Junior Eurovision 2022: Ranking the 16 entries

Tomorrow is a big day in Eurovision world. The 20th Junior Eurovision Song Contest is being held in Yerevan, Armenia. This week, the 16 contestants attended the opening ceremony and held their rehearsals. With that being said, I’m going to briefly talk about the running order and my final rankings before the big show

Running Order

The running order was done after the opening ceremony. Netherlands and Ukraine were chosen to start and finish the contest, while Armenia picked their number. Here is the running order for reference

1. Netherlands
2. Poland
3. Kazakhstan
4. Malta
5. Italy
6. France
7. Albania
8. Georgia
9. Ireland
10. North Macedonia
11. Spain
12. United Kingdom
13. Portugal
14. Serbia
15. Armenia
16. Ukraine

My ranking

I got to listen to the 16 entries a couple of weeks back while I took a break from blogging, and I’m impressed with the quality of the songs this year. Without further ado, here’s my top 16

1. United Kingdom
2. Malta
3. Spain
4. France
5. Italy
6. North Macedonia
7. Ukraine
8. Poland
9. Netherlands
10. Georgia
11. Kazakhstan
12. Armenia
13. Serbia
14. Portugal
15. Ireland
16. Albania