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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was the 18th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 November 2020 at the TVP headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, and presented by Ida Nowakowska, Małgorzata Tomaszewska, and Rafał Brzozowski. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), which staged the event after winning the 2019 contest for Poland with the song "Superhero" by Viki Gabor. This was the first time the contest was held in the same country for two consecutive years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competing performances were pre-recorded by the participating broadcasters remotely, under the supervision of the EBU under similar conditions, and the participating artists followed the event from their countries of origin.
Broadcasters from twelve countries participated in the contest, the smallest number of participants since 2013. Some countries cited the pandemic and its resulting travel restrictions as the reasons for their non-participation. Meanwhile, Germany participated for the first time.
The winner was France with the song "J'imagine" by Valentina. This was France's first victory in the contest, as well as its first win at a Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. Kazakhstan and Spain finished second and third, 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.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 took place in Studio 5 in the TVP headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, after the country won the 2019 contest 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.
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 and Kraków was seen as the main frontrunner to become the host city.
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 minor scale inside a television studio in Warsaw on 29 November.
Later in May 2020, Mayor of Kraków Jacek Majchrowski revealed that the city was originally set to host the event in the Tauron Arena but pulled out due to a dispute over TVP's coverage; the broadcaster, at the time known to align with the speaking points of the Law and Justice (PiS) government, aired a critical report highlighting the city's expenditures during Majchrowski's tenure as mayor, which was seen as an attempt to vilify his image due to his differing political views on certain issues, and, in retaliation, he pulled funding for the event, leading TVP to search for a replacement.
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was the 18th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 November 2020 at the TVP headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, and presented by Ida Nowakowska, Małgorzata Tomaszewska, and Rafał Brzozowski. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), which staged the event after winning the 2019 contest for Poland with the song "Superhero" by Viki Gabor. This was the first time the contest was held in the same country for two consecutive years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competing performances were pre-recorded by the participating broadcasters remotely, under the supervision of the EBU under similar conditions, and the participating artists followed the event from their countries of origin.
Broadcasters from twelve countries participated in the contest, the smallest number of participants since 2013. Some countries cited the pandemic and its resulting travel restrictions as the reasons for their non-participation. Meanwhile, Germany participated for the first time.
The winner was France with the song "J'imagine" by Valentina. This was France's first victory in the contest, as well as its first win at a Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. Kazakhstan and Spain finished second and third, 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.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 took place in Studio 5 in the TVP headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, after the country won the 2019 contest 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.
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 and Kraków was seen as the main frontrunner to become the host city.
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 minor scale inside a television studio in Warsaw on 29 November.
Later in May 2020, Mayor of Kraków Jacek Majchrowski revealed that the city was originally set to host the event in the Tauron Arena but pulled out due to a dispute over TVP's coverage; the broadcaster, at the time known to align with the speaking points of the Law and Justice (PiS) government, aired a critical report highlighting the city's expenditures during Majchrowski's tenure as mayor, which was seen as an attempt to vilify his image due to his differing political views on certain issues, and, in retaliation, he pulled funding for the event, leading TVP to search for a replacement.