Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was the 18th edition of the annual contest. It took place on 29 November 2020, and was held in Warsaw, Poland. France’s Valentina was the winner of the contest with the song \”J’imagine\”. This was France’s first victory in the contest, and their first victory at a Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. Kazakhstan and Spain finished in second and third place respectively for the second year in a row.
About Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in brief
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was the 18th edition of the annual contest. It took place on 29 November 2020, and was held in Warsaw, Poland. France’s Valentina was the winner of the contest with the song \”J’imagine\”. This was France’s first victory in the contest, and their first victory at a Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. Kazakhstan and Spain finished in second and third place respectively for the second year in a row. The Netherlands and Belarus completed the top five, with the former finishing fourth. Debuting country Germany finished last. For the first time, all the competing songs were performed in a studio in each participating country. The opening ceremony and the interval acts were also broadcast live from Warsaw, with, according to the EBU, ‘all presenters and necessary crew socially distancing.’ The only four countries to record their performances in Warsaw are Malta, Poland, Serbia and Ukraine.
The same voting system was used that was used in the 2017 edition was used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Viewers could also vote for their own country’s entry for three minutes for the last performance for 15 minutes. The first phase of the online voting lasted from 27 to one minute before the show starts on November 29. The contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and work on the event was suspended indefinitely. Poland was confirmed as the host country in March 2020. Current champion, Viki Gabor, also expressed her desire for the event to be held in Kraków, her place of residence. The 2019 adult Eurovision winning song with Roksanaę Wielgielińska was Alicana’s ‘Superhero’ and the 2019 Eurovision winner with Laurence SzempliŢska sang ‘Empire Empires’.
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