Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025
23rd edition of international song competition
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the 23rd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 December 2025 at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), which staged the event after winning the 2024 contest for Georgia with the song "To My Mom" by Andria Putkaradze.
- 13 December 2025
Tbilisi, Georgia
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | |
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| United by Music | |
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| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| ESC director | Martin Green |
| ESC executive producer | Gert Kark |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) |
| Director | Basa Potskhishvili |
| Executive producer | Natia Mshvenieradze |
| Artistic director | Marvin Dietmann |
| Presenters |
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| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 18 |
| Returning countries |  Azerbaijan Croatia Montenegro |
| Non-returning countries |  Estonia Germany |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | The professional jury of each country awards a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs. Viewers around the world vote for 3 songs, and their votes are distributed proportionally. The votes of the jury and the audience make up 50% of all votes. |
| Winning song |  France"Ce monde" |
Broadcasters from eighteen countries participated in the contest, the largest number of participants since 2021. Azerbaijan, Croatia, and Montenegro returned after absences from recent contests, while Estonia and Germany opted not to participate after doing so the previous year.
The winner was France with the song "Ce monde" by Lou Deleuze, its fourth win in six years. Ukraine won the public vote and finished in second place, its best placing since 2013, with Georgia, Armenia, and Spain completing the top five. San Marino received its best result in any Eurovision event to date, and, for the fourth year in a row, Albania received its second-best result to date. Ireland finished last for the second time in three years.
Location
The 2025 contest took place in Tbilisi, Georgia, following the country's victory at the 2024 contest with the song "To My Mom", performed by Andria Putkaradze. It was the second time that Georgia hosted the competition, having previously done so in 2017, also in Tbilisi.[1] The selected venue for the contest is the 1,294-seat Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City, which was built for the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, where it hosted gymnastics events.[2]
An opening ceremony, consisting of a private reception for the participating artists and delegations, was held on 8 December 2025 at the Pullman Tbilisi Axis Towers.[3] The 2025 contest was the first one in the history of the event without accredited press.[4]
Bidding phase and host city selection
Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest, the winning broadcaster of the previous year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest does not automatically receive the right to host the next edition. However, since 2011 (with the exceptions of 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2024) it has become customary for winners to take on hosting duties, and since 2019, the winning broadcaster has had the right of first refusal on hosting the following competition. In 2024, French broadcaster France Télévisions was given this right but ultimately opted out of it.[5]
On 16 November 2024, upon her country's victory in the 2024 contest, Tinatin Berdzenishvili, the CEO of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), announced that talks would be conducted with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) regarding the hosting of the 2025 contest;[6] soon afterwards, the official Facebook page of the broadcaster's 1TV channel claimed that the 2025 contest would be hosted in Georgia,[7] however, later that same day, the EBU claimed a host for the 2025 edition had not yet been selected and that it would work with "all of [its] members" in order to identify one.[8]
On 4 April 2025, Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS claimed that the contest would take place in Georgia,[9] before rescinding its statement the same day.[10] On 9 April 2025, the Georgian State Procurement Agency published documents stating that the Government of Georgia, the EBU and GPB had jointly agreed to host the contest in Tbilisi on 13 December 2025;[11] this was confirmed by the EBU on 13 May.[12] In May 2025, head of the Georgian government administration Levan Zhorzholiani claimed the contest would be held in the "small hall of the New Sports Palace",[13] identified by the media as the Olympic Palace, which previously hosted the contest in 2017;[14] this would be reiterated by multiple participating broadcasters at various points between June and September[15][16][17] before being confirmed by the EBU on 1 October.[18]
On 24 November 2025, reports emerged that the contest had been relocated to the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City, also in Tbilisi, due to the unavailability of the Olympic Palace for an assessment visit required by the EBU;[2] this was promptly confirmed through the contest's official website.[19]
Participants
Eligibility for participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issues invitations to participate in the contest to all active members.
On 1 October 2025, the EBU announced that broadcasters from 18 countries would participate in the 2025 contest. Azerbaijan, Croatia, and Montenegro returned after three, ten and nine-year absences respectively. Meanwhile, Estonia and Germany opted not to participate after doing so the previous year.[18]
Prior to the contest, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2025 contest was put together by the EBU and released by Universal Music on 29 November 2025.[20]
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania |
RTSH | Kroni Pula | "Fruta perime" | Albanian | Adrian Hila | [21] |
 Armenia |
AMPTV | Albert | "Brave Heart" | Armenian |
|
[22] |
| Azerbaijan |
İTV | Yağmur | "Miau miau" | Azerbaijani, English |
|
[23] |
| Croatia |
HRT | Marino Vrgoč | "Snovi" | Croatian |
|
[24] |
 Cyprus |
CyBC | Rafaella and Christos | "Away" | Greek, English |
|
[25] |
| France |
France Télévisions | Lou Deleuze | "Ce monde" | French |
|
[26] |
 Georgia |
GPB | Anita Abgariani | "Shine Like a Star" | Georgian, English |
|
[27] |
 Ireland |
TG4 | Lottie O'Driscoll Murray | "Rúin" | Irish |
|
[28] |
 Italy |
RAI | Leonardo Giovannangeli | "Rockstar" | Italian, English |
|
[29] |
 Malta |
PBS | Eliza Borg | "I Believe" | English |
|
[30] |
| Montenegro |
RTCG | Asja Džogović | "I tužna i srećna priča" (И тужна и срећна прича) | Montenegrin |
|
[31] |
 Netherlands |
AVROTROS | Meadow | "Freeze" | Dutch, English |
|
[32] |
 North Macedonia |
MRT | Nela Mančeska | "Miracle" | Macedonian, English |
|
[33] |
 Poland |
TVP | Marianna Kłos | "Brightest Light" | Polish, English |
|
[34] |
 Portugal |
RTP | Inês Gonçalves | "Para onde vai o amor?" | Portuguese |
|
[35] |
 San Marino |
SMRTV | Martina Crv | "Beyond the Stars" | Italian, English |
|
[36] |
 Spain |
RTVE | Gonzalo Pinillos | "Érase una vez (Once Upon a Time)" | Spanish, English |
|
[37] |
 Ukraine |
Suspilne | Sofiia Nersesian | "Motanka" (Мотанка) | Ukrainian, English | Svitlana Tarabarova | [38] |
Production
In June 2025, the EBU announced that Martin Österdahl would step down from his role as executive supervisor of the contest, with ESC director Martin Green temporarily assuming Österdahl's duties.[39] On 1 October, Gert Kark was appointed to the contest's reference group, taking Österdahl's vacated spot.[40][41] A few days later, it was revealed that he would serve in the newly created position of ESC executive producer. Kark had previously worked as project manager for the contest since 2016.[42]
In July 2025, the Government of Georgia allocated ₾8.1 million (€2.6 million) to hosting the contest from its reserve fund;[43] this figure had been raised to ₾9 million (€2.9 million) by November 2025.[44] The creation of the background music as well as the opening and interval acts was overseen by music producer Giga Kukhianidze.[45] Repeating his function from the previous edition will be Marvin Dietmann as artistic director.[46]
Slogan, visual and stage design
In August 2025, ESC director Martin Green revealed that "United by Music", the permanent slogan of the Eurovision Song Contest since November 2023, would also be adopted by the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in order to make the two events "come within the same brand family".[47]
On 9 September 2025, the EBU released a revamped version of the generic logo, which is modeled after the revamped logo of the adult contest that is set to be introduced in its 2026 edition, designed by the Sheffield-based branding studio Pals.[48][49] On 1 October 2025, GPB unveiled the theme art and stage design for the 2025 contest. The visual identity features a custom wordmark of the slogan, combining plain uppercase lettering with handwritten characters that "echo the playful creativity of the young artists representing their countries", with threads of vibrant colours in the background. The stage was inspired by the mountains, castles, fortified villages and towers of Georgia's landscape, with its central element being a depiction of the doli.[18]
Presenters
Davit Aladashvili and Liza Tsiklauri were announced as the presenters of the show on 7 November 2025. Aladashvili is a musical programme presenter at GPB and a regular host of the children's talent show Ranina, which has served as Georgia's artist selection for the contest since 2018, while Tsiklauri is a news anchor and journalist who previously hosted the EuroBasket 2022 opening ceremony in Tbilisi.[50][51]
Postcards
The "postcards" are short video introductions shown on television while the stage is being prepared for the next entry. Filmed between October and December 2025, the postcards featured the competing artists taking part in different activities across Tbilisi. Among the locations for the postcards are Gudiashvili Square, the National Youth and Children's Palace and the Georgian National Opera Theater.[52] The filming of the segments of the participants in the postcards started on 7 December.[53]
Contest overview
The event took place on 13 December 2025 at 20:00 GET (17:00 CET).[18] Eighteen countries participated, with the running order drawn and published on 4 November 2025.[54] 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.[55]
The opening of the show featured the traditional flag parade, with Andria Putkaradze performing his winning song in 2024, "To My Mom". The interval acts included 2008 winners Bzikebi performing "We Don't Sleep", 2011 winners Candy performing "Code", and all participants along with Putkaradze performing the common song "We're Rising High". All were written by Giorgi Kukhianidze, who previously composed a majority of Georgia's Junior Eurovision entries, including each of its winning songs.[56]
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta |
Eliza Borg | "I Believe" | 92 | 11 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan |
Yağmur | "Miau miau" | 66 | 15 |
| 3 | Croatia |
Marino Vrgoč | "Snovi" | 70 | 14 |
| 4 | San Marino |
Martina Crv | "Beyond the Stars" | 125 | 9 |
| 5 | Armenia |
Albert | "Brave Heart" | 175 | 4 |
| 6 | Ukraine |
Sofiia Nersesian | "Motanka" | 177 | 2 |
| 7 | Ireland |
Lottie O'Driscoll Murray | "Rúin" | 44 | 18 |
| 8 | Netherlands |
Meadow | "Freeze" | 93 | 10 |
| 9 | Poland |
Marianna Kłos | "Brightest Light" | 139 | 8 |
| 10 | North Macedonia |
Nela Mančeska | "Miracle" | 141 | 7 |
| 11 | Montenegro |
Asja Džogović | "I tužna i srećna priča" | 49 | 17 |
| 12 | Italy |
Leonardo Giovannangeli | "Rockstar" | 73 | 12 |
| 13 | Portugal |
Inês Gonçalves | "Para onde vai o amor?" | 73 | 13 |
| 14 | Spain |
Gonzalo Pinillos | "Érase una vez (Once Upon a Time)" | 152 | 5 |
| 15 | Georgia |
Anita Abgariani | "Shine Like a Star" | 176 | 3 |
| 16 | Cyprus |
Rafaella and Christos | "Away" | 50 | 16 |
| 17 | France |
Lou Deleuze | "Ce monde" | 248 | 1 |
| 18 | Albania |
Kroni Pula | "Fruta perime" | 145 | 6 |
Spokespersons
The 12 points from the juries were announced by a spokesperson from each country; known spokespersons are listed below:
Albania – Nikol Çabeli
Armenia – Nare
Azerbaijan – Leyla Adigözelzade
Cyprus – Stephani Constantinou[57]
France – Titouan
Georgia – Vache Gviniashvili[58]
Ireland – Eoin Murphy
Malta – Ramires Sciberras
Netherlands – Luna[59]
North Macedonia – Darija Maksimova[60]
Poland – Zofia Wójcik[61]
Portugal – Victoria Nicole[62]
San Marino – Asia Ceccoli
Spain – Chloe DelaRosa[63]
Ukraine – Artem Kotenko[64]
Detailed voting results
| Place | Combined | Jury | Online vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | |
| 1 | France |
248 | France |
152 | Ukraine |
98 |
| 2 | Ukraine |
177 | Georgia |
121 | France |
96 |
| 3 | Georgia |
176 | Armenia |
117 | San Marino |
87 |
| 4 | Armenia |
175 | Spain |
98 | Albania |
85 |
| 5 | Spain |
152 | North Macedonia |
92 | Poland |
67 |
| 6 | Albania |
145 | Ukraine |
79 | Armenia |
58 |
| 7 | North Macedonia |
141 | Poland |
72 | Georgia |
55 |
| 8 | Poland |
139 | Albania |
60 | 54 | |
| 9 | San Marino |
125 | Malta |
54 | ||
| 10 | Netherlands |
93 | Netherlands |
47 | North Macedonia |
49 |
| 11 | Malta |
92 | San Marino |
38 | 47 | |
| 12 | Italy |
73[a] | Portugal |
32 | ||
| 13 | Portugal |
73[a] | Croatia |
28 | Netherlands |
46 |
| 14 | Croatia |
70 | Italy |
26 | Croatia |
42 |
| 15 | Azerbaijan |
66 | Azerbaijan |
12 | 41 | |
| 16 | Cyprus |
50 | Montenegro |
10 | ||
| 17 | Montenegro |
49 | Ireland |
3[b] | Montenegro |
39 |
| 18 | Ireland |
44 | Cyprus |
3[b] | Malta |
38 |
| Voting procedure used: 100% Online vote 100% Jury vote |
Total score |
Online vote score |
Jury vote score |
Jury vote | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malta |
Azerbaijan |
Croatia |
San Marino |
Armenia |
Ukraine |
Ireland |
Netherlands |
Poland |
North Macedonia |
Montenegro |
Italy |
Portugal |
Spain |
Georgia |
Cyprus |
France |
Albania | |||||
Competing countries |
Malta | 92 | 38 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 66 | 54 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 70 | 42 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| San Marino | 125 | 87 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Armenia | 175 | 58 | 117 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |||
| Ukraine | 177 | 98 | 79 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Ireland | 44 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 93 | 46 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| Poland | 139 | 67 | 72 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| North Macedonia | 141 | 49 | 92 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Montenegro | 49 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 73 | 47 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 73 | 41 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 152 | 54 | 98 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Georgia | 176 | 55 | 121 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Cyprus | 50 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 248 | 96 | 152 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Albania | 145 | 85 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.
| # | Recipient | Countries giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | France |
Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, Netherlands, North Macedonia, San Marino |
| 3 | Armenia |
Georgia, Malta, Ukraine |
| Georgia |
Ireland, Poland, Spain | |
| 2 | North Macedonia |
Italy, Montenegro |
| 1 | Albania |
France |
| Italy |
Azerbaijan | |
| Malta |
Armenia | |
| Spain |
Portugal |
Online voting
Broadcasts
All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience. The European Broadcasting Union provided an international live stream of the contest through its official YouTube channel with no commentary.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania |
RTSH | RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana 1 | Andri Xhahu | [67][68] |
| Armenia |
AMPTV | Armenia 1 | Hamlet Arakelyan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan | [69] |
| Azerbaijan |
İTV | Azer Suleymanli and Aysel Zahidgizi | [70][71] | |
| Croatia |
HRT | HRT 2 | Duško Ćurlić and Mia Dimšić | [72] |
| Cyprus |
CyBC | RIK 2, RIK HD, RIK Sat | Kyriakos Pastides | [68][73] |
| France |
France Télévisions | France 4 | Stéphane Bern and Zoé Clauzure | [74][75] |
| Georgia |
GPB | 1TV | Nika Lobiladze | [76] |
| Ireland |
TG4 | Louise Canillon[citation needed] | [77] | |
| Italy |
RAI | Rai 2, Rai Gulp[c] | Mario Acampa, Luca Tommassini and Iris Di Domenico | [16][78][79] |
| Malta |
PBS | TVM | No commentator | [80][81] |
| Montenegro |
RTCG | TVCG 2 | Dražen Baukovič | [82] |
| Netherlands |
AVROTROS | NPO 3 | Bart Arens and Matheu Hinzen | [83][84] |
| North Macedonia |
MRT | MRT 1, MRT 5 | Jana Burčeska | [60][85] |
| Poland |
TVP | TVP2, TVP Polonia, TVP VOD | Artur Orzech | [86] |
| Portugal |
RTP | RTP1, RTP África, RTP Internacional | Carina Jorge and Nuno Galopim | [87][88] |
| San Marino |
SMRTV | San Marino RTV | Anna Gaspari and Mirco Zani | [89] |
| Spain |
RTVE | La 1, TVE Internacional | Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar | [63][68] |
| Ukraine |
Suspilne | Suspilne Kultura | Timur Miroshnychenko | [90] |
Reception
The EBU reported that a total of 16 million viewers watched the contest live. For the first time the contest was streamed on the live streaming platform Twitch, on which the live stream reached 333,270 unique viewers. The overall viewing figures on the platform YouTube Kids increased by 19.2%. The official channel of the contest on the online video sharing platform TikTok received 101.2 million views for the 2025 contest, an increase of 46 million in the same period in 2024. Content on Instagram reached 7.8 million accounts, a new record, up 37% year on year. Over 7.9 million accounts were reached on Facebook, an increase 1.6 million on the 2024 event. The ESC director, Martin Green described it as an "outstanding success" that "captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of viewers around the world".[93][94]
See also
Notes
- Despite receiving the same number of overall points, Italy was determined to finish ahead of Portugal because it received more points from the online vote.
- Despite receiving the same number of jury points, Ireland was determined to finish ahead of Cyprus because it performed earlier in the show.
