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Opening Ceremony and Junior Eurovision 2023 Running Order!

20 November 2023 at 16:34 CET
Opening Ceremony of JESC 2023 at Le Negresco in Nice Corinne Cumming / EBU
The Junior Eurovision Opening Ceremony took place at Le Negresco, a glamorous hotel in Nice.

The show saw our 16 participants introduced, alongside songs from Franceโ€™s glittering JESC history, including performances from the last 5 French participants: Angรฉlina (2018), Carla (2019), Valentina (Winner 2020), Enzo (2021), and Lissandro (Winner 2022).

The Opening Ceremony also featured a draw to see where France (our hosts) would perform from, as well as which countries would have the honour of opening and closing the show on Sunday 26 November. 

The full running order was confirmed by show producers shortly after the Opening Ceremony:

1. Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ

2. Malta ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น

3. Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 

4. Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 

5. United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง 

6. North Macedonia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ 

7. Estonia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช 

8. Armenia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ 

9. Poland ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ 

10. Georgia ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช 

11. Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น 

12. France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท 

13. Albania ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ 

14. Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น 

15. Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช 

16. Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

Junior Eurovision returns on Saturday 16 November, and you can help decide the winner when voting opens at JESC.tv

All songs are available to watch on our YouTube channel and you can keep up to date with all the latest news and BTS action by following #JESC2024 on InstagramTikTok and Facebook