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

YearDateHost cityWinnerSongPerformerLanguagePointsMargin
15 November Copenhagen"Ti si moja prva ljubav"Dino JelusićCroatian1349
20 November Lillehammer"Antes muerta que sencilla"María IsabelSpanish17131
26 November Hasselt"My vmeste" Ksenia SitnikRussian1493
2 December Bucharest"Vesenniy jazz" Tolmachevy SistersRussian15425
8 December Rotterdam"S druz'yami" Alexey ZhigalkovichRussian1371
22 November Limassol"Bzz.."BzikebiImaginary15419
21 November Kiev"Click Clack"Ralf MackenbachDutch, English1215
20 November Minsk"Mama" Vladimir ArzumanyanArmenian1201
3 December Yerevan"Candy Music"CANDYGeorgian1085
1 December Amsterdam"Nebo" Anastasiya PetrykUkrainian, English13835
30 November Kiev"The Start"Gaia CauchiEnglish1309
15 November Marsa"Tu primo grande amore"Vincenzo CantielloItalian, English15912
21 November Sofia"Not My Soul"Destiny ChukunyereEnglish1859
20 November Valletta"Mzeo" Mariam MamadashviliGeorgian2397
26 November Tbilisi"Wings"Polina BogusevichRussian, English1883
25 November Minsk"Anyone I Want to Be"Roksana WęgielPolish, English21512
24 November Gliwice"Superhero"Viki GaborPolish, English27851

Winners by country

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Ranking

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RankCountryWinnerRunner-upThird placeNext best placement
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Best placement by non-winning countries

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By 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.
WinsLanguageYearsCountries
8English2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019Netherlands, Ukraine, Malta, Italy, Russia, Poland
4Russian2005, 2006, 2007, 2017Belarus, Russia
2Georgian2011, 2016Georgia
2Polish2018, 2019Poland
1Croatian2003Croatia
1Spanish2004Spain
1Imaginary2008Georgia
1Dutch2009Netherlands
1Armenian2010Armenia
1Ukrainian2012Ukraine
1Italian2014Italy
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