Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | |
|---|---|
| Be Creative | |
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Palace "Ukraine" Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Executive supervisor | Vladislav Yakovlev |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) |
| Director | Sven Stojanovic |
| Executive producer | Victoria Romanova |
| Presenters | Timur Miroshnychenko, Zlata Ognevich |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 12 |
| Debuting countries | San Marino |
| Returning countries | |
| Non-returning countries | |
Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs. |
| Winning song | Malta "The Start" |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 11th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 30 November 2013 at the Palace "Ukraine" in Kyiv, Ukraine, and presented by Timur Miroshnychenko and Zlata Ognevich. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU). It was the second time the contest was held in Kyiv, the first being the 2009 contest. It was also the second time in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that the event was hosted by the previous year's winning broadcaster, as well as the first time that the event was held in the same city twice. The venue for the contest was announced on 17 April 2013.
Broadcasters from a total of twelve countries participated, with Macedonia and Malta making a return, and Albania, Belgium and Israel choosing to withdraw. San Marino made their debut in the contest. Cyprus was originally the thirteenth country to take part but pulled out the last minute.
The winner was Malta with the song "The Start" by Gaia Cauchi. This was Malta's first Junior Eurovision victory as well as their first victory in any Eurovision competition. It also marked the first time in the history of the contest that a winning entry was sung entirely in English. This was also the first contest to introduce a new awards system: The winning country along with the second and third place countries each received a trophy. Sofia Tarasova, representing the host nation Ukraine, took second place and Ilya Volkov singing for Belarus took the third-place trophy.