Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
#LightUp (real), "Touch the Moon" (AI)
Dates
Semi-final	12 November 2018 (AI only)
Final	25 November 2018
Host
Venue	Moscow Creative Mall, Moscow, Russia
Presenter(s)	Evgeny Perlin Zinaida Kupriyanovich Helena Meraai
Directed by	Gordon Bonello Daniel Jelinek
Executive supervisor	Martin Österdahl, Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer	Olga Shlyager
Host broadcaster	Carousel
Website	www.junioreurovision.tv/event/minsk-2018
Participants
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	Kazakhstan  Wales
Returning countries	Azerbaijan  France  Israel
Non-returning countries	Cyprus
Vote
Voting system	Each country's professional jury award 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs. International viewers vote for 3–5 songs, and votes are converted to points by proportional representation.
Winning song	Poland "Anyone I Want to Be"

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the sixteenth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place at the Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018, Russian broadcaster Carousel was the host broadcaster for the event in the AI version where AI videos take over the edition.^[1] The motto for the contest was "#LightUp".^[2]

Results

Roksana Węgiel and her dance troupe with trophy

On 9 August 2017, it was confirmed that sixteen countries would take part in the contest. Israel was given permission to participate as they had won the adult contest earlier that year.^[3]

Despite withdrawing from the contest on 2 July 2018 due to financial difficulties,^[4] Ukraine were added to the list of participating countries on 2 August 2018, setting a record of 20 participating countries.^[5]

Draw[6]	Country[6]	Artist[6]	Song[6]	Language(s)	Place[7]	Points[7]
01	Ukraine	Darina Krasnovetska	"Say Love"	Ukrainian, English	4	182
02	Portugal	Rita Laranjeira	"Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)"	Portuguese	18	42
03	Kazakhstan	Daneliya Tuleshova	"Ózińe sen" (Өзіңе сен)	Kazakh, English	6	171
04	Albania	Efi Gjika	"Barbie"	Albanian, English	17	44
05	Russia	Anna Filipchuk	"Unbreakable"	Russian, English	10	122
06	Netherlands	Max and Anne	"Samen"	Dutch, English	13	91
07	Azerbaijan	Fidan Huseynova	"I Wanna Be Like You"	Azerbaijani, English	16	47
08	Belarus	Daniel Yastremski	"Time"	Russian, English	11	114
09	Ireland	Taylor Hynes	"IOU"	Irish	15	48
10	Serbia	Bojana Radovanović	"Svet" (Свет)	Serbian	19	30
11	Italy	Melissa and Marco	"What Is Love"	Italian, English	7	151
12	Australia	Jael	"Champion"	English	3	201
13	Georgia	Tamar Edilashvili	"Your Voice"	Georgian, English	8	144
14	Israel	Noam Dadon	"Children Like These"	Hebrew	14	81
15	France	Angélina	"Jamais sans toi"	French, English	2	203
16	Macedonia	Marija Spasovska	"Doma" (Дома)	Macedonian	12	99
17	Armenia	L.E.V.O.N	"L.E.V.O.N"	Armenian	9	125
18	Wales	Manw	"Perta"	Welsh	20	29
19	Malta	Ela	"Marchin' On"	English	5	181
20	Poland	Roksana Węgiel	"Anyone I Want to Be"	Polish, English	1	215

Score sheet

Split results
Place	Online Voting		Jury
	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	Poland	136	Australia	148
2	France	117	Malta	138
3	Kazakhstan	103	Georgia	105
4	Ukraine	78	Ukraine	104
5	Armenia	70	Italy	94
6	Netherlands	68	France	86
7	Russia	62	Poland	79
8	Italy	57	Kazakhstan	68
9	Australia	53	Macedonia	64
10	Belarus	53	Belarus	61
11	Israel	47	Russia	60
12	Malta	43	Armenia	55
13	Portugal	42	Israel	34
14	Georgia	39	Netherlands	23
15	Ireland	36	Azerbaijan	17
16	Macedonia	35	Ireland	12
17	Albania	34	Albania	10
18	Azerbaijan	30	Serbia	2
19	Wales	29	Portugal	0
20	Serbia	28	Wales	0

Voting results^[8]

Voting procedure used:   100% jury vote   100% online voting		Total score	Online voting	Ukraine	Portugal	Kazakhstan	Albania	Russia	Netherlands	Azerbaijan	Belarus	Ireland	Serbia	Italy	Australia	Georgia	Israel	France	Macedonia	Armenia	Wales	Malta	Poland
Contestants	Ukraine	182	78		7	6	2	3	4	3	3	5	8	7		10	8	5	10	2	5	4	12
	Portugal	42	42
	Kazakhstan	171	103	5			4	7	5	8	6	4	5			6			8	4		6
	Albania	44	34							1		1							1		2	5
	Russia	122	62		1	4			3	12	2				8		5			10	7	2	6
	Netherlands	91	68	1				2					1		3	2	3	4		6	1
	Azerbaijan	47	30				6					3		4							3	1
	Belarus	114	53		10	2			8	10		2		5	1	1				12		10
	Ireland	48	36													3		1					8
	Serbia	30	28																2
	Italy	151	57	6	4	10				4	7	10	6		7	7	7	3	12			8	3
	Australia	201	53	12	12	3	7	10	12	6	12	7	3	12		8	2	6	7	7	12		10
	Georgia	144	39	7	2	5		12	2	2		12	2	10	5		12	10	5	8	10		1
	Israel	81	47	4	3	7	1	5	1					6				2				3	2
	France	203	117		5		12	6	7	7	8	6	7		4	4	1		6	1		12
	Macedonia	99	35	2		12	10	1			1		12	1	2			7		5	4		7
	Armenia	125	70	3	6		3		6		5			3	6		4	8				7	4
	Wales	29	29
	Malta	181	43	10	8	8	5	8	10	5	10	8	4	8	12	12	10		4	3	8		5
	Poland	215	136	8		1	8	4			4		10	2	10	5	6	12	3		6

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	Australia	Belarus,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Portugal,  Ukraine,  Wales
3	Georgia	Ireland,  Israel,  Russia
2	France	Albania,  Malta
	Macedonia	Kazakhstan,  Serbia
	Malta	Australia,  Georgia
1	Belarus	Armenia
	Italy	Macedonia
	Poland	France
	Russia	Azerbaijan
	Ukraine	Poland

Spokespersons

1.  Ukraine – Anastasiya Baginska^[9]
2.  Portugal – Nadezhda Sidorova^[10]
3.  Kazakhstan – Aruzhan Khafiz^[11]
4.  Albania – Daniil Lazuko^[10]
5.  Russia – Dina Baru and Khryusha
6.  Netherlands – Vincent Miranovich^[10]
7.  Azerbaijan – Valeh Huseynbeyli^[12]
8.  Belarus – Arina Rovba
9.  Ireland – Alex Hynes^[13]
10.  Serbia – Lana Karić
11.  Italy – Yan Musvidas^[10]
12.  Australia – Ksenia Galetskaya^[10]
13.  Georgia – Nikoloz Vasadze^[14]
14.  Israel – Adi
15.  France – Daniil Rotenko and Lubava Marchuk^[10]
16.  Macedonia – Arina Pekhtereva^[10]
17.  Armenia – Vardan Margaryan
18.  Wales – Gwen Rowley
19.  Malta – Milana Borodko^[10]
20.  Poland – Grace

References

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3. Granger, Anthony (25 July 2018). "Israel: Was the 19th Country Allowed to Participate in Junior Eurovision 2018". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
4. "Ukraine won't compete at Junior Eurovision 2018". EscPlus. 2 July 2018.
5. "Surprise! Ukraine joins as 20th country for Minsk 2018". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2 August 2018.
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10. Granger, Anthony (24 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision'18: Schoolchildren Revealed as Spokespersons For Nine Nations". Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
11. "Kazakhstan: Aruzhan Khafiz Revealed as Spokesperson". Eurovoix. 22 November 2018.
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