• Dates – Grand Final: Sunday, 25 November 2018 – 16:00 CET
• Host – Venue & Location: Minsk Arena (Мінск-Арэна), Minsk, 🇧🇾 Belarus
• Presenter (s): Evgeny Perlin (Яўген Перлін),  Zinaida ‘Zena’ Kupriyanovich (Зінаіда Купрыяновіч), Helena Meraai (Хелена Мерааи) – Green Room
• Director: Marek Miil
• Executive Producer: Gleb Shulman, Olga Shlyager, Olga Salamakha
• Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
• Multicamera Director: Marek Miil
• Host broadcaster: Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC)
• Website: www.junioreurovision.tv/event/minsk-2018 
• Motto: ‘#LightUp’ (#Запальвай)
• Opening Act – Interval Act: Flag parade introducing the 20 participating countries – Polina Bogusevich (Полины Богусевич) with “Wings”, All participants with “Light Up”
• Participants – Number of entries: 20 [🇺🇦 Ukraine (14ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (5ª), 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (1ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (6ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (14ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (17ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaigian (3ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (17ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (5ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (11ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (6ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (5ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (13ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (3ª), 🇫🇷 France (2ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (15ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (13ª),  Wales (1ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (15ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (6ª)]
• Debuting countries: 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (1ª)
• Return: 🇦🇿 Azerbaigian (3ª), 🇫🇷 France (2ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (3ª)
• Non-returning countries: 🇨🇾 Cyprus (9ª)
• Vote – Voting system: Ognuno dei paesi in gara assegna 12, 10, 8 e dal 7 all’1, punti per le proprie dieci canzoni preferite.
• Winning song: “Anyone I Want to Be” – Roksana Węgiel, 🇵🇱 Poland (1ª)

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Darina Krasnovetska (Дарина Красновецька)	“Say Love” (Не зупиняй)	182	04
2	🇵🇹 Portugal	Rita Laranjeira	“Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)” (I like everything (I don’t like anything))	042	18
3	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Daneliya Tuleshova (Данэлия Төлешова; Данэлия Александровна Тулешова)	“Òzińe sen” (Өзіңе сен, Seize the Time)	171	06
4	🇦🇱 Albania	Efi Gjika	“Barbie”	044	17
5	🇷🇺 Russia	Anna Filipchuk (Анна Филипчук)	“Unbreakable” (Nepobedimy, Непобедимы)	122	10
6	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Max and Anne (Maxime Albertazzi en Anne Buhre)	“Samen” (Together)	091	13
7	🇦🇿 Azerbaigian	Fidan Huseynova (Fidan Hüseynova; Fidan Yaqub qızı Hüseynova)	“I Wanna Be Like You” (Sənin kimi olmaq istəyirəm)	047	16
8	🇧🇾 Belarus	Daniel Yastremski (Даніэль Ястрамскі; Daniel Aleks Yastremski)	“Time” (Час)	114	11
9	🇮🇪 Ireland	Taylor Hynes	“I.O.U.”	048	15
10	🇷🇸 Serbia	Bojana Radovanović (Бојана Радовановић)	“Svet” (Свет, World)	030	19
11	🇮🇹 Italy	Melissa and Marco (Melissa Di Pasca e Marco Boni)	“What Is Love”	151	07
12	🇦🇺 Australia	Jael (Jael Wena)	“Champion”	201	03
13	🇬🇪 Georgia	Tamar Edilashvili (თამარ ედილაშვილი)	“Your Voice”	144	08
14	🇮🇱 Israel	Noam Dadon (נועם דדון)	“Children Like These” (ילדים כאלה, Yelaad’im Kaeele)	081	14
15	🇫🇷 France	Angélina (Angélina Nava)	“Jamais sans toi” (Never Without You)	203	02
16	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	Marija Spasovska (Марија Спасовска)	“Doma” (Дома, Home)	099	12
17	🇦🇲 Armenia	L.E.V.O.N (Լևոն Գալստյան, Levon Galstyan)	“L.E.V.O.N” (Լ. Ե. Վ. Ո. Ն)	125	09
18	Wales	Manw (Manw Lili Robin)	“Perta” (Berta) / “Hi yw y Berta”	029	20
19	🇲🇹 Malta	Ela (Ela Mangion)	“Marchin’ On”	181	05
20	🇵🇱 Poland	Roksana Węgiel Roxie, Roksana Emilia Węgiel-Mglej)	“Anyone I Want to Be”	215	01

Overview/About. The 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place from 16:00 – 18.30 CET on 25 November in Minsk, Belarus. Roksana Węgiel from Poland won the contest with 205 points, France’s Angélina came second with 203 points and Jael from Australia ended 3rd place with 201 points.

Missed participation

Participants

JESC 2018 Scoreboard Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

Minsk 2028		Total score	Jury vote score	Online vote score	Jury vote
					🇺🇦	🇵🇹	🇰🇿	🇦🇱	🇷🇺	🇳🇱	🇦🇿	🇧🇾	🇮🇪	🇷🇸	🇮🇹	🇦🇺	🇬🇪	🇮🇱	🇫🇷	🇲🇰	🇦🇲		🇲🇹	🇵🇱
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇺🇦 Ukraine	182	104	78	–	7	6	2	3	4	3	3	5	8	7	–	10	8	5	10	2	5	4	12
	🇵🇹 Portugal	42	0	42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	171	68	103	5	–	–	4	7	5	8	6	4	5	–	–	6	–	–	8	4	–	6	–
	🇦🇱 Albania	44	10	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	5	–
	🇷🇺 Russia	122	60	62	–	1	4	–	–	3	12	2	–	–	–	8	–	5	–	–	10	7	2	6
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	91	23	68	1	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	3	2	3	4	–	6	1	–	–
	🇦🇿 Azerbaigian	47	17	30	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	3	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	–
	🇧🇾 Belarus	114	61	53	–	10	2	–	–	8	10	–	2	–	5	1	1	–	–	–	12	–	10	–
	🇮🇪 Ireland	48	12	36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	8
	🇷🇸 Serbia	30	2	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
	🇮🇹 Italy	151	94	57	6	4	10	–	–	–	4	7	10	6	–	7	7	7	3	12	–	–	8	3
	🇦🇺 Australia	201	148	53	12	12	3	7	10	12	6	12	7	3	12	–	8	2	6	7	7	12	–	10
	🇬🇪 Georgia	144	105	39	7	2	5	–	12	2	2	–	12	2	10	5	–	12	10	5	8	10	–	1
	🇮🇱 Israel	81	34	47	4	3	7	1	5	1	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	3	2
	🇫🇷 France	203	86	117	–	5	–	12	6	7	7	8	6	7	–	4	4	1	–	6	1	–	12	–
	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	99	64	35	2	–	12	10	1	–	–	1	–	12	1	2	–	–	7	–	5	4	–	7
	🇦🇲 Armenia	125	55	70	3	6	–	3	–	6	–	5	–	–	3	6	–	4	8	–	–	–	7	4
	Wales	29	0	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	🇲🇹 Malta	181	138	43	10	8	8	5	8	10	5	10	8	4	8	12	12	10	–	4	3	8	–	5
	🇵🇱 Poland	215	79	136	8	–	1	8	4	–	–	4	–	10	2	10	5	6	12	3	–	6	–	–

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the sixteenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It took place in the Belarusian capital city, Minsk on 25 November 2018 at the Minsk-Arena. It was the second time that the contest was held in Belarus, after it staged the 2010 edition at the same venue.

A record twenty countries took part in the contest, with Kazakhstan and Wales participating for the first time. France returned for the first time since 2004, alongside Azerbaijan for the first time since 2013 and Israel after missing the 2017 edition. Cyprus withdrew from the contest. Last year’s winner Polina Bogusevich performed her entry again as the interval act, alongside the common song “#LightUp” sung by all the participants.

The winner was Roksana Węgiel, who represented Poland with the song “Anyone I Want to Be”. Poland won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. Returning country France came second, their best result at the contest, while Australia placed third for the second year in a row. Kazakhstan was the fourth best performing debuting nation, after Croatia and Italy’s victories in 2003 and 2014 respectively, and Armenia’s second place in 2007, finishing sixth, whilst Wales came last.

Location. The EBU confirmed on 15 October 2017 that the contest would be hosted by Belarus. This was the second time Belarus hosts the Junior Eurovision Song contest, after hosting the 2010 contest.

Venue. On 21 November 2017, Belarus’ Deputy Prime Minister Vasily Zharko confirmed that the contest was scheduled to be held at Minsk-Arena in November 2018. The arena previously hosted the 2010 contest. However, on 26 November 2017, it was confirmed by the host broadcaster that the exact location of the contest is still unknown, stating that Minsk Arena was one of the possible options. On 18 March 2018, the 15,000-capacity Minsk-Arena was confirmed as the venue by the contest organisers.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 (Gallery):

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Participating countries. On 25 July 2018, the EBU released the official list of participants with 18 competing countries. Later, this number was specially expanded to 19. Since Israel had won the adult contest that year, IPBC should register a participant and send an observer delegation to Minsk. Kazakhstan were invited to make their debut appearance in the contest this year.

Despite initially withdrawing from the contest on 2 July 2018 due to financial and structural difficulties, Ukraine was added at the last hour to the list of participating countries on 2 August 2018, setting a record of 20 participating countries.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
🇦🇱 Albania	RTSH	Efi Gjika	“Barbie”	Albanian, English	Efthimia Gjika, Hristina Gjika
🇦🇲 Armenia	AMPTV	L.E.V.O.N	“L.E.V.O.N”	Armenian	Artem Valter
🇦🇺 Australia	ABC	Jael	“Champion”	English	MSquared
🇦🇿 Azerbaigian	İTV	Fidan Huseynova	“I Wanna Be Like You”	Azerbaijani, English	Fidan Huseynova, Ayten Ismikhanova, Isa Melikov, Elvira Michieva
🇧🇾 Belarus	BTRC	Daniel Yastremski	“Time”	Russian, English	Kirill Good, Roman Kolodko
🇫🇷 France	France Télévisions	Angélina	“Jamais sans toi“	French, English	Sarah Age Ali, Julien Comblat, Gary Fico, Nicolas Stawski
🇬🇪 Georgia	GPB	Tamar Edilashvili	“Your Voice”	Georgian, English	Aleksandre Lordkipanidze, Sopho Toroshelidze
🇮🇪 Ireland	TG4	Taylor Hynes	“IOU”	Irish	Jonas Gladnikoff, Taylor Hynes, Niall Mooney
🇮🇱 Israel	IPBC	Noam Dadon	“Children Like These”	Hebrew	Eden Hason
🇮🇹 Italy	RAI	Melissa and Marco	“What Is Love”	Italian, English	Marco Boni, Melissa Di Pasca, Franco Fasano, Mario Gardini, Marco Iardella, Fabrizio Palaferri
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	KA	Daneliya Tuleshova	“Өзіңе сен (Òzińe Sen)” (Өзіңе сен)	Kazakh, English	Kamila Dairova, Artem Kuzmenkov, Ivan Lopukhov, Daneliya Tuleshova
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	MRT	Marija Spasovska	“Doma” (Дома)	Macedonian	Darko Dimitrov, Elena Risteska
🇲🇹 Malta	PBS	Ela	“Marchin’ On”	English	Emil Calleja Bayliss, Cyprian Cassar
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	AVROTROS	Max and Anne	“Samen”	Dutch, English	Babette Labeij, Robin van Veen, Dimitri Veltkamp
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP	Roksana Węgiel	“Anyone I Want to Be”	Polish, English	Maegan Cottone, Cutfather, Daniel Davidsen, Nathan Duvall, Patryk Kumór, Małgorzata Uściłowska, Peter Wallevik
🇵🇹 Portugal	RTP	Rita Laranjeira	“Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)“	Portuguese	João Só
🇷🇺 Russia	VGTRK	Anna Filipchuk	“Unbreakable”	Russian, English	Taras Demchuk
🇷🇸 Serbia	RTS	Bojana Radovanović	“Svet” (Свет)	Serbian	Marija Marić Marković, Bojana Radovanović
🇺🇦 Ukraine	UA:PBC	Darina Krasnovetska	“Say Love”	Ukrainian, English	Mykhailo Klymenko, Darina Krasnovetska, Volodymyr Sharykov
Wales	S4C	Manw	“Perta“	Welsh	Ifan Siôn Davies, Ywain Gwynedd, Richard James Hooson Roberts

Format. 

Visual design. The slogan was the hashtag #LightUp. The logo of the contest was based around a morning star made of vertically inverted soundwaves. The source of inspiration was the artistic potential and creative aspiration of the young participants who fill the scene like a star.

Hosts. On 26 October 2018, it was announced that Eugene Perlin and Zinaida Kupriyanovich would be the main hosts of the contest, together with Helena Meraai in the green room. Meraai is the fourth person under the age of sixteen to ever host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, after Ioana Ivan in 2006, Dmytro Borodin in 2009 and Lizi Japaridze in 2017, and is also the second former participant to host an edition of the contest. Meraai previously represented Belarus in the 2017 contest, where she placed fifth with the song “I Am the One”. Perlin is one of the main country’s television presenters and was the Eurovision commentator between 2013 and 2019, whilst Kupriyanovich is a singer and artist who has participated in Belarus’ national selections for the 2015 and 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contests and latter represented the country at the 2019 adult contest. It was also announced that Denis Dudinsky and Anna Kviloria would host the opening ceremony.

Voting. The results were determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country used a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represent. The first phase of the online voting started on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances were shown on the official website before the viewers could vote. Following this recap, voters had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on 25 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and started after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five, including their own country.

The number of points were determined by the percentage of votes received. The public vote counted for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% came from the professional juries.

Trophy. The trophy was designed by Kjell Engman of the Swedish glass company Kosta Boda, using the same design as was first introduced in the 2017 contest. The main trophy is a glass microphone with colored lines inside the upper part, which symbolize the flow of sound.

Postcards. Each postcard took place in a different location in Belarus. They all consisted of the upcoming participant putting on a virtual reality headset and, through it, experiencing a location in Belarus while doing various activities. At the conclusion of the postcard, the upcoming participant would take their headset off, and the performance would commence.

Contest overview. The event took place on 25 November 2018 at 17:00 MSK (16:00 CET). Twenty countries participated, with the running order published on 19 November 2018. 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, eligible to vote. Poland won with 215 points, also winning the online vote.^[18] France came second with 203 points, with Australia (who won the jury vote), Ukraine, and Malta completing the top five. Azerbaijan, Albania, Portugal, Serbia, Wales occupied the bottom five positions.

The opening of the show featured the traditional flag parade. During the interval, Russian singer Polina Bogusevich performed a new version of her winning song “Wings”. All participants then joined on stage for a rendition of the common song, “#LightUp”.

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	🇺🇦 Ukraine UA:PBC	Darina Krasnovetska	“Say Love“	182	4
2	🇵🇹 Portugal RTP	Rita Laranjeira	“Gosto de Tudo (Já Não Gosto de Nada)“	42	18
3	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Khabar Agency	Daneliya Tuleshova	“Өзіңе сен (Òzińe Sen)“	171	6
4	🇦🇱 Albania RTSH	Efi Gjika	“Barbie“	44	17
5	🇷🇺 Russia RTR	Anna Filipchuk	“Unbreakable“	122	10
6	🇳🇱 The Netherlands AVROTROS	Max & Anne	“Samen“	91	13
7	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan İCTIMAI	Fidan Huseynova	“I Wanna Be Like You“	47	16
8	🇧🇾 Belarus BTRC	Daniel Yastremski	“Time“	114	11
9	🇮🇪 Ireland TG4	Taylor Hynes	“IOU“	48	15
10	🇷🇸 Serbia RTS	Bojana Radovanović	“Svet“	30	19
11	🇮🇹 Italy RAI	Melissa & Marco	“What Is Love“	151	7
12	🇦🇺 Australia ABC / SBS	Jael	“Champion“	201	3
13	🇬🇪 Georgia GPB	Tamar Edilashvili	“Your Voice“	144	8
14	🇮🇱 Israel KAN	Noam Dadon	“Children Like These“	81	14
15	🇫🇷 France France TV	Angélina	“Jamais Sans Toi“	203	2
16	🇲🇰 North Macedonia MKRTV	Marija Spasovska	“Doma“	99	12
17	🇦🇲 Armenia AMPTV	L.E.V.O.N	“L.E.V.O.N“	125	9
18	Wales S4C	Manw	“Perta“	29	20
19	🇲🇹 Malta PBS	Ela	“Marchin’ On“	181	5
20	🇵🇱 Poland TVP	Roksana Węgiel	“Anyone I Want To Be“	215	1

All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2018: 

• National Selections • Internal Selections in 2018:

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇦🇱 Albania	Junior Fest 2018, 23-09-2018 (Presentación versión final, 09-10-2018)	Efi Gjika – “Barbie”
🇦🇲 Armenia	Depi Mankakan Evratesil 2018, 22-09-2018	L.E.V.O.N – “L.E.V.O.N”
🇦🇺 Australia	Presentación canción, 08-10-2018 (cantante elegida internamente, 01-09-2018)	Jael – “Champion”
🇦🇿 Azerbaigian	Presentación canción, 16-10-2018; Presentación versión final, 15-11-2018; (cantante elegida internamente, 18-09-2018)	Fidan Huseynova – “I Wanna Be Like You”
🇧🇾 Belarus	Final Nacional, 31-08-2018 (Presentación versión final, 10-10-2018)	Daniel Yastremski – “Time”
🇫🇷 France	Presentación canción, 15-10-2018 (cantante elegida internamente, 13-10-2018)	Angélina – “Jamais sans toi“
🇬🇪 Georgia	Chwilio Am Seren, 09-10-2018 (Presentación versión final, 16-10-2018)	Tamar Edilashvili – “Your Voice”
🇮🇪 Ireland	Ranina, 18-05-2018 (Presentación canción, 09-10-2018)	Taylor Hynes – “IOU”
🇮🇱 Israel	Junior Eurovision Éire 2018, 11-11-2018	Noam Dadon – “Children Like These”
🇮🇹 Italy	Presentación canción, 07-10-2018 (cantante elegido en selección nacional, 06-09-2018)	Melissa and Marco – “What Is Love”
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Elección interna, 09-10-2018	Daneliya Tuleshova – “Òzińe sen” (Өзіңе сен)
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	Selección Nacional, 22-09-2018	Marija Spasovska -“Doma” (Дома)
🇲🇹 Malta	Elección interna, 24-08-2018 (Presentación canción, 19-10-2018)	Ela – “Marchin’ On”
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 08-09-2018	Max and Anne – “Samen”
🇵🇱 Poland	Junior Songfestival 2018 29-09-2018	Roksana Węgiel – “Anyone I Want to Be”
🇵🇹 Portugal	Presentación canción, 10-11-2018 (cantante elegida internamente, 21-09-2018)	Rita Laranjeira – “Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)“
🇷🇺 Russia	Presentación canción, 17-10-2018 (cantante elegida internamente, 28-09-2018)	Anna Filipchuk – “Unbreakable”
🇷🇸 Serbia	Final Nacional, 03-06-2018	Bojana Radovanović – “Svet” (Свет)
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Elección interna, 13-09-2018 (Presentación canción, 08-10-2018)	Darina Krasnovetska – “Say Love”
Wales	Final Nacional, 10-09-2018	Manw – “Perta“

Connections:

4.Detailed voting results.

Split results 

Place	Combined		Jury		Online Vote
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	🇵🇱 Poland	215	🇦🇺 Australia	148	🇵🇱 Poland	136
2	🇫🇷 France	203	🇲🇹 Malta	138	🇫🇷 France	117
3	🇦🇺 Australia	201	🇬🇪 Georgia	105	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	103
4	🇺🇦 Ukraine	182	🇺🇦 Ukraine	104	🇺🇦 Ukraine	78
5	🇲🇹 Malta	181	🇮🇹 Italy	94	🇦🇲 Armenia	70
6	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	171	🇫🇷 France	86	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	68
7	🇮🇹 Italy	151	🇵🇱 Poland	79	🇷🇺 Russia	62
8	🇬🇪 Georgia	144	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	68	🇮🇹 Italy	57
9	🇦🇲 Armenia	125	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	64	🇦🇺 Australia	53
10	🇷🇺 Russia	122	🇧🇾 Belarus	61	🇧🇾 Belarus	53
11	🇧🇾 Belarus	114	🇷🇺 Russia	60	🇮🇱 Israel	47
12	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	99	🇦🇲 Armenia	55	🇲🇹 Malta	43
13	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	91	🇮🇱 Israel	34	🇵🇹 Portugal	42
14	🇮🇱 Israel	81	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	23	🇬🇪 Georgia	39
15	🇮🇪 Ireland	48	🇦🇿 Azerbaigian	17	🇮🇪 Ireland	36
16	🇦🇿 Azerbaigian	47	🇮🇪 Ireland	12	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	35
17	🇦🇱 Albania	44	🇦🇱 Albania	10	🇦🇱 Albania	34
18	🇵🇹 Portugal	42	🇷🇸 Serbia	2	🇦🇿 Azerbaigian	30
19	🇷🇸 Serbia	30	🇵🇹 Portugal	0	Wales	29
20	Wales	29	Wales	0	🇷🇸 Serbia	28

Detailed voting results

Voting procedure used: 100% jury vote, 100% online vote		Total score	Jury vote score	Online vote score	Jury vote
					🇺🇦	🇵🇹	🇰🇿	🇦🇱	🇷🇺	🇳🇱	🇦🇿	🇧🇾	🇮🇪	🇷🇸	🇮🇹	🇦🇺	🇬🇪	🇮🇱	🇫🇷	🇲🇰	🇦🇲		🇲🇹	🇵🇱
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇺🇦 Ukraine	182	104	78		7	6	2	3	4	3	3	5	8	7		10	8	5	10	2	5	4	12
	🇵🇹 Portugal	42	0	42
	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	171	68	103	5			4	7	5	8	6	4	5			6			8	4		6
	🇦🇱 Albania	44	10	34							1		1							1		2	5
	🇷🇺 Russia	122	60	62		1	4			3	12	2				8		5			10	7	2	6
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	91	23	68	1				2					1		3	2	3	4		6	1
	🇦🇿 Azerbaigian	47	17	30				6					3		4							3	1
	🇧🇾 Belarus	114	61	53		10	2			8	10		2		5	1	1				12		10
	🇮🇪 Ireland	48	12	36													3		1					8
	🇷🇸 Serbia	30	2	28																2
	🇮🇹 Italy	151	94	57	6	4	10				4	7	10	6		7	7	7	3	12			8	3
	🇦🇺 Australia	201	148	53	12	12	3	7	10	12	6	12	7	3	12		8	2	6	7	7	12		10
	🇬🇪 Georgia	144	105	39	7	2	5		12	2	2		12	2	10	5		12	10	5	8	10		1
	🇮🇱 Israel	81	34	47	4	3	7	1	5	1					6				2				3	2
	🇫🇷 France	203	86	117		5		12	6	7	7	8	6	7		4	4	1		6	1		12
	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	99	64	35	2		12	10	1			1		12	1	2			7		5	4		7
	🇦🇲 Armenia	125	55	70	3	6		3		6		5			3	6		4	8				7	4
	Wales	29	0	29
	🇲🇹 Malta	181	138	43	10	8	8	5	8	10	5	10	8	4	8	12	12	10		4	3	8		5
	🇵🇱 Poland	215	79	136	8		1	8	4			4		10	2	10	5	6	12	3		6

12 points. Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country’s professional juries.

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	🇦🇺 Australia	🇧🇾 Belarus , 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇺🇦 Ukraine,  Wales
3	🇬🇪 Georgia	🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇷🇺 Russia
2	🇫🇷 France	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇲🇹 Malta
	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, 🇷🇸 Serbia
	🇲🇹 Malta	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇬🇪 Georgia
1	🇧🇾 Belarus	🇦🇲 Armenia
	🇮🇹 Italy	🇲🇰 North Macedonia
	🇵🇱 Poland	🇫🇷 France
	🇷🇺 Russia	🇦🇿 Azerbaigian
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇵🇱 Poland

Online voting. A total of 1,283,921 valid votes were received during the voting windows.

Online voting results

Contestant	Votes	Points
🇵🇱 Poland	~150,529	136
🇫🇷 France	~129,499	117
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	~114,003	103
🇺🇦 Ukraine	~86,333	78
🇦🇲 Armenia	~77,478	70
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	~75,264	68
🇷🇺 Russia	~68,623	62
🇮🇹 Italy	~63,089	57
🇦🇺 Australia	~58,662	53
🇧🇾 Belarus	~58,662	53
🇮🇱 Israel	~52,021	47
🇲🇹 Malta	~47,594	43
🇵🇹 Portugal	~46,487	42
🇬🇪 Georgia	~43,166	39
🇮🇪 Ireland	~39,846	36
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	~38,739	35
🇦🇱 Albania	~37,632	34
🇦🇿 Azerbaigian	~33,205	30
Wales	~32,098	29
🇷🇸 Serbia	~30,991	28
Total	1,283,921

Other countries. 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. It is currently unknown whether the EBU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Active EBU members.

• 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina – On 25 May 2018, the Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) stated that they would not be allowed to debut at the contest in the near future until the debt-related sanctions placed on them by the EBU were lifted.
• 🇩🇰 Denmark – On 16 February 2018, it was reported that the EBU was calling on Danish broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) to return to the contest after an 11-year break. However, Jan Lagermand Lundme, the head of Entertainment at the Danish broadcaster, played down the likelihood of Denmark returning to the competition, saying “Now, never say never, but as long as the show is, as it is now, I’m definitely not going to compete again. The values that we put in Denmark in a program for children do not match the values of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest… It seems that the children are on stage and play adults instead of acting as children, and we think that is fundamentally wrong. Children must be children, they should not try to strive to be something they are not. It’s super bad for us, because we really wanted to be part of the show. Participating in a concept like Junior Eurovision would be a natural step for us after MGP, but it does not work when we do not feel the show fits the Danish values.”
• 🇱🇹 Lithuania – On 28 February 2018, the Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) declared that they would not return to contest in the near future. LRT executive producer Audrius Giržadas stated that “this contest has become a clone of the main Eurovision Song Contest and has nothing to do with childhood, little girls go on stage with clipped hairs, glued eyelashes and bare belly, copying Beyoncé and Christina Aguilera – this is not an event that we would like to participate in.” Lithuania last took part in 2011.
• 🇬🇧 United Kindom – On 2 January 2018, the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC) announced that a representative from an unknown British broadcaster would be attending the supervisory meeting for the 2018 contest. Two days later it was confirmed that the United Kingdom would not take part in the Steering Group meetings. United Kingdom last took part in 2005. Wales, a country that is part of the United Kingdom, competed.

Broadcasts.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)
🇦🇱 Albania	RTSH	Unknown	Andri Xhahu
🇦🇲 Armenia	AMPTV	Armenia 1	Mika, Dalita
🇦🇺 Australia	ABC	ABC Me	Grace Koh, Pip Rasmussen, and Lawrence Gunatilaka
🇦🇿 Azerbaigian	İTV		Shafiga Efendiyeva
🇧🇾 Belarus	BTRC	Belarus 1, Belarus 24	Georgiy Koldun and Andrey Makaenok
🇫🇷 France	France Télévisions	France 2	Madame Monsieur and Stéphane Bern
🇬🇪 Georgia	GPB	First Channel	Helen Kalandadze and George Abashidze
🇮🇪 Ireland	TG4	TG4	Mícheál Ó Ciarradh and Sinéad Ní Uallacháin
🇮🇱 Israel	IPBC	Kan Educational	Dudu Erez and Alma Zohar
🇮🇹 Italy	RAI	Rai Gulp	Federica Carta and Mario Acampa
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Khabar Agency	Khabar 24	Unknown
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	MRT	MRT 1	Eli Tanaskovska
🇲🇹 Malta	PBS	TVM	No commentary
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	NPO	NPO Zapp	Jan Smit
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP	TVP ABC, TVP Polonia, TVP HD	Artur Orzech
🇵🇹 Portugal	RTP	RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África	Nuno Galopim
🇷🇺 Russia	C1R, VGTRK	Carousel	Anton Zorkin
🇷🇸 Serbia	RTS	RTS2, RTS Satelit	Tamara Petković
🇺🇦 Ukraine	UA:PBC	UA:First, UA:Crimea and UA:Kultura	Timur Miroshnychenko
Wales	S4C		Welsh: Trystan Ellis-Morris, English: Stifyn Parri

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)
New Zealand	World FM 88.2	Ewan Spence, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson

Spokespersons. 

1. 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Anastasiya Baginska
2. 🇵🇹 Portugal – Nadezhda Sidorova
3. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan – Aruzhan Khafiz
4. 🇦🇱 Albania – Daniil Lazuko
5. 🇷🇺 Russia – Dina Baru and Khryusha
6. 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Vincent Miranovich
7. 🇦🇿 Azerbaigian – Valeh Huseynbeyli
8. 🇧🇾 Belarus – Arina Rovba
9. 🇮🇪 Ireland – Alex Hynes
10. 🇷🇸 Serbia – Lana Karić
11. 🇮🇹 Italy – Yan Musvidas
12. 🇦🇺 Australia – Ksenia Galetskaya
13. 🇬🇪 Georgia – Nikoloz Vasadze
14. 🇮🇱 Israel – Adi
15. 🇫🇷 France – Daniil Rotenko and Lubava Marchuk
16. 🇲🇰 North Macedonia – Arina Pekhtereva
17. 🇦🇲 Armenia – Vardan Margaryan
18.  Wales – Gwen Rowley
19. 🇲🇹 Malta – Milana Borodko
20. 🇵🇱 Poland – Grace

Official album. Junior Eurovision Song Contest Minsk 2018 is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on 16 November 2018. The album features all the songs from the 2018 contest.