Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC) is a variant of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) for young singers below the ESC age limit of 16 years. So far there has been no German-speaking participation at the event, and no German-speaking broadcaster has broadcast the events. Up to and including 2006, JESC participants had to be at least eight years old; in 2007 the limit was increased to ten years, and in 2016 it was reduced to 9-14 years. The songs must be held in the national language of the artist. Up to and including 2007, the contributions in text and music had to be written by them themselves without professional support;
The model for the competition was the Scandinavian Melodi Grand Prix Nordic , which took place in 2006 in a Danish-Norwegian-Swedish co-production. In the Danish Radio in 2001 took place (only national) a similarly designed competition. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) accepted the idea and commissioned Denmark to organize the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest .
The public broadcasters in Denmark and Norway withdrew from the competition in 2006. The reason for this, the children were exposed to too much pressure, was discussed controversially. Together with Swedish television, they returned to the old MGP Nordic . In Sweden, the private broadcaster TV4 took over the broadcast of the JESC, but in the other two countries no independent broadcaster was interested in participating. The British broadcaster ITV has not achieved a satisfactory audience rating with the JESC in recent years and was therefore no longer interested in broadcasting it - also from 2005 onwards. A year later, Spain also withdrew, but in 2014 Italy took part in the JESC for the first time, making it the first Big5 country in the competition since 2007. In 2015, Australia, a country outside of the greater European area, took part in the JESC for the first time.
history
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2003 |
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Dino Jelusić | Ti si moja prva ljubav | Croatian | You are my first love |
2004 |
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Maria Isabel | Antes muerta que sencilla | Spanish | Better dead than usual |
2005 |
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Ksenija Sitnik | My vmeste | Russian | We are together |
2006 |
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Tolmacheva sisters | Vessenni dschas | Russian | Spring jazz |
2007 |
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Alexey Zhigalkovich | S druz'yami | Russian | With friends |
2008 |
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Bzikebi | Bzzz | Imaginary language | - |
2009 |
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Ralf | Click clack | Dutch | Click-clack |
2010 |
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Vladimir Arsumanjan | mummy | Armenian | mummy |
2011 |
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Candy | Candy Music | Georgian | Candy music |
2012 |
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Anastassija Petryk | Nebo | Ukrainian , English | sky |
2013 |
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Gaia Cauchi | The start | English | The beginning |
2014 |
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Vincenzo Cantiello | Do primo grande amore | Italian , English | You, first great love |
2015 |
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Destiny Chukunyere | Not my soul | English | Not my soul |
2016 |
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Mariam Mamadashvili | Mzeo | Georgian | Sun |
2017 |
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Polina Bogusevich | Wings | Russian, English | wing |
2018 |
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Roksana Węgiel | Anyone I Want To Be | Polish , English | Anyone I want to be |
2019 |
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Viki Gabor | Superhero | Polish, English | superhero |
2020 |
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Leaderboards
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Attendees
So far, 35 member countries of the EBU (as well as Australia and Kazakhstan as associated members and Wales as part of a member) have participated in the JESC at least once:
Color legend:
The following countries would be eligible but have not yet entered the competition:
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Attendees | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Special occurrences
- Shortly before the 2005 event, Cyprus decided not to take part because the selected song was suspected of plagiarism. Cyprus nevertheless took part in the vote.
- Spain unexpectedly resigned on August 8, 2007 despite great success. TVE stated that they are looking for a different format that takes a different point of view.
future
After the number of participants reached a preliminary high in 2004 (18 countries), it steadily decreased until 2006 (15 countries). It was therefore not certain for a long time whether the Junior Eurovision Song Contest would continue after 2007. In 2007 the number of participants rose to 17, while in 2008 it fell from 18 to 15. For 2009 there were only 13 participants, which was a new negative record. In 2010, after lengthy discussions, 14 participating countries were found, including one newcomer. The hosting of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 seemed uncertain for a long time and depended above all on the success of the 2010 music competition . In mid-January, the EBU announced the award of the event to Armenia. After only nine previously participating countries had registered in 2012, the EBU had to persuade three more countries to make a debut in order to reach the minimum number of 12 countries. In 2013 it was only possible to get 12 countries to participate, but in 2014 again 16 countries took part in the JESC, and in 2015 and 2016 even 17, which, as in 2007, represents the second highest number of participants. In the 2017 competition, only 16 countries took part. In the year the highest number of participants so far was counted (20 countries), but the following year this number fell to 19 countries.
The EBU is also trying to find a regulation with which non-EBU members, especially private broadcasters, can participate in the JESC. This rule would be particularly helpful in Spain.
Possible debutants
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Iceland : In December 2019, Felix Bergsson of RÚV confirmed that the country is in negotiations to take part in future editions of other EBU events in addition to the regular Eurovision Song Contest . This makes a debut in the 2020 junior competition possible.
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Scotland : The Scottish broadcaster BBC Alba shows its interest in participating in the 2020 competition in 2019. However, he then decided against participating in 2020.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steering Group selected Armenia as Host Broadcaster. Esckaz.com
- ↑ Eurofestivales: Islandia podría participar en otro concurso de la familia Eurovisión. In: Eurofestivales. December 25, 2019, accessed June 25, 2020 .
- ^ Emily Herbert: Scotland: No Debut At Junior Eurovision in 2020. In: Eurovoix. April 21, 2020, accessed June 25, 2020 (UK English).