2021
Hosted in: Paris, France Won by: Armenia – Qami Qami by Malena This is the second part of the “French monopoly” saga: Young audiences who have grown fond of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest are no doubt delighted to become better predictors than Netta as the contest went to the most obvious French city imaginable (no pun intended), Paris, with the venue being only about 6km from the Eiffel Tower, or exactly 100 baguettes. Just a short 20-minute drive from there. Gone from the total isolation Valentina expressed in her winning song, the contest managed to pretend that it never happened. Pretend. Like the adult contest earlier that year, the EBU have set many scenarios for the contest to move forward, from “let’s do 2020 again!” to “What the heck is COVID?” Of course, they didn’t announce which scenario they were going for, but judging from the show, I presume it’s “Let’s pack this arena but make sure they all masked. No one will know” Germany returned from the lockdown 2020 ...