List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenters

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 2003. This page is a list of people who have acted as presenters in the contest.

Presenters of the 2021 contest, from left to right: Elodie Gossuin, Olivier Minne and Carla Lazzari.

Since the contest began in 2003, it has generally had two presenters. However, in 2022 there were four presenters; in 2009, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 there were three presenters; and in 2014 and 2015 it was hosted by just one presenter. Kim-Lian van der Meij (Netherlands), Timur Miroshnychenko (Ukraine), Ida Nowakowska (Poland) and Olivier Minne (France) have all hosted the contest twice. Kim-Lian hosted in 2007 and 2012, Miroshnychenko hosted in 2009 and 2013, Nowakowska hosted in 2019 and 2020, and Minne hosted in 2021 and 2023.

Presenters

Year	Presenter(s)	Ref.
2003	Camilla Ottesen and Remee	^[1]
2004	Stian Barsnes Simonsen and Nadia Hasnaoui	^[2]
2005	Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys	^[3]
2006	Andreea Marin Bănică and Ioana Ivan	^[4]
2007	Sipke Jan Bousema and Kim-Lian van der Meij	^[5]
2008	Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva	^[6]
2009	Ani Lorak, Timur Miroshnychenko and Dmytro Borodin (green room)	^[7]
2010	Leila Ismailava and Denis Kourian	^[8]
2011	Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan	^[9]
2012	Kim-Lian van der Meij and Ewout Genemans	^[10]
2013	Timur Miroshnychenko and Zlata Ognevich	^[11]
2014	Moira Delia	^[12]
2015	Poli Genova	^[13]
2016	Ben Camille and Valerie Vella	^[14]
2017	Helen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze	^[15]
2018	Evgeny Perlin, Zinaida Kupriyanovich and Helena Meraai (green room)	^[16]
2019	Ida Nowakowska, Aleksander Sikora and Roksana Węgiel	^[17]
2020	Ida Nowakowska, Rafał Brzozowski and Małgorzata Tomaszewska	^[18]
2021	Carla Lazzari, Élodie Gossuin and Olivier Minne	^[19]
2022	Iveta Mukuchyan, Garik Papoyan, Karina Ignatyan and Robin the Robot	^[20]
2023	Olivier Minne and Laury Thilleman	^[21]

Opening event presenters

Year	Presenter(s)	Ref.
2007	Sipke Jan Bousema and Kim-Lian van der Meij
2012	Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij
2013	Timur Miroshnychenko and Elizabeth Arfush
2014	Gianni Zammit	^[22]
2015	Joanna Dragneva	^[23]
2016	Taryn Mamo Cefai	^[24]
2017	Liza Tsiklauri and Mariam Mamadashvili
2018	Denis Dudinsky and Anna Kviloria	^[16]
2019	Agata Konarska and Mateusz Szymkowiak	^[25]
2020	Mateusz Szymkowiak	^[26]
2021	Carla Lazzari
2022	Dalita, Hamlet Arakelyan and Aram Mp3	^[27]

Presenters born outside the host country

• Nadia Hasnaoui, born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and Norwegian mother.
• Zlata Ognevich, born in Murmansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Russia).
• Olivier Minne, born in Belgium to a Belgian father and French mother.
• Karina Ignatyan, born in Kaluga, Russia.

Presenters who also appeared at Eurovision

• Ani Lorak represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, finishing in 2nd place.
• Camilla Ottesen presented the Danish results in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul, Turkey.
• Nadia Hasnaoui co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo and has also presented the Norwegian results in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and 2012.
• Maureen Louys has given out the votes from Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007, 2009 and 2011.
• Remee co-wrote the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, "Disappear", performed by No Angels. He later co-wrote "Should've Known Better", "The Way You Are", and "The Show", the Danish entries for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, 2015 and 2022 respectively.
• Andreea Marin Bănică has presented the Romanian votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2007.
• Denis Kourian is the commentator for Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest and has presented the points of Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
• Leila Ismailava has presented the Belarusian votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
• Avet Barseghyan co-wrote the Armenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, "Fly With Me", performed by Artsvik.
• Zlata Ognevich represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, ending on 3rd place.
• Moira Delia presented the Maltese votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 and 2008.
• Poli Genova represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, getting eliminated in her semi-final, ending in 12th place. She represented Bulgaria again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, finishing in 4th place.
• Valerie Vella presented the Maltese votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.
• Ben Camille presented the Maltese votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and 2019
• Timur Miroshnychenko co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv and has been the Ukrainian commentator for Eurovision since 2007.
• Zinaida Kupriyanovich represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv with “Like It".
• Rafał Brzozowski represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam with "The Ride"
• Ida Nowakowska presented the Polish votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021 and 2022.
• Aleksander Sikora has been the Polish commentator for Eurovision since 2021.
• Élodie Gossuin presented the French votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022.
• Olivier Minne presented the French votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992 and 1993, and was the French commentator between 1995 and 1997.
• Carla Lazzari presented the French votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
• Iveta Mukuchyan represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm with "LoveWave"

Presenters who formerly competed at Junior Eurovision

• Lizi Japaridze, represented Georgia in the 2014 contest.
• Helena Meraai, represented Belarus in the 2017 contest.
• Roksana Węgiel, winner of the 2018 contest representing Poland.
• Carla Lazzari, represented France in the 2019 contest.
• Karina Ignatyan, represented Armenia in the 2019 contest.

Gallery

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  Ewout Genemans co-hosted the 2012 contest alongside 2007 co-host Kim-Lian van der Meij.

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  Zlata Ognevich co-hosted the contest in 2013 alongside 2009 co-host Timur Miroshnychenko.

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  2015 hostess: Poli Genova at the contest

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  2016 hosts: Ben Camille and Valerie Vella during a dress rehearsal

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  2017 hosts: Lizi Japaridze and Helen Kalandadze during a dress rehearsal

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  2018 hosts: Helena Meraai, Zinaida Kupriyanovich and Evgeny Perlin during a dress rehearsal

See also

• List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters

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