The competition was held in Everan, Armenia.
They were sixteen candidates to compete to represent their countries.
Albania, Armenia, Spain, Georgia, the Netherlands or Portugal, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Serbia, Ukraine without forgetting Italy, Kazakhstan, Ireland, North Macedonia and Malta faced France.
If Armenia had won the competition last year in Paris, France emerged victorious this year from the singing competition reserved for 9-14 year olds thanks to the talent of young Lissandro.
The former candidate of “The Voice Kid” managed to make a difference with his song
Oh Maman,
co-written by Barbara Pravi, who had represented France in the adult version of the competition in 2021.
To discover
Miss France 2023: discover the official photos of the 30 candidates
“
We won Carla, we won!
” exclaimed Stéphane Bern this Sunday, December 11 on France 2. The host commented on the singing competition with Carla Lazzari.
The young singer had represented France in 2019 with the title
Bim bam toi
.
She placed fifth in the competition.
This year, she was a finalist in "Dancing with the Stars" won by Billy Crawford and his partner Fauve Hautot.
A different voting system
The first place was decided between Armenia and France.
Lissandro eventually accumulated 203 points.
132 points were awarded by the national juries and the remaining 71 points come from the European public.
Armenia came second with 180 points and Georgia third with 161 points.
The votes consist of 50% of the votes of the jury of the participating countries and 50% of the online votes of the public.
But unlike Eurovision, countries can vote for themselves.
Last year, France came third with Enzo.
In 2020, she won the "Eurovision Junior" competition for the first time.
It was in Poland with the song
J'imagine
performed by Valentina.