When audiences tune into Junior Eurovision 2019 on Sunday 24 November, they may want to have their anti-gravity devices at the ready. That’s because Australia’s Jordan Anthony will open the show with his number “We Will Rise”.
Some might consider the entry a surprise opener, but it was, of course, the result of chance. Australia drew the first position during Monday’s Opening Ceremony.
Serbia’s Darija Vracevic drew position number 19, and will close the show with her uptempo environmental ballad “Podigni Glas” (Raise Your Voice).
In the interests of fairness, Poland’s homegirl Viki Gabor also had to draw a number. The “Superhero” songstress will perform 11th.
Junior Eurovision 2019 Running Order
The running order fate of the remaining contestants was decided by producers, whose job it is to create the most interesting show possible — aka, spacing out ballads and dance numbers so there’s never a sense of monotony.
- 🇦🇺 Australia: Jordan Anthony — “We Will Rise”
- 🇫🇷 France: Carla — “Bim bam toi”
- 🇷🇺 Russia: Tatyana Mezhentseva and Denberel Oorzhak — “A Time for Us”
- 🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Mila Moskov — “Fire”
- 🇪🇸 Spain: Melani García — “Marte”
- 🇬🇪 Georgia: Giorgi Rostiashvili — “We Need Love”
- 🇧🇾 Belarus: Liza Misnikova — “Pepelny (Ashen)”
- 🇲🇹 Malta: Eliana Gomez Blanco — “We Are More”
- 🏴 Wales: Erin Mai — “Calon yn Curo (Heart Beating)”
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: Yerzhan Maksim — “Armanyńnan qalma”
- 🇵🇱 Poland: Viki Gabor — “Superhero”
- 🇮🇪 Ireland: Anna Kearney — “Banshee”
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Sophia Ivanko — “The Spirit of Music”
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands: Matheu — “Dans met jou”
- 🇦🇲 Armenia: Karina Ignatyan — “Colours of Your Dream”
- 🇵🇹 Portugal: Joana Almeida — “Vem comigo (Come with Me)”
- 🇮🇹 Italy: Marta Viola — “La Voce Della Terra”
- 🇦🇱 Albania: Isea Çili — “Mikja ime fëmijëri”
- 🇷🇸 Serbia: Darija Vračević — “Podigni glas (Raise Your Voice)”
Does the running order matter at JESC?
If you believe in statistics then yes, it does.
In the 16-year history of Junior Eurovision, only two songs from the first half have managed to win the contest — Croatia 2003 and Georgia 2008. That’s around 12.5% of all winners.
If you are lucky enough to draw the second half then the closing slot has a very strong chance of victory. It has four wins: Belarus 2005, Russia 2006, Georgia 2016 and Poland 2018. This decade Malta (twice), Russia, Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine have all won from slots in the last five.
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I think people had overlooked Australia. Maybe revisit the song performance again by Australia it might change your pick again? By saying that all the participants for this year are very talented and had really good voice. We all should wish them good luck instead of complaining.
Let’s all vote for France! 😀 It’s unbelievable…
Armenia performed second in 2016, and ended up placing 2nd over-all. Of course, this was the year when there was no televote but still… 😀
Well they’ve obviously tried to bury France, North Macedonia and Spain to ensure a second Polish victory. Guess they had to give Armenia a good slot to hide suspicions, but it would be funny if it backfires and Armenia or Serbia wins
Actually what would be even funnier would be France, Spain and North Macedonia still managing to be the top 3
When did I say you couldn’t?
Statistically, running order may mean something for über ESC fans but over-all, it’s not something we should be too anxious about. The live performance (for the juries) and the global online televote (for the rest) will make the ultimate difference.
I feel like it means more in JESC than in ESC.
In the last 3 years, 2 winners came from the last position.
There’s no correlation with the one you’re referring to because different factors were at play in each of those two particular years. 2016 did not have a televote while 2018 was the second year in a row that an online-based global vote where people can vote for their own country’s entry is being implemented.
LOL… this running order is so shady! Clearly they did it to put the favourites France, North Macedona and Spain in a disadvantage…such a dirty move. Also, I think this will affect the whole show. Having the big favourites right at the start is really weird. I just hope Poland doesn’t organize the contest any time soon, this wasn’t nice at all.
Everyone here complaining and I’m just happy that Albania performs 18th
Yes lol. I’m glad I’m not these peeps who put France, Spain or Poland in my top 5 to care too much XD
Uh Robyn, last year the second act placed 18th, Portugal.
Ukraine opened the show and came 4th.
Last year, it was Portugal who got the #2 slot. Didn’t do any wonders for them, they got no points at all from juries just like Wales.
Well stated! But just to correct one point, last year it was the first act (Ukraine) that finished 4th.
There’s seven “potentially” inclined to the western countries, out of 19! That sums up the winner, doesn’t it?
Yall acting like Poland/TVP decides how the running order will look like
Wait, isn’t that how it happens? The producers of the show decide the order. All producers of this years’ JESC work for TVP. Or am I wrong?
You have to think like a radio DJ who knows how to program a playlist of songs and making sure they won’t feel, look, and sound repetitive to listeners, and in JESC’s case, to viewers. And given that three countries picked their positions by random draw, you now have to work around those countries’ entries to see which songs should be placed where and avoid being placed beside another with a similar tone. For example: Belarus and Serbia in 2016 had both similar upbeat songs and stagings. What else can you do than to keep them apart by several positions… Read more »
junioreurovision.tv: “The complete running order of the Contest was decided by the TVP core team and approved by Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand from the EBU.”
Thanks for the accurate info. IMHO it is scandalous that running order is anything but random. There is this excuse that “stage props for some countries are too complicated and thus they perform after commercial breaks”, but it should just be scrapped. Everyone should be capable of setting up their props in an equal time (say 30 seconds), if they are not, well that just means that they should’ve brought simpler props.
Ugh you all need to chill and stop spreading hate. Do you all realize that Poland does NOT decide the running order?
Besides, it’s not like the running orders matters much in JESC. You can vote TWO DAYS before the final.
Some people man…
It does matter for the juries though
Jurors would be the last people I would expect being head over heels with running orders. If something fancies them, they’ll score them well, regardless of where they are placed.
Are you sure you know who decides the running order?
Ok) Now I know who will win this year)) and… that country is… my favorite this year… ??Armenia congratulations)))
France the favorite to win got the death spot…
Well, it doesn’t matter. I’m going to vote for France, Ireland, Malta, North Macedonia, and Spain.
I like Poland and Serbia, but they have large fanbases already, so I’m just going to leave the voting to them and help those who truly need it (Ireland, Malta, and North Macedonia.
It finally happened. A fan favorite is going 2nd.
Not only that, we have 3 fan favorites in the first 5.
I think the biggest “winners” of the running order are Armenia, Serbia, Poland, and Kazakhstan
Bring back the random draw NOW
In regular ESC, #2 is like the death slot. Don’t see how you can justify giving it to France this year. You could justify having it opening the show but this?
In regular ESC, yes. But this is Junior ESC, where different rules of the running order apply – someone has already won from the second spot here, and there have been some other really good results as well for the countries performing second.
Belarus 2007 also won and performed last
While Armenia that was the big favorite of the night missed it by a single point yet if I recall they performed first or second.
As expected from TVP. Why would you play fair if you can increase your chances by abusing your power. That’s their mindset in general, not only in this case. I fully understand why you’re mad but understand that people in Poland don’t like them either. Put your hate on broadcaster if you have to hate someone. I know it’s easier to hate on whole country but once again, this is just group of people in power who want to look good, even though they dont really give a damn about eurovision (like I’m sure staff members wouldn’t know that ABBA… Read more »
Seeing this running order is simply shocking. How on earth France is the second? I have no words.
Rip to Spain. Marte is amazing and I’m so disappointed it got so screwed. Shame on Poland. We have to do our best to help our favorites that got screwed over.
#VivaEspaña #SpainForJuniorEurovisionSongContest2020 #LongLiveMarte
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From all the “affected” countries, Spain has the best order… after Spain you have a bunch of less impactful songs, so Spain’s performance will remain longer in the viewer’s mind
Here’s a funny idea – you want your favourite song to win? Then vote for it! Complaining about a running order won’t help.
I disagree. “Just voting” is not enough if something that arguably affects the result is decided in advance by people who arguably have the interest to influence the result.
Before the running order – Poland, Serbia, Macedonia, France and Armenia were in my top 5, now i think Macedonia and France are in the danger zone but i will vote 4 u ……Thanks got for Serbia and Armenia, Poland play dirty …..with running order, still like the song. Now Italy and Ukraine can be in top 10 …..the worst songs of this JESC i am sorry ….
Well, now the official order ha been released. And it is a huge oof for a lot of fan-faves. – Ireland has gotten totally screwed over. I fear they won’t do well now thanks to Poland coming directly before it. And Ukraine is right afterwards, and I feel like they’ll be “more memorable”. Sigh. – France / NM / Spain being smooshed close together is pretty sus. I’m afraid NM will get cancelled out by its successors Spain and Georgia. – With that out of the way, I hope France still has a chance. – Poland getting a great spot?… Read more »
Poland was drawn randomly, you can watch it live at the opening ceremony
I know, but slower songs were placed around Poland to make it stand out.
Clearly, you got it all wrong – “The running order fate of the remaining contestants was decided by producers, whose job it is to create the most interesting show possible — aka, spacing out ballads and dance numbers so there’s never a sense of monotony.”
By Polish producers… Hmm?
OMG I would love to see the Netherlands win the double. With this running order, it seems entirely possible! I’m not actually that mad at the running order as none of the ‘favorites’ are in my top five other than Armenia. Good luck from the UK. And shame on Poland’s producers of making Poland possibly win again. I might actually cry if that happens!
The Netherlands won’t win. At the best, it can do a 7-8th place (based on the song and the running order only. Perhaps it’ll be great live).
It will do top 5 at least. Good running order, good looking kid, fun song, live performance is strong. It has all the ingredients to do top 5 🙂
Netherlands always does better than expected with online voting. 6th in 2018 and won it in 2017 (3rd in running order). So yes I would not underestimate its chances I guess
Polish people cant vote fair and the polish production cant do a running order either. All the faves in the begginning is the worst ever. This shows Poland cant win ESC. They would never handle it good.
I’m mad at this running order too but don’t blame polish people. They vote for their country and it’s normal with two great songs in a row. The only persons we have to blame are the producers (from TVP?). They’re the only ones that don’t play fair despite their responsability.
Im mad at the voting. Voting for your own country makes Russia, Poland, Spain, France ALWAYS on top 🙁
Are you aware Spain hasn’t competed since 2006? And France competed last year for the first time since 2004?
Whoever blames Polish people?
Well, at ESC the running order has been determined, for the past 5 years, by the Contest Producer, i.e, Christer Björkman, and not the host broadcaster alone. In addition, the voting is different at ESC, compared with JESC, as people aren’t allowed to vote for their own country in ESC. Except for those two issues you mentioned with JESC2019, TVP has done a stellar job thus far with the JESC2019 production. In actual fact, I think Poland is one of the most ready countries to host ESC.
Thats 100% wrong. You cant say that to a swede you know. Its not CB how does that alone. Do your research better. I know what you wanted to say so Sweden would look bad but sorry you cant say false things then
Oh my word… Why are you so aggro? That was not my intention at all. What I meant was that if Poland were to host ESC, TVP would not be solely, or at all, responsible for creating the running order, as they have contest producers, who are not from the host broadcaster, who would be involved with this and, therefore, the running order issue we are witnessing for JESC2019 would not be an issue at ESC. If anything, I was applauding Christer Björkman, as we don’t see such a harsh backlash to the running order at ESC, compared with JESC2019.… Read more »
Easy guys! I don’t like the running order, but it won’t influence the results. You can vote for 5 countries, including your own, two days before the show!
That is not an exciting start for JESC 2019. I believe this running order was specially made to sabotage the big favorites – Spain, France and North Macedonia to an extent. I think the producers see The Netherlands as a contender now but I hope they don’t win, as well as I hope that Poland does not win. I know I should not be hating on children but if the producers are securing a good running order spot for themselves and destroying the other favorite chances then I will have something to say. First saying that first rehearsals will not… Read more »
You can vote already two days before the show. Running order doesn’t matter on JESC.
I really hope the Netherlands win and I am from the UK. Imagine if they make history!
Some comments here really saying ”why are you attacking kids you’re adults” NO ONE IS ATTACKING KIDS. People are taking critiscm on the fact that 4 favorites for the title (France, Russia, Spain and North Macedonia) are in the earliest possible which were decided by ADULTS. Besides that fact there is another thing wrong with this running order: Portugal, Italy ánd Albania after one another IN the last possible slots? First of all they’re all kind of slow songs and you’d expect some uptumpo in the last slots but I thought the point of the producers deciding the slots was… Read more »
FYI, none of those competitions are rigged. 😉
This running order is outrageous. I see Poland is ready to do everything to win the contest. Shame on the producers, and I hope Poland won’t win this way. Go France !
Worst running order EVER. clearly poland wants to sabotage favorites
Poland will surely win the televote but I really hope that the jury winner and the overall one be either serbia or france (maybe even spain).
France better win this time. Outrageous.
Ala Croatia 2003 or Bulgaria 2014. A real winner wins televote or online voting in any draw but this is ridiculous.
It’s such a shame to see France in the “death position”
rihminder that both croatia 2003 (the winner) n bulgaria 2014 (the televote winner by a landslide) performed 2nd. tvp can try to bury france as much as they want, it don’t matter, talent WILL prevail
Running order won’t have a big influence here. Since each country can vote for their entries, entries with big cult followings and strong diaspora will most probably place on the top half. Although, most songs that did good with the juries can be from any half, so it’ll be interesting to see how the jury vote will turn out.
that’s where we need impartial indonesians or whatever else like yourself to vote for a REAL winner !
50% of online voting comes after the live show so we don’t know but winner is a winner
Poles are really playing dirty it seems. Let’s see if this will backfire or not.
Don’t listen to haters. It’s be wiser for most viewers to vote for the big favorites in the first half. #LongLiveJuniorEurovisionSongContest
OMG So unfair ! They put all the serious candidate for the win in the begining !! France, North Macedonia and Spain #2, #4 and #5 ! So desguesting…
since when is macedonia a possible winner skksjsks y’all say it every year but it finishes at the bottom n this year it’ll be no different, sorry
I mean it’s some people’s favorites and I can see it as a strong candidate to win/top 5.
*YAWN*
Can we stop making Junior Eurovision happen? it’s not gonna happen!
It already happened, sweetie.
Sure you’re not talking about Eurovision Asia? Cause that is the contest that seem like to never happen
Some people here just need to call a doctor… ha ha ha youre so sick !!! But funny to read ive to say 😉 great running order .. it feels good for the netherlands and armenia but in this contest the running order means like nothing . …have fun kids !!!
Just wanted to say its different Dawid
I’m speechless. Like… wow. 4 out of 6 Poland’s main rivals in spots from 2 to 5. Poland surrounded by the two slowest songs of the contest. Serbia, being in a great spot, preceded by a similar in tone ballad. Most of the songs grouped in a way that makes them stand out less than they could have otherwise. I’m ashamed of my country and angry at TVP for using this innocent children competition to unfairly prevent great songs from succeeding and basically ensure another win for themselves. That’s just disgusting.
So true. The weirdest part of the running order, for me, is towards the end. Why would they, firstly, place 3 songs with a similar message (i.e., Portugal, Italy, and Serbia) together in the final 4 songs? Secondly, why would they end the show with these 4 rather “slow” songs? It also would have made more sense to switch Netherlands and Ukraine around, because currently Ukraine and Ireland are going to compete with one another, and Netherlands and Armenia are going to compete with one another (and due to the running order, it’s more likely that Ukraine and Armenia will… Read more »
what a convenient running-order this is
They put France on the #2 spot! They make it too obvious, TVP is a cheat as heck!
Also, Spain on #5. And Serbia probably sees their chances growing, they’re going after Albania but seem too close to Portugal and Italy, which go side by side despite being practically the same ecology song.
And North Macedonia at #4, makes me worried they’re gonna get 12th place again. Three big contenders in the first five songs, really suspicious running order from TVP.
OUT NOW!
Australia
France
Russia
North Macedonia
Spain
Georgia
Belarus
Malta
Wales
Kazakhstan
Poland
Ireland
Ukraine
The Netherlands
Armenia
Portugal
Italy
Albania
Serbia
OUT NOW!
What’s wrong with contest organizators putting France and Spain respectively 2nd and 5th …. and just ruining chances of 2 of the 5-6 favorites …. there are really clearly something not nice !
I think they will see The Netherlands win!
Lol Kids are just having fun and some adults here are acting like immature brats.
It’s going to be interesting to see were the producers place France and Spain in the running order, as they seem to be Poland’s biggest challengers to a back-to-back JESC win. Will they play fair and give these contenders prime positions, or will they hit us with a running order like: 1. Australia, 2. France, 3. Spain…?
And just as I said this, the running order is out: 1. Australia, 2. Belarus, 3. Italy, 4. Spain, 5. France, 6. Wales, 7. Portugal, 8. Kazakhstan, 9. Georgia, 10. Albania, 11. Poland, 12. Armenia, 13. Malta, 14. Russia, 15. Ukraine, 16. Netherlands, 17. North Macedonia, 18. Ireland, 19. Serbia.
And they put Spain and France together in the first quarter… Yikes! Get ready for the Wiwiblogg’s comments section to #LightUp
Oh wait!… I swear that running order was on Wikipedia a minute ago, and now it’s gone! And now I look like a crazy person seeing things, and talking to myself here. But I swear, that was on there!
Okay, so that was a false alarm. Someone probably was just playing jokes, as I just saw a completely new running order shown on Wikipedia, and then it was erased yet again. Sorry for giving Spanish and French fans high BP. I’ll refrain from posting another running order that I see. Lol
in fact, this is even worst than expected at least for France –> 2nd !
Very shocking, indeed. North Macedonia was also one of the dark horses to win, and Russia has the second most views of their music video (after Poland), and they included both of them in that first quarter of songs as well. That’s some tactical running order!
I also see 1. Australia 2 Belarus etc but it was changed
Thanks, Filip. I’m glad that it wasn’t my imagination. Lol 🙂
1st = Australia
2nd = France
5th = Spain
This was from the JESC official page
Thanks, Cameron. At least one of us is a reliable source of information. Lol
When they reveal full running order??
Eurovision fan – me too ! – that is a really good spot for Serbia (that increase the chance that they finish top 5). Hope that Ireland, France, Armenia and Spain are in the 2nd half too but the chance is low that the producers will do that (because they are the fan favorites).
It seems they decided to ruin chances for 2 of the favorites = France 2nd and Spain 5th ! I am really angry !
Guys this is just my personal opinion but I don’t actually like Spain’s entry I’m kinda happy for Spain to perform early lol