Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
#MoveTheWorld!
Dates
Final29 November 2020
Host
VenueTVP Headquarters, Warsaw, Poland[1][2]
Presenter(s)
Directed by
  • Marcin Migalski
  • Tomasz Motyl
Executive supervisorMartin Österdahl[3]
Executive producerMarta Piekarska[4]
Host broadcasterTelewizja Polska (TVP)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/poland-2020 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries12
Debuting countries Germany
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
  • Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Belgium in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestCroatia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestCyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestDenmark in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestGreece in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestLatvia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestNorth Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestMalta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Norway in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestPoland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Romania in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSpain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestFrance in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Switzerland in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestGermany in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestAustralia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestRussia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSerbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestBulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestGeorgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020Lithuania in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestMoldova in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestAlbania in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestIsrael in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestAzerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSan Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestItaly in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestMontenegro in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSlovenia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestIreland in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestKazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestUnited Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestWales in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2020
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.[5]
Winning song France
"J'imagine"
2019 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2021
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was the 18th edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by Telewizja Polska (TVP) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest took place on 29 November 2020, and was held in Warsaw, Poland, following the country's victory at the 2019 contest with the song "Superhero" by Viki Gabor. This was the first time the contest was held in the same country for two consecutive years.[1]

Twelve countries participated in the contest, having the smallest number of participants since the 2013 contest (with some countries pointing the COVID-19 pandemic situation and the resulting travel restrictions as the reasons for their withdrawal), with Germany participating for the first time.

France's Valentina was the winner of the contest with the song "J'imagine". This was France's first victory in the contest, as well as its first win at a Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. Kazakhstan and Spain finished second and third, respectively, for the second year in a row. The Netherlands and Belarus completed the top five, with the Netherlands finishing fourth also for the second year in a row. Debuting country Germany finished last.

  1. ^ a b "It's time to #MoveTheWorld!". junioreurovision.tv. 16 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Eurowizja Junior 2020 – Prowadzący: dobre ciepło!". TVP VOD. 7 October 2020.
  3. ^ Farren, Neil (20 January 2020). "Martin Österdahl Appointed Eurovision Executive Supervisor". eurovoix.com.
  4. ^ "How to create a remote show in 2020". junioreurovision.tv. 29 November 2020.
  5. ^ Granger, Anthony (16 October 2020). "Junior Eurovision'20: Voting To Be Tweaked With Discussions On Going Around Points Presentation". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020.