France has won the Junior Eurovision 2020 Song Contest in Warsaw overnight.
The song 'J'imagine' by 11-year-old Valentina won the jury vote and the public online voting to take out the crown.
The online voting was open globally with over 4 million votes from 160+ countries.
This is the first win by France in Junior Eurovision after finishing 2nd in 2018 and 5th last year.
Kazakhstan finished runner-up for the second year running, and Spain finished 3rd as they did in 2019.
Full results:
France - 200
Kazakhstan - 152
Spain - 133
The Netherlands - 132
Belarus - 130
Georgia -111
Ukraine - 106
Malta - 100
Poland - 90
Russia - 88
Serbia - 85
Germany - 66
The Contest was held remotely, with the young artists performing with pre-recorded performances from a studio in their country. You can watch the contest here.
In addition Duncan Laurence made a virtual appearance via hologram, performing his winning Eurovision song 'Arcade' alongside the last two Junior Eurovision winners Viki Gabor and Roksana Węgiel.
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