Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Shine Bright | |
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Olympic Palace Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Executive supervisor | Jon Ola Sand |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) |
| Directors | Simon Gibney Gordon Bonello |
| Executive producer | Sergi Gvarjaladze |
| Presenters | Helen Kalandadze Lizi Japaridze |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Returning countries | Portugal |
| Non-returning countries | Bulgaria Israel |
Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country's professional jury award 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs. International viewers vote for 3–5 songs, and votes are converted to points by proportional representation. |
| Winning song | Russia "Wings" |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the fifteenth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 26 November 2017 at the Olympic Palace, in Tbilisi, Georgia, and presented by Helen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), who staged the event after winning the 2016 contest for Georgia with the song "Mzeo" by Mariam Mamadashvili. This was the fifth time that the contest was hosted by the previous year's winning broadcaster. The visual design and contest slogan, "Shine Bright", were revealed in May 2017.
Broadcasters from sixteen countries participated in the contest, which saw the return of Portugal for the first time since 2007 and the withdrawals of Bulgaria and Israel.
The winner was Russia with the song "Wings" by Polina Bogusevich, marking the second time that Russia has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and the first time since The Tolmachevy Twins in 2006, and the third overall victory for the country in any Eurovision-related events. The last victory in any Eurovision event for Russia was when Dima Bilan won the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade. Georgia and Australia finished in second and third place, respectively.