Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Also known as Junior Eurovision 2021, JESC 2021

19th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Key facts

Final: 19 December 2021
Venue: La Seine Musicale , Paris, France
Organiser: European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisor: Martin Österdahl
Host broadcaster: France Télévisions
Directors: Julian Gutierrez, Franck Broqua
Executive producer: Alexandra Redde-Amiel
Presenters: Carla , Élodie Gossuin , Olivier Minne
Countries that participated after not pa: Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Ireland Italy North Macedonia Portugal
Countries that did not participate after: Belarus
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.

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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 19th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 19 December 2021 at La Seine Musicale in Paris, France, and presented by Carla, Élodie Gossuin, and Olivier Minne. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France Télévisions, who staged the event after winning the 2020 contest for France with the song "J'imagine" by Valentina. This was the first time the contest was held in France, as well as the first Eurovision event to be held in the country since Eurovision Young Dancers 1999 in Lyon and the first to be held in Paris since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989.

Broadcasters from nineteen countries participated in the contest, with Albania, Armenia, Ireland, Italy, North Macedonia and Portugal all returning after their absence from the previous edition. Azerbaijan and Bulgaria returned after two and four-year absences respectively. For the first time in 19 editions, Belarus did not participate, as the country's broadcaster is indefinitely suspended from the EBU, making the Netherlands the only country to have participated every year since the contest's first edition in 2003.