The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 20th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 11 December 2022 at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, and presented by Iveta Mukuchyan, Garik Papoyan, Karina Ignatyan, and Robin the Robot. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV), who staged the event after winning the for with the song "" by Maléna. This was the second time that the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Armenia, the first being in .
Broadcasters from sixteen countries participated in the contest. The returned after a sixteen-year absence, while , , , and did not take part after participating in the previous edition.
The winner was with the song "" by Lissandro. This was France's second victory in the contest, having last won in . Host country , , , and the completed the top five, with this being the highest placement for Ireland to date. Meanwhile, achieved their lowest placing to date.
Location
The contest took place at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan, the capital and largest city of Armenia. The venue previously hosted the . It was also the third consecutive time the contest is held in a capital city. The budget for the event was (), of which came from the Armenian government's emergency fund.
Bidding phase and host city selection Armenia's hosting had been confirmed by the EBU on 21 December 2021, following their win at the two days before. Originally, unlike in the Eurovision Song Contest, the winning country did not receive the automatic rights to host the next contest. The venue was revealed on 17 February 2022 during a cabinet meeting of the Armenian government, where Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made the announcement. Pashinyan also mentioned that the government had allocated funds to the venue to prepare for the event. It was already reported earlier in that week that Yerevan would be the host city.
Participants On 26 September 2022, the EBU announced that 16 countries would participate in the contest. After a 16-year hiatus, the returned to the contest, with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) replacing ITV, who previously organised the country’s participation in the contest between 2003 and 2005. , , and withdrew after having participated in 2021. Despite confirming its intention to participate in the 2022 contest, Bulgaria would end up withdrawing before the deadline for unknown reasons. Meanwhile, Russia and its broadcasters were indefinitely suspended from the EBU in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with their National Final being cancelled in July 2022.
Prior to the contest, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2022 contest was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music on 30 November 2022.
+ Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) RTSH Kejtlin Gjata "" Albanian AMPTV Nare "Dance!" Armenian, English Lissandro "" French GPB Mariam Bigvava "I Believe" Georgian, English TG4 Sophie Lennon "Solas" Irish RAI Chanel Dilecta "Bla Bla Bla" Italian, English KA David Charlin "Jer-Ana (Mother Earth)" Kazakh, English PBS Gaia Gambuzza "Diamonds in the Skies" English Matthew James Borg AVROTROS Luna "" Dutch, English Robert Dorn MRT Lara Jovan and Irina "" Macedonian, English TVP Laura "To the Moon" Polish, English RTP Nicolas Alves "Anos 70" Portuguese RTS Katarina Savić "Svet bez granica" Serbian Ivana Dragićević RTVE Carlos Higes "Señorita" Spanish, English Zlata Dziunka " (Unbreakable)" Ukrainian, English BBC Freya Skye "Lose My Head" English
Production Visual design
The reveal of the contest's theme art had been delayed due to the September clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In a press release, AMPTV stated that "preparations for the contest are ongoing, and according to the schedule, it was no longer possible to change the deadlines", while expressing hope that the contest would be held in peaceful conditions. The theme art and slogan for the contest, "Spin the Magic", was later revealed on 26 September 2022. The artwork features an Armenian-styled spinning top as the main motif.
Postcards Contestants were featured in "postcard" video introductions, set in different locations across Armenia. Each began with a short clip of the upcoming performer using the Armenian-style spinning top on a particular piece of structure. Following that, a stream of light in the colours of the upcoming country's flag emanated from the structure and traveled to the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex, signalling the start of the upcoming performance.
– Zvartnots Cathedral – Yerevan 2800th Anniversary Park – Republic Square – East entrance of the Republic Square metro station – Temple of Garni – Mother Armenia – One of the oldest houses near Hanrapetutyan Street, Yerevan – 50th Anniversary Monument to Soviet Armenia – A fountain in Republic Square – The Matenadaran – Cafesjian Center for the Arts – Monument to David of Sassoun – Yerevan Opera House – A fountain in the Yerevan 2800th Anniversary Park – Geghard Monastery – Yerevan Botanical Garden
Presenters Iveta Mukuchyan, Garik Papoyan and Karina Ignatyan were the presenters of the show. Ignatyan was the Armenian entrant in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, and Mukuchyan was the Armenian entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The hosts were revealed on 18 November. Robin the Robot, a robot with artificial emotions developed by Armenian IT company Expper Technologies, was revealed as the guest presenter on 1 December.
Contest overview The event took place on 11 December 2022 at 19:00 AMT (16:00 CET). Sixteen countries participated, with the running order published on 5 December 2022. All the countries competing were eligible to vote with the jury vote, as well as participating and non-participating countries under an aggregated international online vote, eligible to vote. France won with 203 points, also winning the jury vote. Armenia came second with 180 points, with Georgia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, who won the online vote, completing the top five. Albania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan, and Malta occupied the bottom five positions.
The opening of the show featured the traditional flag parade, with all participants performing the common song "Spin the Magic". During the interval, Maléna performed her new single "Can’t Feel Anything", followed by Rosa Linn performing "Snap", with which she in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Closing the interval, ten previous Junior Eurovision winners performed their winning songs, for the occasion of the 20th edition of the event, alongside Maléna: Bzikebi (), Ralf Mackenbach (), Vladimir Arzumanyan (), Candy (), Gaia Cauchi (), Vincenzo Cantiello (), Destiny Chukunyere (), Mariam Mamadashvili (), Viki Gabor (), and Valentina (). The other eight winning songs were performed by the Tavush Diocese Children’s Choir.
As the event began, the United Kingdom's Freya Skye was unable to sing live for the rehearsal that was filmed before the voting opened for medical reasons, and playback was used. The issue continued into the jury show, where footage from the first rehearsal was used as a replacement. During the jury show, camera and in-ear device issues were reported for Serbia's Katarina Savić, who was allowed to perform again after the scheduled final performance of Ukraine's Zlata Dziunka. On the day of the contest, Savić did not perform live due to medical issues, and footage from her jury show performance was used instead.
Country Artist Song Points Place 1Luna"" 128 7 2Laura"To the Moon" 95 10 3 David Charlin "Jer-Ana (Mother Earth)" 47 15 4 Gaia Gambuzza "Diamonds in the Skies" 43 16 5Chanel Dilecta"Bla Bla Bla" 95 11 6 Lissandro"" 203 1 7 Kejtlin Gjata "" 94 12 8Mariam Bigvava "I Believe" 161 3 9Sophie Lennon"Solas" 150 4 10Lara Jovan and Irina"" 54 14 11Carlos Higes"Señorita" 137 6 12Freya Skye"Lose My Head" 146 5 13Nicolas Alves"Anos 70" 121 8 14 Katarina Savić"Svet bez granica"9213 15 Nare"Dance!" 180 2 16Zlata Dziunka" (Unbreakable)" 111 9
Spokespersons The 12 points from the juries were announced live by a spokesperson from each country. Countries that did not provide their own spokesperson had their 12 points announced by a former winner or participant.
Ralf Mackenbach Viki Gabor Hallash Gaia Cauchi Vincenzo Cantiello Valentina Mariam Gvaladze Niko Kajaia Holly Lennon Mariam Mamadashvili Juan Diego Álvarez Tabitha Joy Emily Alves Petar Aničić Maléna Mykola Oliinyk
Detailed voting results
+ Place Combined Jury Online vote Country Points Country Points Country Points 1 203 132 80 2 180 114 78 3 161 110 71 4 150 88 70 5 146 66 6 137 59 7 128 58 64 8 121 51 62 9 111 51 53 10 95 47 11 95 42 51 12 94 42 47 13 92 41 43 14 54 12 42 15 47 10 16 43 5 33 + Detailed voting results Voting procedure used: scope="col" rowspan="3" scope="col" rowspan="2" scope="col" rowspan="2" Jury vote scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="rowgroup" rowspan="16" Netherlands 128 58 70 3 8 3 7 4 3 8 7 6 6 3 Poland 95 42 53 2 5 5 8 3 4 2 7 6 Kazakhstan 47 5 42 4 1 Malta 43 10 33 1 5 3 1 Italy 95 42 53 4 2 2 12 12 6 3 1 France 203 132 71 12 5 8 12 10 10 12 10 6 10 12 10 10 5 Albania 94 51 43 6 6 7 3 8 4 7 4 1 5 Georgia 161 114 47 8 12 7 6 10 5 2 2 8 10 5 10 7 12 10 Ireland 150 88 62 7 10 12 6 10 2 7 3 6 4 12 2 7 North Macedonia 54 12 42 1 5 4 2 Spain 137 59 78 3 1 2 10 1 4 4 1 1 5 12 2 1 8 4 United Kingdom 146 66 80 6 3 1 1 8 7 6 8 2 4 3 5 12 Portugal 121 51 70 4 4 5 7 6 7 6 7 1 4 Serbia 92 41 51 10 8 2 3 8 1 1 3 5 Armenia 180 110 70 5 2 12 4 12 5 5 10 12 12 8 7 8 8 Ukraine 111 47 64 7 10 3 3 6 6 2 8 2
Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.
+ 12 points awarded by juries Recipient Countries giving 12 points 4 , , , , , , 2 , , , 1
Broadcasts +Broadcasts in participating countries Country Channel(s) Commentator(s) RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana 1Andri XhahuAMPTV and France 2Stéphane Bern and Carla LazzariFirst ChannelNika LobiladzeTG4Sinéad Ní UallacháinRai 1, Francesca Fialdini, Rosanna Vaudetti and Gigliola CinquettiKhabar TVKaldybek Zhaisanbai and Mahabbat EsenTVMNPO 3, NPO ZappBart Arens and Matheu HinzenMRT 1Eli TanaskovskaTVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP ABCRTP1, RTP InternacionalNuno Galopim and Iolanda FerreiraRTS 2, RTS SvetLa 1, TVE Internacional, Tony Aguilar and Julia VarelaSuspilne KulturaTimur MiroshnychenkoBBC One, CBBCLauren Layfield and Hrvy
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countriesCountryBroadcaster(s)Commentator(s)KikaConstantin Zöller
See also Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Eurovision Young Musicians 2022
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