Junior Eurovision Song Festival 1

The Junior Eurovision Song Festival 1 will be the 1st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival. It will take place in the Romexpo in Bucharest, Romania. This will be the first time the contest will take in Bucharest. The contest is expected to consist of one final in December 2016.
On the 25th of November, the EBO confirmed that a total of 15 countries will be present in the first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival.1
==Website==
Following the EBO statement a new contest would take place, the official website was released on 16 October 2017, with their first article being published on the 16th of October 2016. Here is the link to the official website: http://junior-eurovision-song-festival.weebly.com
==Location==
===Bidding phase===
On 25 November 2016, the EBO confirmed that seven countries were in the race to host the first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival. The host city will be announced on the 22nd of November 2016. The head of the contest, Jana Dapčević, announced that the host city announcement will take place on 11:00 CET.
All countries were allowed to submit as many cities as they wanted for hosting the contest. The broadcasters had to announce the city, the venue and the capacity for the show. In the end, eight cities were submitted to host the contest from seven different countries. The following cities are in the race to host the contest:
 Host venue
 Shortlisted
City 	Venue 	Capacity	Notes
Chișinău, Moldova 	Futsal Arena 	5,500 	
Budapest, Hungary 	Budapest Sports Arena 	8,500 	Also bid for the ESF 1
Kraków, Poland 	Tauron Arena 	8,500 	
Bucharest, Romania †	Romexpo 	7,350 	
Kyiv, Ukraine 	International Exhibition Centre	8,750 	
Skopje, Macedonia 	Boris Trajkovski Arena 	6,500 	
Senaki, Georgia 	Akaki Khorava State Theatre 	3,800 	
Vilnius, Lithuania 	Žalgiris Arena 	9,000 	Also bid for the ESF 1
===Venue===
Romexpo is an indoor arena in Bucharest, Romania. The arena is used mostly for exhibitions, but it is also used for hosting concerts and indoor sports. The location is very similar with the Tokyo Dome.
In 2007 and 2009, it was the host of the music festival called BestFest.
==Format==
On the 21st of November, the EBO confirmed that one final were scheduled to take place in the middle of November. There is a jury and a televote. They both decide 50% of the score.
==Participating countries==
Participating countries had until 25 November 2016 to submit their applications for participation in the contest. The EBO announced on 25 November that 15 countries would participate in the contest.
All countries debuted in the contest.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Language 	Place	Points
01 	Hungary 	Cheyenne Malmgren 	"Without crime" 	English 	2 	234
02 	Austria 	Sarah-Stephanie 	"Dornröschen schläft nicht mehr"	German 	12 	36
03 	Georgia 	Mariam Mamadashvili	"The butterfly" 	Georgian 	11 	38
04 	Czech Republic 	Diana Kalashova 	"No asking why" 	English 	8 	119
05 	Poland 	Eliza Kania 	"Zakręciłam" 	Polish 	10 	68
06 	Albania 	Floriani Beqiri 	"E di qe don" 	Albanian 	7 	125
07 	Ukraine 	Sofia Tarasova 	"Ver mne" 	Ukrainian 	4 	195
08 	Lithuania 	Paulina Skrabytė 	"Nuostabi diena" 	Lithuanian 	5 	169
09 	Ireland 	Zena Donnelly 	"I d’aonair" 	Irish 	15 	18
10 	Bulgaria 	Bon-Bon 	"Break it up" 	English 	14 	28
11 	Belarus 	Olga Konovalova 	"Serdtsa bit" 	Belarusian 	9 	82
12 	North Macedonia	Anja Veterova 	"Samo sonuvaj" 	Macedonian 	3 	202
13 	Moldova 	Cleopatra Stratan 	"Ghita" 	Romanian 	13 	35
14 	Romania 	Omar 	"Beautiful life" 	Arab, English	1 	260
15 	Netherlands 	Cheyenne & Mayleen 	"Druk" 	Dutch 	6 	130
==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 	Romania 	128 	Hungary 	139
2 	Macedonia 	111 	Romania 	132
3 	Hungary 	95 	Ukraine 	115
4 	Lithuania 	82 	Macedonia 	88
5 	Ukraine 	80 	Lithuania 	87
6 	Albania 	76 	Netherlands 	54
7 	Netherlands 	76 	Albania 	49
8 	Czech Republic 	72 	Belarus 	48
9 	Belarus 	34 	Czech Republic 	47
10 	Poland 	31 	Poland 	37
11 	Austria 	27 	Georgia 	27
12 	Bulgaria 	23 	Moldova 	21
13 	Moldova 	14 	Austria 	9
14 	Georgia 	11 	Ireland 	8
15 	Ireland 	10 	Bulgaria 	5
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	Hungary 	234 	139 	 	12 	12 	12 	12 	7 	12 	8 	8 	10 	10 	8 	8 	8 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Hungary 	234 	95 	 	8 	10 	8 	7 	8 	3 	8 	4 	8 	10 	2 	7 	4 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Austria 	36 	9 	 	 	1 	 	2 	 	 	2 	 	 	 	1 	2 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Austria 	36 	27 	2 	 	4 	7 	3 	1 	2 	 	6 	 	1 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Georgia 	38 	27 	1 	10 	 	2 	 	2 	8 	1 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Georgia 	38 	11 	 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	1 	 	 	2 	3 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Czech Republic	119 	47 	5 	 	2 	 	 	6 	 	4 	7 	2 	4 	3 	4 	2 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Czech Republic	119 	72 	4 	7 	1 	 	4 	3 	4 	2 	5 	7 	3 	8 	10 	2 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Poland 	68 	37 	4 	 	5 	3 	 	1 	7 	3 	6 	1 	1 	2 	3 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Poland 	68 	31 	3 	 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	8 	8 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Albania 	125 	49 	6 	 	6 	4 	1 	 	 	 	5 	3 	2 	12 	5 	3 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Albania 	125 	76 	7 	6 	2 	6 	5 	 	12 	 	3 	6 	4 	12 	 	7 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Ukraine 	195 	115 	12 	5 	8 	10 	7 	8 	 	7 	4 	8 	12 	10 	7 	7 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Ukraine 	195 	80 	5 	5 	3 	5 	1 	5 	 	5 	10 	5 	12 	7 	2 	10 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Lithuania 	169 	87 	7 	3 	7 	6 	8 	5 	6 	 	12 	7 	6 	5 	6 	6 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Lithuania 	169 	82 	6 	4 	12 	4 	2 	6 	8 	 	12 	3 	6 	6 	6 	5 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Ireland 	18 	8 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Ireland 	18 	10 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Bulgaria 	28 	5 	 	 	 	 	4 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Bulgaria 	28 	23 	1 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	3 	2 	 	 	10 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Belarus 	82 	48 	3 	6 	 	5 	5 	4 	5 	5 	1 	 	 	4 	 	5 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Belarus 	82 	34 	 	2 	5 	2 	6 	 	10 	4 	 	2 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Macedonia 	202 	91 	8 	8 	3 	7 	6 	12 	4 	10 	2 	6 	7 	 	1 	10 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Macedonia 	202 	111 	10 	10 	6 	10 	8 	12 	7 	7 	1 	12 	7 	 	5 	6 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Moldova 	35 	21 	 	2 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Moldova 	35 	14 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Romania 	260 	132 	10 	7 	10 	8 	10 	10 	10 	12 	10 	12 	8 	7 	12 	 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Romania 	260 	128 	12 	12 	8 	12 	10 	10 	6 	12 	7 	10 	8 	5 	12 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Netherlands 	130 	54 	2 	1 	4 	1 	3 	3 	3 	6 	3 	4 	5 	6 	10 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Netherlands 	130 	76 	8 	3 	7 	1 	12 	7 	5 	10 	8 	4 	5 	4 	1 	1