Armenia won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with 202 points: 103 from the national juries and 99 from the online vote. Naré and «BOO!» finished ahead of Spain’s Lucas Paulano (184 points) and France’s Alec (165), in a final held on 24 October at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre (MFCC) in Ta’ Qali, Malta.
The EBU has published the full split results, combining the votes of the 16 national juries and the online vote from viewers around the world. Each panel distributed 928 points.
Armenia wins Junior Eurovision 2026: Naré takes the crystal microphone with «BOO!»
Junior Eurovision 2026: full results
| Place | Country | Artist | Song | Jury | Online | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | Naré | «BOO!» | 103 | 99 | 202 |
| 2 | Spain | Lucas Paulano | «Cuore Bello (Te Quiero, Te Quiero)» | 108 | 76 | 184 |
| 3 | France | Alec | «Comment Tu Vas ?» | 114 | 51 | 165 |
| 4 | San Marino | Violamarie | «Ruota Panoramica» | 70 | 78 | 148 |
| 5 | Georgia | Davit Lomidze | «Sun on the Rooftops» | 94 | 51 | 145 |
| 6 | Poland | Wiktor Sas | «Gravity» | 83 | 61 | 144 |
| 7 | Malta | Beppe | «Blue Bird» | 86 | 50 | 136 |
| 8 | Netherlands | Maria | «Stronger Together» | 71 | 55 | 126 |
| 9 | Ukraine | Erika Kolesnichenko | «NOT A LULLABY» | 38 | 68 | 106 |
| 10 | Cyprus | Harry Georgiou | «Who I Can Be» | 52 | 46 | 98 |
| 11 | Italy | Matteo Trullu | «Che Cos’è l’Amore?» | 41 | 46 | 87 |
| 12 | Montenegro | Mija Vujović | «Muzika Nas Spaja» | 9 | 59 | 68 |
| 13 | Portugal | Salvador Rio | «Alma» | 14 | 50 | 64 |
| 14 | Ireland | Caleb Kirwan & Naomi Gribben | «Níos Láidre» | 20 | 44 | 64 |
| 15 | Albania | Eslin Kurti | «Kërce Me Mua» | 19 | 43 | 62 |
| 16 | North Macedonia | Ana Stojanoska | «Idnata Jas» | 6 | 51 | 57 |
Portugal and Ireland finished level on 64 points, with Portugal placed 13th thanks to its higher online score.
Jury vote: France on top, Armenia third
France won the jury vote with 114 points, ahead of Spain (108), Armenia (103) and Georgia (94). Alec also received the most top marks, with five sets of 12 points. Each jury was made up of five members, three adults and two young people aged 9 to 14, and voted after the dress rehearsal on Friday.
These are the countries that received the jury 12 points:
- France: 5 (Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, North Macedonia, Spain)
- Armenia: 2 (Cyprus, Albania)
- Georgia: 2 (France, Italy)
- Netherlands: 1 (Ireland)
- Cyprus: 1 (Armenia)
- San Marino: 1 (Montenegro)
- Poland: 1 (Ukraine)
- Malta: 1 (Georgia)
- Albania: 1 (San Marino)
- Spain: 1 (Malta)
France wins the jury vote at Junior Eurovision 2026: full jury ranking
Online vote: Armenia wins, San Marino second
Armenia topped the online vote with 99 points, which proved decisive. The big surprise was San Marino: Violamarie came second in the public vote with 78 points and climbed to 4th place overall. Spain was third with 76, ahead of Ukraine (68), Poland (61) and Montenegro (59).
- Armenia: 99 points
- San Marino: 78 points
- Spain: 76 points
- Ukraine: 68 points
- Poland: 61 points
- Montenegro: 59 points
- Netherlands: 55 points
- France: 51 points
- North Macedonia: 51 points
- Georgia: 51 points
- Portugal: 50 points
- Malta: 50 points
- Cyprus: 46 points
- Italy: 46 points
- Ireland: 44 points
- Albania: 43 points
France, by contrast, was only eighth in the online vote with 51 points, which cost Alec the title after leading the juries.
How the result was decided
Junior Eurovision combines 50% jury votes and 50% online votes. Viewers could vote for free on JESC.tv in two windows, from Friday night until shortly before the show and for around 15 minutes after the performances, choosing up to three songs, including their own country’s.