Junior EuroMusic Song Contest

The Junior EuroMusic Song Contest (JEMSC) is a competitive music festival between European countries (and some expections), where every participating country sends a song to compete in the event. At the end, the results are made by a jury and televoting. The contest is based on the adult version: the EuroMusic Song Contest

History
The origins of the contest date back to 2020. The idea was extended to the EuroMusic Song Contest. The EBU wanted to organise a new contest for kids. The EBU invited some countries to participate in the first edition. Amsterdam was choosen as host city. Russia won this first edition with 102 points. Israel finished at the second place followed by Sweden who finished third. Ukraine, however, received the same amount of points but got less the maximum of 12 points. Three citties were in the running to host the second edition. Valletta was chosen to host this edition. Croatia won this edation. This was their first victory in a EuroMusic event. Greece finished at the second place followed by Russia who came third.

Stockholm was the host city for the third edition. The maximum of 15 countries took part in Sweden. Russia won this edition. It was their second victory in this contest. Greece finished at the second place. Croatia ended at the third place. Switzerland finished at the last place, as they also did in the previous edition. The fourth edition took place in Zagreb, Croatia. Sweden won this edition and so this became the first Swedish victory in the contest. The Netherlands finished at the second place followed by Greece. During the voting, there was a small incident. North Macedonia was showed at the scoreboard as: Macedonia. The Greek broadcaster was not amused and asked the EBU for more information. Later on, the EBU officially apologized for this incident.

Antwerp hosted the fifth edition. It was the first time that the host city wasn't the capital city of the host country. Poland was the surprising winner of this edition. The favorite: North Macedonia, finished at the second place. Sweden ended at the third place. In the sixth edition, the rules about the language changed. The song has to be for more than more than 50% in the national language of the country. Six countries decided to select a song in their offial language, combined with English. Russia won the contest for the third time. Cyprus, who hosted this edition finished at the second place. The top-favorite, The Netherlands, finished at at the third place. The Hague hosted the seventh edition. It was the second time that The Netherlands hosted this contest. The host country won this edition. It was the first time the winning country won at their home soil. Cyprus finished at the second place. North Macedonia completed the top three.

Poland hosted the eighth edition in Gdańks. Armenia won for the first time a EuroMusic-event. Russia finished at the second place while Sweden finished at the third place. Russia hosted the ninth edition. Serbia took there their first EuroMusic victory. The next edition was won by Armenia again. Russia finished at the second place followed by Bulgaria. Malta won the eleventh edition with 115 points. The winning song "Marchin' on" was the first winner who was fully in the English language. Israel finished for the second time in their history at the second place. The host country Bulgaria finished at the third place. Dublin hosted the 13th edition. 12 countries took part in this edition. Normally the United States would also participate, but they withdrew for unknown reasons. Ukraine won this edition. This was the first time in the history of the contest that a country won the festival in two consecutive editions.

At the end of the 13nd edition, the EBU announced that a new edition would be postponed because of the lack of interests. Some months later however, the EBU published an announcement that the 14nd edition would be hosted in Malta. 16 countries took part in the edition, a new record. This was possible because the EBU had raised the maximum number of participating countries from 15 to 18. Another new part of the show was found in the voting. Another new part of the show was found in the voting. 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. Russia won this edition with the song "Sensation" performed by Lerika. Armenia and Israel completed the top three. Poland was selected as host country in the 15th edition. Gianluca Cilia won the contest for Malta. The Netherlands finished at the second place while Sweden ended at the third place. Ukraine took their third victory in the 16th edition.

Format
Every country send one song to the contest. At least there are 11 countries, and the maximum are 20 countries. The participants have to perform a song in the official language of the country. Different as in the adult contest, the winning country isn't automatically the next host country. In every edition, countries can apply to host.

Countries can only participate if they are member of the EBU. However, the hosting broadcaster can send, since the fourth edition of the adult contest, the television station NBC, from the USA, an invitation to participate. This case again happend in the seventeenth edition of the adult contest. Here Australia got the same status as the USA.

However Kazakhstan isn't able to participate in the EuroMusic Song Contest, they are able to participate in this contest.

Number of victories and hosting
Six countries won the contest once: Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia and Sweden.

Three country won the contest twice: Armenia, Malta and Ukraine.

One country won the contest four times: Russia.

The first four editions where hosted both in the capital of the hosting countries: Amsterdam, Stockholm, Valletta and Zagreb. the fifth edition took place in Antwerp. Nicosia, the Cypriotic capital, hosted the sixth edition.

The Netherlands was the first country who hosted multiple editions. Their second edition was in The Hague. Stockholm was the first city who hosted multiple editions. Varna, was chosen to host the eleventh edition.

Participating countries
From the beginning of the contest until the most recent edition 27 countries took part in the contest. Only in the first edition, the EBU sended an invitation to the broadcasters.

On this map, the countries in green are the countries that took part in at least one edition. The yellow countries are the countries who are able to participate but didn't made their début yet and the grey ones, are the nations who can't participate in this contest.

However Kazakhstan isn't able to participate in the EuroMusic Song Contest, they are able to participate in this contest.

Statistics
For more statistics, you can have a look to the following page: Statistics of the Junior EuroMusic Song Contest

Here you can see the top 10 prestations from eatch country.


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 * Withdrawn – Countries who have participated in the past but have withdrawn.