The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the 23rd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 December 2025 at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City in Tbilisi, Georgia, and presented by and Liza Tsiklauri. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), which staged the event after winning the for with the song "To My Mom" by Andria Putkaradze. It was the second time that Georgia hosted the contest, having previously done so in .
Broadcasters from eighteen countries participated in the contest, the largest number of participants since . , , and returned after absences from recent contests, while and opted not to participate after doing so the previous year.
The winner was with the song "" by Lou Deleuze, its fourth win in six years. won the public vote and finished in second place, its best placing since , with , , and completing the top five. received its best result in any Eurovision event to date, and, for the fourth year in a row, received its second-best result to date. finished last for the second time in three years.
Location 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 2024, French broadcaster was given this right but ultimately opted out of it.
On 16 November 2024, upon her country's victory in the 2024 contest, , the CEO of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), stated that the broadcaster would hold discussions with the EBU regarding hosting the 2025 contest. GPB's First Channel stated the same day on its Facebook page that the contest would be held in Georgia. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS repeated the claim in April 2025, but later retracted it. On 9 April, the Georgian State Procurement Agency revealed that the contest would be hosted in Tbilisi on 13 December, which was confirmed by the EBU on 13 May.
The Olympic Palace, which had previously hosted the , was initially selected as the venue. Its selection was first reported in May following comments by Levan Zhorzholiani, the Georgian Government's Head of Administration. The venue was subsequently named by several participating broadcasters between June and September, before being officially confirmed by the EBU on 1 October. However, on 24 November, it was reported that the contest had relocated to the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City, citing the unavailability of the Olympic Palace for an assessment visit required by the EBU; the location change was promptly confirmed through the contest's official website.
Participants
Eligibility for participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issues invitations to participate in the contest to all active members.
On 1 October 2025, the EBU announced that broadcasters from 18 countries would participate in the 2025 contest. , , and returned after three, ten and nine-year absences respectively. Meanwhile, and opted not to participate after doing so the previous year.
Prior to the contest, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2025 contest was put together by the EBU and released by Universal Music on 29 November 2025.
+Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) RTSH Kroni Pula "" Albanian AMPTV Albert "Brave Heart" Armenian İTV Yağmur "" Azerbaijani, English HRT Marino Vrgoč "" Croatian CyBC Rafaella and Christos "Away" Greek, English Lou Deleuze "" French GPB Anita Abgariani "Shine Like a Star" Georgian, English TG4 Lottie O'Driscoll Murray "" Irish RAI Leonardo Giovannangeli "Rockstar" Italian, English PBS Eliza Borg"I Believe" English RTCG Asja Džogović "" Montenegrin AVROTROS "Freeze" Dutch, English MRT Nela Mančeska "Miracle" Macedonian, English TVP Marianna Kłos "Brightest Light" Polish, English RTP Inês Gonçalves "" Portuguese SMRTV Martina Crv "Beyond the Stars" Italian, English RTVEGonzalo Pinillos " (Once Upon a Time)"Spanish, English Suspilne Sofiia Nersesian "" Ukrainian, English Svitlana Tarabarova
Production In June 2025, the EBU announced that Martin Österdahl would step down from his role as executive supervisor of the contest, with ESC director Martin Green temporarily assuming Österdahl's duties. On 1 October, Gert Kark was appointed to the contest's reference group, taking Österdahl's vacated spot. A few days later, it was revealed that he would serve in the newly created position of ESC executive producer. Kark had previously worked as project manager for the contest since .
In July 2025, the Government of Georgia allocated () to hosting the contest from its reserve fund; this figure had been raised to () by November 2025. The creation of the background music as well as the opening and interval acts was overseen by music producer Giga Kukhianidze. Repeating his function from the previous edition was Marvin Dietmann as artistic director.
Slogan, visual and stage design In August 2025, ESC director Martin Green revealed that "United by Music", the permanent slogan of the Eurovision Song Contest since November 2023, would also be adopted by the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in order to make the two events "come within the same brand family".
On 9 September 2025, the EBU released a revamped version of the generic logo, which is modeled after the revamped logo of the adult contest that is set to be introduced in its , designed by the Sheffield-based branding studio Pals. On 1 October 2025, GPB unveiled the theme art and stage design for the 2025 contest. The visual identity features a custom wordmark of the slogan, combining plain uppercase lettering with handwritten characters that "echo the playful creativity of the young artists representing their countries", with threads of vibrant colours in the background. The stage was inspired by the mountains, castles, fortified villages and towers of Georgia's landscape, with its central element being a depiction of the doli. Presenters and Liza Tsiklauri were announced as the presenters of the show on 7 November 2025.
Postcards The "postcards" are short video introductions shown on television while the stage is being prepared for the next entry. Filmed between October and December 2025, they all consisted of the upcoming participant putting on a virtual reality headset and, through it, experiencing a location in Tbilisi while doing various activities. At the conclusion of the postcard, the upcoming participant would take their headset off, and the performance would commence. The locations included Gudiashvili Square, the National Youth and Children's Palace and the Georgian National Opera Theater.
Contest overview The event took place on 13 December 2025 at 20:00 GET (17:00 CET). Eighteen countries participated, with the running order published on 4 November 2025. 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. France won with 248 points, winning the jury vote. Ukraine, who won the online vote, came second with 177 points, with Georgia, Armenia, and Spain completing the top five. Croatia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Montenegro, and Ireland occupied the bottom five positions.
The opening of the show featured the traditional flag parade accompanied by Andria Putkaradze performing his winning song in , "To My Mom". The interval acts included winners Bzikebi performing "We Don't Sleep", winners Candy performing "Code", and all participants along with Putkaradze performing the common song "We're Rising High". All were written by Giorgi Kukhianidze, who previously composed a majority of Georgia's Junior Eurovision entries, including each of its winning songs.
Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Eliza Borg "I Believe"9211 2 Yağmur "" 6615 3 Marino Vrgoč ""7014 4 Martina Crv "Beyond the Stars"1259 5 Albert "Brave Heart"1754 6 Sofiia Nersesian ""1772 7 Lottie O'Driscoll Murray ""4418 8 Meadow "Freeze"9310 9 Marianna Kłos "Brightest Light"1398 10 Nela Mančeska"Miracle"1417 11 Asja Džogović ""4917 12 Leonardo Giovannangeli "Rockstar"7312 13 Inês Gonçalves ""7313 14 Gonzalo Pinillos " (Once Upon a Time)"1525 15 Anita Abgariani "Shine Like a Star"1763 16 Rafaella and Christos "Away" 5016 17 Lou Deleuze ""2481 18 Kroni Pula ""1456
Spokespersons The 12-point score from each country's national jury was revealed by the spokespersons in the following order:
Ramires Sciberras Leyla Adigozelzadeh Sara Zeba Asia Ceccoli Nare Artem Kotenko Aodán Murphy
Zosia Wójcik Darija Maksimova Sofija Nia
Vache Ghviniashvili Stephani Constantinou
Nikol Çabeli
Detailed voting results Split results Place Combined Jury Online vote Country Points Country Points Country Points 1 248 152 98 2 177 121 96 3 176 117 87 4 175 98 85 5 152 92 67 6 145 79 58 7 141 72 55 8 139 60 54 9 125 54 10 93 47 49 11 92 38 47 12 73 32 13 73 28 46 14 70 26 42 15 66 12 41 16 50 10 17 49 3 39 18 44 3 38
+ Detailed voting results of the final Voting procedure used: scope="col" rowspan="3" scope="col" rowspan="2" scope="col" rowspan="2" Jury vote scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="rowgroup" rowspan="21" Malta 92 38 54 1 2 5 12 1 6 8 10 1 3 23 Azerbaijan 66 54 12 7 3 2 Croatia 70 42 28 5 1 10 7 1 4 San Marino 125 87 38 7 3 2 5 3 5 3 4 2 4 Armenia 175 58 117 12 3 7 4 12 8 6 8 1 6 6 4 12 10108 Ukraine 177 98 79 6 8 10 6 3 4 4 10 1 3 2 6 5 65 Ireland 44 41 3 2 1 Netherlands 93 46 47 4 6 7 7 4 5 7 151 Poland 139 67 72 3 6 3 3 4 1 5 1 6 7 8 8 8 36 North Macedonia 141 49 92 2 6 7 10 6 5 7 12 12 2 5 4 3 74 Montenegro 49 39 10 4 6 Italy 73 47 26 12 1 5 7 1 Portugal 73 41 32 4 2 6 2 3 3 2 3 7 Spain 152 54 98 10 4 10 8 5 1 7 10 1 8 12 7 7 8 Georgia 176 55 121 8 8 5 2 8 2 12 8 12 7 2 7 10 12 6 210 Cyprus 50 47 3 2 1 France 248 96 152 1 5 12 12 4 10 10 12 10 12 8 4 8 101012 12 Albania 145 85 60 10 3 8 5 2 4 5 6 5 12
12 points Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.
+ 12 points awarded by juries Recipient Countries giving 12 points 6 , , , , , 3 , , , , 2 , 1
Online voting According to the EBU 2.5 million votes were cast.
Broadcasts 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 provided an international live stream of the contest through its official YouTube channel with no commentary.
Confirmed broadcasters and commentators Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) RTSHRTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana 1Andri Xhahu AMPTV Armenia 1 and İTVAzer Suleymanli and Aysel Zahidgizi HRT HRT 2 Duško Ćurlić and Mia Dimšić CyBC RIK 2, RIK HD, RIK Sat Kyriakos Pastides France 4 Stéphane Bern and Zoé Clauzure GPB First Channel Nika Lobiladze TG4 Louise Cantillon RAI Rai 2, Rai Gulp , and Iris Di Domenico PBSTVM RTCGTVCG 2 Dražen Baukovič AVROTROS NPO 3 Bart Arens and MRT MRT 1, Jana Burčeska TVP TVP2, TVP Polonia, TVP VOD Artur Orzech RTP RTP1, RTP África, RTP Internacional Carina Jorge and SMRTV San Marino RTV and Mirco Zani RTVE La 1, TVE Internacional Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar SuspilneSuspilne KulturaTimur Miroshnychenko