Good evening, this is Tblisi calling! We are travelling all the way to the majestic Georgian capital city of Tblisi today for the 2025 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

A total of 18 nations will be battling for the coveted Grand Prix during tonight’s show, only one of them will be crowned the winner of the evening! GPB, the Georgian national broadcaster and the EBU have prepared an exciting and entertaining show full of surprises for our tiny tots!

How to watch?

You can watch the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 at 17:00 CET  via the following channels:

About the show

The 2025 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City in Tblisi and will be hosted by David Aladashvili and Liza Tsiklauri.  A  total of 18 countries will be battling for the coveted trophy.

The interval will feature the Georgian JESC winners Bzikebi (2008),  Candy (2011) Andria Putkaradze (2024)

Participating Countries

Below you can find the list of competing countries:

  1. Malta: Eliza Borg – I Believe
  2. Azerbaijan: Yağmur – Miau Miau
  3. Croatia: Marino Vrgoč – Snovi
  4. San Marino: Martina CRV – Beyond the Stars
  5. Armenia: Albert – Brave Heart
  6. Ukraine: Sofia Nersesian – Motanka
  7. Ireland: Lottie O’Driscoll Murray – Rúin
  8.  Netherlands: Meadow – Freeze
  9.  Poland: Marianna Kłos – Brightest Light
  10.  North Macedonia: Nela Mancheska – Miracle 
  11.  Montenegro: Asja Džogović – I Tužna i Srećna Priča
  12. Italy: Leonardo Giovannangeli – Rockstar
  13. Portugal: Inês Gonçalves – Para Onde Vai o Amor?
  14.  Spain: Gonzalo Pinillos – Érase Una Vez (Once Upon a Time)
  15.  Georgia: Anita Abgariani – Shine Like a Star
  16. Cyprus: Rafaella & Christos – AWAY
  17.  France: Lou Deleuze – Ce Monde
  18. Albania: Kroni Pula – Fruta Perime

Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.