Junior Eurovision 2026 reaches its final tonight, Saturday 24 October, at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta’ Qali. The live broadcast begins at 21:00 CEST (22:00 in Kyiv) with sixteen participating countries competing for the title. Malta is hosting the children's contest for the third time, after 2014 and 2016.
What to know
- Sixteen participants perform tonight in Ta’ Qali at 21:00 CEST.
- DARA and Lou Deleuze join the guest line-up; online voting takes place via JESC.tv.
The Netherlands opens the running order with Maria and “Stronger Together”. Ukraine's Erika Kolesnichenko performs “NOT A LULLABY” in position eleven, and Lucas Paulano closes the contest for Spain with “Cuore Bello (Te Quiero, Te Quiero)”. The complete order, songs and artist profiles are available in Song Contest Radar's Junior Eurovision 2026 participants and running-order guides.
The show also includes guest performances from Eurovision 2026 winner DARA and Junior Eurovision 2025 winner Lou Deleuze, whom the organisers announced as special guests. The three presenters — Gaia Cauchi, Destiny and Keane Cutajar — are also scheduled to perform “RamDamDiriDam”. Former Maltese participants will contribute to a retrospective celebrating the competition's history.
All sixteen contestants will join in the group song “Join The Festa”, written by Aidan, Malta's Eurovision 2026 representative. The programme combines this year's competitive performances with appearances designed to celebrate both Junior Eurovision and its wider Eurovision family.
Voting takes place online at JESC.tv in two windows. The first closes at 20:59 CEST, just before the show, and a second window opens for about fifteen minutes after the last competing song. Each valid online ballot selects three songs, and online voting contributes half of the final score; national juries determine the other half.
Fans can follow the show through the Junior Eurovision YouTube channel or participating broadcasters. Song Contest Radar's live page includes the embedded player, a detailed running order and a results table which will show official placements only after the organiser releases a complete verified scoreboard.
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