List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenters

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Presenters of the 2023 contest, from left to right: Laury Thilleman, Olivier Minne and Ophenya. Hosts-jesc2023.jpg
Presenters of the 2023 contest, from left to right: Laury Thilleman, Olivier Minne and Ophenya.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 2003. This page is a list of those who have been presenters at the contest.

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Two presenters typically host the competition. However, there were three presenters in 2009, and from 2018 to 2021, four presenters in 2022, and just one presenter between 2014 and 2015. Kim-Lian van der Meij (Netherlands), Timur Miroshnychenko (Ukraine), Ida Nowakowska (Poland), and Olivier Minne (France) have been the only presenters to host the contest twice: Kim-Lian in 2007 and 2012, Miroshnychenko in 2009 and 2013, Nowakowska in 2019 and 2020, and Minne in 2021 and 2023.

Presenters

YearPresenter(s)Ref.
2003 Camilla Ottesen and Remee [1]
2004 Stian Barsnes Simonsen and Nadia Hasnaoui [2]
2005 Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys [3]
2006 Andreea Marin Bănică and Ioana Ivan [4]
2007 Sipke Jan Bousema and Kim-Lian van der Meij [5]
2008 Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva [6]
2009 Ani Lorak, Timur Miroshnychenko and Dmytro Borodin (green room) [7]
2010 Leila Ismailava and Denis Kourian [8]
2011 Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan [9]
2012 Kim-Lian van der Meij and Ewout Genemans [10]
2013 Timur Miroshnychenko and Zlata Ognevich [11]
2014 Moira Delia [12]
2015 Poli Genova [13]
2016 Ben Camille and Valerie Vella [14]
2017 Helen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze [15]
2018 Evgeny Perlin, Zinaida Kupriyanovich and Helena Meraai (green room) [16]
2019 Ida Nowakowska, Aleksander Sikora and Roksana Węgiel [17]
2020 Ida Nowakowska, Rafał Brzozowski and Małgorzata Tomaszewska [18]
2021 Carla Lazzari, Élodie Gossuin and Olivier Minne [19]
2022 Iveta Mukuchyan, Garik Papoyan, Karina Ignatyan and Robin the Robot [20]
2023 Olivier Minne, Laury Thilleman and Ophenya (green room) [21]
2024 Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani García [22]

Opening Ceremony presenters

YearPresenter(s)Ref.
2007Sipke Jan Bousema and Kim-Lian van der Meij
2012Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij
2013Timur Miroshnychenko and Elizabeth Arfush
2014Gianni Zammit [23]
2015Joanna Dragneva [24]
2016Taryn Mamo Cefai [25]
2017Liza Tsiklauri and Mariam Mamadashvili
2018Denis Dudinsky and Anna Kviloria [16]
2019Agata Konarska and Mateusz Szymkowiak [26]
2020Mateusz Szymkowiak [27]
2021Carla Lazzari
2022 Dalita, Hamlet Arakelyan and Aram Mp3 [28]
2023Carla Lazzari, Manon Théodet and Laura Tenoudji [29]

Presenters born outside the host country

Presenters who also appeared at Eurovision

PresenterEurovision appearance
Ani LorakRepresented Ukraine in 2008, finished 2nd place. [30] [31]
Camilla Ottesen Presented Danish results in 2004. [32]
Nadia Hasnaoui Co-hosted in 2010, presented Norwegian results in 2011 and 2012.
Maureen Louys Gave out Belgian votes in 2007, 2009, and 2011.
Remee Co-wrote German entry in 2008, Danish entries in 2012, 2015, and 2022.
Andreea Marin Bănică Presented Romanian votes in 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2007.
Denis Kourian Commentator for Belarus, presented points in 2004.
Leila Ismailava Presented Belarusian votes in 2011.
Avet Barseghyan Co-wrote Armenian entry in 2017.
Zlata Ognevich Represented Ukraine in 2013, finished 3rd place.
Moira Delia Presented Maltese votes in 2006 and 2008.
Poli Genova Represented Bulgaria in 2011 and 2016, finished 4th place in 2016.
Valerie Vella Presented Maltese votes in 2005.
Ben CamillePresented Maltese votes in 2016 and 2019.
Timur Miroshnychenko Co-hosted in 2017, Ukrainian commentator since 2007.
Zinaida Kupriyanovich Represented Belarus in 2019.
Rafał Brzozowski Represented Poland in 2021.
Ida Nowakowska Presented Polish votes in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Aleksander SikoraPolish commentator since 2021.
Élodie Gossuin Presented French votes in 2016, 2017, [33] 2018, and 2022.
Olivier Minne Presented French votes in 1992 and 1993, commentator between 1995 and 1997.
Carla Lazzari Presented French votes in 2021.
Iveta Mukuchyan Represented Armenia in 2016. [34]
Ruth Lorenzo Represented Spain in 2014, presented Spanish votes in 2023.

Presenters who formerly competed at Junior Eurovision

See also

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