Poland wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

This afternoon, the highly anticipated Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was held live from the Minsk Arena in the capital of Belarus, the second time the venue had hosted the competition after 2010.

20 acts took to the stage ranging from the ages of 9 and 14, with Kazakhstan and Wales making their debuts in a Eurovision event. The acts participating were;

1. UKRAINE – Darina Krasnovetska – Say Love
2. PORTUGAL – Rita Laranjeira – Gosto de Tudo (Já Não Gosto de Nada)
3. KAZAKHSTAN – Daneliya Tuleshova – Ózińe sen
4. ALBANIA – Efi Gjika – Barbie
5. RUSSIA – Anna Filipchuk – Unbreakable
6. NETHERLANDS – Max & Anne – Samen
7. AZERBAIJAN – Fidan Huseynova – I Wanna Be Like You
8. BELARUS – Daniel Yastremski – Time
9. IRELAND – Taylor Hynes – IOU
10. SERBIA – Bojana Radovanović – Svet
11. ITALY – Melissa & Marco – What Is Love
12. AUSTRALIA – Jael – Champion
13. GEORGIA – Tamar Edilashvili – Your Voice
14. ISRAEL – Noam Dadon – Children Like These
15. FRANCE – Angélina – Jamais San Toi
16. MACEDONIA – Marija Spasovska – Doma
17. ARMENIA – L.E.V.O.N – L.E.V.O.N
18. WALES – Manw – Perta
19. MALTA – Ela – Marchin’On
20. POLAND – Roksana Węgiel – Anyone I Want To Be

A combination of juries, televoting and international online voting were used to decide the results, and after the voting sequence it was clear – Poland had won this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest with 215 points!

France, on their first participation since 2004, came 2nd with 203 points, narrowly pipping Australia, who finished third with 201 points.

The full result was as follows;

1. POLAND – 215
2. FRANCE – 203
3. AUSTRALIA – 201
4. UKRAINE – 182
5. MALTA – 181
6. KAZAKHSTAN – 171
7. ITALY – 151
8. GEORGIA – 144
9. ARMENIA – 125
10. RUSSIA – 122
11. BELARUS – 114
12. MACEDONIA – 99
13. NETHERLANDS – 91
14. ISRAEL – 81
15. IRELAND – 48
16. AZERBAIJAN – 47
17. ALBANIA – 44
18. PORTUGAL – 42
19. SERBIA – 30
20. WALES – 29

Make sure to join Matt NOW for the post-JESC live stream, where he will be discussing the show and the winner!

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