#junioreurovision — Public Fediverse posts
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First time single-figure finish for San Marino in *ANY* Eurovision contest. Someone get Martina Crv a residency at San Marino Outlet immediately #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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Barbara Pravi must be livid and Tom Loeb might need to more out of the Eiffel Tower again. #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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CW: Junior Eurovision result
Good fun, adequate technicals from GPB, and absolutely no complaints about the winner.
Anyone know what Paris is like at this time of year?
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right, my tea is almost ready so my next post might be me happy/sad/bemused/intrigued
BTW just sniggered at the realisation that Spain, Ireland or Netherlands winning this might be rather funny #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision -
Also had time for
the staging of "Miau miau" (Íctimai)there's something Taylor Swift about "Beyond the stars" (SMRTV)
"Rockstar" was standing on the cube (RAI GULP)
back to first-era innocent JESC with "Fruta perime" (RTSH)
We'll get a good winner, whoever takes the trophy in the next hour.
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Between today and yesterday - me and the boy - have voted for Azerbaijan, Spain, Portugal, Ukraine, Ireland, France and Albania #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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#JuniorEurovision faves part two:
"Para onde vai o amor?" (TVP) Saudade in a cave, except the cave blows away in misery. Brilliant storytelling.
"Erase una vez" (TVE) The closing number from a musical about the joy of reading.
"Ce monde" (FT) France Télévisions gonna France Télévision; could only be more French with Cat Noir on backing vocals.
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#JuniorEurovision is in mid-show.
My faves:
"Brave heart" (AMPTV), Slow, sensitive, song, conveys emotion."Motanka" (UA:PBC) "Shum" for the younger crowd.
"Brightest light" (TVP) Brilliantly sung, hope it connected with viewers.
"I tuzna i srecna prica" (RTCG) Tells its story even if you don't speak Montenegrin.
(1/2)
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ALBANIA - this was the 10yo's fave song in the reviews (plus he does love his fruit and veg) Some interesting overlays on screen. This wasn't the staging I was envisaging but it is kinda memorable. Let's say I prefer the dancers outfits than Kroni's. #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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FRANCE - the second of the "Voila" tributes. Another use of the sepia into full colour. The camera work really sells this song to the viewers at home, and maybe less of a show in the hall. Just needed a shot of the Eiffel Tower to cement the Frenchness #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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CYPRUS - I was concerned about this song in the reviews as it came across as a bit basic. But this is quite a glow up. The duo move extremely well on stage and they also sing very well plus the backing track sounds massively better. Love the starry sky! #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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GEORGIA - she looks like a 1970s Pocahontas. The stage looks cohesive with the white outfits, smoke and the celestial background and even some co-ordinated fireworks The vocal is strong although is a little bit shouty and relentless for my taste. #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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SPAIN - I loved the video and am so very very pleased to see the book motif brought to the stage here - and the piano! Loved the way the book circle has the title of the song at the bottom! Good use of the video floor. He sounded fab - loved this!! #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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PORTUGAL - I liked how this differed from the video and gave the song a totally different meaning. Could easily be in FdC. The curtain and lights made the stage more like a cocoon. Her voice is so strong she held everyone captive. I have something in my eye (again) #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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ITALY - severe change of pace as there has been nothing quite like this yet! He actually cops really well with the speed of the song and the sharp turns between styles. The big box is an intriguing prop but nothing much happens to it. #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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MONTENEGRO - I like the way this had taken the feeling of the video and elaborated on them so the meaning is really clear. Really does sound like a Balkan Ballad from the adult show. Live version is powerful. Possibly the best use of a background up to now. #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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N MACEDONIA - nice ethereal look for this one. Loved the fact that she could actually do all the runs in the verses and more. The light show in the background was dynamic and fitted in with the song and her look. Nice use of the wind machine too #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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POLAND - it is really quite striking how such a big voice comes from such a small body. She is like a mini-Bjork! Enjoyed the Mermaid motif which was easily notice but didn't detract from the song or the tricks of the dress. Enjoyed this one! #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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NETHERLANDS - this really wasn't one of my faves in the reviews but the Dutch show is always so slick and professional. Impressed that she sang so much without pausing AND participated in the dance break. I just wish there were more 'proper' lyrics in Dutch #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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IRELAND - looks and sounds like something to send to the contest proper (if they ever decide to come back) Lottie's voice sounds much better live and there is real strength and vibrato to her tone. She also looks very classy! Shame the mountain isn't Croagh Patrick. #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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Georgia - the country where every boy looks like Lance Stroll
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UKRAINE - this is the other earworm the boy and I have had ever since doing the reviews. I am so very glad the delegation has kept the NF performance although the giant balls of wool now have lights in them this time! Absolute banger! #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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ARMENIA - similar kind of set up to the video with the sepia/colour. The song is a little fragmented and takes a few listens to 'get' however it is dramatic, atmospheric and the language sounds lovely. First of two songs that sound like 'Voila' tonight #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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SAN MARINO - a welcome change of pace and genre. Her styling is clever with the the name of the guitar and the country symbols on the back wall. Her voice is very clear and she covers the ground well. Would have been nice to have dancers doing line dancing perhaps #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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CROATIA - I really felt for him at the start but he really powered into the chorus. Was a little concerned that he'd look lost all by himself, and although it might seem scarce in the hall, down the lens he comes across well with a fragile quality to the performance #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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AZERBAIJAN - ok I absolutely love this and have been singing it for weeks. I wish they had used more of the mosaic effect from the video and it was all a little less dark on stage. I love the choreo and the language sounds really nice #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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MALTA - both me and they did not like the video for this so actually seeing her sing it live makes a real difference. It does feel like something left over from The Greatest Showman or an unused x-Factor winners single. It's not for me but nice #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision
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Got a nice cup of coffee and settling down to #JuniorEurovision. We know who our favourites are and we hope they all do well...
It feels a bit off watching jesc in the shadow of the omnishambles of the adult contest... So here's to a last hurrah perhaps...? -
RE: https://mastodon.ie/@escarmchair/115682970357569482
The early doors #JuniorEurovision voting window has just opened! Why not get the views of an actual junior about how good the songs are?
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As #JuniorEurovision starts tomorrow evening, it is your last chance to consume our preview podcasts "Farty Or Party?" before the event - 4 small podchunks with an actual junior! Can you work out which one is our favourite AND THEREFORE HAS NO CHANCE OF WINNING...? https://pod.link/1753573710?view=episodes&sortEp=newest
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My timezone calculations were off and I only caught the very end of #JuniorEurovision.
But checking back in the stream, they have these terrifying AI animation postcards and I kinda just noped out entirely.
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Absolute runaway jury winner with good support from the home voters. The televote winner was just too far back.
Might not be my bag of chips, but I can absolutely see why "To my mum" won, and won big: a very good song, with an absolutely stellar staging.
Full review in next weekend's Week.
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Because of the way the votes are shared out (0.1% of the online vote gets 1 point), it's very difficult to score less than 35 points, and almost impossible to get 300.
117 for "Esperança" will be the televote winner, but "To my mum" is champion overall.
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Gonna need to see this vote reveal again.
Looks like the jury spokespeople were pre-recorded in their home studios.
Lots of love for "To my mum", which got the first five 12 points; "Hear me now" briefly took the lead, and I wonder how many juries could vote for "Comme ci comme ça",
"To my mum" ends up the jury winner by 180-122 for "Hear me now".
Yeah, what's Tbilisi like at this time of year?
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We also hear that Mark Whitesuit is a decent dancer, and that last year's winning singer Zoe is now in cabaret.
Voting next, and the jury vote goes *very* quickly - the spokespeople are on stage in Madrid.
They're showing the lower points quickly, so all the 1s, all the 2s, and so on. Er, wha..?
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Yeah, very decent dance act.
Abraham Mateo is the special guest performer, with a montage of his hits and other songs.
I voted for "Tänavad", "Comme ci comme ça", and "Music", the songs I think were best performed and fit the singers' voices. Also considered "Como la Lola" and "Esperança".
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Voting is at https://jesc.tv
The interval act involves a girl with a light-up globe... and she may not be alone.
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And finally! "Stilla ċkejkna" from Ramires Sciberras, PBS ("Malta").
The song's about his adoption journey, from Cambodia to Malta. Sung entirely in Maltese
Strong vocal, and the staging gains from Ramires being alone on stage - lots of fireworks in the background.
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"Le chéile", Enya Cox Dempsey for TG4 ("Ireland").
Do they have party songs in Irish? They have party songs in Irish!
I have no clue what she's singing, but it's clear she's having a very good time. Great lower register, somewhat nasal in the higher notes - and most of the song is in the higher notes.
The staging is cheap: just coloured lights on the backdrop and underfloor. I'd love TG4 to win, but not feeling it this year. Sorry.
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"Esperança" from Victoria Nicole, TVP ("Portugal").
Victoria wrote this piano ballad herself, and it tells of her dreams and hopes, while she wears a very nice mint-green dress.
Most songs are in %something% and English, "Esperança" in Portuguese and Spanish. Helps get the crowd on side, and add to her excellent vocal belt.
Wind machine, and there may be a key change in there. Could go very well.
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"Hear me now" sings Artem Kotenko for UA:PBC ("Ukraine").
It's important to have somewhere safe to call home, the message of the song.
Artem wears his white suit, four backing dancers carry miniature window frames and *almost* synchronise their dance moves. Lovely moment when Artem steps through the frames.
Vocal is good, not excellent. Could pick up votes as a late upbeat song.
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"Come noi", Idols SM, welcome back SMRTV ("San Marino").
Compare and contrast: four young women in this band, and it really feels like they got off to a rotten start - was that really the right note?
Electroclash tune, rather like a Paul Farrer telly theme, quite refreshing in this context.
Black jackets on dark stage don't pop out of the camera. Song comes together towards the end; I'll be interested to hear the studio version.
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"Music" from Stay Tuned represents NPO/AVROTROS ("Netherlands")
Four-piece band, three of them wearing blazers like Pacer sweets, one wearing a montage of sweet packets.
It's well-drilled singing and dancing, with a pleasant costume change. Perhaps not the greatest vocal range, but the vibes are great.
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"Save the best for us", Bjarne for KiKA/NDR ("Germany").
It's another "save the planet" song, performed by someone who's dressed like David Attenborough.
Just the wrong side of twee for me, the lad's chest vocal is much better than his throat register.
Not impressed by the postcards, too much cheap digital art.
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It's hosts o'clock! "Como la Lola" from Chloe DeLaRosa represents TVE ("Spain").
So this is what Strawberry Switchblade's granddaughters are doing. Dancing in a white-and-pink-polka-dot room, singing a frenetic song to name check all their favourite musicians: Taylor, Olivia, Lola Flores, and many more.
Chloe's only nine, and conveys the vibrant energy of an enthusiastic youngster. Phew, exhausting just watching that!
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"To my mum", Andrea Putkaradze, GPB ("Georgia").
A two-wall room, with desk and table. Andrea steps away and sings his touching song to his mother, while another young lad - dressed the same as him - performs an elaborate dance routine in the back stage.
This goes down brilliantly in the hall, cheering throughout. Tremendous vocal, too. Hmm: what's Tbilisi like at this time of year?
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"All together" from Dominik Arim, TVP "Poland".
He's joined by four balletic young ladies on stage. Sings a power ballad in the Céline style, the backing wall shows pictures of a lion, the sky, and a riverbank.
Very decent vocals, best in his lower register. Key change of joy for the final lines.
Think I'll need to watch this back to appreciate everything that happened.
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Ooh, crash out of the postcard of "Marathon" - Ana & Aleksej - MKRTV ("North Macedonia").
and that rather spoils the minor-key quiet opening before the omm-pum beat kicks in.
Ana's got a pink jacket, Aleksei a black cape. Sounds like he's straining to reach his notes in the chorus.
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After the ad break, "Comme ci comme ça", Titouan for France Télé.
A piano ballad, reaching out to the camera like Slimane...
then the backing dancers come in to dance and (literally) blow their trumpets.
Great vocal, a catchy song. Even if you don't know a word of French, you'll get the joy he conveys.
Three wins in a row? Looks very possible.
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"Crystal waters" is sung by Maria Passarides, representing CyBC ("Cyprus").
Closest we have to a .gb entry, Maria's studying at a performing arts school. White dress, intricate body and ruffed skirt with a silver headpiece.
The wind machine puts in an appearance, and there's a huge gap in the middle just before a dance break.
Maria has a fragile vocal, this song doesn't bring out her best. The shout-out at the end is louder than the contest song.
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"Cosmic friend" from Leo represents AMPTV ("Armenia").
Young lad in a sparkly white Elvis suit, lots of backing dancers in silver space suits. They're performing on an arrangement of concentric circles.
Very much a toe-tapper. Song seems to be about Leo finding something in common with a space alien. Good to hear that Buchanan & Goodman's "The flying saucer" lives on.
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"Vallezoj" from Nikol Çabeli, RTSH ("Albania").
If you've got "save the planet" on your bingo card, cross it off now. Nikol wears an intricate dress with flowers down the sleeves.
The song's in waltz time, and allows her to show her powerful vocals. Rather think I'd heard it all after a couple of minutes.
Lots of daisies on the stage floor, perhaps they show them a little more than is strictly necessary. Could go places.
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"Tänavad" from Annabelle represents EER ("Estonia").
One of the oldest competitors tonight, Annabelle's in a bright pink outfit, with a very modern song about how Ver Kids have lots of potential. Left Kid will be quite out of breath by the end.
This stage has one massive video wall at the back, with coloured lights down the sides. Here, the wall is a cityscape with cars travelling - and the road is up-projected onto the semi-transparent stage floor.
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"Pigiama party" performed by Simone Grande represents RAI ("Italy").
The lad's got a circular bed with nets around it, three backing dancers in silver outfits - one of whom bounces on the bed like it's a trampoline.
Great use of the bed as a video wall. Shame his vocals are not great: it's an upbeat and confident opening.
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Massive cheer for the local entry, of course.
All the competitors join the singers for a chorus of "Let's bloom", which is nice.
Ruth Lorenzo, Melanie Garcia, and Marc Blokeinawhitesuit are the hosts. Ruth is a great singer from Senior Eurovision, Melanie from Junior, and Marc has a white suit.
A moment to cheer for everyone affected by the recent floods: not too cloying.
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The opening sequence features lots of flowers blooming on city streets, then some sort of flower opening on stage to reveal - shock! - a singer.
"Let's bloom" is the big song, lots of singers, lots of dancers.
We're introduced to the performers through the traditional flag parade.
If you want to watch internationally, it's on https://junioreurovision.tv/how-to-watch
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This year's contest is taking place in Madrid. Last year, France Télévisions won - their third win in four years - but decided not to stage the contest.
Seventeen songs compete, performed by youngsters aged 9-14, and mostly in their local languages.
No BBC entry this year, but we can cheer for TG4 ("Ireland", on screen) and the mighty SMRTV ("San Marino").
Pre-match faves might be AMPTV ("Armenia"), who won in 2021, and have been in the hunt ever since.
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Fair warning: I'm about to live-toot the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Expect about 25 posts over the next 2 and a half hours.
If this isn't of interest, mute this thread, or me for a few hours, or hashtags #JESC and #JESC2024 and #JuniorEurovision.
