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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.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Share the Joy
Dates
Final	24 November 2019
Host
Venue	Gliwice Arena, Gliwice-Silesia, Poland
Presenter(s)	Ida Nowakowska Aleksander Sikora Roksana Węgiel
Directed by	Marcin Migalski Tomasz Motyl
Executive supervisor	Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer	Leszek Ratajczak
Host broadcaster	Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Opening act	Flag parade introducing the 19 participating countries
Interval act	Roksana Węgiel with "Anyone I Want to Be"[1] All participants with "Share the Joy"[2]
Website	junioreurovision.tv/event/gliwice-silesia
Participants
Number of entries	19
Returning countries	Spain
Non-returning countries	Azerbaijan  Israel
Participation map      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2019
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"
2018 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2020

Nineteen countries participated in the contest, with Spain taking part for the first time since 2006,[3] 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 that point. Returning country Spain placed third. The Netherlands and France completed the top five. Wales also earned their best result, 18th.

Location

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.

Venue

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 largest entertainment and sports halls in Poland.

Bidding phase and host city selection

Prior to Poland's confirmation, two other countries had announced their intentions to host the event. These bids were from Armenia[4] and Kazakhstan.

If the Kazakh proposal had been accepted, the Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency said they would have moved the contest to October due to possible adverse weather conditions in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan, which was proposed as the host city. Ιt would also have been the first time that an associate member was chosen to host an EBU flagship event.[5] 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. For instance, this rule does not allow the competition to be held in Australia if the country wins, although they became an effective participant in 2016.[6]

On 10 December 2018, it was confirmed by the EBU that Poland would host the 2019 contest.[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] The same day, TVP issued a statement that the city had not yet been chosen.[9] In February 2019, in the TVP1 news programme Wiadomości it was announced that the two cities remaining in the race are: Gliwice and Szczecin.[10] 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 with Silesian Voivodeship cooperation.[11] This was the first time since the 2014 contest that the event is not hosted by a country's capital, as Warsaw does not have a suitable venue to host an event of this size.[12]

Key:  †  Host venue  ‡  Shortlisted

City	Venue	Notes	Ref.
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 make Gliwice the host city.	[13][15]
Katowice	Spodek	The venue can hold around 11,500 people, although this number is in practice limited to 10,000 or even 8,000 due to stage set-ups 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	It's the largest and one of most modern entertainment and sports venues in Poland. 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]

Format

Visual design

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.[20]

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."[20]

Hosts

On 22 August 2019, it was announced that Ida Nowakowska, Aleksander Sikora and winner of the previous contest Roksana Węgiel would host the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[21] 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 and a multimedia person while Sikora is a Breakfast television host.

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.[22] Konarska previously hosted the Eurovision Young Dancers 2005 in Warsaw.

Voting

The results was determined by national juries and an online audience vote. The first phase of the online voting started on 22 November at 20:00 CET when a recap of all the rehearsal performances were shown on the official website before the viewers could vote. This round of voting stopped on 24 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show, which started at 16:00 CET, straight after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers can vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five, including their own country. The number of points was determined by the percentage of votes received. The public vote counts for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% come from the professional juries.[23]

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.[24] The main trophy is a glass microphone with colored lines inside the upper part, which symbolize the flow of sound.[25]

Postcards

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.[26]

Participating countries

On 18 July 2019, the EBU released the official list of participants with 19 competing countries. Spain marked their first appearance since 2006, while Azerbaijan and Israel did not return.

R/O[27]	Country[28]	Artist[29]	Song	Language	Points[30]	Place[30]
1	Australia	Jordan Anthony	"We Will Rise"	English	121	8
2	France	Carla	"Bim bam toi"	French[lower-alpha 1]	169	5
3	Russia	Tatyana Mezhentseva and Denberel Oorzhak	"A Time for Us"	Russian, English	72	13
4	North Macedonia	Mila Moskov	"Fire"	Macedonian, English	150	6
5	Spain	Melani García	"Marte"	Spanish	212	3
6	Georgia	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"We Need Love"	Georgian, English	69	14
7	Belarus	Liza Misnikova	"Pepelny (Ashen)" (Пепельный)	Russian, English	92	11
8	Malta	Eliana Gomez Blanco	"We Are More"	Maltese, English	29	19
9	Wales	Erin Mai	"Calon yn curo (Heart Beating)"	Welsh	35	18
10	Kazakhstan	Yerzhan Maxim	"Armanyńnan qalma" (Арманыңнан қалма)	Kazakh, English	227	2
11	Poland	Viki Gabor	"Superhero"	Polish, English	278	1
12	Ireland	Anna Kearney	"Banshee"	Irish	73	12
13	Ukraine	Sophia Ivanko	"The Spirit of Music"	Ukrainian, English	59	15
14	Netherlands	Matheu	"Dans met jou"	Dutch, English	186	4
15	Armenia	Karina Ignatyan	"Colours of Your Dream"	Armenian, English	115	9
16	Portugal	Joana Almeida	"Vem comigo (Come with Me)"	Portuguese, English	43	16
17	Italy	Marta Viola	"La voce della terra"	Italian, English	129	7
18	Albania	Isea Çili	"Mikja ime fëmijëri"	Albanian	36	17
19	Serbia	Darija Vračević	"Podigni glas (Raise Your Voice)" (Подигни глас)	Serbian, English	109	10

Detailed voting results

Split results

Place	Combined		Jury		Online Vote
	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

Detailed voting results[31]

Voting procedure used:   100% jury vote   100% online vote		Total score	Jury vote score	Online vote score	Jury vote
					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

12 points

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

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
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

Spokespersons

The following people announced the jury 12 points for their respective country:[32]

Online voting

Online voting results[33]

Contestant	Votes	Points
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

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.[34] It is currently unknown whether the EBU issued invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Active EBU members

•  Bulgaria – On 11 September 2018, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) announced that at the time being they were not planning a return to the 2019 contest.[35] On 6 January 2019, BNT reiterated that they did not have plans to return to the contest in 2019 via their official Eurovision Twitter account.[36] It was later revealed on 8 June 2019 that BNT had amassed massive debts, and were declared bankrupt.[37] Bulgaria did not appear on the final list of participants published on 18 July 2019.
•  Czech Republic – On 10 June 2019, it was revealed that Česká televize (ČT) had not made a full decision about participation, but were not expecting to be a participant, stating that their focus was on the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.[38]
•  Montenegro – On 2 June 2019, Radio Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) confirmed that they would not return to the contest in 2019 due to budget issues.[39]
•  Scotland – On 29 June 2019, BBC Alba confirmed that they would not debut in 2019 due to their participation in the Eurovision Choir that year, however they confirmed that talks had taken place that could enable participation in 2020.[40]
•  Slovakia – According to Eurovision blog Eurofestivales, press spokesperson Erika Rusnáková for Slovak broadcaster Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS) stated that they were evaluating and supervising the possibility of debuting in the contest.[41] However, on 10 June 2019, RTVS confirmed that they would not debut in the 2019 contest.[42]
•  Slovenia – On 3 June 2019, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija) confirmed that they would not participate in the 2019 contest due to the cost of participation.[43]

Broadcasts

This section needs additional citations for verification. (April 2020)

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
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	[44]
France	France 2	Stéphane Bern and Sandy Héribert	[45]
Georgia	1TV	Demetre Ergemlidze and Tamar Edilashvili	[46]
Ireland	TG4	Sinéad Ní Uallacháin
Italy	Rai Gulp	Mario Acampa and Alexia Rizzardi	[47][48]
Kazakhstan	Khabar Agency	Kaldybek Zhaisanbai and Mahabbat Esen
Malta	PBS	No commentary
Netherlands	NPO Zapp	Buddy Vedder	[49][50]
North Macedonia	MRT 1	Eli Tanaskovska
Poland	TVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP ABC	Artur Orzech	[51]
Portugal	Live: RTP1, RTP Internacional Delayed: RTP Internacional Ásia, RTP África	Nuno Galopim	[52][53]
Russia	Carousel	Anton Zorkin	[54][55]
	NTV	Vadim Takmenev and Lera Kudryavtseva
Serbia	RTS2	Tijana Lukić	[56]
Spain	La 1, TVE Internacional	Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela and Víctor Escudero	[57]
Ukraine	UA:First, UA:Kultura, UA:PBC regional channels	Timur Miroshnychenko	[58]
Wales	S4C	Welsh: Trystan Ellis-Morris, English: Stifyn Parri	[59]

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Lithuania	TVP Wilno	Artur Orzech	[60]
United Kingdom	Fun Kids	Ewan Spence	[61]

Official album

Junior Eurovision Song Contest Gliwice 2019 is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on 8 November 2019. The album features all the songs from the 2019 contest.[62]

See also

• Eurovision Choir 2019
• Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Notes

References

External links

Media related to Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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[ru] Детское Евровидение — 2019

Конкурс песни «Детское Евровидение — 2019» (англ. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, польск. Konkurs Piosenki Eurowizji dla Dzieci 2019) — 17-й конкурс песни «Детское Евровидение», который прошел в Гливице (Польша) после победы Роксаны Венгель с песней "Anyone I want to be" на конкурсе 2018 года, проходившем в Минске,Беларусь[1]. Этот конкурс стал первым в истории "Детского Евровидения", проводимым в Польше.

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