wilno Artur Orzech [94] [95] [87]
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia MRT Eli Tanaskovska [96]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United KingdomRadio Six InternationalEwan Spence, Ellie Chalkley [97]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. The following column denotes the locations where the performances were filmed, as most of the participants performed their songs remotely in a television studio in their country of origin. [6] [13]
  2. Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 6 October 2022 at 07:00 CET

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