Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023, My Top 16 after the Show (with comments)

I need to rewatch all performances to put a top but my favorite performances was Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain and United Kingdom

Your last place is my winner (probably an unpopular opinion lol). Other thoughts: 1. Germany is my close 2nd, and like you said it might just be because of the language (I am also a German speaker) that this performance made me emotional. The story behind the song is just so heartwarming and the lyrics reflect it very well. 2. I enjoyed all songs in the top 5 and I think they all deserved their result. Of course it's getting boring to see France win year after year, but at least this year it wasn't undeserved like last year. 3. Estonia & North Macedonia had the most professional entries this year, but both were too mature for JESC, which might explain their low placements. We saw this in previous years too (Portugal 2021, Serbia 2022). Anyway, congratulations to France and now let the (adult) Eurovision 2024 season truly begin...

I was hoping for a different winner than France because it gets kinda boring especially with the Juries putting France on top for the 4th year in the row. But it's still a great song and she performed amazing so it was definitely deserved this year. However, i will forever be mad that my entire top 3 with North Macedonia, Estonia and The Netherlands got robbed this year, especially Estonia by the juries(seriously, 6 points... she was one of the best vocally) and North Macedonia by both Televote (even though it was kinda expected) and juries. Still it was an amazing year with lots of great songs