The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the twenty-first edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which took place at the Palais Nikaïa, in Nice, France. This was the second time that France have hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest their first being in 2021.
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Sixteen countries participated in the contest, with Estonia participating for the first time and Germany returning after its absence from the previous edition, while Kazakhstan and Serbia did not take part. This was also the first time that all members of the "Big Five" from the Eurovision Song Contest took part in the junior contest together.