Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Heroes
Dates
Final26 November 2023
Host
VenuePalais Nikaïa, Nice, France
Presenter(s)
Directed by
  • Julian Gutierrez
  • Franck Broqua
Executive supervisorMartin Österdahl
Executive producerAlexandra Redde-Amiel
Host broadcasterFrance Télévisions
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/nice-2023 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
Vote
Voting systemThe professional jury of each country awards a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs. Viewers around the world vote for 3 songs, and their votes are distributed proportionally. The votes of the jury and the audience make up 50% of all votes.
Winning song France
"Cœur"
2022 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2024

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the twenty-first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place at Palais Nikaïa, Nice, France on 26 November 2023,[1] French broadcaster France Télévisions was the host broadcaster for the event.[2] The motto for the contest was "Heroes".[3][4]

List of participating countries

16 countries competed in the 2023 edition. Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Russia was absent from the contest.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023[5][6]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Viola Gjyzeli "Bota ime" Albanian
  • Eriona Rushiti
  • Enis Mullaj
 Armenia AMPTV Yan Girls "Do It My Way" Armenian, English
 Estonia ERR Arhanna "Hoiame kokku" Estonian, English
 France France Télévisions Zoé Clauzure "Cœur" French
  • Noée Francheteau
  • Julien Comblat
  • Jérémy Chapron
 Georgia GPB Anastasia and Ranina "Over the Sky" Georgian, English
  • Betkho
  • Mebo Nutsubidze
 Germany NDR/Kika Fia "Ohne Worte" German[a]
 Ireland TG4 Jessica McKean[b] "Aisling" Irish
  • Niall Mooney
  • Ken McHugh
  • Will Weeks
  • Niamh Mooney
  • Sophie Lennon
 Italy RAI Melissa and Ranya "Un mondo giusto" Italian, English
 Malta PBS Yulan "Stronger" English
  • John-Emil Johansson
  • Sandra Wikström
  • Isak Alvedahl
  • Elise Hedengren
  • Yulan
 Netherlands AVROTROS Sep & Jasmijn [nl] "Holding On to You" Dutch, English Robert Dorn
 North Macedonia MRT Tamara Grujeska [mk] "Kaži mi, kaži mi koj" (Кажи ми, кажи ми кој) Macedonian, English
 Poland TVP Maja Krzyżewska "I Just Need a Friend" Polish, English
 Portugal RTP Júlia Machado "Where I Belong" Portuguese, English
 Spain RTVE Sandra Valero "Loviu" Spanish[d]
 Ukraine UA:PBC Anastasia Dymyd "Kvitka" (Квітка) Ukrainian, English Svitlana Tarabarova
 United Kingdom BBC Stand Uniqu3 "Back to Life" English
  • Sky Adams
  • Jakke Erixson
  • Jack Hawitt

Returning artists

Sophie Lennon, who represented Ireland in 2022, joined Jessica McKean on stage.[11]

Other countries

The following countries confirmed they would not participate in the event; Austria,[12] Azerbaijan,[13] Belgium (VRT and RTBF),[14] Cyprus,[15][16] Czechia,[17] Denmark,[18] Finland,[19] Iceland,[20] Israel,[21][22] Latvia,[23] Lithuania,[24] Luxembourg,[25] Moldova,[26] Norway,[27] Romania,[28] San Marino,[29] Serbia,[30] Slovakia,[31] Slovenia,[32] Sweden[33] and Switzerland,[34] as well as associate members in Australia[35] and Kazakhstan.[36][37]

Notes
  1. ↑ Contains phrases in French, English and Spanish;[7][8] Signed German was also used during the live televised performance.[9]
  2. ↑ Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Sophie Lennon.
  3. ↑ Despite Machado's involvement in writing "Where I Belong", she was not credited.[10]
  4. ↑ Contains repeated phrases in English, French, Italian and Portuguese.

Detailed voting results

Split results
Place Combined Jury Online vote
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  France 228  France 136  France 92
2  Spain 201  Armenia 116  Spain 86
3  Armenia 180  Spain 115  Ukraine 83
4  United Kingdom 160  United Kingdom 102  Germany 74
5  Ukraine 128  Albania 70  Netherlands 70
6  Poland 124  Poland 69  Armenia 64
7  Netherlands 122  Netherlands 52  United Kingdom 58
8  Albania 115  Malta 51  Poland 55
9  Germany 107  Ukraine 45  Georgia 53
10  Malta 94  North Macedonia 37
45
11  Italy 81  Italy 37
12  North Macedonia 76  Germany 33  Italy 44
13  Portugal 75  Portugal 30
43
14  Georgia 74  Georgia 21
15  Estonia 49  Ireland 8  North Macedonia 39
16  Ireland 42  Estonia 6  Ireland 34
Distribution of points given by the juries and the audience
Detailed voting results of the final
Voting procedure used:
  100% Online vote
  100% Jury vote
Total score
Jury vote score
Online vote score
 Jury vote
Spain
Malta
Ukraine
Ireland
United Kingdom
North Macedonia
Estonia
Armenia
Poland
Georgia
Portugal
France
Albania
Italy
Germany
Netherlands
Competing countries
 Spain 201 115 86 6 5 8 10 12 6 2 12 12 10 12 10 10
Malta 94 51 43 3 4 12 3 7 10 4 6 2
Ukraine 128 45 83 1 3 1 3 4 5 6 8 2 7 5
Ireland 42 8 34 3 4 1
United Kingdom 160 102 58 10 10 12 4 7 6 8 8 1 4 12 8 5 7
North Macedonia 76 37 39 2 2 2 1 1 10 6 5 1 4 3
Estonia 49 6 43 1 2 2 1
Armenia 180 116 64 3 12 10 2 12 12 8 7 10 2 7 6 5 12 8
Poland 124 69 55 8 4 7 10 10 2 5 8 3 6 6
Georgia 74 21 53 5 3 4 5 3 1
Portugal 75 30 45 7 5 6 1 1 2 6 2
France 228 136 92 12 8 6 12 6 8 10 10 12 5 10 7 10 8 12
Albania 115 70 45 8 7 7 5 5 7 4 4 12 3 7 1
Italy 81 37 44 6 3 5 1 3 8 3 8
Germany 107 33 74 1 4 4 7 3 7 2 1 4
Netherlands 122 52 70 4 7 8 5 6 2 6 2 5 4 3

12 points

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

12 points awarded by juries
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
4  Armenia  Germany,  Malta,  North Macedonia,  United Kingdom
 France  Ireland,  Netherlands,  Poland,  Spain
 Spain  Estonia,  France,  Georgia,  Italy
2  United Kingdom  Albania,  Ukraine
1  Albania  Portugal
 Malta  Armenia

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