Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 15

The Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 15 was the fifteenth edition of the Junior EuroMusic Song Contest. Poland hosted this edition in Warsaw. It was the second time that Poland hosted this contest.

Malta was declared the winner of this edition. Gianluca Cilia was the second Maltese winner in the history of the contest. The Netherlands finished at the second place with the group SH!NE. Sweden, who returned to the contest, completed the top three. They also won the online voting while finishing fourth by the national jurys.

17 countries took part in this edition. This one more than in the previous edition and a record. Albania, North Macedonia and Sweden returned to the contest. Kazakhstan and Wales decided to withdraw from the competition.

Location
Different as in the adult version, the previous winners isn't automatically the next hosting country. Instead there was a selection to select a host country. For this edition, the EBU internnaly selected the Polish broadcastser as host.

Later on, it was clear that the contest would take place in the Polish capital, Warsaw. They announced that the contest would take place in Arena COS Torwar. It has a capacity of 6100 people.

Number of participants
For the first edition, the EBU announced that they invited some countries to participate in the contest. For the next edition, countries could sign in, with a maximum of 15 countries from the second edition until the thirteenth edition. This was increased to 18 countries in the fourteenth edition.

Running order
There are specific rules about how a country gets his running order.

From the first edition until the thirteenth, the countries were divided in to groups (first- and second half). This happened fully random. Afterwords, a team will create a running order. Since the fourteenth edition, only the first, last place and the spot of the host country have been drawn.

Song
Each country sends one song to the contest. There was a change in the rules for this edition. The song has to be for more than 50% in official languages of the country. The song also can't be longer than five minutes.

Voting rules
After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The 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.

The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country who received the most points from the online voting will be ranked higher. In case that is the same, the country that received points from the most nations, will be ranked higher. If that is also the same, then the country with most of the 12 points will finish at a higher place, when the countries received from the same amount of countries this highest mark, the nation with the most of 10 points, ... will be ranked higher.

Voting
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/511612/junior-euromusic-song-contest-15---warsaw

12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

Returning countries

 * Albania.jpg Albania - When the EBU published the official list of participating countries, it was clear that Albania would take part in this edition.
 * North Macedonia.jpg North Macedonia - The national broadcaster announced some days before the deadline that they would participate in the contest.
 * Sweden.jpg Sweden - When the EBU published the official list of participating countries, it was clear that Sweden would take part in this edition.

Withdrawing countries

 * Kazakhstan.jpg Kazakhstan - When the EBU published the official list of participating countries, it was clear that Kazakhstan would not take part in this edition.
 * Wales.jpg Wales - When the EBU published the official list of participating countries, it was clear that Wales would not take part in this edition.