Junior Eurovision Song Festival 2

The Junior Eurovision Song Festival 2 will be the 2nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival. It will take place in the Polyvalent Hall in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This will be the first time the contest will take in Cluj-Napoca, but the second time the contest will be held in Romania. The contest is expected to consist of one final in May 2018.
On the 17th of May 2018, the EBO confirmed that a total of 17 countries will be present in the second edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival.
==Location==
===Bidding phase===
On 17 May 2018, the EBO confirmed that two cities were in the race to host the second edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival. The host city will be announced on the 17th of May 2018. The head of the contest, Jana Dapčević, announced that the host city announcement will take place on 23:00 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
Bucharest 	Romexpo 	7,350 	
Cluj-Napoca †	Polyvalent Hall	10,000 	
===Venue===
The Polyvalent Hall (Romanian: Sala Polivalentă) is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The venue holds 10,000 people in its largest configuration. The building is located next to the Cluj Arena.
The arena opened on 21 October 2014. The arena hosted a concert, on 31 October 2014, by English musician James Blunt, who sang from his album Moon Landing. The concert had an attendance of upwards of 6,000. Sala Polivalentă hosted the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015.
The arena's seating capacity for basketball games was expanded to 10,000 seats for the EuroBasket 2017. The renovation work on the arena's existing stands began after the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
==Format==
On the 17th of May, the EBO confirmed that one final were scheduled to take place in the middle of May. There is a jury and a televote. They both decide 50% of the score.
==Participating countries==
Participating countries had until 15 May 2018 to submit their applications for participation in the contest. The EBO announced on 17 May that 17 countries would participate in the contest.
Croatia, France and Slovenia debuted in the contest, while Ireland withdrew.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Language 	Place	Points
01 	Lithuania 	Eglė Jurgaitytė 	"Jis toks grazus" 	Lithuanian 	10 	90
02 	Moldova 	Lollipops 	"Am la tara, la bunici"	Romanian 	11 	69
03 	Romania 	Nicole Cherry 	"Vara mea" 	Romanian 	7 	131
04 	Czech Republic 	Diana Kalashova 	"Svět má děti rád" 	Czech 	5 	139
05 	Albania 	Floriani Beqiri 	"Hej zemer" 	Albanian 	8 	129
06 	Netherlands 	Sarah & Julia 	"Live life" 	Dutch, English	15 	40
07 	North Macedonia	Anja Veterova 	"Pokazi mi" 	Macedonian 	4 	177
08 	Austria 	Sarah-Stephanie 	"Ich heiße Stephanie" 	German 	14 	42
09 	Georgia 	Mariam Khunjgurua 	"Dreamer" 	English 	17 	12
10 	Ukraine 	Yuliana Vasilovska 	"Tviy nomer odyn" 	Ukrainian 	3 	232
11 	Slovenia 	Leni 	"Najlepši dan" 	Slovene 	9 	104
12 	Bulgaria 	Izzy 	"Za posleden put" 	Bulgarian 	13 	48
13 	Poland 	Angelika Brylska 	"Bezsennie" 	Polish 	16 	19
14 	Croatia 	Kalnovecki Skolarci	"Ucionica geografije" 	Croatian 	12 	50
15 	Belarus 	Maria Zhilina 	"Vyshei" 	Russian 	2 	276
16 	France 	Kids United 	"On ecrit sur les murs"	French 	6 	138
17 	Hungary 	Varga Vivien 	"Körhinta" 	Hungarian 	1 	281
==Scoreboard==
Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	133 	 	152
2 	 	129 	 	143
3 	 	121 	 	111
4 	 	80 	 	99
5 	 	78 	 	81
6 	 	69 	 	69
7 	 	67 	 	66
8 	 	58 	 	59
9 	 	52 	 	49
10 	 	45 	 	38
11 	 	34 	 	35
12 	 	28 	 	23
13 	 	27 	 	20
14 	 	27 	 	17
15 	 	23 	 	15
16 	 	9 	 	10
17 	 	5 	 	7
	 	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Lithuania 	90 	38 	 	1 	 	4 	5 	 	1 	 	3 	4 	 	3 	1 	 	8 	 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Lithuania 	90 	52 	 	1 	5 	 	10 	2 	6 	 	2 	 	12 	 	3 	 	5 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Moldova 	69 	35 	4 	 	12 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	7 	 	 	2 	 	 	 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Moldova 	69 	34 	3 	 	12 	 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	3 	4 	1 	 	 	1 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Romania 	131 	66 	6 	12 	 	3 	4 	1 	2 	 	4 	5 	 	7 	3 	1 	10 	2 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Romania 	131 	67 	5 	12 	 	3 	7 	1 	7 	5 	1 	2 	2 	5 	2 	1 	4 	4 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Czech Republic	133 	81 	5 	 	1 	 	6 	10 	4 	6 	7 	6 	10 	4 	12 	3 	1 	5 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Czech Republic	133 	58 	6 	 	4 	 	8 	3 	 	4 	 	12 	1 	 	10 	 	6 	2 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Albania 	134 	49 	 	4 	 	5 	 	2 	12 	 	5 	3 	1 	2 	5 	2 	7 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Albania 	134 	80 	2 	2 	3 	2 	 	12 	12 	6 	5 	1 	5 	8 	4 	2 	7 	5 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Netherlands 	56 	17 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Netherlands 	56 	23 	 	3 	 	1 	 	 	 	7 	 	3 	 	6 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Macedonia 	177 	99 	8 	3 	2 	6 	12 	5 	 	7 	6 	8 	8 	6 	7 	10 	3 	6 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Macedonia 	177 	78 	8 	 	2 	 	12 	6 	 	 	6 	4 	 	1 	5 	12 	10 	7 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Austria 	37 	15 	3 	2 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	 	 	2 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Austria 	37 	27 	1 	4 	 	 	 	5 	5 	 	 	 	6 	 	 	4 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Georgia 	12 	7 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Georgia 	12 	5 	 	 	1 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Ukraine 	232 	111 	7 	5 	10 	7 	8 	6 	5 	8 	8 	 	7 	8 	4 	4 	12 	7 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Ukraine 	232 	121 	10 	6 	10 	8 	2 	7 	3 	8 	12 	 	7 	2 	8 	8 	12 	8 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Slovenia 	104 	59 	 	8 	4 	2 	 	 	7 	2 	1 	 	 	5 	6 	12 	4 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Slovenia 	104 	45 	 	5 	 	 	 	8 	 	10 	4 	5 	 	3 	 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Bulgaria 	41 	20 	 	 	3 	 	1 	3 	 	3 	2 	 	3 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Bulgaria 	41 	28 	4 	 	 	4 	3 	 	 	 	3 	 	4 	 	 	 	3 	 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Poland 	19 	10 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	1 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Poland 	19 	9 	 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Croatia 	46 	23 	 	 	6 	 	 	4 	6 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Croatia 	46 	27 	 	 	7 	6 	 	 	4 	2 	 	7 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Belarus 	276 	143 	10 	7 	5 	10 	10 	7 	8 	10 	12 	12 	6 	10 	8 	6 	 	10 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Belarus 	276 	133 	12 	7 	6 	7 	5 	10 	2 	12 	10 	10 	10 	7 	7 	6 	 	10 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	France 	141 	69 	1 	6 	7 	8 	7 	12 	 	5 	 	1 	5 	 	 	7 	 	 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	France 	141 	69 	 	10 	 	10 	4 	 	1 	 	7 	8 	 	10 	6 	5 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Hungary 	281 	152 	12 	10 	8 	12 	8 	8 	10 	4 	10 	10 	12 	12 	10 	8 	6 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Hungary 	281 	129 	7 	8 	8 	12 	6 	4 	10 	1 	8 	6 	8 	12 	12 	7 	8 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Other countries==
 Ireland - Due to the poor result Ireland achieved last edition, the broadcaster withdrew from the contest. Poor planning was also cited as reason, after more than a year passed after the last edition.