Poland has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, follow the winners press conference live from Minsk, Belarus.
The results were as follows:
- Poland – 215 points
- France – 202 points
- Australia – 201 points
- Malta – 182 points
- Ukraine – 181 points
- Kazakhstan – 171 points
- Italy – 151 points
- Georgia – 144 points
- Armenia – 125 points
- Russia – 122 points
- Belarus – 114 points
- FYR Macedonia – 99 points
- Netherlands – 91 points
- Israel – 81 points
- Ireland – 48 points
- Azerbaijan – 47 points
- Albania – 44 points
- Portugal – 42 points
- Serbia – 30 points
- Wales – 29 points
This is Poland’s first victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. This is also Poland’s first win in a Eurovision contest since winning Eurovision Young Dancers 2017.
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18:45 CET – The press conference will begin shortly.
18:48 CET – We’re just waiting for Roksana to enter the press conference.
18:53 CET – We’re live on Instagram from the press conference, we’re just a couple of minutes away from the conference starting.
19:01 CET – Roksana enters the room with the Polish delegation.
19:04 CET – Jon Ola Sand congratulates the Polish participants on their performance, “they captured the hearts and minds of the jurors and the voters”.
19:05 CET – More than 1.2 million valid votes were received. This means Poland won with over 100,000 votes.
19:06 CET – Roksana is visibly so excited to have won this years contest.
19:07 CET – Roksana dedicates her victory to her country.
19:08 CET – Polish delegation posses for a photo in the press conference, with Roksana her dancers and the team from TVP.
19:09 CET – Apologies for the lack of updates, a lot of the questions and answers are entirely in Polish.
19:12 CET – It’s a true honour to win Junior Eurovision.
19:14 CET – I was nervous but really excited in the final moments of the voting.
19:15 CET – I hope that it will be in Poland next year, fingers crossed but maybe.
19:19 CET – Roksana congratulates all of her fans on Facebook, Instagram and other platforms for supporting her.
19:20 CET – The total number of votes that were received and validated has now been confirmed at 1,283,921.
19:22 CET – The press conference has now ended.
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Congratulations to Poland France and Australia.
Well Done to You and to All the Performers.
You are all a Credit to your Respective Countries and to Yourselves.
Stephen O’Neill
Australia.