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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 2010 edition at the same venue.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
#LightUp
Dates
Final	25 November 2018
Host
Venue	Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus
Presenter(s)	Evgeny Perlin Zinaida Kupriyanovich Helena Meraai
Directed by	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"
Website	www.junioreurovision.tv/event/minsk-2018
Participants
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	Kazakhstan  Wales
Returning countries	Azerbaijan  France  Israel
Non-returning countries	Cyprus
Participation map      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"
2017 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2019

A record twenty countries took part in the contest, with Kazakhstan and Wales participating for the first time. France returned for the first time since 2004, alongside Azerbaijan for the first time since 2013 and Israel after missing the 2017 edition. Cyprus withdrew from the contest.

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

Location

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 2010 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

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

On 26 October 2018, it was announced that Eugene Perlin and Zinaida Kupriyanovich would be the main hosts of 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 2006, Dmytro Borodin in 2009 and Lizi Japaridze in 2017, and is also the second former participant to host an edition of the contest. Meraai previously represented Belarus in the 2017 contest, where she placed fifth with the song "I Am the One". Perlin is one of the main country's television presenters and was the Eurovision commentator between 2013 to 2019, whilst Kupriyanovich is a singer and artist who has participated in Belarus' national selections for the 2015 and 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contests and latter represented the country at the 2019 adult contest. 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]

Postcards

Each postcard took place in a different location in Belarus. They all consisted of the upcoming participant putting on a virtual reality headset and, through it, experiencing a location in Belarus while doing various activities. At the conclusion of the postcard, the upcoming participant would take their headset off, and the performance would commence.[11]

Participating countries

On 25 July 2018, the EBU released the official list of participants with 18 competing countries. Later, this number was specially expanded to 19. Since Israel had won the adult contest that year, KAN should register a participant and send an observer delegation to Minsk.[12] Kazakhstan 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 and structural difficulties,[13] Ukraine was added at the last hour to the list of participating countries on 2 August 2018, setting a record of 20 participating countries.[14]

R/O[15]	Country[15]	Artist[15]	Song[15]	Language	Points[16]	Place[16]
1	Ukraine	Darina Krasnovetska	"Say Love"	Ukrainian, English	182	4
2	Portugal	Rita Laranjeira	"Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)"	Portuguese	42	18
3	Kazakhstan	Daneliya Tuleshova	"Òzińe sen" (Өзіңе сен)	Kazakh, English	171	6
4	Albania	Efi Gjika	"Barbie"	Albanian, English	44	17
5	Russia	Anna Filipchuk	"Unbreakable"	Russian, English	122	10
6	Netherlands	Max and Anne	"Samen"	Dutch, English	91	13
7	Azerbaijan	Fidan Huseynova	"I Wanna Be Like You"	Azerbaijani, English	47	16
8	Belarus	Daniel Yastremski	"Time"	Russian, English	114	11
9	Ireland	Taylor Hynes	"IOU"	Irish	48	15
10	Serbia	Bojana Radovanović	"Svet" (Свет)	Serbian	30	19
11	Italy	Melissa and Marco	"What Is Love"	Italian, English	151	7
12	Australia	Jael	"Champion"	English	201	3
13	Georgia	Tamar Edilashvili	"Your Voice"	Georgian, English	144	8
14	Israel	Noam Dadon	"Children Like These"	Hebrew	81	14
15	France	Angélina	"Jamais sans toi"	French, English	203	2
16	Macedonia	Marija Spasovska	"Doma" (Дома)	Macedonian	99	12
17	Armenia	L.E.V.O.N	"L.E.V.O.N"	Armenian	125	9
18	Wales	Manw	"Perta"	Welsh	29	20
19	Malta	Ela	"Marchin' On"	English	181	5
20	Poland	Roksana Węgiel	"Anyone I Want to Be"	Polish, English	215	1

Detailed voting results

Split results

Place	Combined		Jury		Online Vote
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	Poland	215	Australia	148	Poland	136
2	France	203	Malta	138	France	117
3	Australia	201	Georgia	105	Kazakhstan	103
4	Ukraine	182	Ukraine	104	Ukraine	78
5	Malta	181	Italy	94	Armenia	70
6	Kazakhstan	171	France	86	Netherlands	68
7	Italy	151	Poland	79	Russia	62
8	Georgia	144	Kazakhstan	68	Italy	57
9	Armenia	125	Macedonia	64	Australia	53
10	Russia	122	Belarus	61	Belarus	53
11	Belarus	114	Russia	60	Israel	47
12	Macedonia	99	Armenia	55	Malta	43
13	Netherlands	91	Israel	34	Portugal	42
14	Israel	81	Netherlands	23	Georgia	39
15	Ireland	48	Azerbaijan	17	Ireland	36
16	Azerbaijan	47	Ireland	12	Macedonia	35
17	Albania	44	Albania	10	Albania	34
18	Portugal	42	Serbia	2	Azerbaijan	30
19	Serbia	30	Portugal	0	Wales	29
20	Wales	29	Wales	0	Serbia	28

Detailed voting results[17]

Voting procedure used:   100% jury vote   100% online vote		Total score	Jury vote score	Online vote score	Jury vote
					Ukraine	Portugal	Kazakhstan	Albania	Russia	Netherlands	Azerbaijan	Belarus	Ireland	Serbia	Italy	Australia	Georgia	Israel	France	Macedonia	Armenia	Wales	Malta	Poland
Contestants	Ukraine	182	104	78		7	6	2	3	4	3	3	5	8	7		10	8	5	10	2	5	4	12
	Portugal	42	0	42
	Kazakhstan	171	68	103	5			4	7	5	8	6	4	5			6			8	4		6
	Albania	44	10	34							1		1							1		2	5
	Russia	122	60	62		1	4			3	12	2				8		5			10	7	2	6
	Netherlands	91	23	68	1				2					1		3	2	3	4		6	1
	Azerbaijan	47	17	30				6					3		4							3	1
	Belarus	114	61	53		10	2			8	10		2		5	1	1				12		10
	Ireland	48	12	36													3		1					8
	Serbia	30	2	28																2
	Italy	151	94	57	6	4	10				4	7	10	6		7	7	7	3	12			8	3
	Australia	201	148	53	12	12	3	7	10	12	6	12	7	3	12		8	2	6	7	7	12		10
	Georgia	144	105	39	7	2	5		12	2	2		12	2	10	5		12	10	5	8	10		1
	Israel	81	34	47	4	3	7	1	5	1					6				2				3	2
	France	203	86	117		5		12	6	7	7	8	6	7		4	4	1		6	1		12
	Macedonia	99	64	35	2		12	10	1			1		12	1	2			7		5	4		7
	Armenia	125	55	70	3	6		3		6		5			3	6		4	8				7	4
	Wales	29	0	29
	Malta	181	138	43	10	8	8	5	8	10	5	10	8	4	8	12	12	10		4	3	8		5
	Poland	215	79	136	8		1	8	4			4		10	2	10	5	6	12	3		6

12 points

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

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	Australia	Belarus,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Portugal,  Ukraine,  Wales
3	Georgia	Ireland,  Israel,  Russia
2	France	Albania,  Malta
	Macedonia	Kazakhstan,  Serbia
	Malta	Australia,  Georgia
1	Belarus	Armenia
	Italy	Macedonia
	Poland	France
	Russia	Azerbaijan
	Ukraine	Poland

Spokespersons

Online voting

A total of 1,283,921 valid votes were received during the voting windows.[24][25]

Online voting results[25]

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

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.[26] 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.[27]
•  Denmark – On 16 February 2018, it was reported that the EBU was calling on Danish broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) to return to the contest after an 11-year break.[28] 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."[29]
•  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."[30] Lithuania last took part in 2011.
•  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.[31] 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 2005.[32] Wales, a country that is part of the United Kingdom, competed.

Broadcasts

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Albania	RTSH	Andri Xhahu	[33]
Armenia	Armenia 1	Mika, Dalita
Australia	ABC Me	Grace Koh, Pip Rasmussen, and Lawrence Gunatilaka	[34]
Azerbaijan	İTV	Shafiga Efendiyeva	[21]
Belarus	Belarus 1 and Belarus 24	Georgiy Koldun and Andrey Makaenok	[35]
France	France 2	Madame Monsieur and Stéphane Bern	[36]
Georgia	First Channel	Helen Kalandadze and George Abashidze	[37]
Ireland	TG4	Mícheál Ó Ciarradh and Sinéad Ní Uallacháin	[38]
Israel	Kan Educational	Dudu Erez and Alma Zohar
Italy	Rai Gulp	Federica Carta and Mario Acampa	[39]
Kazakhstan	Khabar 24	Unknown	[40]
Macedonia	MRT 1	Eli Tanaskovska	[41]
Malta	TVM	No commentary
Netherlands	NPO Zapp	Jan Smit
Poland	TVP ABC, TVP Polonia and TVP HD	Artur Orzech	[42]
Portugal	RTP1, RTP Internacional and RTP África	Nuno Galopim	[43]
Russia	Carousel	Anton Zorkin
Serbia	RTS2 and RTS Satelit	Tamara Petković	[44]
Ukraine	UA:First, UA:Crimea and UA:Kultura	Timur Miroshnychenko	[45][46]
Wales	S4C	Welsh: Trystan Ellis-Morris, English: Stifyn Parri	[47][48]

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
New Zealand	World FM 88.2	Ewan Spence, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson	[49]
United Kingdom	Radio Six International and Fun Kids

Official album

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.[50] The album features all the songs from the 2018 contest.[51]

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2018
• Eurovision Young Musicians 2018

References

External links

Media related to Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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[ru] Детское Евровидение — 2018

Конкурс песни «Детское Евровидение — 2018» (англ. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, белор. Конкурс песні Дзіцячае Еўрабачанне 2018) — 16-й конкурс песни «Детское Евровидение», который во второй раз принимала столица Белоруссии город Минск. Финал конкурса состоялся 25 ноября 2018 года. В конкурсе приняли участие рекордное количество стран — 20, среди которых 2 страны-дебютанта: Уэльс и Казахстан.

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