Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

13th Junior Eurovision Song Contest
motto	#Discover! (Eng. #Discover!)
date	November 21, 2015
Host country	Bulgaria
venue	Arena Armeec Sofia , Sofia
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Poli Genova
Opening act	Flight over Sofia, invasion of the participants
Pause filler	Krisia , Hasan & Ibrahim with Planetata na detsata , Poli Genowa with Where Is My Dress and Vincenzo Cantiello
participating countries	17th
winner	Malta
First time participation	Australia Ireland
Returning participants	Albania North Macedonia
Withdrawn participants	Croatia Sweden Cyprus
Voting rule	Each country distributes 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) to the ten best titles of the vote. The voting takes place 50% by jury and 50% by televoting.
◄ JESC 2014 • JESC 2016 ►

The 13th Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place on November 21, 2015 in the Bulgarian capital Sofia . It was the first time Bulgaria hosted a Eurovision event. Bulgaria did not win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Malta. The motto of the competition was #Discover! (Eng. #Discover!) . For the third time after 2009 and 2012, the runner-up from last year held the JESC. Malta won the competition with Destiny Chukunyere and Not My Soul for the second time in three years and a record number of 185. Therefore, Malta held the competition in 2016 after 2014.

venue

Sofia

Venue of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Stage of JESC 2015 in Sofia

Countries that participated in 2015

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2015

Due to a lack of interest, the television broadcaster of last year's winner Italy, RAI, declined to host the event for 2015. The Bulgarian broadcaster BNT announced on January 26th, 2015 that they would host the contest.

On March 30, 2015 it was announced that the competition would take place at Arena Armeec Sofia .

format

Moderation

The show was moderated by Poli Genova , who represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf and who was eliminated with twelfth place in the second semifinals. In 2016 she took part again in the Eurovision Song Contest , where she took fourth place in the final with the song If Love Was a Crime .

logo

On June 23, 2015, the EBU published the logo of the event in cooperation with the hosting television broadcaster BNT. The focus is on a dandelion whose seeds are carried away by the wind.

Official song

The official song of JESC 2015 Discover was sung by Krisia Todorova, who finished second for Bulgaria in 2014.

Postcards

The so-called “postcards”, which are shown before the participants' performances, dealt with three young people who were traveling through Bulgaria and visiting various sights. They were inspired by selfies of the individual participants, which show them a famous place in their own country.

Attendees

countries

On October 7, 2015, the final list of participants for the competition and simultaneously Australia's debut was announced. A total of 17 countries took part. Albania and Macedonia returned to the competition in 2015, while Ireland joined Australia for the first time. Cyprus, which could not raise the financial means to participate, withdrew from the competition, as did Sweden and Croatia. This JESC, together with the 2007 edition, was the largest since 2004 and the first since 2008 without a Scandinavian country.

space	Start number	country	language	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Approximate meaning in German	Points
01.	15th	Malta	English	Destiny Chukunyere	Not My Soul M / T: Elton Zarb, Matt Muxu, Maria Abdilla, Roberta Debono, Destiny Chukunyere	Not my soul	185
02.	11	Armenia	Armenian , English	Michael Varosjan Միքայել Վարոսյան	Love M: Lilit Navasardjan, Michael Varosjan; T: Avet Barseghjan, Michael Varosjan	love	176
03.	03	Slovenia	Slovenian , English 1	Lina Kuduzović	Prva ljubezen M / T: Lina Kuduzović, Raay , Marjetka Vovk , Sabina Kuduzović	First love	112
04th	10	Belarus	Russian , English	Ruslan Aslanov Руслан Асланов	Volshebstvo (Волшебство) M: Ruslan Kwinta; T: Vitali Kurowski, Ruslan Aslanow	magic	105
05.	16	Albania	Albanian 2	Mishela Rapo	Dambaje M: Adrian Hila; T: Pandi Laço	-	093
06th	08th	Russia	Russian, English	Mikhail Smirnov Михаил Смирнов	Mechta (Мечта) M / T: Michail Smirnow, Dimitris Kontopoulos	dream	080
07th	01	Serbia	Serbian	Lena Stamenković Лена Стаменковић	Lenina pesma (Ленина песма) M: Leontina Vukomanović; T: Lena Stamenković, Leontina Vukomanović	Lena's song	079
08th.	06th	Australia	English	Bella Paige	My Girls M / T: Delta Goodrem , Mitch Allan, Vince Pazzinga	My girls	064
09.	13	Bulgaria (hosts)	Bulgarian	Gabriela Jordanowa & Iwan Stojanow габриела йорданова и иван стоянов	Cvetat na nadejdata (Цветът на надеждата) M: Slavi Trifonow , Evgeni Dimitrov, Georgi Milchew-Godji; T: Ivaylov Vulchew, Gabriela Jordanowa	The color of hope	062
10.	02	Georgia	Georgian	The Virus	Gabede (გაბედე) M: Giorgi Kukhianidse; T: Erekle Deisadze	Dare!	051
11.	12	Ukraine	Ukrainian , English	Anna Trintscher Анна Тринчер	Pochny z sebe (Почни з себе) M / T: Anna Trintscher	Start with yourself	038
12.	07th	Ireland	Irish , Latin	Aimee Banks	Réalta na mara M: Brendan McCarthy, Niall Mooney, Jonas Gladnikoff, Aimee Banks; T: Aimee Banks	Star of the sea	036
13.	17th	Montenegro	Montenegrin	Jana Mirković Јана Мирковић	Oluja (Олуја) M: Mirsad Serhatlić; T: Boban Novović	Storm	036
14th	14th	San Marino	Italian , English	Kamilla Ismailowa Камилла Исмаилова	Mirror M: Andrelli, Josefin Glenmark; T: Andrelli / Josefin Glenmark, Piero Romitelli, Kamilla Ismailowa	mirror	036
15th	05	Netherlands	Dutch , English	Shalisa	Million Lights M / T: Shalisa Schuurman	Million lights	035
16.	04th	Italy	Italian 3	Chiara & Martina	Viva M / T: Gigi D'Alessio , Adriano Pennino, Fabrizio Berlincioni, Chiara & Martina	Cheers	034
17th	09	North Macedonia	Macedonian 3	Ivana & Magdalena Ивана Петковска и Магдалена Алексовска	Pletenka (Плетенка) M: Magdalena Aleksovska; T: Ivana Petkovska	Braid	026th

¹ The title contains a phrase in Italian.

² Although the title is mostly sung in Albanian, it also contains a few lines in English, German , Italian, Turkish , Serbo-Croatian , Spanish and French .

³ The title contains a phrase in English .

Distribution of points

Destiny Chukunyere, 1st place

Mika, 2nd place

Lina Kuduzović, 3rd place

KJ = Kid's Jury

		Result
		Pt.	KJ	RS	GE	SI	IT	NL	AU	IE	RU	MK	BY	AT THE	UA	BG	SM	MT	AL	ME
country	Serbia	79	4th			7th		4th	2	3	5	12	4th	4th		5	5			12
	Georgia	51		3						4th	1		5	8th	5			1	8th	4th
	Slovenia	112	6th	6th	5		7th	8th	6th	6th	8th	1	8th	10	10	8th	6th	3		2
	Italy	34		2										3				12	4th	1
	Netherlands	35	1		6th	5	1		4th							4th	2
	Australia	64	7th		7th		3	3		2	3	2	1	1	2		3	10	5	3
	Ireland	36			2	4th		2	5		2					2	1	6th
	Russia	80	5	7th		6th	4th	6th	1			3	7th	7th	4th	7th	8th		3
	Macedonia	26th		1												1			7th	5
	Belarus	105	8th	5	8th	3	2	7th	7th	7th	10	4th		5	7th	3	7th	4th	6th
	Armenia	176	10	10	12	10	6th	12	10	8th	12	10	12		8th	10	10	7th	10	7th
	Ukraine	38	2		3		5		3	1	4th		6th						2
	Bulgaria	62			1	1	8th	5		12		6th			3			8th		6th
	San Marino	36									7th		3	2	12
	Malta	185	12	12	10	12	10	10	12	10	6th	5	10	12	6th	12	12		12	10
	Albania	93	3	4th	4th	8th	12	1	8th	5		7th	2	6th	1	6th	4th	2		8th
	Montenegro	36		8th		2						8th						5	1
	Each country automatically receives 12 points.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
8th	Malta	Kid′s jury, Albania , Armenia , Australia , Bulgaria , San Marino , Serbia , Slovenia
4th	Armenia	Georgia , Netherlands , Russia , Belarus
2	Serbia	North Macedonia , Montenegro
1	Albania	Italy
	Bulgaria	Ireland
	Italy	Malta
	San Marino	Ukraine

• All countries received 12 points at the beginning, which is why no country could achieve 0 points. Wladislaw Jakowlew, the Executive Supervisor of the JESC, awarded these ratings.

Split results between jury and televoting

The following results would have been obtained from a pure jury or audience vote:

space	Televoting	Points	jury	Points
1	Malta	143	Malta	157
2	Armenia	134	Armenia	149
3	Slovenia	098	Belarus	101
4th	Albania	086	Slovenia	077
5	Bulgaria	077	Serbia	073
6th	Russia	065	Albania	069
7th	Belarus	061	Australia	067
8th	Serbia	053	Russia	057
9	San Marino	051	Netherlands	053
10	Ireland	043	Italy	043
11	Georgia	041	Georgia	040
12	Ukraine	035	Montenegro	021st
13	Australia	032	Ukraine	019th
14th	Montenegro	023	Ireland	019th
15th	North Macedonia	022nd	San Marino	015th
16	Italy	013	Bulgaria	014th
17th	Netherlands	009	North Macedonia	012

Scoring

With the exception of Australia and San Marino, every country uses televoting in addition to the national juries if there are enough calls. The following 18 people read the points:

•  Kid′s jury : Krisia Todorowa (Bulgarian participant 2014)
•  Serbia : Dunja Jeličić (Serbian participant 2016)
•  Georgia : Lizi Pop (Georgian participant 2014)
•  Slovenia : Nikola Petek
•  Italy : Vincenzo Cantiello (winner 2014)
•  Netherlands : Julia van Bergen (Dutch participant 2014)
•  Australia : Ellie Blackwell
•  Ireland : Anna Banks
•  Russia : Sofia Dolganova
•  North Macedonia : Alexandria Chaliovski
•  Belarus : Lera Drobyshevskaya
•  Armenia : Betty (Armenian participant 2014)
•  Ukraine : Sofia Kutsenko (Ukrainian participant 2014 as a member of Sympho-Nick)
•  Bulgaria : Vladimir Petkov
•  San Marino : Arianna Ulivi (San Marino participant 2014 as a member of the Peppermints)
•  Malta : Federica Falzon (Maltese participant 2014)
•  Albania : Majda Bejzade
•  Montenegro : Lejla Vulić (Montenegrin participant 2014)

transmission

The following broadcasters broadcast the show live on television with, if known, these commentators:

•  Albania : Andri Xhahu ( TVSH , RTSH HD & RTSH Muzike)
•  Armenia : Avet Barseghjan ( Armenia 1 )
•  Australia : Ash London & Toby Truslove ( SBS One )
•  Bulgaria : BNT , BNT HD, BNT World
•  Georgia : Zuta Schkheidze ( GPB 1 )
•  Ireland : TG4
•  Italy : Simone Lijoi ( Rai Gulp )
•  Malta : TVM
•  North Macedonia : MRT 1
•  Montenegro : Dražen Bauković & Tamara Ivanković ( TVCG 2 )
•  Netherlands : Jan Smit ( NPO 3 )
•  Russia : Olga Schelest ( Karousel )
•  San Marino : Lia Fiorio & Gilberto Gattei ( SMRTV )
•  Serbia : Silvana Grujić ( RTS 2 )
•  Slovenia : Andrej Hofer ( TV SLO 1 )
•  Ukraine : Timur Miroschnytschenko ( NTU ) (moderator at JESC 2009 and JESC 2013 )
•  Belarus : Anatolij Lipetskij ( Belarus 1 & 24 )

In addition, several countries that do not participate will broadcast the competition on the radio, television or via live stream on the Internet:

•  Albania : Andri Xhahu ( Radio Tirana )
•  Germany : Thomas Mohr (Eurovision.de-Livestream of the NDR )
•  New Zealand : Ewan Spence (World FM)
•  Singapore : Ewan Spence (247 Music Radio)
•  United States : Ewan Spence (WUSB Radio)
•  United Kingdom : Ewan Spence (Cotswalds FM, Fun Kids, Oystermouth Radio, Radio Six International, Shore FM)

The show was broadcast worldwide on the official website junioreurovision.tv and on Youtube with commentary from Luke Fisher and Iwan Iwanow, who represented Bulgaria in 2011 .

Other countries

•  Andorra : On May 31, 2015, Andorra announced that they would not debut at the JESC for economic reasons.
•  Belgium : Ketnet confirmed on June 23, 2015 that Belgium would not return in 2015 either. On June 26th, RTBF decided not to return to JESC either. This French-speaking broadcaster last participated in Hasselt in 2005 and cooperated with VRT.
•  Germany : On June 9, 2015, the press spokeswoman for the NDR and Head of Press of the German delegation at ESC Iris Bents confirmed that it has not yet been decided whether to debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. However, the ZDF , which had sent an observer to Malta, confirmed that it has no plans to get involved in JESC 2015. On July 1, ARD published a poll on its ESC website Eurovision.de regarding a possible debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which would currently welcome the majority of votes. Should the ARD decide to participate, the competition would be broadcast on the children's channel KiKA . However, in the end Germany was not on the list of participants. This year, the competition was shown for the first time in Germany on the NDR website . He was commented on by Thomas Mohr.
•  Estonia : ERR announced on July 30th, 2015 that it would not debut at JESC.
•  France : France 2 confirmed on June 24, 2015 that it would not be returning to JESC 2015.
•  Iceland : RÚV confirmed on June 1, 2015 that Iceland would not participate in 2015 either.
•  Israel : Israel's IBA broadcaster will not return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 either.
•  Croatia : On June 24, 2015, the Croatian TV station announced that the country would not participate in 2015. However, on August 28, 2015, when asked by Hrvatska Radiotelevizija, it was announced that participation was still open and that a decision would be made in the next few weeks. However, in the end Croatia was not on the list of participants.
•  Latvia : LTV announced on March 16, 2015 that it would not return to the competition in 2015.
•  Lithuania : LRT announced on May 29, 2015 that it will not return this year, having participated in 2011 for the last time.
•  Austria : On January 10, 2015, ORF announced that it did not want to debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 either.
•  Romania : On June 4, 2015, TVR announced that it would not take part in the competition in Sofia after finishing last in 2009 in Kiev.
•  Sweden : On June 29, 2015, SVT announced that it would withdraw from the competition. On September 28, 2015, Sweden did not appear on the list of participants and will therefore not take part in the Jesc.
•  Switzerland : On March 17, 2015, SRG SSR announced that Switzerland would not return in 2015 either.
•  Spain : TVE confirmed on September 25th that Spain will not return to the competition in 2015. The station had previously secured the Eurovisión Junior brand for the next ten years, so a return to the JESC seemed likely. A reason for the withdrawal was not given.
•  Czech Republic : On March 19, 2015, CT announced that the Czech Republic would not make its debut in the competition.
•  Hungary : The Hungarian TV MTV is interested in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. In 2013 an observer was sent to the JESC in Kiev, and in 2014 one to the Belarusian preliminary decision to obtain information about the hosting of a national JESC final. Nevertheless, Hungary will not make its debut this year either, as the station has carried out internal restructuring.
•  United Kingdom : On March 17, 2015, ITV announced that the UK would not return to the competition in 2015 after declining to participate in 2006 due to low audience ratings.
•  Cyprus : On June 29th, CyBC announced that they had no money to participate and therefore could not take part in JESC 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015: There is a lot to discover!
2. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2015/02/22/jesc15-contest-to-be-held-november-21st/
3. ↑ http://wiwibloggs.com/2015/03/30/junior-eurovision-2015-bulgaria-sofia-arena-armeec/88448/
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ [1]
6. ↑ http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=australia_joins_to_make_it_super_17_at_junior_eurovision_in_sofia
7. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2015/09/28/jesc15-16-countries-confirmed-17-still-possible/
8. ↑ [2]
9. ↑ http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=meet_the_spokespersons_of_tonights_grand_final
10. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2015/11/21/jesc15-where-to-watch-the-show-tonight/
11. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2015/06/23/belgium-ketnet-will-not-return-to-junior-eurovision-in-2015/
13. ↑ http://www.esc-plus.com/junior-eurovision-german-ndr-clarifies-internal-confusion-participation-yet-to-be-decided/
14. ↑ http://www.eurovision.de/feddersens_kommentar/Deutschland-beim-Junior-Eurovision-Song-Contest,jesc102.html
15. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ↑ http://wiwibloggs.com/2015/07/30/estonia-err-debut-junior-eurovision-2015/100412/
17. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2015/06/24/france-no-return-to-junior-eurovision-in-2015/
18. ↑ http://www.esc-plus.com/iceland-will-not-take-part-at-junior-eurovision-2015/
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20. ↑ [3]
21. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2015/03/16/latvia-no-return-to-junior-eurovision-in-2015/
22. ↑ http://www.esc-plus.com/junior-eurovision-lithuania-no-plans-to-come-back/
23. ↑ Austria: No Plans to début in 2015
24. ↑ http://www.esc-plus.com/junior-eurovision-romanian-participation-unlikely/
25. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
26. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
27. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2015/03/19/czech-republic-will-not-debut-at-jesc-2015/
28. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2015/03/17/united-kingdom-itv-will-not-return-to-junior-eurovision-2/
29. ↑ http://www.esc-plus.com/junior-eurovision-cypriot-participation-unlikely-due-to-financial-problems/