One month after the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 the EBU have released the split televote and jury votes. Jury Results 1 MALTA 157 2 ARMENIA 149 3 BELARUS 101 4 SLOVENIA 77 5 SERBIA 73 6 ALBANIA 69 7 AUSTRALIA 67 8 RUSSIA 57 9 NETHERLANDS 53 10 ITALY 43 11 GEORGIA 40 12 MONTENEGRO 21 13 UKRAINE 19 …
JESC: 3 Weeks To Go!
This time in three weeks we will be watching the 13th Junior Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast live from Sofia, Bulgaria. 17 countries will take to the stage in hope of gaining the title of 2015 Junior Eurovision winner. Out of the 17 songs that will participate, we know 16 of them. We are only waiting for the newcomers, Ireland, to …
Sweden and Cyprus to withdraw from Junior Eurovision?
Some sad news for fans of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest today as the official JESC EBU Twitter feed seemingly confirmed two withdrawals for the contest in Bulgaria. Sweden (who will host the main Eurovision in 2016) and Cyprus both seem unlikely to participate in the 2015 contest, with SVT’s children programming going through restructuring and the Cypriot broadcaster CyBC …
Ireland joins Junior Eurovision
Ireland will make its debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest later this year, the EBU has confirmed. The broadcaster representing the country is TG4, an Irish Gaelic language television channel. The channel aims to send an Irish-language entry to the contest and will launch a nationwide talent search for singers aged between 10 to 15 years old to perform …
JESC 2015: Bulgaria To Host
Junior Eurovision Song Contest seems to be the ideal place for new countries to try their hand at hosting the Junior version of the world’s largest song contest. This year will see Bulgaria host their first every Eurovision. Italy, the winners if the 2014 contest have been debating and working on plans as to whether they will host the 2015 …
Cyprus: National Final announced
The Cypriot broadcaster, CyBC, have confirmed that their national final will be held in Nicosia on February 1st. They will be looking for an artist to put Cyprus firmly back on the Eurovision map. They announced their return to the contest earlier this year, after sitting out on Copenhagen 2014. They last took to the stage in 2013, with Despina …
JESC: Slovenian entry revealed
Ula Ložar will represent Slovenia in their very first Junior Eurovision this year in Malta. The song was revealed earlier today in a talk show Nedeljsko popoldne z Ulo. First ever Slovenian Junior Eurovision entry entitled Nisi Sam (Your Light) is a ballad that Ula composed herself with the help of Raay and her music teacher, Marjetka Vovk, while the lyrics were written …
JESC: Portugal withdraws
Despite our previous reports that Portugal would return to Junior Eurovision in 2014, yesterday it was in fact announced that RTP will not take part after all, and therefore will not be returning to the contest this year. Portugal has therefore only accepted the invitation to take part in Junior Eurovision twice, with their last entry coming in 2007. The …
Slovenia joins Junior Eurovision 2014
Slovenia has become the third debutee in this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest after confirmation from the contest’s executive supervisor, Vladislav Yakovlev, on Twitter. My God, our JESC family has very smart kids!! Well done, guys and welcome to … Slovenia! 🙂 #JuniorESCPress — Vladislav Yakovlev (@Ya_VladislaV) August 19, 2014 Despite continued silence over the country’s participation in Eurovision 2015 …
Bulgaria returns to Junior Eurovision
Bulgaria’s national broadcast BNT has finally confirmed that they will be returning to The Junior Eurovision Song Contest. They will be represented by 10 year old Krisia Todorova who has been internally selected. Bulgaria join three over countries who so far have announced their return to the junior version of the show we all love; Cyprus, Portugal and Serbia. …