Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 12

The Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 12 was the twelfth edition of the Junior EuroMusic Song Contest. Amsterdam was chosen to host this edition. It was the third time that The Netherlands hosted the contest.

Ukraine won this edition with 121 points. The Netherlands finished at the second place and Azerbaijan completed the top three.

Location
Different as in the adult version, the previous winners isn't automatically the next hosting country. All participating countries were able to send a bid for host this edition.

The Portuguese broadcaster was the first to announce their interests in hosting this edition. Later on, also Israel and The Netherlands selected a candidate venue and city.

Some days later, the Portuguese broadcaster decided to withdraw from the competition. They canceled their bid.

Host city

The EBU announced that Amsterdam was chosen as host of the 12th edition. It wasn't the first time that The Netherlands hosted this contest. They already hosted the first edition and the seventh edition of the Junior EuroMusic Song Contest.

Number of participants
For the first edition, the EBU announced that they invited some countries to participate in the contest. The maximum of countries is 15.

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

The countries will be split in to groups (first- and second half). This will happen fully random. After, a team will create a running order.

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 country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that received from the mst countries points, will be ranked higher. If that is also the same, then the country who have the highest rank of a country, will be ranked higher.

Voting
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/369468/junior-euromusic-song-contest-12---amsterdam

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

Debuting countries

 * Azerbaijan.jpg Azerbaijan - Because of their success in the EuroMusic Song Contest, they decided to take part in this edition.

Returning countries

 * Ukraine.jpg Ukraine - This country was at the list of participating countries published by the EBU.

Withdrawing countries

 * Portugal.jpg Portugal - Due the bad results in the previous editions, the Portuguese broadcaster announced to withdraw from the competition.
 * Serbia.jpg Serbia - The Serbian broadcaster announed to withdraw from the competition. The Serbian broadcaster wanted to focus more on national competitions.
 * Sweden.jpg Sweden - They didn't appear at the list of participating countries.