The opening ceremony of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 took place yesterday in Nice, where the representatives of 16 countries walked the red carpet, spoke to journalists, and in between other things – found out in which slot they will perform this coming Sunday.

As it is the tradition in Junior Eurovision, the first and last position, as well as the running order position of the host country are drawn, whilst the “running order fate” of the other participants is left to the production team. Spain was drawn to open the show, the Netherlands to close it, whilst France was drawn to perform 12th.

The full running order is as follows:

1. Spain
2. Malta
3. Ukraine
4. Ireland
5. United Kingdom
6. North Macedonia
7. Estonia
8. Armenia
9. Poland
10. Georgia
11. Portugal
12. France
13. Albania
14. Italy
15. Germany
16. The Netherlands

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