Junior Eurovision 2025: Insights and stats
- Emma Garrie
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Junior Eurovision 2025 has wrapped up in Tbilisi, Georgia with 18 acts competing for the coveted Junior Eurovision trophy!
To celebrate, we're taking a look at some interesting facts about this year's results!
Let's look at the Top 10, starting with the winner: France
1st - France
2025 is France's fourth Junior Eurovision win which means they now share the crown with Georgia for the country with the most ever Junior Eurovision wins (4). France previously won the contest in 2020, 2022 and 2023 which means they have won four of the past six contests!
Finishing second in the online vote and first with the juries, France received 248 points, their highest ever points total from their four wins. Only one Junior Eurovision song, Poland's 2019 entry Superhero has ever scored more points (278).
Lou Deleuze's Ce monde received jury points from every other country including 6 sets of 12 points from Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, Netherlands, North Macedonia and San Marino. Ukraine, Ireland, Poland, Spain and Georgia all awarded France 10 points and they also received 8 points from Montenegro and Portugal.
Ce monde becomes the third song to win from 17th in the running order. Previous winners from 17th were Georgia's Mariam Mamadashvili in 2016 and Belarus's Alexey Zhigalkovich in 2007.
The song becomes the fourth winning entry to be sung in French and is the first French entry to be written by John Claes, Jonathan Thyssens and Pauline Thisse.
Lou Deleuze is the fifth female solo artist to represent France and the third to win.
France's 2020 win was by Valentina and Lissandro was their 2022 winner, the only male artist to win for France. Their last win in 2023 was by Zoé Clauzure.
2nd - Ukraine
Sofia Nersesian gives Ukraine their best result since 2013. Motanka won the online vote but only finished 6th with the juries and did not receive maximum points from any other country. 15 of Ukraine's 20 entries have finished in the Top 10 with their best result being a win by Anastasiya Petryk in 2012. This year is the third time Ukraine have finished as runner-up, also finishing 2nd in 2008 and 2013.
3rd - Georgia
Host country Georgia incredibly achieves their 12th Top 5 result with Anita Abgariani's Shine Like a Star. Finishing 7th in the online vote and 2nd with the jury, they received 12 points from Ireland, Poland and Spain. Apart from winning country France, this was the only other entry to receive points from every other country. Of Georgia's 19 entries, only three have failed to finish in the Top 10 with their best result being wins in 2008, 2011, 2016 and 2024. They now share the title with France for the country with the most amount of Junior Eurovision wins.
4th - Armenia
A remarkable achievement for Armenia with their 12th Top 5 result. Albert's Brave Heart finished sixth in the online vote and third with the jury, receiving 12 points from Georgia, Malta and Ukraine. All 18 Armenian entries have finished in the Top 10 with their lowest result being two 9th place finishes (2018, 2019). Armenia have won the contest twice in both 2010 with Vladimir Arzumanyan and 2021 with Maléna.
5th - Spain
Gonzalo Pinillos continues Spain's strong tradition at Junior Eurovision with Érase una vez (Once Upon a Time). Finishing 8th in the online vote and 4th with the jury, Spain received one set of 12 points from Portugal. Only one of Spain's eleven entries has finished outside the Top 10. Their best ever result was María Isabel's win in 2004.
6th - Albania
Kroni Pula's Fruta Perime achieved Albania's second best result and is only the fourth of their 11 entries to crack the Top 10. The song finished 4th in the online vote and came 8th with the juries, receiving 12 points from France. Albania's best result came in 2015 when Mishela Rapo finished 5th.
7th - North Macedonia
Nela Mančeska's 7th place finish has given North Macedonia their highest result since 2019 and is only the 7th of their 20 entries to make the Top 10. Finishing 10th in the online vote but 5th with the juries, she received 12 points from both Italy and Montenegro. Miracle is the sixth North Macedonian entry in a row to feature both Macedonian and English.
8th - Poland
Marianna Kłos gives Poland another Top 10 result with eight of their 12 entries finishing in the Top 10. Their best ever result was back to back wins in 2018 and 2019. Brightest Light is the eighth Polish entry in a row to feature both Polish and English. The song finished 5th in the online vote and 7th with the juries.
9th - San Marino
Martina Crv gives San Marino their best ever result at Junior Eurovision and is only the second of their five entries to make the Top 10! Beyond the Stars finished third in the online vote but came only 11th with the juries.
10th - Netherlands
As the only country to compete in every Junior Eurovision Song Contest since its beginning in 2003, the Netherlands has finished in the Top 10 in 15 out of their 22 appearances. Meadow's Freeze continues the tradition of being the 13th Dutch entry in a row to feature both Dutch and English. Finished 13th in the online vote and 10th with the juries.
So there you have it Junior Eurovision is wrapped up for another year.
Bring on 2026!
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