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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
#MoveTheWorld![1]
Dates
Final29 November 2020[1]
Host
VenueTVP Headquarters - Studio 5, Warsaw, Poland[1][2]
Presenter(s)
Executive supervisorMartin Österdahl[3]
Host broadcasterTelewizja Polska (TVP)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/poland-2020 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries13[4][note 1]
Debuting countries Germany
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
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         Countries which have provisionally confirmed their participation in 2020     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2020
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 will be the 18th edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by Telewizja Polska (TVP) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest will take place on 29 November 2020, and will be held in Warsaw, Poland, following the country's victory at the 2019 contest. This will be the first time the contest is held in the same country for two consecutive years.

Thirteen countries will participate in the contest, having the smallest number of participants since the 2013 contest, with Germany participating for the first time.

Location

TVP Headquarters, venue of 2020 Junior Eurovision.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 is set to take place in studio no. 5 in TVP Headquarters located on Warsaw, Poland, after the country won the 2019 edition on home soil in Gliwice with the song "Superhero" by Viki Gabor[2]. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all the competing songs will be performed in a studio in each participating country.[4] It will be the third time Warsaw hosts a Eurovision event (after the Eurovision Young Musicians 1994 and the Eurovision Young Dancers 2005), and the first time the contest is held in the same country in two consecutive years.

Bidding phase and host city selection

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Location of the candidate cities (red) and the chosen host city (blue)

After Poland's victory in the 2019 contest, the director-general of Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), Jacek Kurski, stated that the country would apply to host the event again in 2020.[7] However, Kurski stated that the possibility of two consecutive editions of the event in Poland could be frowned upon by the EBU. After a period of uncertainty, in the last week of December 2019, it was reported by Gazeta Wyborcza that some Kraków City Councillors were expressing interest in taking the proposal that the contest be held in the city, focused on Tauron Arena. A few days later on 8 January 2020, the proposal was discussed at the City Council and accepted by the majority of its members.[8] Poland was confirmed as the host country in March 2020.[9] Current champion, Viki Gabor, also expressed her desire for the event to be held in Kraków, her place of residence.

Following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work on the event was suspended indefinitely.[10] On 16 May 2020, during the airing of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, it was confirmed that the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 would be held in a studio in Warsaw on 29 November. Junior Eurovision 2019 winner Viki Gabor also revealed the competition's logo and slogan during the broadcast.[1]

On 7 October, Rafał Brzozowski in an interview for TVP revealed that the contest would take place in Studio 5 at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw. In that studio Brzozowski has hosted TVP1's Jaka to melodia? since 2019.[2] Previously, the venue organized the national finals (in 2003–04 as Krajowe Eliminacje and from 2006 to 2008 as Piosenka dla Europy) for the adult and children's (until 2004) versions of the contest.

Key:  †   Host venue

Potential bids
City Venue
Kraków Tauron Arena Kraków
Warsaw ATM Studio[11]
Transcolor Studio[11]
TVP Headquarters  †  

Format

Visual design

The theme for the contest, #MoveTheWorld!, was revealed on 16 May 2020, during the airing of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light by Junior Eurovision 2019 winner Viki Gabor.[1]

"The creative concept behind the slogan is that, as children, we mistakenly believe all important things are done by renowned people: scientists, astronauts, athletes and actors. We want to become them because, in our eyes, they are the ones moving the world. But this is not the case: every day, millions of people around the world perform their day-to-day duties with capability and care. Together, they are the ones really moving the world. This year's slogan honours the collective power we hold together."[7]

New executive supervisor

In January 2020, the EBU announced that Martin Österdahl would become the new executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest after the 2020 edition, succeeding Jon Ola Sand.[12] Prior to the appointment, Österdahl had been an executive producer for the 2013 and 2016 adult contests, and had been a member of the Eurovision Song Contest reference group between 2012 and 2018.[13]

Performances

This will be the first time that the contest will be held remotely, with each artist performing from a television studio in their country of origin. To give smoothness and confidence to the competition, the 13 participating broadcasters committed themselves to giving equal conditions to each of the participants, using a similar scenario and the same technical resources. The opening protocol, interval acts and voting will be broadcast live from Warsaw.[14]

Voting

Due the security measures, for the first time since 2012 contest, the spokespersons will give out the points from each of the participating country, and not from the venue.[15]

Hosts

On 7 October 2020, it was announced that Ida Nowakowska, Rafał Brzozowski and Małgorzata Tomaszewska would host the contest.[16] Nowakowska is the first woman to host the contest two times in a row and third presenter host contest in two years after Kim-Lian from The Netherlands (she host Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 & 2012) and Timur Miroshnychenko from Ukraine who host contests in 2009 & 2013. Rafał is a Polish singer and TV presenter while Tomaszewska co-hosts The Voice of Poland.[17]

Participating countries

On 8 September 2020, the EBU announced that thirteen countries will participate in the 2020 contest, with Germany debuting, while Albania, Australia, Ireland, North Macedonia, Portugal and Wales will not return, having participated in 2019. This is the lowest number of participating countries since 2013, which had twelve participating countries.[4] However, the EBU has stated the list is not yet final and is still open to countries wishing to take part in the competition.[18]

Country[4] Artist[19] Song[19] Language(s)
 Armenia
 Belarus Arina Pekhtereva "Aliens" Russian
 France Valentina Tronel
 Georgia
 Germany Susan "Stronger with You" German, English
 Kazakhstan Karakat Bashanova "Forever" Kazakh, English
 Malta Chanel Monseigneur "Chasing Sunsets" English
 Netherlands Unity "Best Friends" Dutch, English
 Poland Alicja Tracz "I'll Be Standing" Polish, English
 Russia Sofia Feskova "My New Day" Russian, English
 Serbia Petar Aničić "Heartbeat"
 Spain Soleá "Palante" Spanish
 Ukraine Oleksandr Balabanov "Vidkryvai (Open)" (Відкривай) Ukrainian, English

Other countries

Further information: List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

For a country to be eligible for potential participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, it needs to be an active member of the EBU.[20]

Active EBU members

  •  Albania – Albania did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU on 8 September 2020.[4] RTSH later revealed that they did not enter due to the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[21]
  •  Bulgaria – In December 2019, Bulgarian National Television stated that they had no plans to return to the contest at the time, as it was consolidating its participation in the adult contest.[22] However, in July 2020, they stated that the broadcaster was looking to return to the contest in 2021[23] and had not completely ruled out the possibility of returning to the contest in 2020.[24] Bulgaria did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU on 8 September 2020.
  •  Greece – In June 2020, it was reported that Greek broadcaster ERT was seriously considering returning to the contest in 2020.[25] However, weeks later, it was revealed that the broadcaster had decided not to return to the contest in 2020.[26] Greece last participated in 2008.
  •  Iceland – In December 2019, the Icelandic Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest Felix Bergsson revealed that no decision had yet been made regarding a potential debut in the contest.[27] Iceland did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU on 8 September 2020.
  •  Ireland – Despite having confirmed their participation in the contest in January 2020, TG4 announced in August 2020 that Ireland would not participate in the 2020 contest due to the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[28]
  •  Italy – While Rai Gulp had previously stated in an Instagram story dated 4 November 2019 that they would be participating in the 2020 contest;[29] they stated in July 2020 that they had yet to make a decision on participation.[30] Italy did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU on 8 September 2020.[4] Italy's Head of Delegation later stated that they "had yet to make a decision" on participation.[6]
  •  Portugal – While Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) had provisionally confirmed their participation in the contest in August 2020,[32] Portugal did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU on 8 September 2020.[4] RTP later revealed that they did not enter due to the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[33]
  •  Scotland – In June 2019, BBC Alba stated that talks had taken place that could enable its participation in 2020.[34] However, in April 2020, the broadcaster announced that it had no plans to debut at the contest in 2020.[35]
  •  Sweden – In January 2020, Head of SVT Barn Safa Safiyari stated that Sveriges Television had no plans at the time to return to the contest, having concluded that it "does not fit the mix we want on our content". Nonetheless, the broadcaster did not rule out participation in the future. Sweden last participated in 2014.[36]
  •  Wales – In April 2020, it was reported that Welsh broadcaster S4C and production company Rondo Media had stopped any decision on Junior Eurovision participation due to the situation caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[37] On 14 July 2020, it was confirmed that Wales would not participate in 2020 due to the pandemic, with hopes of returning to it in 2021.[38]

The following countries and broadcasters confirmed their non-participation without offering further explanation:

Associate EBU members

  •  Australia – In July 2020, the Australian national broadcaster SBS announced that they would not participate in the 2020 contest due to COVID-19 restrictions and concerns.[52]

Commentators and spokespersons

Commentators

Participating countries

Spokespersons

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The EBU later announced that the list of participating countries is not yet final and that the number of participating countries may still increase.[5]
  2. ^ After the EBU published the list of participants, Italy's Head of Delegation stated that Rai had not yet made its final decision, therefore Italy may still participate.[6]

References

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