The competition has many similarities to the Eurovision Song Contest from which its name is taken . Each participating broadcaster sends an act , the members of which are aged 9 to 14 on the day of the contest , and an original song lasting between 2 minutes 45 seconds and 3 minutes to compete against the other entries . Each entry represents the country served by the participating broadcaster . Viewers from the participating countries are invited to vote for their favourite performances by televote and a national jury from each participating country also vote . The overall winner of the contest is the entry that has received the most points after the scores from every country have been collected and totalled . The current winner is Roksana Węgiel of Poland , who won the 2018 contest in Minsk , Belarus with " Anyone I Want to Be "
2018 contest
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Junior Eurovision Song Contest