<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">France has won this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in Yerevan, Armenia.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thirteen year old Lissandro won with 203 points for his song Oh Maman! beating hosts Armenia in second place, Georgia third, and Ireland fourth.</div><div><br></div><div>The United Kingdom came fifth overall with 146 points - although it did win the public vote.</div><div><br></div><div>The UK's entrant, Freya Skye, performed live after suffering with vocal issues during rehearsals.</div><div><br></div><div>This year marks the 20th anniversary of the contest, with 16 countries competing, and is the first time the contest was broadcast on the BBC, with Lauren Layfield and HRVY commentating.</div><div><br></div><div>It's also the first time in more than 15 years that the UK has taken part in the junior version, where entrants have to be aged between nine and 14.</div><div><br></div><div>The result is determined by a 50/50 vote, with half of the votes deriving from online voting, and the other half from professional juries - which are based on the final dress rehearsal.</div><div><br></div><div>Serbia's act did not perform live due to "medical reasons", with viewers seeing a rehearsal performance instead.</div><div><br></div><div>The voting system is slightly different from the adult edition, as viewers were able to vote for their own country.</div><div><br></div><div>Junior Eurovision apologised for issues with the online voting element that prevented some viewers from picking their favourite during Sunday's show. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>