Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

15th Junior Eurovision Song Contest
motto	Shine Bright (German lamp bright)
date	November 26, 2017
Host country	Georgia
venue	Olympia Palace, Tbilisi
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Helen Kalandadse et al. Lizi Pop
participating countries	16
winner	Russia
Returning participants	Portugal
Withdrawn participants	Bulgaria Israel
Voting rule	The final result consisted of 50% online voting and 50% a jury.
◄ JESC 2016 • JESC 2018 ►

The 15th Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place on November 26, 2017 in Georgia's capital Tbilisi , after Mariam Mamadashvili won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with her song Mzeo . It was the first time that a Eurovision event was held in Georgia. In addition, it was the fifth time that the competition took place in the country of the previous year's winner. The winner was Russia with Polina Bogusevich and the song Wings .

venue

The stage of the JESC 2017

At the winner's press conference, Jon Ola Sand announced that they would now be asking for applications to host the next JESC. As usual since 2013, the previous year's winner, in this case Georgia, will be offered to host the next JESC first. On February 1, 2017, it was announced that Georgia will host JESC 2017. On August 9, 2017, the organizers announced that the Tbilisi Sports Palace , which was selected first, would be exchanged for the Olympic Palace as the venue. It was said that this place was better for the delegations, fans and press.

Moderation

The two moderators of the JESC at the rehearsals

The show was moderated by the singer Helen Kalandadze, who participated in 2010 as Sopo Nischaradse's background singer at the ESC in Oslo . For the first time since 2006 there was also an underage co-presenter; 13-year-old Lizi Pop took part in the JESC in 2014 and was eleventh with the title Happy Day , but to date has achieved by far the most views on the official JESC YouTube channel of the EBU with the music video .

Rule changes

Voting procedure

After the voting procedure was changed in 2016, it was changed again in 2017. At that time, the EBU announced that it would start an online voting before the show, which will later be combined with the online voting during the show. Everyone should be entitled to vote, regardless of whether they are voting from a participating country or not. This made up 50% of the bottom line. The other 50% came from a jury.

language

Since many participants want to use more English in their contributions, the maximum amount of English allowed in contributions from countries with other official languages ​​has been increased from 25% to 40%. In addition, a maximum of six singers can be heard in the backing track from now on, but the performer must continue to sing live.

Attendees

Countries that participated in 2017

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2017

countries

The official and final list of participants was published on August 9, 2017. Accordingly, a total of 16 countries will take part. Portugal will return to JESC after 10 years. Bulgaria and Israel withdraw from the competition. Bulgaria only elected a new program director in August 2017, so it was announced in September 2017 that the time was now too short to choose an artist and a song. Israel, however, gave no reasons for the withdrawal. Both took part last year.

National preliminary decisions

The 16 participating countries used the following formats to select their respective participants:

country	Preliminary decision
Albania	Junior Fest 2017
Armenia	internal selection
Australia	internal selection
Georgia	internal selection
Ireland	Junior Eurovision Eíre 2017
Italy	internal selection
Malta	Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
North Macedonia	internal selection
Netherlands	Junior Song Festival 2017
Poland	Koncert Krajowych Eliminacji 2017
Portugal	Festival da Canção Júnior 2017
Russia	Yevrovidenye 2017
Serbia	Dečja pesma za Evropu
Ukraine	National preliminary decision
Belarus	Eurabatschanne 2017
Cyprus	internal selection

final

The final took place on November 26, 2017 in the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi . The following 16 participants competed against each other:

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points jury voting	Points online voting	Total points
1.	13	Russia	Polina Bogusevich Полина Богусевич	Wings M / T: Taras Demchuk	Russian , English	wing	122	66	188
2.	9	Georgia (hosts)	Grigol Kipshidze გრიგოლ ყიფშიძე	Voice Of The Heart M: Giga Kukhianidse; T: Temo Sajaia	Georgian	Voice of the heart	143	42	185
3.	15th	Australia	Isabella Clarke	Speak up! M / T: Toby Chew Lee, Cameron Hollywood Nacson, Chloe Papandrea, Jess Porfiri	English	Shout it out!	93	79	172
4th	3	Netherlands	Fource	Love Me M: Joost Griffioen, Stas Swaczyna; T: Joost Griffioen	Dutch , English	Love me	44	112	156
5.	5	Belarus	Helena Meraai Хелена Мерааі	I Am The One M / T: Rita Dakota, Helena Meraai	Russian	I am the one	80	69	149
6th	4th	Armenia	Misha Միշա	Boomerang M: Vahram Petrosjan; T: Vahram Petrosjan, Avet Barseghjan, David Tserunjan	Armenian , English	-	92	56	148
7th	11	Ukraine	Anastassija Bahinska Анастасия Багинска	Don't Stop M: Kateryna Komar; T: Kateryna Komar, Anastassija Bahinska	Ukrainian , English	Do not stop	80	67	147
8th.	2	Poland	Alicja Rega	Mój dom M / T: Marek Kościkiewicz	Polish	My house	77	61	138
9.	12	Malta	Gianluca Cilia	Dawra tond M: Dominic Said; T: Emil Calleja Bayliss	English, Maltese	Turn around	26th	81	107
10.	14th	Serbia	Irina Brodić & Jana Paunović Ирина Бродић и Јана Пауновић	Ceo svet je naš (Цео свет је наш) M: Ognjen Cvekić, Lejla Hot, Irina Brodić; T: Lejla Hot, Ognjen Cvekić, Jana Paunović	Serbian	The whole world is ours	48	44	92
11.	16	Italy	Maria Iside Fiore	Scelgo (My Choice) M: Stefano Rigamonti, Marco Lardella; T: Stefano Rigamonti, Fabrizio Palaferri, Maria Iside Fiore	Italian , English	I choose	37	49	86
12.	8th	North Macedonia	Mina Blažev Мина Блажев	Dancing Through Life M / T: Aleksandar Masevski	Macedonian , English	Dance through life	28	41	69
13.	10	Albania	Ana Kodra	Don't Touch My Tree (Mos Ma Prekni Pemën) M: Kristi Popa; T: Jorgo Papingji	Albanian , English	Don't touch my tree	32	35	67
14th	6th	Portugal	Mariana Venâncio	Youtuber M / T: João Cabrita, Mariana Andrade	Portuguese	YouTube users	9	45	54
15th	7th	Ireland	Muireann McDonnell	Súile glasa M / T: Muireann McDonnell	Irish	Green eyes	12	42	54
16.	1	Cyprus	Nicole Nicolaou Νικολέ Νικολάου	I Wanna Be A Star M / T: Constantinos Christoforou	Greek , English	I wanna be a star	5	40	45

Statistics of the twelve-point award (jury)

Polina Bogusevich, winner of the competition

number	country	received from
6th	Georgia	Albania, Armenia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
4th	Russia	Australia, Georgia, Macedonia, Portugal
1	Armenia	Cyprus
	Australia	Netherlands
	Belarus	Malta
	Malta	Italy
	Poland	Ireland
	Ukraine	Serbia

Cancel

The following countries previously announced that they would not participate in 2017:

•  Belgium : On May 30, 2017, VRT announced that it did not want to return in 2017 either.
•  Bulgaria : On August 9, 2017, the EBU published the full list of participants for the JESC 2017. Bulgaria could not be found here. At first it was unclear whether Bulgaria would really not take part, as the station only elected a new station manager in August. His participation in the JESC had previously been confirmed. On September 22, 2017, it was announced that they would definitely not participate. The reason for the withdrawal is the short time the broadcaster now has to choose an artist.
•  Denmark : Both Danish EBU members DR and TV 2 will not participate in 2017.
•  Germany : Although the NDR did not rule out participation in the near future, Germany was not on the list of participants in the end.
•  Estonia : On June 25, 2017, ERR announced that it would not debut at JESC in 2017 either.
•  Finland : On May 26, 2017, YLE announced that it would not debut at JESC in 2017.
•  Israel : On August 9, 2017, the EBU published the full list of participants for the JESC 2017. Israel was not to be found here. The reason for the withdrawal is possibly that Israel currently does not have a station in the EBU, as the IBA station was closed in May . It will not be decided until December whether the new IBC channel will be included in the EBU.
•  Iceland : On June 27, 2017, RÚV announced that they would not debut at the JESC in 2017 either.
•  Croatia : Although the broadcaster HRT has shown interest in returning, Croatia was not on the list of participants in the end.
•  Latvia : The Latvian broadcaster LTV will not participate in the JESC in 2017 either.
•  Austria : On May 31, 2017, ORF announced that it would not debut at JESC either in 2017 or in the next few years.
•  Sweden : The Swedish broadcaster SVT has also canceled its participation for 2017.
•  Switzerland : The station of the Italian-speaking Switzerland RSI has canceled 2017, the other branches of Swiss broadcasting have not yet participated.
•  Slovakia : On June 6, 2017, RTVS announced that they would not debut at JESC in 2017 either.
•  Slovenia : On May 18, 2017, RTVSlo confirmed that the station will not return in 2017 either.
•  Spain : On July 3, 2017, RTVE announced that it would not return to the JESC in 2017 either.
•  Hungary : On July 27, 2017, MTVA announced that it would not debut at the JESC in 2017 either. In the past there has been a lot of interest in making a debut.
•  United Kingdom : ITV , which participated in 2003-2005, has canceled 2017. The other UK EBU members have never shown any interest in the JESC.

Web links

Commons : Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (English)

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