2020
Hosted by: Poland Won by: France – J’imagine by Valentina This is the first part of the “French monopoly” saga: 2020 has been a very, very weird year. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers don’t feel right to host live events in front of a packed audience anymore. With the cancellation of the adult contest that year, all hopes of finally consuming proper Eurovision went to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest towards the end of November, which was also compromised. The show would have its base at a television studio, not a venue, at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, and most of the contestants performed in a similar set at home, with only Malta, Serbia and Ukraine showing up. Not even Poland are in the same place as the hosts! Ironically this was one of the ideas for the adult contest that same year to go ahead before being politely rejected. The contest also saw its smallest number of contestants since 2013 : A mere 12, also due to the pandemic, though COVID-19 conce...