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The contest took place on 11 December 2022 at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, following the country's victory at the 2021 contest with the song "Qami Qami" by Maléna. [1] This was the second time that Armenia hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the first being in 2011. [2]
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is an annual contest organised between member countries of the European Broadcasting Union for children aged between 9 and 14 (8 and 15 between 2003 and 2006, 10 and 15 between 2007 and 2015).
On 28 October 2022, France Télévisions announced having selected Lissandro with a song titled "Oh Maman !" to represent France at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that would be held in Yerevan, Armenia, on 11 December. [3] On the same day, the song was released as a single. [1] The accompanying music video was unveiled on November 6. [4]
The Netherlands is the only country to have participated in every edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since the inaugural 2003 edition. [1] The Netherlands have won the contest on one occasion: in 2009 with the song "Click Clack", performed by Ralf Mackenbach. [2]
The United Kingdom returned to compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Armenia, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan.On 25 August 2022, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced that the country would return to the contest after a sixteen-year absence, replacing ITV who previously organised the country’s participation in the contest between 2003 and 2005.
Lissandro Formica (born 2 October 2009), known mononymously as Lissandro, is a French singer best known for winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Oh Maman !". Previously, in 2020, he reached the final of the seventh season of the French version of The Voice Kids.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest logo used between 2015 and 2022. The generic logo was revamped in March 2015, seven years after the first generic logo was created. [ 50 ] The logo was used for the first time in the 2015 contest in Sofia.
As of 2023, the Netherlands has won the competition once – at the 2009 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ralf Mackenbach won with the song "Click Clack" with 121 points, beating runners-up Russia and Armenia by just five points. This was the Netherlands' fifth victory at any Eurovision event, the last time being the Eurovision Song Contest 1975.