Junior Eurovision 2021 will finally get underway next Sunday 19 December, with 19 countries hoping to take away the trophy. 

A few weeks ago, we asked you to vote for your favourites based on the studio cuts of this year’s entries. Y’all made your voices heard and cast a total of 20,508 votes.

And now we have the results…

Coming out on top of the poll is Tanya Mezhentseva from Russia. Her song “Mon Ami” picked up 3,358 votes, which is 16.37% of all those cast.

Tanya returns to Junior Eurovision after previously representing Russia in 2019. She topped our pre-rehearsal poll two years ago as well, alongside her duet partner Deberel Oorzhak. It seems Tanya has retained many of her fans from the last time she competed at the contest.

Second place in our poll goes to Armenia’s Maléna. Although she had been selected to represent her country at last year’s contest, Maléna unfortunately didn’t get the opportunity in the end after Armenia withdrew.

However, she’s come back in 2021 with a bang. The fandom instantly went wild as soon as she released her song “Qami Qami”, and this is naturally represented in these poll results. Maléna earned 2,258 votes (11.01% of the total).

The final spot on the poll’s podium is for Niko Kajaia from Georgia. He’s aiming to put a grin on everyone’s face with his entry “Let’s Count The Smiles”. And it seems he’s already succeeding at doing just that, as he encouraged 1,456 of y’all to vote for him (that’s 7.10% of the total number of votes).

While many contestants decide to add some extra English-language lyrics into their songs, Niko instead sings the majority of the chorus in French – making it a perfect song for a contest held in Paris.

1. Russia: Tanya Mezhentseva – “Mon Ami” – 3,358 votes (16.37%)
2. Armenia: Maléna – “Qami Qami” – 2,258 votes (11.01%)
3. Georgia: Niko Kajaia – “Let’s Count The Smiles” – 1,456 votes (7.10%)
4. Poland: Sara James – “Somebody” – 1,421 votes (6.93%)
5. Ukraine: Olena Usenko – “Vazhil” – 1,228 votes (5.99%)
6. North Macedonia: Dajte Muzika – “Green Forces” – 1,190 votes (5.80%)
7. Italy: Elisabetta Lizza – “Specchio (Mirror On The Wall)” – 1,118 votes (5.45%)
8. Spain: Levi Díaz – “Reír” – 936 votes (4.56%)
9. France: Enzo – “Tic Tac” – 911 votes (4.44%)
10. Albania: Anna Gjebrea – “Stand By You” – 822 votes (4.01%)
11. Azerbaijan: Sona Azizova – “One Of Those Days” – 773 votes (3.77%)
12. Malta: Ike & Kaya – “My Home” – 771 votes (3.76%)
13. Serbia: Jovana & Dunja – “Children’s Eyes” – 725 votes (3.54%)
14. Netherlands: Ayana “Mata Sugu Ao Ne” – 702 votes (3.42%)
15. Germany: Pauline – “Imagine Us” – 668 votes (3.26%)
16. Ireland: Maiú Levi Lawlor – “Saor (Disappear)” – 659 votes (3.21%)
17. Bulgaria: Denislava & Martin – “Voice of Love” – 532 votes (2.59%)
18. Portugal: Simão Oliveira – “O Rapaz” – 509 votes (2.48%)
19. Kazakhstan: Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly “Ertegi alemi (Fairy World)” – 471 votes (2.30%)