Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the sixteenth edition of the contest. It took place at the Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018, Belarusian broadcaster Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) was the host broadcaster for the event.[1] The motto for the contest was "#LightUp".[2]
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | |
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#LightUp | |
Dates | |
Final | 25 November 2018 |
Host | |
Venue | Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus |
Presenter(s) | Evgeny Perlin Zinaida Kupriyanovich Helena Meraai |
Directed by | Gordon Bonello Daniel Jelinek |
Executive supervisor | Jon Ola Sand |
Executive producer | Olga Shlyager |
Host broadcaster | Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) |
Website | www |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 20 |
Debuting countries | ![]() ![]() |
Returning countries | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Non-returning countries | ![]() |
Vote | |
Voting system | Each country's professional jury award 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs. International viewers vote for 3–5 songs, and votes are converted to points by proportional representation. |
Winning song | ![]() "Anyone I Want to Be" |
Results

On 9 August 2017, it was confirmed that sixteen countries would take part in the contest. Israel was given permission to participate as they had won the adult contest earlier that year.[3]
Despite withdrawing from the contest on 2 July 2018 due to financial difficulties,[4] Ukraine were added to the list of participating countries on 2 August 2018, setting a record of 20 participating countries.[5]
Draw[6] | Country[6] | Artist[6] | Song[6] | Language(s) | Place[7] | Points[7] |
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01 | ![]() |
Darina Krasnovetska | "Say Love" | Ukrainian, English | 4 | 182 |
02 | ![]() |
Rita Laranjeira | "Gosto de tudo (já não gosto de nada)" | Portuguese | 18 | 42 |
03 | ![]() |
Daneliya Tuleshova | "Ózińe sen" (Өзіңе сен) | Kazakh, English | 6 | 171 |
04 | ![]() |
Efi Gjika | "Barbie" | Albanian, English | 17 | 44 |
05 | ![]() |
Anna Filipchuk | "Unbreakable" | Russian, English | 10 | 122 |
06 | ![]() |
Max and Anne | "Samen" | Dutch, English | 13 | 91 |
07 | ![]() |
Fidan Huseynova | "I Wanna Be Like You" | Azerbaijani, English | 16 | 47 |
08 | ![]() |
Daniel Yastremski | "Time" | Russian, English | 11 | 114 |
09 | ![]() |
Taylor Hynes | "IOU" | Irish | 15 | 48 |
10 | ![]() |
Bojana Radovanović | "Svet" (Свет) | Serbian | 19 | 30 |
11 | ![]() |
Melissa and Marco | "What Is Love" | Italian, English | 7 | 151 |
12 | ![]() |
Jael | "Champion" | English | 3 | 201 |
13 | ![]() |
Tamar Edilashvili | "Your Voice" | Georgian, English | 8 | 144 |
14 | ![]() |
Noam Dadon | "Children Like These" | Hebrew | 14 | 81 |
15 | ![]() |
Angélina | "Jamais sans toi" | French, English | 2 | 203 |
16 | ![]() |
Marija Spasovska | "Doma" (Дома) | Macedonian | 12 | 99 |
17 | ![]() |
L.E.V.O.N | "L.E.V.O.N" | Armenian | 9 | 125 |
18 | ![]() |
Manw | "Perta" | Welsh | 20 | 29 |
19 | ![]() |
Ela | "Marchin' On" | English | 5 | 181 |
20 | ![]() |
Roksana Węgiel | "Anyone I Want to Be" | Polish, English | 1 | 215 |
Score sheet
Split results | ||||
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Place | Online Voting | Jury | ||
Country | Points | Country | Points | |
1 | ![]() |
136 | ![]() |
148 |
2 | ![]() |
117 | ![]() |
138 |
3 | ![]() |
103 | ![]() |
105 |
4 | ![]() |
78 | ![]() |
104 |
5 | ![]() |
70 | ![]() |
94 |
6 | ![]() |
68 | ![]() |
86 |
7 | ![]() |
62 | ![]() |
79 |
8 | ![]() |
57 | ![]() |
68 |
9 | ![]() |
53 | ![]() |
64 |
10 | ![]() |
53 | ![]() |
61 |
11 | ![]() |
47 | ![]() |
60 |
12 | ![]() |
43 | ![]() |
55 |
13 | ![]() |
42 | ![]() |
34 |
14 | ![]() |
39 | ![]() |
23 |
15 | ![]() |
36 | ![]() |
17 |
16 | ![]() |
35 | ![]() |
12 |
17 | ![]() |
34 | ![]() |
10 |
18 | ![]() |
30 | ![]() |
2 |
19 | ![]() |
29 | ![]() |
0 |
20 | ![]() |
28 | ![]() |
0 |
Voting procedure used: 100% jury vote 100% online voting |
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Ukraine | 182 | 78 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | ||
Portugal | 42 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 171 | 103 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
Albania | 44 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Russia | 122 | 62 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 91 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
Azerbaijan | 47 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Belarus | 114 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||
Ireland | 48 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
Serbia | 30 | 28 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 151 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
Australia | 201 | 53 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 10 | ||
Georgia | 144 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 1 | ||||
Israel | 81 | 47 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
France | 203 | 117 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
Macedonia | 99 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||
Armenia | 125 | 70 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||
Wales | 29 | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Malta | 181 | 43 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||
Poland | 215 | 136 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() |
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Spokespersons
Ukraine – Anastasiya Baginska[9]
Portugal – Nadezhda Sidorova[10]
Kazakhstan – Aruzhan Khafiz[11]
Albania – Daniil Lazuko[10]
Russia – Dina Baru and Khryusha
Netherlands – Vincent Miranovich[10]
Azerbaijan – Valeh Huseynbeyli[12]
Belarus – Arina Rovba
Ireland – Alex Hynes[13]
Serbia – Lana Karić
Italy – Yan Musvidas[10]
Australia – Ksenia Galetskaya[10]
Georgia – Nikoloz Vasadze[14]
Israel – Adi
France – Daniil Rotenko and Lubava Marchuk[10]
Macedonia – Arina Pekhtereva[10]
Armenia – Vardan Margaryan
Wales – Gwen Rowley
Malta – Milana Borodko[10]
Poland – Grace
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