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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, the 19th JESC, held 19 December 2021 at La Seine Musicale, Paris, hosted by France Télévisions under slogan "Imagine". Won by Armenia's Maléna with "Qami Qami" (224 points) over Poland (218) and France (187); 19 countries, 4.3 million online votes, 33 million TV viewers.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 (Yerevan 2022), the 20th edition, held 11 December 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia; won by France's Lissandro with "Oh Maman!" on 203 points, ahead of Armenia and Georgia, with 16 countries and 33 million viewers.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024
The 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held 16 November 2024 at the Caja Mágica in Madrid under the slogan Let's Bloom, hosted by RTVE with 17 countries; Georgia's Andria Putkaradze won with "To My Mom", 239 points, a record fourth Georgian title.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 (JESC 2025, Tbilisi 2025): 23rd edition, held 13 December 2025 in Tbilisi, Georgia; 18 countries; won by France's Lou Deleuze with "Ce Monde" on 248 points.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (JESC 2026, Malta 2026): 24th edition of the EBU children's song contest, held 24 October 2026 at MFCC Ta' Qali, Malta, hosted by PBS with 16 countries after France declined hosting.
Junior Firpo
Junior Firpo (Héctor Junior Firpo Adamés), Dominican Republic-born Spanish left-back born 1996; first Dominican-born La Liga player with Betis, then Barcelona, Leeds United (2024/25 promotion, 10 assists), and a 2025 free-transfer return to Betis.
Junior Gonzalez
Junior González, born Adolfo González Rivas in 1949, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer, lead vocalist of Orchestra Harlow in the 1970s and a solo artist from 1977.
Junior H
Junior H (Antonio Herrera Pérez) is a Mexican singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Guanajuato, a defining voice of corridos tumbados with nine Billboard Hot 100 entries.
Junior high school (United States)
A junior high school was a standalone American school covering grades 7 through 9 between elementary and senior high school, spreading after 1909 and later displaced by the middle school.
Junior Hoilett
Junior Hoilett (David Junior Wayne Hoilett), Canadian left winger born 1990 in Brampton; Blackburn, QPR, Cardiff, Reading, Hibernian, Swindon; Canada international with about 69 caps, 17 goals, 2022 World Cup squad member.
Junior ice hockey
Junior ice hockey: competitive amateur hockey for players about 16-20, anchored by Canada's CHL (WHL, OHL, QMJHL) and the USHL, the main development route to the NHL and, since 2025, the NCAA.
Junior idol
Junior idol (ジュニアアイドル, junia aidoru), also called chidol, is a Japanese idol-culture term for performers under 18 (sometimes 16); coined from Akio Nakamori's 1996 "chidol", reshaped by 1999 law, spanning singing, modelling, and gravure.
Junior Johnson
Junior Johnson (Robert Glenn Johnson Jr., 1931-2019), American NASCAR driver and team owner from Ronda, North Carolina; 50 Cup wins, 1960 Daytona 500, six owner championships, moonshine-runner pardoned by Reagan.
Junior Jüz
The Junior Jüz (Кіші жүз), also rendered Little Zhuz or Junior Horde, is the westernmost of the three Kazakh tribal divisions, ruled by khans from the 16th century until Russia abolished khan power in 1824.
Junior Kelly
Junior Kelly, born Keith Morgan in 1969 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer known for "If Love So Nice", the longest-charting Jamaican number one of 2000.
Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Junior M.A.F.I.A. was an American hip hop group from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, formed and mentored by The Notorious B.I.G.; its 1995 debut album Conspiracy went gold.
Junior Messias
Junior Messias, full name Junior Walter Messias, is a Brazilian forward who plays for Genoa in Serie A and previously won the Scudetto with Milan.
Junior Murvin
Junior Murvin, born Murvin Junior Smith and early known as Junior Soul, was a Jamaican roots reggae singer famed for his falsetto and "Police and Thieves" (1976).
Junior Nkeng
Junior Nkeng, Spanish winger born 2007 in Barcelona, plays for Charlton Athletic, signed from AFC Wimbledon on 1 September 2026 on a three-year contract after winning Wimbledon's 2025/26 Young Player of the Year award.
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), a US DOD federal program in secondary schools under 10 USC 2031, distinct from college ROTC: about 490,000 cadets in 3,400 units, retired-military instructors, and 2026 GAO findings on oversight gaps.
Junior Samples
Junior Samples (Alvin Samples, Jr., 1926-1983) was a country comedian from Cumming, Georgia, a Hee Haw regular from 1969 to 1983, famous for the 'Junior's Used Cars' sketch and the phone number BR-549.
Junior Sanchez
Junior Sanchez (Eugenio Sánchez Jr., born 1977) is an American house DJ, producer, and remixer from New Jersey, active since the mid-1990s in the New York house scene.
Junior Seau
Junior Seau (Tiaina Baul Seau Jr., 1969-2012), American NFL linebacker, fifth overall 1990 draft pick of the Chargers; 12 Pro Bowls, 56.5 sacks, 1994 Man of the Year, Hall of Fame class of 2015.
Junior Senior
Junior Senior were a Danish pop duo from Thisted, formed in 1998 by Jesper "Junior" Mortensen and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen; their 2002 debut D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat and single "Move Your Feet" made the dance-pop pair international hits.
Junior Soprano
Junior Soprano, Corrado Soprano Jr., "Uncle Junior", is Tony Soprano's uncle in HBO's The Sopranos, played by Dominic Chianese: figurehead boss of the DiMeo family, Livia's co-conspirator, later declining through retrial, cancer, and dementia.
Junior Stanislas
Junior Stanislas (Felix Junior Stanislas, born 1989, London) is an English former winger for West Ham, Burnley, and Bournemouth, retired October 2023, now an Ipswich Town first-team coach.
Junior Tafa
Junior Tafa, "The Juggernaut" (born 1996, Brisbane), Australian light heavyweight UFC fighter and former Glory kickboxer; pro MMA record 7-6-0 with all 7 wins by KO/TKO, younger brother of Justin Tafa.
Junior Varsity (band)
Junior Varsity (JV), an American alternative pop band formed in Los Angeles in 2019 by Greg Varteresian (Greg Aram) and Zach Michel; EPs Junior Varsity, SIDE B, My Star, and Ready, formerly on Warner Records, now on Key Records.
Junior Vasquez
Junior Vasquez (Donald Mattern, born 1946 or 1949, Lancaster, PA) is an American DJ, producer, and remixer, resident DJ and co-founder of New York's Sound Factory, famed for ten-hour sets, Madonna's Vogue-era collaboration, and club hits like Get Your Hands Off My Man.
Junior wives of Krishna
The junior wives of Krishna are the roughly 16,000 consorts he married at Dvaraka besides his eight principal queens, princesses rescued from the demon Naraka's captivity.