The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 13th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and took place, for the first time, in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT was the host broadcaster for the event. The final took place on 21 November 2015 and was held at the Arena Armeec in Sofia. Poli Genova, a Bulgarian singer and former representative of Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, hosted the show. A total of seventeen countries participated, with Australia and Ireland making their debuts. Albania and Macedonia returned after being absent since the 2012 and 2013 contests, respectively. Croatia and Cyprus withdrew after returning in the 2014 edition, while Sweden withdrew for the first time since 2008.
The winner of the contest was Destiny Chukunyere, who represented Malta with the song “Not My Soul”. Armenia and Slovenia finished in second and third place, respectively. This was Malta’s second victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, having won previously in 2013. Malta’s 185-point victory also achieved the highest amount of points received by any entry in the history of the contest, beating Spain’s record of 171 points set during the 2004 edition. This contest also set new records for the highest amount of points for a non-winning entry with Armenia’s 176 points and the highest placing and score achieved by a country without earning any 12-point scores with Slovenia’s third place and 112 points.
THE FULL SCOREBOARD
Malta | Destiny Chukunyere | Not My Soul Watch video |
185 | 01 |
Armenia | MIKA | Love Watch video |
176 | 02 |
Slovenia | Lina Kuduzović | Prva ljubezen Watch video |
112 | 03 |
Belarus | Ruslan Aslanov | Volshebstvo (Magic) Watch video |
105 | 04 |
Albania | Mishela Rapo | Dambaje Watch video |
093 | 05 |
Russia | Mikhail Smirnov | Mechta (Dream) Watch video |
080 | 06 |
Serbia | Lena Stamenković | Lenina pesma Watch video |
079 | 07 |
Australia | Bella Paige | My Girls Watch video |
064 | 08 |
Bulgaria | Gabriela Yordanova & Ivan Stoyanov |
Colour of Hope Watch video |
062 | 09 |
Georgia | The Virus | Gabede Watch video |
051 | 10 |
Ukraine | Anna Trincher | Pochny z sebe Watch video |
038 | 11 |
Ireland | Aimee Banks | Réalta na Mara Watch video |
036 | 12 |
Montenegro | Jana Mirković | Oluja Watch video |
036 | 13 |
San Marino | Kamilla Ismailova | Mirror Watch video |
036 | 14 |
The Netherlands | Shalisa | Million Lights Watch video |
035 | 15 |
Italy | Chiara & Martina | Viva Watch video |
034 | 16 |
F.Y.R. Macedonia | Ivana Petkovska & Magdalena Aleksovska |
Pletenka – Braid of Love Watch video |
026 | 17 |