Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the twenty-first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place at Palais Nikaïa, Nice, France on 26 November 2023, French broadcaster France Télévisions was the host broadcaster for the event. The motto for the contest was "Heroes".

  List of participating countries 
16 countries competed in the 2023 edition. Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Russia was absent from the contest.

+ Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)  RTSH Viola Gjyzeli "" Albanian   AMPTV Yan Girls "Do It My Way" Armenian, English   ERR Arhanna  "" Estonian, English    Zoé Clauzure "" French   GPB Anastasia and Ranina "Over the Sky" Georgian, English    NDR/Kika Fia "" German   TG4 Jessica McKean "" Irish   RAI Melissa and Ranya"" Italian, English   PBS Yulan "Stronger" English   AVROTROS  "Holding On to You" Dutch, EnglishRobert Dorn  MRT  ""  Macedonian, English  TVP Maja Krzyżewska "I Just Need a Friend" Polish, English   RTP Júlia Machado "Where I Belong" Portuguese,  English  RTVE Sandra Valero "Loviu" Spanish   UA:PBC Anastasia Dymyd ""  Ukrainian, English  Svitlana Tarabarova  BBC Stand Uniqu3 "Back to Life" English 

 Returning artists 
Sophie Lennon, who represented Ireland in , joined Jessica McKean on stage.

 Other countries 
The following countries confirmed they would not participate in the event; , ,  (VRT and RTBF), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  and , as well as associate members in  and .

Notes

 Detailed voting results 
 Split results Place Combined Jury Online vote Country Points Country Points Country Points 1  228  136  92 2  201  116  86 3  180  115  83 4  160  102  74 5  128  70  70 6  124  69  64 7  122  52  58 8  115  51  55 9  107  45  53 10  94  37   45 11  81  37 12  76  33  44 13  75  30     43 14  74  21 15  49  8  39 16  42  6  34
+ Detailed voting results of the final Voting procedure used: scope="col" rowspan="3"  scope="col" rowspan="2"  scope="col" rowspan="2"  Jury vote scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="col"  scope="rowgroup" rowspan="17"  Spain 201 115 86  6  5    8  10  12  6  2  12    12  10  12  10  10 Malta 94 51 43    3    4      12  3    7  10  4  6  2   Ukraine 128 45 83 1     3  1  3  4    5  6      8  2  7  5 Ireland 42 8 34                  3  4  1         United Kingdom 160 102 58 10  10  12  4   7  6  8  8    1  4  12  8  5  7 North Macedonia 76 37 39 2  2  2  1       1  10    6  5  1    4  3 Estonia 49 6 43     1    2  2       1             Armenia 180 116 64 3  12  10  2  12  12  8   7  10  2  7  6  5  12  8 Poland 124 69 55 8  4  7  10  10    2  5     8    3    6  6 Georgia 74 21 53 5        3      4     5      3  1   Portugal 75 30 45 7  5    6      1    1  2   6        2 France 228 136 92 12  8  6  12  6  8  10  10  12  5  10   7  10  8  12 Albania 115 70 45     8  7  7  5  5  7  4  4  12  3   7    1 Italy 81 37 44 6  3    5    1  3      8  3  8        Germany 107 33 74   1  4      4  7  3    7      2  1   4 Netherlands 122 52 70 4  7    8  5  6    2  6      2  5  4  3 

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

+ 12 points awarded by juries  Recipient Countries giving 12 points 4  , , ,   , , ,   , , ,  2  ,  1    

 References 

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Category:2023 in Europe
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