| Junior Eurovision Song Contest | |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Theme: | Let's Bloom |
| Final: | 16 November 2024 |
| Venue: | Spanish; Castilian: [[Caja Mágica]]|i=no, Madrid, Spain |
| Artistic Director: | Marvin Dietmann |
| Director: | Mercè Llorens |
| Exsupervisor: | Martin Österdahl |
| Host: | Spanish; Castilian: [[Radiotelevisión Española]]|italic=no (RTVE) |
| Entries: | 17 |
| Debut: | None |
| Return: | |
| Map Jesc: | Y |
| Vote: | The professional jury of each country awards a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs. Viewers around the world vote for 3 songs, and their votes are distributed proportionally. The votes of the jury and the audience make up 50% of all votes. |
| Winner: | "To My Mom" |
| Size: | 250x300px |
| Prev Year: | 2023 |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). The contest took place on 16 November 2024 at Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain, marking the first time that the contest was held in the country as well as the first Eurovision event in Madrid, and Spain in general, since the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. The contest was also the first since 2015 to be held on a Saturday.
Seventeen countries participated in the contest, with and returning after six- and eight-year absences respectively, while the opted not to participate after doing so the previous year.
's Andria Putkaradze was the winner of the contest with the song "To My Mom". won the public vote and finished in second place, its best placing to date., and completed the top five.
Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest, the winning broadcaster of the previous year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest does not automatically receive the right to host the next edition. However, since (with the exceptions of,, and) it has become customary for winners to take on hosting duties, and since, the winning broadcaster has had the right of first refusal on hosting the following competition. In 2015, 2014 winner, Italian broadcaster RAI, was given this right but ultimately opted out of it.[1]
On 27 November 2023, upon its victory in the on home soil, French broadcaster French: [[France Télévisions]]|i=no announced that talks would be conducted with the EBU regarding the hosting of the 2024 contest, as multiple countries had expressed interest in doing so and it did not want a "French monopoly on Junior Eurovision", having already hosted the event twice in a three-year span;[2] It ultimately opted not to host in 2024. Spanish broadcaster Spanish; Castilian: [[Radiotelevisión Española]]|italic=no (RTVE), which had finished in second place in the 2023 contest, was announced as the host for 2024 on 14 February 2024,[3] with the Spanish; Castilian: [[Caja Mágica]]|i=no in Madrid announced as the venue on 10 May 2024.[4] This will mark the first time that the contest has been held in the country, as well as the first Eurovision event hosted by Spain since the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, also held in Madrid.
Upon the confirmation of Spain as the host country for 2024, the Catalan; Valencian: [[Generalitat Valenciana]]|i=no announced that it would bid to host the contest in a city in the Valencian Community; since 2022, the autonomous community has hosted Benidorm Fest, the Spanish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.[5] The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, expressed interest in hosting the event in the city,[6] followed by the mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre.[7] Madrid, Granada and Zaragoza also announced their readiness to host the competition.[8] [9], head of the Spanish delegation for the contest, had said that the broadcaster had received several bids upon the host country announcement and that a decision would be taken within the following weeks.[10] Valencia, Barcelona, Málaga, Granada and Zaragoza were reported to have submitted an official bid by mid-March 2024.[11] Shortly after, however, Zaragoza announced its withdrawal due to the unavailability of the intended venue for an assessment visit.[12] In mid-April, Barcelona was unofficially reported to be in the forefront of the selection process, with Catalan; Valencian: [[Palau Sant Jordi]]|i=no considered as the potential venue,[13] but by the end of the month the city dropped out of the running due to the lack of an adequate venue available for late 2024.[14] [15]
RTVE and the EBU scheduled a press conference at Swedish: [[Malmömässan]]|i=no in Malmö on 10 May 2024, during the, where the selected host city was revealed to be Madrid, with Spanish; Castilian: Caja Mágica|i=no as the selected venue.[4] [16] [17]
On 3 September 2024, the EBU announced that 17 countries would participate in the 2024 contest. is set to return to the contest after a six-year absence, while is set to return after an eight-year absence, despite originally confirming non-participation. Meanwhile, the opted not to participate after doing so the previous two years.[18]
Prior to the contest, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2024 contest was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music on 1 November 2024.[19]
| Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTSH | Nikol Çabeli | "Albanian: Vallëzoj|i=unset" | Albanian | [20] | |||
| AMPTV | Leo | "Cosmic Friend" | Armenian, English | [21] | |||
| CyBC | Maria Pissarides | "Crystal Waters" | Greek, English | [22] | |||
| ERR | Annabelle | "Estonian: Tänavad|i=unset" | Estonian | Sven Lõhmus | [23] | ||
| French: [[France Télévisions]]|i=unset | "French: {{Ill|Comme ci, comme ça (song)|lt=Comme ci, comme ça|fr|Comme ci comme ça" | French | [24] | ||||
| GPB | "To My Mom" | Georgian | [25] | ||||
| Kika/NDR | Bjarne | "Save the Best for Us" | German, English | [26] | |||
| TG4 | Enya Cox Dempsey | "Irish: Le chéile|i=unset" | Irish | [27] | |||
| RAI | Simone Grande | "Italian: Pigiama party|i=unset" | Italian, English | [28] | |||
| PBS | Ramires Sciberras | "Maltese: Stilla ċkejkna|i=unset" | Maltese | [29] | |||
| AVROTROS | "Music" | Dutch, English | [30] | ||||
| MRT | Ana and Aleksej | "Marathon" | Macedonian, English | [31] | |||
| TVP | Dominik Arim | "All Together" | Polish, English | [32] | |||
| RTP | Victoria Nicole | "Portuguese: Esperança|i=unset" | Portuguese, Spanish | Victoria Nicole | [33] | ||
| SMRTV | Idols SM | "Italian: Come noi|i=unset" | Italian | [34] | |||
| RTVE | Chloe DelaRosa | "Spanish; Castilian: Como la Lola|i=unset" | Spanish | [35] | |||
| Suspilne | Artem Kotenko | "Hear Me Now" | Ukrainian, English | Svitlana Tarabarova | [36] |
On 3 September 2024, along with the list of participating countries, RTVE and the EBU revealed the theme art and slogan of the 2024 contest, "Let's Bloom", as well as the stage design. The theme art features the image of a blooming flower, which "references the blossoming of young artists".
Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani García were revealed on 12 September 2024 as the presenters of the show. Lorenzo had represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and hosted Benidorm Fest 2024, while García had represented Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.[37]
Contestants were featured in "postcard" video introductions, in which they perform activities interspersed with artificial intelligence (AI)-generated footage of themselves in various imaginary scenarios.[38] [39] The implementation of AI elements was met with criticism from some fans.[40] [41]
The presentation of the jury votes was additionally changed for 2024. As opposed to previous years in which the scoreboard was laid out vertically in descending order, the scoreboard this year was laid out horizontally, with each country having its position fixed according to the running order and a score bar to fill out points with. The presenters announced the number of points each country received according to the 1–10 scale; for example, each country is shown the amount of countries that have given it 1 point, 2 points, and so forth. The 12 points were still announced by a spokesperson appointed by each country, however, their segments were pre-recorded instead of being a live link.[42] Executive producer stated that this was due to the Saturday timeslot forcing the producers to cap the show at two hours, and also in order to avoid causing stress for the participants.[43]
The event took place on 16 November 2024 at 18:00 CET. Seventeen countries participated, with the running order published on 10 October.[44] All the countries competing were eligible to vote with the jury vote, as well as participating and non-participating countries under an aggregated international online vote.[45]
The opening of the show featured the traditional flag parade, accompanied by all participants performing the common song "Let's Bloom" with winner María Isabel, winner Zoé Clauzure and runner-up Sandra Valero. The interval acts included a dance number titled "Time to Bloom" performed by actress and choreographed by Borja Rueda, and Abraham Mateo performing "".[46]
| Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simone Grande | "Italian: Pigiama party|i=unset" | 98 | 9 | ||
| 2 | Annabelle | "Estonian: Tänavad|i=unset" | 55 | 14 | ||
| 3 | Nikol Çabeli | "Albanian: Vallëzoj|i=unset" | 126 | 7 | ||
| 4 | Leo | "Cosmic Friend" | 125 | 8 | ||
| 5 | Maria Pissarides | "Crystal Waters" | 60 | 13 | ||
| 6 | Titouan | "French: Comme ci comme ça|i=unset" | 177 | 4 | ||
| 7 | Ana and Aleksej | "Marathon" | 54 | 16 | ||
| 8 | Dominik Arim | "All Together" | 61 | 12 | ||
| 9 | Andria Putkaradze | "To My Mom" | 239 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Chloe DelaRosa | "Spanish; Castilian: Como la Lola|i=unset" | 144 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Bjarne | "Save the Best for Us" | 71 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Stay Tuned | "Music" | 91 | 10 | ||
| 13 | Idols SM | "Italian: Come noi|i=unset" | 47 | 17 | ||
| 14 | Artem Kotenko | "Hear Me Now" | 203 | 3 | ||
| 15 | Victoria Nicole | "Portuguese: Esperança|i=unset" | 213 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Enya Cox Dempsey | "Irish: Le chéile|i=unset" | 55 | 15 | ||
| 17 | Ramires Sciberras | "Maltese: Stilla ċkejkna|i=unset" | 153 | 5 |
The 12 points from the juries were announced by a spokesperson from each country.
| Place | Combined | Jury | Online vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | ||
| 1 | 239 | 180 | 117 | ||||
| 2 | 213 | 122 | 81 | ||||
| 3 | 203 | 103 | 79 | ||||
| 4 | 177 | 96 | 74 | ||||
| 5 | 153 | 82 | 64 | ||||
| 6 | 144 | 80 | 59 | ||||
| 7 | 126 | 76 | 57 | ||||
| 8 | 125 | 74 | |||||
| 9 | 98 | 52 | 50 | ||||
| 10 | 91 | 34 | 49 | ||||
| 11 | 71 | 20 | 48 | ||||
| 12 | 61 | 15 | 46 | ||||
| 13 | 60 | 14 | |||||
| 14 | 55 | 14 | 44 | ||||
| 15 | 55 | 13 | 41 | ||||
| 16 | 54 | 10 | 40 | ||||
| 17 | 47 | 1 | 34 | ||||
| Voting procedure used: | Jury vote | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope="col" | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 98 | 46 | 52 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Estonia | 55 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Albania | 126 | 44 | 82 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| Armenia | 125 | 49 | 76 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| Cyprus | 60 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| France | 177 | 74 | 103 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | ||
| North Macedonia | 54 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Poland | 61 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 239 | 59 | 180 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Spain | 144 | 64 | 80 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Germany | 71 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 91 | 57 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| San Marino | 47 | 46 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 203 | 81 | 122 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Portugal | 213 | 117 | 96 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Ireland | 55 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Malta | 153 | 79 | 74 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | |||||
Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.
| Recipient | Countries giving 12 points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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| 2 | , | ||
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All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience. The European Broadcasting Union also provided international live streams of the contest through their official YouTube channel with no commentary.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HRT | HRT 2 | Duško Ćurlić and Nika Turković | [80] | ||
| LRT | Lithuanian: [[LRT Plius]]|i=no | [81] | |||
| RTL | RTL Zwee | Eric Lehmann and Raoul Roos | [82] |