Junior Eurovision 2017 will start in just over two hours, where a total of 16 acts are competing to become this year’s winner. In the past week we ran a poll to find out who is the favorite act of our readers, and with just under 1200 votes cast, here are the results:

1. Malta – Gianluca Cilia – Dawra Tond – 15,97%
2. Belarus – Helena Meraai – I Am The One – 13,08%
3. Russia – Polina Bogusevich – Wings – 11,13%
4. Armenia – Misha – Boomerang – 9,43%
5. Cyprus – Nicole Nicolau – I Wanna Be A Star – 7,05%
6. Macedonia – Mina Blazev – Dancing Through Life – 6,12%
7. Serbia – Irina Brodic & Jana Paunovic – Ceo svet je nas – 5,86%
8. Australia – Isabella Clarke – Speak Up – 5,52%
9. Poland – Alicja Rega – Moj dom – 5,18%
10. The Netherlands – Fource – Love Me – 4,93%
11. Ukraine – Anastasiya Baginska – Don’t Stop – 4,59%
12. Italy – Maria Iside Fiore – Scelgo (My Choice) – 3,99%
13. Ireland – Muireann McDonnell – Suile Glasa – 3,48%
14. Georgia – Grigol Kipshidze – Voice Of The Heart – 2,12%
15. Albania – Ana Kodra – Don’t Touch My Tree – 0,85%
16. Portugal – Mariana Venancio – Youtuber – 0,68%

The ESCBubble team have also listened to all of the songs and have scored them. Here’s our top five:

1. Belarus – Helena Meraai – I Am The One
2. Malta – Gianluca Cilia – Dawra Tond
3. Russia – Polina Bogusevich – Wings
4. Ukraine – Anastasiya Baginska – Don’t Stop
5. Cyprus – Nicole Nicolau – I Wanna Be A Star

Whilst Gianluca Cilia is the top favorite of our readers, Helena Meraai managed to win the vote of our editors. In both votes they were in the top two, whist Russia’s Polina Bogusevich finished third. Will any of these three triumph in this year’s Junior Eurovision which is due to start in a couple of hours time? Tune in to junioreurovision.tv to find out!