List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenters

This list includes those who have acted as presenters of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Since 2003, it has been usual to have two presenters for the contest. Only in 2009, in 2018 and in 2019 there were 3 presenters, while in 2014 and again in 2015 it was hosted by just one presenter. Kim-Lian van der Meij (The Netherlands) and Timur Miroshnychenko (Ukraine) have both hosted the contest twice.

2003 co-host: Remee

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

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

2015 hostess: Poli Genova at the contest

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

Presenters

Year	Presenter(s)
2003	Camilla Ottesen and Remee
2004	Stian Barsnes Simonsen and Nadia Hasnaoui
2005	Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys
2006	Andreea Marin Bănică and Ioana Ivan
2007	Sipke Jan Bousema and Kim-Lian van der Meij
2008	Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva[1]
2009	Ani Lorak, Timur Miroshnychenko and Dmytro Borodin (green room)[2]
2010	Leila Ismailava and Denis Kourian[3]
2011	Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan[4]
2012	Kim-Lian van der Meij and Ewout Genemans[5]
2013	Timur Miroshnychenko and Zlata Ognevich[6]
2014	Moira Delia[7]
2015	Poli Genova[8]
2016	Ben Camille and Valerie Vella[9]
2017	Helen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze[10]
2018	Eugene Perlin, Zinaida Kupriyanovich and Helena Meraai (green room)[11]
2019	Ida Nowakowska, Aleksander Sikora and Roksana Węgiel[12]

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)

Presenters who also appeared at Eurovision

• Ani Lorak represented Ukraine in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in 2nd place.
• Camilla Ottesen presented the Danish results in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul, Turkey.
• Nadia Hasnaoui co-hosted the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo.
• 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 the Danish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
• 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. Co-host Leila Ismailava has presented the points 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 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, ending on 3rd place.
• Moira Delia presented the Maltese votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 and 2008.
• Poli Genova represented Bulgaria in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, getting eliminated in her semi final, ending in 12th place. She represented Bulgaria again in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in 4th place.
• Valerie Vella presented the Maltese jury votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. Her co-host Ben Camille did that in 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".

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

See also

• List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters

References

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2. Siim, Jarmo (2009-10-22). "Hosts for Junior 2009 chosen!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
3. Siim, Jarmo (6 September 2010). "Meet them: the hosts of Junior 2010!". JuniorEurovision.tv. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
4. "Gohar and Avet to host". EBU. November 15, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
5. "JESC 2012 Hosts Already Announced". Archived from the original on January 29, 2012.
6. Lockett, Katherine (30 September 2013). "Meet the hosts of Junior Eurovision 2013: Zlata and Timur!". EBU. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
7. Fisher, Luke (10 September 2014). "Moira Delia to host Junior Eurovision 2014". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
8. Fisher, Luke (21 October 2015). "Meet your host... Poli Genova!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
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10. Jordan, Paul (3 October 2017). "Meet the hosts of Junior Eurovision 2017!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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12. "Proud to present: The presenters of Junior Eurovision 2019!". junioreurovision.tv. 22 August 2019.