List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenters
Appearance
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 2003. This page is a list of those who have been presenters at the contest.
Two presenters typically host the competition. However, there were three presenters in 2009, and from 2018 to 2021, four presenters in 2022, and just one presenter between 2014 and 2015. Kim-Lian van der Meij (Netherlands), Timur Miroshnychenko (Ukraine), Ida Nowakowska (Poland), and Olivier Minne (France) have been the only presenters to host the contest twice: Kim-Lian in 2007 and 2012, Miroshnychenko in 2009 and 2013, Nowakowska in 2019 and 2020, and Minne in 2021 and 2023.
Presenters
[edit]Opening Ceremony presenters
[edit]Year | Presenter(s) | Ref. |
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2007 | Sipke Jan Bousema and Kim-Lian van der Meij | |
2012 | Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij | |
2013 | Timur Miroshnychenko and Elizabeth Arfush | |
2014 | Gianni Zammit | [23] |
2015 | Joanna Dragneva | [24] |
2016 | Taryn Mamo Cefai | [25] |
2017 | Liza Tsiklauri and Mariam Mamadashvili | |
2018 | Denis Dudinsky and Anna Kviloria | [16] |
2019 | Agata Konarska and Mateusz Szymkowiak | [26] |
2020 | Mateusz Szymkowiak | [27] |
2021 | Carla Lazzari | |
2022 | Dalita, Hamlet Arakelyan and Aram Mp3 | [28] |
2023 | Carla Lazzari, Manon Théodet and Laura Tenoudji | [29] |
Presenters born outside the host country
[edit]- Nadia Hasnaoui: born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and Norwegian mother.
- Zlata Ognevich: born in Murmansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Russia).
- Olivier Minne: born in Belgium to a Belgian father and French mother.
- Karina Ignatyan: born in Kaluga, Russia.
Presenters who also appeared at Eurovision
[edit]Presenter | Eurovision appearance |
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Ani Lorak | Represented Ukraine in 2008, finished 2nd place.[30][31] |
Camilla Ottesen | Presented Danish results in 2004.[32] |
Nadia Hasnaoui | Co-hosted in 2010, presented Norwegian results in 2011 and 2012. |
Maureen Louys | Gave out Belgian votes in 2007, 2009, and 2011. |
Remee | Co-wrote German entry in 2008, Danish entries in 2012, 2015, and 2022. |
Andreea Marin Bănică | Presented Romanian votes in 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2007. |
Denis Kourian | Commentator for Belarus, presented points in 2004. |
Leila Ismailava | Presented Belarusian votes in 2011. |
Avet Barseghyan | Co-wrote Armenian entry in 2017. |
Zlata Ognevich | Represented Ukraine in 2013, finished 3rd place. |
Moira Delia | Presented Maltese votes in 2006 and 2008. |
Poli Genova | Represented Bulgaria in 2011 and 2016, finished 4th place in 2016. |
Valerie Vella | Presented Maltese votes in 2005. |
Ben Camille | Presented Maltese votes in 2016 and 2019. |
Timur Miroshnychenko | Co-hosted in 2017, Ukrainian commentator since 2007, co-presented the Opening Ceremony in 2023 |
Zinaida Kupriyanovich | Represented Belarus in 2019. |
Rafał Brzozowski | Represented Poland in 2021. |
Ida Nowakowska | Presented Polish votes in 2021, 2022, and 2023. |
Aleksander Sikora | Polish commentator since 2021. |
Élodie Gossuin | Presented French votes in 2016, 2017,[33] 2018, and 2022. |
Olivier Minne | Presented French votes in 1992 and 1993, commentator between 1995 and 1997. |
Carla Lazzari | Presented French votes in 2021. |
Iveta Mukuchyan | Represented Armenia in 2016.[34] |
Ruth Lorenzo | Represented Spain in 2014, presented Spanish votes in 2023. |
Presenters who formerly competed at Junior Eurovision
[edit]- Lizi Japaridze, represented Georgia in the 2014 contest.
- Helena Meraai, represented Belarus in the 2017 contest.
- Roksana Węgiel, winner of the 2018 contest representing Poland.
- Carla Lazzari, represented France in the 2019 contest.
- Karina Ignatyan, represented Armenia in the 2019 contest.
- Melani García, represented Spain in the 2019 contest.
Gallery
[edit]-
Ewout Genemans co-hosted the 2012 contest alongside 2007 co-host Kim-Lian van der Meij.
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Zlata Ognevich co-hosted the contest in 2013 alongside 2009 co-host Timur Miroshnychenko.
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2015 hostess: Poli Genova at the contest
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2016 hosts: Ben Camille and Valerie Vella during a dress rehearsal
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2017 hosts: Lizi Japaridze and Helen Kalandadze during a dress rehearsal
See also
[edit]References
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