France wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025

The 23rd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast live from Tbilisi, Georgia.

18 countries competed at this year's edition, and once all was said and done Lou Deleuze from France was declared the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Ce monde".

It's the fourth time France has won Junior Eurovision.

"Ce monde" was written by John Claes, Jonathan Thyssens, and Linh.

Junior Eurovision 2025

Live from Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City in Tbilisi, Georgia, this year's Junior Eurovision was hosted by David Aladashvili and Liza Tsiklauri.

Lou Deleuze from France was crowned the winner based on voting from national juries in all 18 competing countries.

For the ninth time, viewers from around the world could also vote for their favorite songs in two windows: Online voting before the show, where the voting was based on snippets of rehearsals, and online voting during the show, where the viewers could vote during the 15 minutes after the last performance.

The national juries and the online voting each determined 50% of the result.

Lou Deleuze

Lou Deleuze is an 11-year-old French singer and actress. She was born on 23 March 2014 in Île-de-France and grew up in a family surrounded by music.

She started her career as a child actress and appeared in French film and television productions from a young age. By the age of seven, she was already working professionally in front of the camera, gaining experience in scripted acting and on-set production.

In parallel with acting, Lou developed her singing skills and followed vocal training. She later took part in the French television talent show La France a un incroyable talent, where she appeared as a singer. Her participation introduced her to a wider national audience and marked an important step in her musical career.

History of Junior Eurovision

Back in 2000, broadcaster Danish Radio (DR) held a song contest for children, and in 2002 the "MGP Nordic" was held jointly with Sweden and Norway. The EBU picked up the idea for a song contest featuring children, and the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held in 2003 in Copenhagen, with 16 participating countries.

Back then, Junior Eurovision was based on entertainment for kids around Europe - on their level. It has since transformed itself into a copy of the "adult Eurovision," lacking the soul and unique atmosphere it once had.

Junior Eurovision is only open to children aged 9 to 14.

Winners of Junior Eurovision

• 2003: Croatia (Dino Jelusić: "Ti si moja prva ljubav")
• 2004: Spain (María Isabel: "Antes muerta que sencilla")
• 2005: Belarus (Ksenia Sitnik: "My vmeste")
• 2006: Russia (Tolmachevy Sisters: "Vesenniy Jazz")
• 2007: Belarus (Alexey Zhigalkovich: "S druz'yami")
• 2008: Georgia (Bzikebi: "Bzz..")
• 2009: Netherlands (Ralf Mackenbach: "Click Clack")
• 2010: Armenia (Vladimir Arzumanyan: "Mama")
• 2011: Georgia (Candy: "Candy Music")
• 2012: Ukraine (Anastasiya Petryk: "Nebo")
• 2013: Malta (Gaia Cauchi: "The Start")
• 2014: Italy (Vincenzo Cantiello: "Tu primo grande amore")
• 2015: Malta (Destiny Chukunyere: "Not My Soul")
• 2016: Georgia (Mariam Mamadashvili: "Mzeo")
• 2017: Russia (Polina Bogusevich: "Wings")
• 2018: Poland (Roksana Węgiel: "Anyone I Want to Be")
• 2019: Poland (Viki Gabor: "Superhero")
• 2020: France (Valentina: "J'imagine")
• 2021: Armenia (Maléna: "Qami Qami")
• 2022: France (Lissandro: "Oh Maman!")
• 2023: France (Zoé Clauzure: "Cœur")
• 2024: Georgia (Andria Putkaradze: "To My Mom")
• 2025: France (Lou Deleuze: "Ce monde")