JEFSC

The Junior Eurovision Fantasy Song Contest, commonly shortened to JEFSC, is a fantasy contest that has been held on Reddit since 2021. The contest includes countries who participate, have participated or could participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The organisation of the contest is in charge of u/AsnycronousCoder.

Users are allowed to hold national finals with others from the subreddit voting for the song to represent their chosen country. When the actual contest begins, the participants vote 12-1 points in ESC style format in Semi-Finals and a Grand Final. The Junior Eurovision Fantasy Song Contest is a contest that happens every year and preparations for it start as early as May when the sign-ups begin. Users must find songs from the chosen country, they selected to represent and they must follow the given song criteria. Usually, in November or December, the voting starts, and, on the set date of the final, the winner is revealed.

Participation
There are 53 eligible participants. The first edition was originally supposed to have 20 participants, however, Belgium was disqualified for failure to submit a song by the deadline.

Format and Voting
The Contest follows a similar format to the real-life JESC. Participants vote, giving their favourite song 12 points, their second favourite 10, third favourite 8, and the rest from 7-1 point in descending order. Participants who do not submit a vote receive 25 penalty points in the televote.

Rules
The rules for the 2021 edition were as follows:
 * Songs must be released after 1st March 2021
 * Singers must be 16 years or younger
 * Songs must have a maximum time of 4:00. This includes any points of a music video prior to the actual music.
 * Songs must be 75% in an official language, recognised minority language or a dialect of either.

Rules may be granted exceptions. The rules for the 2022 edition have yet to be released, however they are expected to be more relaxed.