Armenia wins Eurovision Junior 2026 with 202 points, Spain second with 184

Armenia wins the 24th contest

Armenia won the 24th edition of Eurovision Junior on Saturday, 24 October, in the final held in Malta, with 202 points. The winning song, 'BOO!', was sung by a 13-year-old performer, and the victory is Armenia's third at the children's contest. Its first title came in Minsk in 2010 and its second in Paris in 2021, according to RTVE. The final featured 16 entries and no semi-finals, so every country performed on the same night. Each result combined a professional jury vote and a public vote, each counted as half of the total, and viewers in each country could vote for their own representative.

Spain takes second place

Spain finished second with 184 points, 18 behind the winner, and its entrant, a 10-year-old from Jaén, closed the show as the 16th and final performer. The entrant was chosen through an internal selection process, and the song 'Cuore Bello (Te quiero, te quiero)' is a ballad about love and the memories people keep of those they care about. Spain received 108 points from the professional jury and 76 from the public. Malta gave Spain 12 jury points, the only country to award its maximum from the jury. Spain's last Eurovision Junior win dates to 2008, according to EL PAÍS. El Mundo reported that the staging used 523 light bulbs arranged in a circle that became a giant ferris wheel.

Juanma Moreno, president of the regional government of Andalusia, congratulated the entrant on his official X account late on Saturday, expressing pride and satisfaction in the performance.

All of Spain is proud of you.

Jury favourite and the public vote

France led the professional jury vote, ahead of Spain and Armenia, but public voting reshaped the top three. The jury ranking had Georgia on 94 points and Malta on 86, while Armenia stood third with 103 jury points. Armenia then collected 99 public points, the maximum awarded by viewers, and rose to first overall. France, the jury favourite, dropped to third after receiving 51 public points, finishing on 165 points overall. France's entrant, a 12-year-old performing 'Comment tu vas ?' at the piano, took the sixth slot and placed third. According to 20minutes, viewers had already seen the young French performer on The Voice Kids and on N'oubliez pas les enfants.

Final standings and guest acts

San Marino finished fourth with 148 points, followed by Georgia on 145 and Poland on 144, while North Macedonia finished last with 57 points. Sixteen broadcasters took part in the final, which was held at a convention centre in Ta' Qali, according to EL PAÍS. The show also included special performances by DARA, who won Eurovision 2026 for Bulgaria with 'Bangaranga', and Lou Deleuze, winner of Eurovision Junior 2025 with 'Ce Monde'. The final was staged under the theme 'La Fiesta'.