Junior Plastics Song Contest

The Junior Plastics Song Contest has been an annual presentation and competition of songs since April 2017, sung by children aged with a limit of eightteen, in the early years from eight years. The participating children represent countries that are members of the PBU.

The festival, actually a competition, is broadcast on television throughout Plastics and beyond. The festival can also be followed on the internet. Every active PBU member can participate in the Junior Plastics Song Contest.

The duration of a song is a maximum of 3 minutes, the same standard as in the Plastics Song Contest. Half of the points (an equal amount from each participating country, always divided among other countries) are each chosen by the tele-voters and the other half by a professional jury. In case of technical problems with tele-voting in a country, the entire point total is determined by the jury of that country. There is also a children's jury, with children from all participating countries, who can award points.

History
The idea to hold this competition came to the local broadcaster ARIATV (Ariana Kingdom). Ariana Kingdom did particularly well in the adult section and wanted an expansion of Plastics. They therefore applied as the first host country. The circus went to Baranislianov. The festival was then organized by the former Official Arianator National Television PXP (OANTPXP). At that time 17 countries participated. Lyrisia took the trophy with DARA. Especially the larger countries participated in the first edition.

The second edition was held in the famous Melovingrad. 18 countries participated in that edition, 1 more than last year. Remarkably, there were almost as many countries that withdrew and made their debut. Notable withdrawals were from Skandinavisk Kingdom, Stockton and Duffie Land. As a result, a large part of their sponsorship money was wiped out, because they were large publishers. In its place, some great names also made their debut such as Bailorkhostan and Qaimoriya. Lyrisia finished second, but this time Wanheda had the longest straw with Betty. Then there was a great silence at Wanheda camp. When the song festival took a break from the adult version, this was also there for Junior. When edition 13 started, there was still no future in sight for the restart. After the semifinals could be held again in edition 25 and there was more interest, a start was made for Junior again. Trimute Lands was in favor of organizing it because this country also proposed to restart the festival.

Format
The participating countries submit songs, which are performed live in a television programme transmitted across the Plastics Network by the PBA simultaneously to all countries. A "country" as a participant is represented by one television broadcaster from that country: typically, but not always, that country's national public broadcasting organisation. The programme is hosted by one of the participant countries, and the transmission is sent from the auditorium in the host city. During this programme, after all the songs have been performed, the countries then proceed to cast votes for the other countries' songs: nations are not allowed to vote for their own song. At the end of the programme, the winner is declared as the song with the most points. The winner receives, simply, the prestige of having won, and the winning country is invited to host the next edition.

Voting
Voting is done in the same way as in the adult Eurovision Song Contest: The winner is determined by the awarding of points by each participating country: 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points to their ten favorite songs. In every country, the viewer can vote for his or her favorite number via televoting, telephone or text message. The viewer's points count for half in the final bill of the country. The other half is determined by the national jury. Participating countries may not vote on their own. The criticism of this is that the votes of small countries weigh just as much as those of large countries, while fewer people voted.

50 percent is determined by the professional jury and the other 50 percent by the viewers at home. Voting can be done by telephone or on the internet via the official site. These two are then joined by 1 vote which is then presented on the evening.

Winning Countries
Lyrisia and Wanheda have the same number of victories (both 1 victory).

Participants
The participants are list of when they participate in the Eurovision song contest. A total of 25 countries have already participated. Those wishing to participate as nations must be a member of the Plastics Broadcasting Association.

Slogans
Since the first edition, slogans (or themes) have been introduced in the show. The slogan is decided by the host broadcaster and based on the slogan, the theme and the visual design are developed.