Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 9

The Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 9 was the ninth edition of the Junior EuroMusic Song Contest. This edition took place in Moscow, Russia.

At the end of the show it was clear that Serbia won this edition with 109 points. Russia finished at the second place for the second edition in a row. Debuting country Italy finished at the third place.

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.

Host city

The EBU announced that Russia was chosen to host this edition. The already tried to host four previous editions, but they were never choosed before. Because the fact that this edition took place in Russia, Ukraine decided to withdrawn from the contest.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/361291/junior-euromusic-song-contest-09--moscow

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

Debuting countries

 * Bulgaria.jpg Bulgaria - The Bulgarian broadcaster announced that they would take part for the first time in this ninth edition.
 * Italy.jpg Italy - This country was on the offcial list of participating counties.
 * Portugal.jpg Portugal - This country was on the offcial list of participating counties.

Withdrawing countries

 * Belgium.jpg Belgium - The VRT decided to withdraw from the competion. The main reason was the low rating in viewers.
 * Ukraine.jpg Ukraine - Because Russia hosted this edition, the Ukrainian broadcaster decided to withdraw immediately.