Opening Ceremony kicks off Junior Eurovision 2019

The delegations were welcomed by TVP president Jacek Kurski and Jon Ola Sand of the EBU and then walked the Red Carpet in alphabetical order to centre stage. There, they were interviewed by on-stage host Mateusz Szymkowiak, a Polish journalist and television presenter made popular as co-host of The Voice of Poland. Each delegation shared their excitement for the week ahead.

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The live audience was then treated to a surprise performance by Polish boyband 4Dreamers singing their song Inapropro.

Immediately after, Junior Eurovision 2018 winner Roksana Węgiel joined Mateusz on stage to draw the first, last and Polish performance position for the live show on Sunday 24 November.

As it was drawn, Poland will perform 11th, Australia will perform 1st and Serbia will close the show as the 19th performance.

Next, Mateusz hosted the Gift Ceremony. In this ceremony, each participant gifted another delegation a small present representing their home country. Amongst the gifts were stroopwafels from the Netherlands which went to Belarus and a traditionally dried and hand-painted pomegranate from Armenia that was gifted to Portugal.

The Opening Ceremony ended with a performance from Roksana Węgiel singing the common song Share The Joy.