Junior Eurovision Song Festival 5

The Junior Eurovision Song Festival 5 will be the fifth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival. It will take place in the Pais Arena in Jerusalem, Israel. This will be the first time the contest will take place in Jerusalem, Israel. The contest is expected to consist of one final at 13 November 2020.
On the 24th of October 2020, the EBO confirmed that a total of 20 countries will be present in the fifth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival.
Due to the political turmoil in Belarus and restructuring of the national broadcaster of Belarus, Aleksandr Horoslav resigned as executive supervisor. Instead, Evert Broekman from the Netherlands was assigned to this post.
==Location==
===Bidding phase===
On 24 October 2020, the EBO confirmed that two cities were in the race to host the fifth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival. The host city will be announced on the 24th of October 2020. The head of the contest, Jana Dapčević, announced that the host city announcement will take place on 00:00 CET.
The broadcasters had to announce the city, the venue and the capacity for the show. In the end, two cities were submitted to host the contest. The following cities are in the race to host the contest:
 Host venue
 Shortlisted
City 	Venue 	Capacity	Notes
Tel Aviv 	Expo Tel Aviv	9,628 	
Jerusalem †	Pais Arena 	11,000 	
===Venue===
The Jerusalem Arena (Hebrew: הארנה ירושלים‎, HaArena Yerushalayim), renamed for the National Lottery Mifal HaPais grant as Pais Arena Jerusalem (Hebrew: פיס ארנה ירושלים‎, HaPais Arena Yerushalayim), is a multi-purpose sports arena that was built in Jerusalem by the city council and National Lottery grant of Mifal HaPais. Opened in September 2014, the arena is located in the Jerusalem Sports Quarter, in the southwestern Malha neighborhood, adjacent to Teddy Stadium. The arena seats 11,000 for basketball games.
The arena interior itself covers 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) and, according to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, the arena is the largest indoor space in Jerusalem. The arena is able to host professional sports, world-class concerts, international conferences, and cultural events. The arena also contains a medical sports center, club rooms, offices, and two additional halls. The entire complex includes 47,370 square metres (509,900 sq ft).
The arena is part of a number of sports facilities in the Jerusalem Sport Quarter, which include an indoor Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis courts, and an ice rink. It is also a multi-purpose site, with hotels and residences for athletes with accommodations of 240 rooms, that is able to provide facilities for exhibitions, cultural and business events. There is also an underground parking space for 1,700 cars, and a retail power center.
In 2004, Jerusalem mayor, Ehud Olmert, declared a new basketball arena would be built within a year. In December 2005, the cornerstone was laid. In July 2009, the city hall publicized tenders for building the arena's infrastructure.
The building project was originally scheduled to be finished in late 2014, and originally estimated at a cost 240 million NIS. Of which, 187 million NIS was to be covered by Mifal HaPais, 20 million NIS from a grant from the Israeli National Sports Betting Council, and 33 million NIS from the Jerusalem municipality. However, the final eventual cost of the project ended being over 400 million NIS.
Upon completion, the arena became the new home arena of the Israeli Basketball Premiere League club Hapoel Jerusalem B.C., as they moved into it from the smaller Malha Arena, which was their previous home arena. The arena was officially opened on 11 September 2014.
==Format==
On the 24th of October 2020, the EBO confirmed that one final were scheduled to take place in the beginning of November. There is a jury and a televote. They both decide 50% of the score. To prevent the show from being too long, a maximum of twenty participants were allowed to take part this edition.
==Participating countries==
Participating countries had until 6 September 2019 to submit their applications for participation in the contest. The EBO announced on 8 October that 20 countries would participate in the contest.
Denmark debuted in the contest while Bulgaria, Ireland and Turkey withdrew.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Language 	Place	Points
01 	Belarus 	PAVA 	"My wave" 	English, Russian	7 	159
02 	Albania 	Arilena Ara 	"Aeroplan" 	Albanian 	19 	37
03 	Denmark 	Ida & Lærke 	"Bar' for vildt" 	Danish 	18 	39
04 	 Israel 	Agam Buhbut 	"Lemonade" 	Hebrew 	14 	74
05 	Moldova 	Cleopatra Stratan 	"Angela" 	English, Russian	5 	171
06 	Poland 	Viki Gabor 	"Not gonna get it" 	English 	1 	255
07 	Hungary 	Ruszó Tibi 	"Mindenem" 	Hungarian 	20 	10
08 	Lebanon 	Lynn Hayek 	"Running through my mind"	English 	16 	45
09 	Russia 	Katya Adushkina 	"Beauty bomb" 	English, Russian	3 	244
10 	Kazakhstan 	YOUNGSTERS 	"Epti bajymajdy" 	Kazakh 	6 	162
11 	France 	Carla 	"L'autre moi" 	French 	8 	132
12 	Czech Republic 	Tom Sean ft. Justice	"Reach the stars" 	Czech 	15 	59
13 	Austria 	Marilena 	"Hey DJ leg a Polka auf" 	German 	17 	43
14 	Lithuania 	Milėja Stankevičiūtė	"Higher" 	English 	11 	90
15 	Ukraine 	Viktoria Kovalenko 	"Segodnya ne tvoya" 	Russian 	2 	246
16 	Netherlands 	Aliyah 	"Stapelgek" 	Dutch 	4 	182
17 	Romania 	Jeans4dreams 	"Pot sa visez" 	Romanian 	13 	81
18 	North Macedonia	Mina Blažev 	"Vekje nema" 	Macedonian 	10 	107
19 	Slovenia 	Ula Ložar 	"I'll be with you" 	English 	12 	83
20 	Armenia 	Ani 	"Angels" 	Armenian 	9 	108
==Scoreboard==
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	Belarus 	159 	70 	 	 	 	 	4 	12 	6 	 	12 	7 	 	 	 	6 	7 	4 	 	 	 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Belarus 	159 	89 	 	1 	 	6 	4 	5 	6 	6 	10 	7 	5 	8 	 	1 	2 	5 	10 	1 	7 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Albania 	37 	13 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Albania 	37 	24 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	3 	4 	 	 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Denmark 	39 	19 	3 	 	 	 	3 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5 	 	 	3 	 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Denmark 	39 	20 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	 	7 	 	 	3 	 	7 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Israel 	74 	40 	 	 	 	 	 	7 	8 	 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	10 	2 	3 	4 	 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Israel 	74 	34 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	3 	6 	4 	4 	 	 	3 	 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Moldova 	171 	52 	 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	8 	 	 	6 	10 	 	 	 	 	12 	3 	3 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Moldova 	171 	119 	4 	7 	1 	12 	 	4 	8 	3 	6 	10 	7 	10 	6 	2 	8 	6 	12 	2 	4 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Poland 	255 	143 	 	8 	5 	12 	8 	 	12 	 	4 	5 	8 	12 	7 	12 	12 	6 	10 	6 	10 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Poland 	255 	112 	10 	2 	7 	4 	7 	 	12 	5 	2 	 	12 	12 	8 	4 	1 	4 	2 	10 	6 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Hungary 	10 	5 	 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Hungary 	10 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Lebanon 	45 	30 	 	 	2 	 	 	3 	 	 	7 	6 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Lebanon 	45 	15 	 	 	 	 	5 	1 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Russia 	244 	85 	8 	5 	 	4 	10 	6 	2 	5 	 	12 	5 	 	6 	 	6 	5 	1 	1 	2 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Russia 	244 	159 	12 	3 	4 	3 	6 	10 	10 	12 	 	12 	10 	6 	7 	10 	12 	12 	3 	5 	10 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Kazakhstan 	162 	51 	5 	 	6 	2 	2 	 	 	 	10 	 	 	5 	4 	7 	3 	 	6 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Kazakhstan 	162 	111 	3 	8 	6 	8 	8 	8 	7 	4 	12 	 	2 	3 	 	5 	10 	3 	8 	3 	5 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	France 	132 	94 	7 	4 	7 	 	6 	2 	5 	12 	 	1 	 	 	10 	10 	5 	12 	 	8 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	France 	132 	38 	 	 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	5 	 	5 	 	 	 	10 	 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Czech Republic 	59 	18 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	3 	 	3 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Czech Republic 	59 	41 	2 	4 	 	7 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	1 	 	4 	7 	 	 	7 	 	 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Austria 	43 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Austria 	43 	37 	 	6 	 	5 	 	 	4 	1 	 	 	6 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Lithuania 	90 	76 	6 	7 	10 	6 	 	4 	1 	 	1 	4 	4 	8 	3 	 	 	10 	 	2 	 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Lithuania 	90 	14 	 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Ukraine 	246 	144 	10 	10 	4 	10 	7 	10 	7 	10 	3 	10 	10 	7 	12 	2 	 	7 	8 	5 	7 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Ukraine 	246 	102 	8 	10 	5 	 	10 	12 	5 	2 	8 	8 	 	 	1 	12 	 	2 	 	8 	1 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Netherlands 	182 	89 	2 	1 	12 	1 	1 	5 	4 	7 	8 	2 	12 	3 	1 	8 	4 	 	 	10 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Netherlands 	182 	93 	6 	 	12 	10 	 	7 	1 	 	5 	1 	8 	2 	12 	8 	6 	 	5 	6 	2 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Romania 	81 	41 	 	3 	1 	7 	12 	 	3 	1 	 	 	1 	1 	 	1 	8 	 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Romania 	81 	40 	7 	 	 	2 	12 	 	 	 	7 	 	 	 	2 	6 	 	1 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	North Macedonia	107 	54 	1 	12 	3 	3 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	 	6 	2 	 	2 	8 	 	 	12 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	North Macedonia	107 	53 	1 	12 	3 	1 	 	2 	 	 	 	2 	 	1 	10 	 	 	8 	 	 	12 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Slovenia 	83 	69 	 	2 	8 	8 	 	8 	 	 	5 	 	7 	 	8 	4 	 	 	7 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Slovenia 	83 	14 	 	 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	7 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Armenia 	108 	61 	12 	 	 	 	5 	 	10 	6 	6 	8 	 	2 	 	5 	1 	 	 	 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Armenia 	108 	47 	5 	5 	2 	 	 	6 	2 	10 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	7 	 	4 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Other countries==
 Bulgaria - BNT confirmed that Bulgaria would not be present in this years edition, but hoped it would participate in any future Eurovision event. The reason for the withdrawal was not specified.
 Denmark - Danish broadcaster DR confirmed the debut on their Twitter account, revealing that it would also hold a national final.
 Ireland - The Irish broadcaster RTÉ confirmed that it would withdraw from the Junior Eurovision Song Festival this edition after the bad result of last edition. The broadcaster has however no negative views regarding the contest and wished this years contestants much luck in 'this beautiful event that brings nations together'.
 Lebanon - The Lebanese broadcaster, LBCI, announced that it would not send a delegation to Jerusalem, Israel due to the ongoing tensions between the countries. This sparked rumours about a possible withdrawal. Later on, the broadcaster revealed that Lynn Hayek would sing from a tv-studio in Beirut, making it possible for the country to compete.
 Turkey - TRT confirmed that it would withdraw from the contest. Last years participating was experimental, according to the broadcaster, and after the bad result and low viewing figures the broadcaster decided to withdraw. It was also rumoured that Turkey withdrew due to the controversial decision to hold the contest in Jerusalem.