List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest winners
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is an annual contest organized between member countries of the European Broadcasting Union for children aged between 9 and 14. This junior contest has been broadcast every year since its debut in 2003, and is based on the senior version entitled Eurovision Song Contest, one of the longest-running television programmes in the world since the debut in 1956. The contest's winner has been determined using numerous voting techniques throughout its history; centre to these have been the awarding of points to countries by juries or televoters. The country awarded the most points is declared the winner.
There have been 17 contests, with one winner each year. Eleven different countries have won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Six have won the contest once: Armenia, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, and the Netherlands. Four have won the contest twice: Belarus, Malta, Poland and Russia. The country with the highest number of wins is Georgia, with three wins. Both Croatia and Italy achieved their wins on their debut participation in the contest. Macedonia is the country with the longest history in the contest without a win having made fifteen appearances since their debut in 2003.
Winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest provides an opportunity for the winning artist to capitalise on their success and surrounding publicity by launching or furthering their international career. Some artists from Junior Eurovision have progressed later in their careers to participate in national selection finals for the senior Eurovision Song Contest, including Molly Sandén who represented Sweden in 2006 and later took part in the 2009, 2012 and 2016 Melodifestivalen. Nevena Božović represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 as part of Moje 3 and became the first contestant to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest after competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, where she came third in 2007. The Tolmachevy Sisters are the second contestants to do so, participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 after winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with their entry, "Vesenniy jazz".
2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018 are years that a country has won and has hosted the following year's edition.
Winners by year
Year | Date | Host city | Winner | Song | Performer | Language | Points | Margin |
15 November | Copenhagen | "Ti si moja prva ljubav" | Dino Jelusić | Croatian | 134 | 9 | ||
20 November | Lillehammer | "Antes muerta que sencilla" | María Isabel | Spanish | 171 | 31 | ||
26 November | Hasselt | "My vmeste" | Ksenia Sitnik | Russian | 149 | 3 | ||
2 December | Bucharest | "Vesenniy jazz" | Tolmachevy Sisters | Russian | 154 | 25 | ||
8 December | Rotterdam | "S druz'yami" | Alexey Zhigalkovich | Russian | 137 | 1 | ||
22 November | Limassol | "Bzz.." | Bzikebi | Imaginary | 154 | 19 | ||
21 November | Kiev | "Click Clack" | Ralf Mackenbach | Dutch, English | 121 | 5 | ||
20 November | Minsk | "Mama" | Vladimir Arzumanyan | Armenian | 120 | 1 | ||
3 December | Yerevan | "Candy Music" | CANDY | Georgian | 108 | 5 | ||
1 December | Amsterdam | "Nebo" | Anastasiya Petryk | Ukrainian, English | 138 | 35 | ||
30 November | Kiev | "The Start" | Gaia Cauchi | English | 130 | 9 | ||
15 November | Marsa | "Tu primo grande amore" | Vincenzo Cantiello | Italian, English | 159 | 12 | ||
21 November | Sofia | "Not My Soul" | Destiny Chukunyere | English | 185 | 9 | ||
20 November | Valletta | "Mzeo" | Mariam Mamadashvili | Georgian | 239 | 7 | ||
26 November | Tbilisi | "Wings" | Polina Bogusevich | Russian, English | 188 | 3 | ||
25 November | Minsk | "Anyone I Want to Be" | Roksana Węgiel | Polish, English | 215 | 12 | ||
24 November | Gliwice | "Superhero" | Viki Gabor | Polish, English | 278 | 51 |
Winners by country
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Ranking
;Table keyRank | Country | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Next best placement |
1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4th | |
2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4th | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4th | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8th | |
6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5th | |
7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th | |
8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4th | |
9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4th | |
10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7th | |
11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10th | |
12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14th | |
13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5th | |
14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6th | |
15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7th | |
16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5th | |
17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5th | |
18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6th | |
19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6th | |
20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12th | |
21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13th | |
22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th | |
26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th | |
27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | |
28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | |
29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th | |
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | |
31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | |
32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th | |
33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10th | |
34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10th | |
35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13th | |
36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13th | |
37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th | |
38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16th | |
39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18th |
Best placement by non-winning countries
;Table keyBy language
Since the contest began in 2003, all nations competing must sing in the national language of the country being represented. However, they can have a few lines in a different language.Wins | Language | Years | Countries |
8 | English | 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 | Netherlands, Ukraine, Malta, Italy, Russia, Poland |
4 | Russian | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017 | Belarus, Russia |
2 | Georgian | 2011, 2016 | Georgia |
2 | Polish | 2018, 2019 | Poland |
1 | Croatian | 2003 | Croatia |
1 | Spanish | 2004 | Spain |
1 | Imaginary | 2008 | Georgia |
1 | Dutch | 2009 | Netherlands |
1 | Armenian | 2010 | Armenia |
1 | Ukrainian | 2012 | Ukraine |
1 | Italian | 2014 | Italy |
1 | - | - | - |