Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij (JESC 2012)

Zlata Ognevich and Timur Miroshnychenko at JESC 2013 2nd general rehearsal

JESC 2016 presenters - Ben Camille and Valerie Vella (3)

The

Junior Eurovision Song Contest The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...

is an annual international song competition, held every year by the

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(EBU) since 2003. This page is a list of people who have acted as presenters of the contest. Since the contest began in 2003, it usually has two presenters. However, in 2022 there were four, in 2009, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 there were three presenters, while in 2014 and 2015 it was hosted by just one presenter.

Kim-Lian van der Meij Kim-Lian van der Meij (born 1 October 1980 in Beverwijk) is a Dutch musical actress, presenter and a singer-songwriter. Biography Kim-Lian comes from a musical family. Both her parents were professional dancers. Kim-Lian won a number of dance co ...

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Timur Miroshnychenko Timur Valeriyovych Miroshnychenko ( Ukrainian: Тімур Валерійович Мірошниченко) (born 9 March 1986) is a Ukrainian TV presenter for the channel UA:PBC. He was the host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 toget ...

(

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) and

Ida Nowakowska Ida Victoria Nowakowska-Herndon (born December 7, 1990) is a Polish-American actress, dancer and television presenter. Early life and career She studied in New York City at the Professional Performing Arts School and Steps on Broadway and perfo ...

(

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

) have all hosted the contest twice. Kim-Lian hosted in 2007 and 2012, Miroshnychenko in 2009 and 2013 and Nowakowska consecutively in 2019 and 2020.

Presenters

Opening event presenters

Presenters born outside the host country

Nadia Hasnaoui Nadia Hasnaoui ( ar, نادية حسناوي; born 10 June 1963) is a Moroccan-born Norwegian television presenter. Biography Hasnaoui was born in Morocco to a Norwegian mother and Moroccan father. Her maternal grandfather was Nobel Prize–winn ...

, born in

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to a Moroccan father and

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mother *

Zlata Ognevich Inna Leonidivna Bordiuh ( uk, Інна Леонідівна Бордюг, Inna Leonidivna Bordiuh, ; born 12 January 1986), known professionally as Zlata Ognevich ( uk, Злата Огнєвіч, Zlata Ohnievich, links=no, ), is a Ukrainian sing ...

, born in

Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') i ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

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(present-day

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) *

Olivier Minne Olivier Minne (born 18 March 1967 in Ixelles, Belgium) is a Belgian-born French television presenter, actor and producer. Biography Minne was born in Belgium, the son of a Belgian father and a French mother. Minne studied in Brussels, at a Jes ...

, born in

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to a Belgian father and French mother. * Karina Ignatyan, born in

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, Russia

Presenters who also appeared at Eurovision

* Ani Lorak represented Ukraine in the

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, finishing in 2nd place. * Camilla Ottesen presented the Danish results in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2004 The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, following the country's victory at the with the song "Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener. Organised by the European Broa ...

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. * Nadia Hasnaoui co-hosted the

Eurovision Song Contest 2010 The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following the country's victory at the with the song "Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song), Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak. Organise ...

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and has also presented the

results in the

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and

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

. * Maureen Louys has given out the votes from Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest in

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

and

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

. * Remee co-wrote the

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entry for the

, " Disappear", performed by

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. He later co-wrote " Should've Known Better", " The Way You Are", and " The Show" the Danish entries for the

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song " Running Scared" by the duo Ell & Nikki. It was the first time Azerb ...

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and

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respectively. * Andreea Marin Bănică has presented the Romanian votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

, and

. * Denis Kourian is the commentator for

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at the

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and has presented the points of Belarus at the

. Co-host Leila Ismailava has presented the points at the

. * Avet Barseghyan co-wrote the

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entry for the

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, " Fly With Me", performed by

Artsvik Artsvik Harutyunyan ( arm, Արծվիկ Հարությունյան ; russian: Арцвик Арутюнян; born 21 October 1984), better known as simply Artsvik, is a Armenians in Russia, Russian-Armenian singer and songwriter. She represented A ...

. * Zlata Ognevich represented Ukraine in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2013 The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EB ...

, ending on 3rd place. * Moira Delia presented the Maltese votes at the

Eurovision Song Contest 2006 The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Athens, Greece, following the country's victory at the with the song "My Number One" by Helena Paparizou. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...

and

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

. * Poli Genova represented

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in the

, getting eliminated in her semi-final, ending in 12th place. She represented Bulgaria again in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2016 The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting ...

, finishing in 4th place. * Valerie Vella presented the Maltese votes at the

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. Her co-host Ben Camille did the same in

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and

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

* Timur Miroshnychenko co-hosted the

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and has been the Ukrainian commentator for Eurovision since 2007. * Zinaida Kupriyanovich represented Belarus in the

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Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

with “

Like It "Like It" is a song performed by Belarusian singer Zena. It represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The song was performed during the first semi-final on 14 May 2019, and qualified for the final, where it finished in 24th place with 31 ...

". * Rafał Brzozowski represented Poland in the

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with " The Ride" * Ida Nowakowska presented the Polish votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in

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and

. * Élodie Gossuin presented the French votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in

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and

. * Olivier Minne presented the French votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in

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and

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, and was the French commentator between 1995 and 1997. * Carla Lazzari presented the French votes at the

. * Iveta Mukuchyan represented Armenia in the

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with "

LoveWave "LoveWave" is a song by Armenian singer Iveta Mukuchyan. Premiered on March 2, 2016, it was released as a single on March 30, 2016. It represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. "LoveWave" was written by Mukuchyan, Stephanie Crutc ...

Presenters who formerly competed at Junior Eurovision

* Lizi Japaridze, represented in the contest. *

Helena Meraai Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took place in Tbilisi, Georgia on 26 November 2017. The Belarusian entry for the 2017 contest in Tbilisi, Georgia was selected through a national final organised by the Belarusi ...

, represented in the contest. *

Roksana Węgiel Roksana Emilia Węgiel (; born 11 January 2005), also known as Roxie, is a Polish singer who rose to fame in her native country after winning season one of the Polish version of ''The Voice Kids'' in 2018. She represented Poland in the Junior Eur ...

, winner of the contest representing . *

Carla Lazzari Carla Lazzari (born 19 August 2005), better known by her mononym Carla, is a French singer and television presenter. She represented France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Bim bam toi", finishing fifth, and was one of th ...

, represented in the contest. * Karina Ignatyan, represented in the contest.

References

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Presenters

Opening event presenters

Presenters born outside the host country

Presenters who also appeared at Eurovision

Presenters who formerly competed at Junior Eurovision

See also

References