JESC 2023

[Marcos C]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be taking place at Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France on November 26, 2023 at 16:00 CET.

The theme of this year's contest is "Heroes."

The following countries have confirmed that they are participating in JESC 2023.

Albania
Armenia
Estonia
France
Georgia
Germany **
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Ukraine
United Kingdom

** = Returning after a one-year absence


The following participants of JESC 2022 are not returning this year.

Kazakhstan
Serbia


This year's JESC has 16 participants, the same number as last year's competition.

 

[Realest]

will take part.

will celebrate its Debut.
For the first Time all Big5 Countries will take part.

 

[Bobjan FR]

Estonia surprise us, baltic countries left since 2011, and nordic countries since 2014 !

 

[Marcos C]

The Junior Eurovision website has more information on this year's contest. The theme of JESC 2023 is "Heroes."

Revealed: The 16 countries participating in Junior Eurovision 2023

 

[Marcos C]

The EBU is introducing a new safeguarding policy for the participants of JESC.

🇫🇷 Junior Eurovision 2023: New Safeguarding Policy Being Introduced - Eurovoix

The European Broadcasting Union is introducing a new safeguarding policy for the participants in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

eurovoix.com

 

[Looren]

This JESC edition is pretty strong so far imo, there's no song I actually disliked so far

 

[ESCConor]

My favourites so far are the Netherlands and Germany.

Still got the UK to come which I expect to be revealed soon, apparently its another banger.

 

[AlekS]

The 2023 MTV EMA in Paris have been canceled. JESC is next?

 

[AlekS]

The EBU is considering different variants, if situation with Gaza and Israel gets worse. It can hold JESC online with pre-recorded performances.

 

[njdevils94]

The EBU is considering different variants, if situation with Gaza and Israel gets worse. It can hold JESC online with pre-recorded performances.

Wouldn't be a good look to cancel JESC over threats of violent protests. I think everything will be just fine in the end and the contest will go along as normal in the south of France.

 

[AlekS]

Wouldn't be a good look to cancel JESC over threats of violent protests. I think everything will be just fine in the end and the contest will go along as normal in the south of France.

I hope so too. But if it gets worse, all the precautions would make sense. Especially after the recent terrorist attack in Brussels. If it's easier for securities to guarantee safety inside the arena, nobody will make you safe outside. There's a plenty of jihadist fanatics fueled by the "poor Palestinian kids bombed by cruel Israel" narrative.
We all remember the Manchester bombings at Ariana Grande concert. Who did that and what was the sick justification for that? If the US enters the war, the risk of terrorist attack will be super high.
Moreover, Nice has already suffered a gruesome terrorist attack when 87 people died and 434 were injured. Security will become a focal point this year.

 

[ESCConor]

I doubt they will cancel it, the worst case scenario is that they move to having it as a virtual format, similar to how they done it during COVID.

 

[AlekS]

If participants won't start shooting live on tape videos, then everything is fine
ps. Every delegation already has a conception of their performances (we've already recorded ours). I assume next week is the deadline for sending it to JESC directors.

 

[Marcos C]

Here is information for those who are interested in attending JESC 2023.

🇫🇷 Junior Eurovision 2023: Tickets On Sale This Thursday - Eurovoix

Tickets for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will go on sale this Thursday.

eurovoix.com

 

[Marcos C]

Here is a recap of the 16 entries for JESC 2023.

 

[BorisBubbles]

Well all entries are out, so it's time to ask a honest question.

Is it just me, or is JESC especially bland this year?

 

[Marcos C]

Is it just me, or is JESC especially bland this year?

It's just you.

 

[Romeo]

Grants I haven’t heard all songs but at this point I have to say Macedonia, Netherlands, and uk are my top 3

 

[EscGeek]

It should be obvious who my winner is... it's the one with the fastest pace and it's not trying to "reinvent the wheel" with its musical direction.

 

[Looren]

My ranking of this JESC :

1. Italy
2. North Macedonia
3. Armenia
4. Portugal
5. Georgia
6. Albania
7. Poland
8. France
9. UK
10. Ireland
11. The Netherlands
12. Malta
13. Estonia
14. Ukraine
15. Germany
16. Spain

The only ones I didn't really enjoy are my bottom 2, very strong edition for my taste