KiKA has announced its broadcast plans for Junior Eurovision 2025, including a new commentator for the competition.
KiKA will air the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 live from Tbilisi, Georgia. As part of its coverage of the competition, it will air ‘Junior ESC – Song Check‘. Song check will see past Junior Eurovision participants Susan (2020) and Bjarne (2024) reacting to the competing songs across six episodes.
Commentary for the contest will be provided by Felix Schmutzler from MDR Jump. Felix is a radio presenter for the radio station, which is aimed at those aged between 20 and 49, and is among the most listened to radio stations in Germany.
Junior Eurovision 2025
Junior Eurovision 2025 will be held on December 13 at 17:00 CET at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi, after Andria Putkaradze gave Georgia their record-breaking fourth victory with “To My Mom”. The show will be broadcast on a Saturday for the second year in a row.
Malta: Eliza Borg- Azerbaijan: Yağmur – “Miau miau”
- Croatia: Marino Vrgoč – “Snovi”
- San Marino: Martina CRV – “Beyond the Stars”
- Armenia: Albert Armenakyan – “Brave Heart”
- Ukraine: Sofiia Nersesian – “Motanka”
- Ireland: Lottie O’Driscoll Murray – “Rúin”
- Netherlands: Meadow – “Freeze”
- Poland: Marianna Kłos – “Brightest Light”
- North Macedonia: Nela Mančeska – “Miracle”
- Montenegro: Asja Džogović – “I tužna i srećna priča”
- Italy: Leonardo Giovannangeli – “Rockstar”
- Portugal: Inês Gonçalves – “Para onde vai o amor?”
- Spain: Gonzalo Pinillos – “Érase Una Vez (Once Upon a Time)”
- Georgia: Anita Abgariani – “Shine Like a Star”
- Cyprus: Rafaella & Christos – “Away”
- France: Lou Deleuze – “Ce monde”
- Albania: Kroni Pula – “Fruta perime”
Malta: Eliza Borg
Azerbaijan: Yağmur – “Miau miau”
Croatia: Marino Vrgoč – “Snovi”
San Marino: Martina CRV – “Beyond the Stars”
Armenia: Albert Armenakyan – “Brave Heart”
Ukraine: Sofiia Nersesian – “Motanka”
Ireland: Lottie O’Driscoll Murray – “Rúin”
Netherlands: Meadow – “Freeze”
Poland: Marianna Kłos – “Brightest Light”
North Macedonia: Nela Mančeska – “Miracle”
Montenegro: Asja Džogović – “I tužna i srećna priča”
Italy: Leonardo Giovannangeli – “Rockstar”
Portugal: Inês Gonçalves – “Para onde vai o amor?”
Spain: Gonzalo Pinillos – “Érase Una Vez (Once Upon a Time)”
Georgia: Anita Abgariani – “Shine Like a Star”
Cyprus: Rafaella & Christos – “Away”
France: Lou Deleuze – “Ce monde”
Albania: Kroni Pula – “Fruta perime”Image Source: Corinne Cumming/EBU | Source: KiKA
Germany made their debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2020, the last Big 5 country to debut in the contest. Susan represented Germany on their debut with the song “Stronger with You”, scoring 66 points but finishing 12th out of 12 entries. Their best result was achieved at the 2023 contest, where they returned after a year out. FIA finished 9th with her song “Ohne Worte”.
