• Dates – Grand Final: Sunday, 29 November 2020 – 17:00 CET
• Host – Venue & Location: TVP Headquarters (Studio 5), Warsaw, 🇵🇱 Poland
• Presenter (s): Ida Nowakowska-Herndon, Rafał Brzozowski, Małgorzata Tomaszewska; Mateusz Szymkowiak (Opening Ceremony), Agata Konarska (conferenza stampa)
• Director: –
• Executive Producer: Marta Piekarska
• Executive Supervisor: Martin Österdahl
• Multicamera Director: Tomasz Motyl, Marcin Migdalski
• Host broadcaster: Telewizja Polska (TVP)
• Website: junioreurovision.tv/event/poland-2020
• Motto: ‘#MoveTheWorld!’ / #RuszŚwiatem
• Opening Act – Interval Act: Viki Gabor performing “Superhero”. Duncan Laurence, Viki Gabor and Roksana Węgiel with “Arcade”, Alicja Szemplińska with “Empires” e All contestants performing “Move The World”-
• Participants – Number of entries: 12 [🇩🇪 Germany (1ª), 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 3ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (19ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (13ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (19ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (8ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (15ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (17ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (16ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (6ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (16ª), 🇫🇷 France (4ª)]
• Debuting countries: 🇩🇪 Germany (1ª)
• Return: —
• Non-returning countries: 🇦🇱 Albania (7ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (6ª), Wales (2ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (6ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (7ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (16ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (6ª)
• 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: “J’imagine” – Valentina, 🇫🇷 France (1ª)

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	🇩🇪 Germany	Susan (Susan Oseloff)	“Stronger with You” (Stärker mit dir)	066	12
2	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Karakat Bashanova (Қарақат Башанова)	“Forever” (Мәңгілік)	152	02
3	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	UNITY (Naomi Traa, Demi van den Bos, Maud Noordam, Jayda Monteiro da Silva)	“Best Friends”	132	04
4	🇷🇸 Serbia	Petar Aničić (Петар Аничић)	“Heartbeat” (Откуцај, Otkucaj)	085	11
5	🇧🇾 Belarus	Arina Pehtereva (Арына Пехцерава)	“Aliens” (Пришельцы, Прышэльцы)	130	05
6	🇵🇱 Poland	Ala Tracz (Alicja “Ala” Tracz)	“I’ll Be Standing”	090	09
7	🇬🇪 Georgia	Sandra Gadelia (სანდრა გადელია)	“You Are Not Alone” (შენ მარტო არ ხარ)	111	06
8	🇲🇹 Malta	Chanel Monseigneur	“Chasing Sunsets”	100	08
9	🇷🇺 Russia	Sofia Feskova (София Феськова)	“My New Day” (Moy novy den, Мой новый день)	088	10
10	🇪🇸 Spain	Soleá (Soleá Fernández Moreno)	“Palante” (Move On)	133	03
11	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Oleksandr Balabanov (Олександр Балабанов)	“Vidkryvai (Open Up)” (Відкривай)	106	07
12	🇫🇷 France	Valentina (Valentina Tronel)	“J’imagine” (I imagine)	200	01

Overview/About. On Sunday 29 November, dozens of young, talented singers from all over Europe are invited to the Polish capital for the 18th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. And it’s a record-breaking year: TVP will be the first public broadcaster to host two Junior Eurovision Song Contests in a row.

Following Viki Gabor’s win at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Gliwice-Silesia in 2019, we told you that we’d be going back to Poland for the 2020 edition of the Contest.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Telewizja Polska (TVP) have now revealed the Junior Eurovision slogan and artwork. The Contest is planned to take place in Warsaw in November.

#MoveTheWorld / #RuszŚwiatem. 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.

Missed participation

Participants

JESC 2020 Scoreboard Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

Warsaw 2020		Total score	Jury vote score	Online vote score	Jury vote
					🇩🇪	🇰🇿	🇳🇱	🇷🇸	🇧🇾	🇵🇱	🇬🇪	🇲🇹	🇷🇺	🇪🇸	🇺🇦	🇫🇷
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇩🇪 Germany	66	27	39	–	5	–	2	3	2	2	5	–	–	2	6
	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	152	83	69	3	–	8	10	10	3	12	10	12	4	7	4
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	132	68	64	12	7	–	4	5	8	6	6	2	10	5	3
	🇷🇸 Serbia	85	35	50	–	3	4	–	4	–	5	2	3	1	1	12
	🇧🇾 Belarus	130	73	57	7	12	1	12	–	12	3	7	6	5	6	2
	🇵🇱 Poland	90	46	44	2	6	5	8	2	–	8	8	4	2	–	1
	🇬🇪 Georgia	111	69	42	5	10	6	5	1	5	–	1	7	12	12	5
	🇲🇹 Malta	100	51	49	1	–	7	1	6	6	10	–	1	7	4	8
	🇷🇺 Russia	88	44	44	6	4	3	–	8	4	–	3	–	3	3	10
	🇪🇸 Spain	133	50	73	10	2	10	6	7	7	1	4	5	–	8	–
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	106	52	54	4	1	2	3	–	10	7	–	10	8	–	7
	🇫🇷 France	200	88	112	8	8	12	7	12	1	4	12	8	6	10	–

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was the 18th edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by Telewizja Polska (TVP) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest took place on 29 November 2020, and was held in Warsaw, Poland, following the country’s victory at the 2019 contest with the song “Superhero” by Viki Gabor. This was the first time the contest was held in the same country for two consecutive years.

Twelve countries participated in the contest, having the smallest number of participants since the 2013 contest (with some countries pointing the COVID-19 pandemic situation and the resulting travel restrictions as the reasons for their withdrawal), with Germany participating for the first time.

France’s Valentina was the winner of the contest with the song “J’imagine”. This was France’s first victory in the contest, as well as their first victory at a Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. Kazakhstan and Spain finished in second and third place respectively for the second year in a row. The Netherlands and Belarus completed the top five, with the Netherlands finishing fourth also for the second year in a row. Debuting country Germany finished last.

Location. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 took place in Studio 5 in the TVP Headquarters located in Warsaw, Poland, after the country won the 2019 edition on home soil in Gliwice with the song “Superhero” by Viki Gabor. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time, all the competing songs were performed in a studio in each participating country.

It was the third time Warsaw hosted 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. 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. 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. Poland was confirmed as the host country in March 2020.

Following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work on the event was suspended indefinitely. 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 television studio inside the TVP headquarters in Warsaw on 29 November. Gabor also revealed the competition’s logo and slogan during the broadcast.

On 7 October, Rafał Brzozowski revealed in an interview for TVP that the contest would take place in Studio 5 at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw. In that TVP1 produced Jaka to melodia? since 2019. 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.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 (Gallery):

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Participating countries. On 8 September 2020, the EBU released the initial list of participants with 13 competing countries. Germany would make their debut appearance, while Albania, Australia, Ireland, Italy, North Macedonia, Portugal and Wales would not return, having participated in 2019. All of these countries cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for their withdrawal. Although initially confirmed as a participating country, Armenia withdrew from the contest on 5 November 2020 due to the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, reducing the number of participating countries to 12. This was the lowest number of participating countries since 2013, which also had twelve participating countries.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)	Location[a]
🇧🇾 Belarus	BTRC	Arina Pehtereva	“Aliens“	Russian, English	Arina Pehtereva, Daniil Zabela	Minsk
🇫🇷 France	France Télévisions	Valentina	“J’imagine“	French	Igit, Barbara Pravi	Paris
🇬🇪 Georgia	GPB	Sandra Gadelia	“You Are Not Alone“	Georgian, English	Giga Kukhianidze, Temo Sajaia	Tbilisi
🇩🇪 Germany	Kika	Susan	“Stronger with You“	German, English	Levent Geiger	Hamburg
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Khabar	Karakat Bashanova	“Forever“	Kazakh, English	Abulkhair Adam, Khamit Shangaliyev, Ardak Yeleusiz	Almaty
🇲🇹 Malta	PBS	Chanel Monseigneur	“Chasing Sunsets“	English	Peter Borg, Emil Calleja Bayliss, Joe Roscoe, Aleandro Spiteri Monseigneur	Warsaw
🇳🇱 The  etherlands	AVROTROS	UNITY	“Best Friends“	Dutch, English	Robert Dorn	Aalsmeer
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP	Ala Tracz	“I’ll Be Standing“	Polish, English	Sara Chmiel-Gromala, Andrzej Gromala	Warsaw
🇷🇺 Russia	VGTRK	Sofia Feskova	“My New Day“	Russian, English	Sofia Feskova, Anna Petryasheva, Vitaly Tomin	Moscow
🇷🇸 Serbia	RTS	Petar Aničić	“Heartbeat“	Serbian, English	Petar Aničić, Nemanja Filipović, Vladimir Grai, Leontina Vukomanovićć	Warsaw
🇪🇸 Spain	RTVE	Soleá	“Palante“	Spanish	César G. Ross, Hajar Sbihi, Bruno Valverde	Madrid
🇺🇦 Ukraine	UA:PBC	Oleksandr Balabanov	“Vidkryvai (Open Up)” (Відкривай)	Ukrainian, English	Oleksandr Balabanov, Mykhailo Klymenko	Warsaw

Production. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was, like the previous year, produced by TVP and the EBU. In January 2020, the EBU announced that after the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, Martin Österdahl would become the new executive supervisor of both the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and the Eurovision Song Contest, succeeding Jon Ola Sand. Österdahl stated during a press conference that this year’s event “faced more challenges than perhaps ever before”, and that some worked double or triple the normal amount.

Performances. For the first time in the contest’s history, most of the participants performed their songs remotely, recorded prior to the contest in a television studio in their country of origin. The EBU stated “to ensure continuity and the fairness of the competition, EBU Members in the [then] 13 participating countries have agreed to use a similar stage layout and technical set up to capture the performance of their artist(s).” The only four countries to record their performances in Warsaw were Malta, Poland, Serbia and Ukraine.

The opening ceremony and the interval acts were also broadcast live from Warsaw, with, according to the EBU, “all presenters and necessary crew socially distancing.” There was a small audience present.

Format. 

Presenters. On 7 October 2020, it was announced that Ida Nowakowska, Rafał Brzozowski, and Małgorzata Tomaszewska [pl] would host the contest. Nowakowska was the first person to host either the junior or adult contest two times in a row. Brzozowski is a Polish singer and TV presenter, and later represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Tomaszewska is a co-host of The Voice of Poland.

On 14 November 2020, journalist and TV host Mateusz Szymkowiak was confirmed as the host for the Opening Ceremony, which took place on 23 November in Warsaw. Szymkowiak was the first person to host the Opening Ceremony of either the junior or adult contest two times in a row.

Visual design. The theme for the contest, #MoveTheWorld!, was revealed on 16 May 2020, during the broadcast of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light by Junior Eurovision 2019 winner Viki Gabor.^[1] The creative concept behind the slogan is the belief in children that “all important things are done by renowned people: scientists, astronauts, athletes and actors”, celebrating the millions of people around the world perform their day-to-day duties with capability and care and the “collective power we hold together.”

The main stage in Warsaw was designed by Anna Brodnicka. It was “inspired by the rich symbolism of a circle and its connection to our lives.” The participating broadcasters were presented two versions of the stage to film their performances in their own countries. One version of the stage featured LED screens, while the other more simplified stage used projections instead.

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.^[33] The main trophy is a glass microphone with coloured lines inside the upper part, which symbolize the flow of sound.

Postcards. Each postcard took place in a different location in Poland. They all began with a short clip of the upcoming performer creating a heart with their hands or otherwise gesturing to the camera, followed by an extended sequence involving dance troupes dancing around cardboard models related to a certain profession. Each postcard ended with the upcoming performer giving a gift to a worker in that profession.

Contest overview. The event took place on 29 November 2020 at 17:00 CET. Twelve countries participated, with the running order published on 23 November 2020. 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. France won with 200 points, winning both the jury and online vote. Kazakhstan came second with 152 points, with Spain completing the top three. Russia, Serbia and Germany occupied the bottom three positions.

Opening the show, Viki Gabor performed her winning song “Superhero”. She later returned during the interval to perform the 2019 adult Eurovision winning song “Arcade” with Roksana Węgiel and Duncan Laurence, the latter having his appearance inserted via chroma keying. Alicja Szemplińska then performed “Empires”, the intended Polish entry for the cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The show’s co-host, Ida Nowakowska, performed as a backup dancer for Szemplińska. Closing the interval, all participants performed the common song, “Move the World”, with their appearance also inserted via chroma keying.

Following the final, multiple delegations, including winner France, were accused of having used playback and pre-recorded vocals in the recordings of their performances. A formal request to respond to the allegations was denied by the EBU, which responded, “all countries were subject to the same controls and that the playback allegations were not true.”

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	🇩🇪 Germany	Susan	“Stronger with You”	66	12
2	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Karakat Bashanova	“Forever”	152	2
3	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Unity	“Best Friends”	132	4
4	🇷🇸 Serbia	Petar Aničić	“Heartbeat”	85	11
5	🇧🇾 Belarus	Arina Pehtereva	“Aliens”	130	5
6	🇵🇱 Poland	Ala Tracz	“I’ll Be Standing”	90	9
7	🇬🇪 Georgia	Sandra Gadelia	“You Are Not Alone”	111	6
8	🇲🇹 Malta	Chanel Monseigneur	“Chasing Sunsets”	100	8
9	🇷🇺 Russia	Sofia Feskova	“My New Day”	88	10
10	🇪🇸 Spain	Soleá	“Palante“	133	3
11	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Oleksandr Balabanov	“Vidkryvai (Open Up)”	106	7
12	🇫🇷 France	Valentina	“J’imagine“	200	1

All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2020: 

• National Selections • Internal Selections in 2020:

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇧🇾 Belarus	Elección interna, 08-10-2020	Arina Pehtereva – “Aliens”
🇫🇷 France	Presentación de la canción, 16-10-2020 (cantante elegida internamente, 09-10-2020)	Valentina – “J’imagine“
🇬🇪 Georgia	Ranina, 13-11-2020	Sandra Gadelia – “You Are Not Alone”
🇩🇪 Germany	Dein Song für Warschau, 02-09-2020	Susan – “Stronger with You”
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Final nacional, 26-09-2020	Karakat Bashanova – “Forever”
🇲🇹 Malta	Malta Junior Eurovision 2020, 01-10-2020	Chanel Monseigneur – “Chasing Sunsets”
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Junior Songfestival 2020, 26-09-2020	UNITY – “Best Friends”
🇵🇱 Poland	Szansa na Sukces – Eurowizja Junior, 27-09-2020	Ala Tracz – “I’ll Be Standing”
🇷🇺 Russia	Final Nacional, 25-09-2020	Sofia Feskova – “My New Day”
🇷🇸 Serbia	Presentación de la canción, 09-10-2020 (cantante elegido internamente, 25-09-2020)	Petar Aničić – “Heartbeat”
🇪🇸 Spain	Presentación de la canción, 07-10-2020 (cantante elegida internamente, 09-09-2020)	Soleá – “Palante“
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Final nacional, 07-09-2020 (presentación final de la canción, 13-10-2020)	Oleksandr Balabanov – “Vidkryvai (Open Up)” (Відкривай)

Connections:

4.Detailed voting results.

Split results

Place	Combined		Jury		Online Vote
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	🇫🇷 France	200	🇫🇷 France	88	🇫🇷 France	112
2	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	152	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	83	🇪🇸 Spain	73
3	🇪🇸 Spain	133	🇧🇾 Belarus	73	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	69
4	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	132	🇬🇪 Georgia	69	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	64
5	🇧🇾 Belarus	130	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	68	🇧🇾 Belarus	57
6	🇬🇪 Georgia	111	🇪🇸 Spain	60	🇺🇦 Ukraine	54
7	🇺🇦 Ukraine	106	🇺🇦 Ukraine	52	🇷🇸 Serbia	50
8	🇲🇹 Malta	100	🇲🇹 Malta	51	🇲🇹 Malta	49
9	🇵🇱 Poland	90	🇵🇱 Poland	46	🇵🇱 Poland	44
10	🇷🇺 Russia	88	🇷🇺 Russia	44	🇷🇺 Russia	44
11	🇷🇸 Serbia	85	🇷🇸 Serbia	35	🇬🇪 Georgia	42
12	🇩🇪 Germany	66	🇩🇪 Germany	27	🇩🇪 Germany	39

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	🇩🇪 Germany	66	27	39		5		2	3	2	2	5			2	6
	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	152	83	69	3		8	10	10	3	12	10	12	4	7	4
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	132	68	64	12	7		4	5	8	6	6	2	10	5	3
	🇷🇸 Serbia	85	35	50		3	4		4		5	2	3	1	1	12
	🇧🇾 Belarus	130	73	57	7	12	1	12		12	3	7	6	5	6	2
	🇵🇱 Poland	90	46	44	2	6	5	8	2		8	8	4	2		1
	🇬🇪 Georgia	111	69	42	5	10	6	5	1	5		1	7	12	12	5
	🇲🇹 Malta	100	51	49	1		7	1	6	6	10		1	7	4	8
	🇷🇺 Russia	88	44	44	6	4	3		8	4		3		3	3	10
	🇪🇸 Spain	133	50	73	10	2	10	6	7	7	1	4	5		8
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	106	52	54	4	1	2	3		10	7		10	8		7
	🇫🇷 France	200	88	112	8	8	12	7	12	1	4	12	8	6	10

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

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
3	🇧🇾 Belarus	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇷🇸 Serbia
	🇫🇷 France	🇧🇾 Belarus, Malta, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
2	🇬🇪 Georgia	🇪🇸 Spain, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	🇬🇪 Georgia , 🇷🇺 Russia
1	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	🇩🇪 Germany
	🇷🇸 Serbia	🇫🇷 France

Online voting. According to the EBU, a total of over 4.5 million valid votes were received during the voting windows.

Online voting results

Contestant	Votes	Points
🇫🇷 France	~723,000	112
🇪🇸 Spain	~471,000	73
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	~445,000	69
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	~413,000	64
🇧🇾 Belarus	~368,000	57
🇺🇦 Ukraine	~348,000	54
🇷🇸 Serbia	~322,000	50
🇲🇹 Malta	~316,000	49
🇵🇱 Poland	~284,000	44
🇷🇺 Russia	~284,000	44
🇬🇪 Georgia	~271,000	42
🇩🇪 Germany	~251,000	39
Total	>4,500,000	697

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.

• 🇦🇱 Albania – Albania did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU on 8 September 2020. RTSH later revealed that they did not enter due to the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 🇦🇲 Armenia – Initially, Armenia was on the list of participating countries as announced by the EBU on 8 September 2020. However, on 5 November 2020, Armenia withdrew from the contest, citing martial law imposed on the country as a result of the then-ongoing Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. On Instagram, Armenia’s Head of Delegation David Tserunyan revealed that Maléna had been internally selected to represent Armenia this year. Her intended entry “Why” was released on 29 November 2020. Maléna was subsequently re-selected to represent Armenia in the 2021 edition, and later won the competition with the song “Qami Qami”.
• 🇦🇺 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. However, they expressed their intention to return to the event in 2021.
• 🇧🇬 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. However, in July 2020, they stated that the broadcaster was looking to return to the contest in 2021 and had not completely ruled out the possibility of returning to the contest in 2020. 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. However, weeks later, it was revealed that the broadcaster had decided not to return to the contest in 2020. 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. 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.
• 🇮🇹 Italy – While Rai Gulp had previously stated in an Instagram story dated 4 November 2019 that they intended to participate in the 2020 contest; they stated in July 2020 that they had yet to make a decision on participation. Italy did not appear on the final list confirmed by the EBU on 8 September 2020. Later that month, the broadcaster stated that they had not decided yet on their participation, but no further statement on such was made and no Italian entry competed at the contest.
• 🇲🇰 North Macedonia – In July 2020, Macedonian Radio Television announced that North Macedonia would not participate in the 2020 contest due to the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 🇵🇹 Portugal – While Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) had provisionally confirmed their participation in the contest in August 2020, Portugal did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU on 8 September 2020. RTP later revealed that they did not enter due to the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
•  Scotland – In June 2019, BBC Alba stated that talks had taken place that could enable its participation in 2020. However, in April 2020, the broadcaster announced that it had no plans to debut at the contest in 2020.
• 🇸🇪 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.
•  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. On 14 July 2020, it was confirmed that Wales would not participate in 2020 due to the pandemic.

Broadcasts.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)
🇧🇾 Belarus	BTRC	Belarus 1, Belarus 24	Pavel Lazovik
🇫🇷 France	France Télévisions	France 2	Stéphane Bern, Carla Lazzari
🇬🇪 Georgia	GPB	1TV	Helen Kalandadze
🇩🇪 Germany	ARD/ZDF	Kika	Bürger Lars Dietrich
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Khabar Agency	Khabar TV	Mahabbat Esen, Kaldybek Zhaisanbai
🇲🇹 Malta	PBS	TVM	No commentary
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	AVROTROS	NPO Zapp via NPO 3	Jan Smit
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP	TVP1, TVP ABC, TVP Polonia	Artur Orzech
🇷🇺 Russia	C1R/VGTRK	Carousel	Anton Zorkin and Khryusha
🇷🇸 Serbia	RTS	RTS2, RTS Svet	Tijana Lukić
🇪🇸 Spain	RTVE	La 1, TVE Internacional	Tony Aguilar, Eva Mora, Víctor Escudero
🇺🇦 Ukraine	UA:PBC	UA:First, UA:Kultura	Timur Miroshnychenko

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)
🇦🇱 Albania	RTSH	RTSH Shkollë[b]
🇱🇹 Lithuania	TVP	TVP Wilno	Artur Orzech
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	MRT		Eli Tanaskovska
🇬🇧 United Kindom	Radio Six International		Ewan Spence, Ellie Chalkley

Spokespersons. The following people announced the jury 12 points for their respective country:

1. 🇩🇪 Germany – Olivia
2. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan – Saniya Zholzhaksynova
3. 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Robin de Haas
4. 🇷🇸 Serbia – Darija Vračević
5. 🇧🇾 Belarus – Ksenia Galetskaya
6. 🇵🇱 Poland – Marianna Józefina Piątkowska
7. 🇬🇪 Georgia – Marita Khvedelidze
8. 🇲🇹 Malta – Leah Mifsud
9. 🇷🇺 Russia – Mikella Abramova and Khryusha
10. 🇪🇸 Spain – Melani García
11. 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Sophia Ivanko
12. 🇫🇷 France – Nathan Laface

Official album. Prior to the event, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2020 contest was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 13 November 2020. It was the first time since 2012 that the compilation was released physically.

JESC: Gliwice-Silesia 2019 → JESC: Warsaw 2020 → • JESC: Paris 2021 →
Countries (in order of appearance)
Final	Germany ⦁ Kazakhstan ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ Serbia ⦁ Belarus ⦁ Poland ⦁ Georgia ⦁ Malta ⦁ Russia ⦁ Spain ⦁ Portugal ⦁ Ukraine ⦁ France (winner)
Artists (in order of appearance)
Final	Susan ⦁ Karakat Bashanova (Қарақат Башанова) ⦁ UNITY ⦁ Petar Aničić (Петар Аничић) ⦁ Ala Tracz ⦁ Sandra Gadelia (სანდრა გადელია) ⦁ Chanel Monseigneur ⦁ Sofia Feskova (София Феськова) ⦁ Soleá ⦁ Oleksandr Balabanov (Олександр Балабанов) ⦁ Valentina (winner)
Songs (in order of appearance)
Final	“Stronger with You” (Stärker mit dir) ⦁ “Forever” (Мәңгілік) ⦁ “Best Friends” ⦁ “Heartbeat” (Откуцај, Otkucaj) ⦁ “Aliens” (Пришельцы, Прышэльцы) ⦁ “I’ll Be Standing” ⦁ “You Are Not Alone” (შენ მარტო არ ხარ) ⦁ “Chasing Sunsets” ⦁ “My New Day” (Moy novy den, Мой новый день) ⦁ “Palante” ⦁ “Vidkryvai (Open Up)” (Відкривай) ⦁ “J-imagine” (winner)
Non-participating entries: –