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Simon Duke

Junior Eurovision voting issue angers fans as France win 2022 contest

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest has a new champion but Sunday's show was not without its issues as fans across Europe complained that they couldn't actually cast any votes.

Junior Eurovision turns 20 this year and 16 different countries battled it out for the 2022 title in Armenia, including the United Kingdom who were represented by Freya Skye. The 13-year-old has sparked some concern after being forced out of Saturday's second dress rehearsal and jury final by illness.

Thankfully she was well enough to perform in Sunday's contest and received widespread for both her performance and track, Lose My Head, on Twitter. Freya performed in 12th position out of 16 acts and went onto finish in fifth place with 146 points, after jury and viewer votes were combined, with victory going to France in a closely fought battle with the host country. France ended the evening on 203 points, with Armenia on 180, third place Georgia on 161 and Ireland fourth with 150.

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