Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 | |
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| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Palais Nikaïa Nice, France |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Executive supervisor | Martin Österdahl |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | France Télévisions |
| Directors |
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| Executive producer | Alexandra Redde-Amiel |
| Presenters |
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| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Debuting countries | |
| Returning countries | |
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Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | The professional jury of each country awards a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs. Viewers around the world vote for 3 songs, and their votes are distributed proportionally. The votes of the jury and the audience make up 50% of all votes. |
| Winning song | France "Cœur" |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 26 November 2023 at the Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France, and presented by Olivier Minne, Laury Thilleman, and Ophenya. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France Télévisions, who staged the event after winning the 2022 contest for France with the song "Oh Maman !" by Lissandro. This was the second time that the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in France, the first being in Paris in 2021.
Broadcasters from sixteen countries participated in the contest, with Estonia participating for the first time and Germany returning after its absence from the previous edition, while Kazakhstan and Serbia did not take part. This was also the first and so far only time that all members of the "Big Five" from the Eurovision Song Contest took part in the junior contest together.
The winner was France with the song "Cœur" by Zoé Clauzure, making France the second country to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twice in a row, after Poland. The result also marked France equaling Georgia's record for the most Junior Eurovision victories. Spain, Armenia, the United Kingdom and Ukraine completed the top five. Further down the table, Germany achieved its best result to date, Georgia tied its worst placement, and Ireland placed last for the first time.