List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Participation since 2003:
  Entered at least once
  Never entered, although eligible to do so
  Entry intended, but later withdrew
  Competed as a part of another country, but never as a sovereignty
Map showing each country's number of Junior Eurovision Song Contest wins

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is a contest held annually for children aged between 10 and 15 (8 and 15 between 2003 and 2006). The contest is held by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and was based on the Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place annually since 1956. Only members of the EBU may take part in the contest. 37 countries have taken part between 2003 and 2015.

Participants

Participation in the contest tends to change dramatically each year. The original Scandinavian broadcasters left the contest in 2006 because they found the treatment of the contestants unethical,[1] and revived the MGP Nordic competition, which had not been produced since the Junior Eurovision Song Contest began.

Out of the thirty-seven countries that have participated at least once, two (Belarus and the Netherlands) have been represented by an act at every contest as of 2015.

Listed are all the countries that have ever taken part in the competition, alongside the year in which they made their debut:

Table key
  Withdrawn – Countries who have participated in the past but have withdrawn.
  Former – Former countries that have dissolved.
Country[2] Debut year Latest entry Entries Wins Broadcaster(s)[3]
 Albania 2012 2015 2 0 RTSH
 Armenia 2007 2015 9 1 ARMTV
 Australia 2015 2015 1 0 SBS
 Azerbaijan 2012 2013 2 0 İTV
 Belarus 2003 2015 13 2 BTRC
 Belgium 2003 2012 10 0 VRT (Dutch)
RTBF (French)[a]
 Bulgaria 2007 2015 5 0 BNT
 Croatia 2003 2014 5 1 HRT
 Cyprus 2003 2014 7 0 CyBC
 Denmark 2003 2005 3 0 DR
 France 2004 2004 1 0 France Télévisions
 Georgia 2007 2015 9 2 GPB
 Greece 2003 2008 6 0 ERT
 Ireland 2015 2015 1 0 TG4
 Israel 2012 2012 1 0 IBA
 Italy 2014 2015 2 1 RAI
 Latvia 2003 2011 5 0 LTV
 Lithuania 2007 2011 4 0 LRT
 Macedonia 2003 2015 11 0 MKRTV
 Malta 2003 2015 11 2 PBS
 Moldova 2010 2013 4 0 TRM
 Montenegro 2014 2015 2 0 RTCG
 Netherlands 2003 2015 13 1 AVRO (2003–2013)
AVROTROS (2014–)
 Norway 2003 2005 3 0 NRK
 Poland 2003 2004 2 0 TVP
 Portugal 2006 2007 2 0 RTP
 Romania 2003 2009 7 0 TVR
 Russia 2005 2015 11 1 RTR
 San Marino 2013 2015 3 0 SMRTV
 Serbia 2006 2015 7 0 RTS
 Serbia and Montenegro 2005 2005 1 0 UJRT
 Slovenia 2014 2015 2 0 RTVSLO
 Spain 2003 2006 4 1 TVE
 Sweden 2003 2014 11 0 SVT (2003–2005, 2010–2014)
TV4 (2006–2007, 2009)[b]
  Switzerland 2004 2004 1 0 SF DRS
 Ukraine 2006 2015 10 1 NTU
 United Kingdom 2003 2005 3 0 ITV (UKIB)

Other EBU members

The following list of countries have Active EBU Membership and are eligible to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, but have yet to make their début at the contest.

Estonia, Finland and Germany broadcast the inaugural contest in 2003,[4] followed by Andorra in 2006 and Bosnia and Herzegovina (in 2006, 2008 and 2009), however these countries have yet to participate. Germany and Slovakia were originally on the list of participants for the 2003 contest[5] but later withdrew as did Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007.[6]

Participating countries in the decades

Table key

     Winner – The country won the JESC that year.
     Second place – The country was ranked second that year.
     Third place – The country was ranked third that year.
     Remaining places – The country placed from fourth to second last this year.
     Last – The country was ranked last that year.
     Debutant – The country made its debut during the decade.
     Did not participate – The country did not participate in the JESC that year.
A cross (X) means that the country participated in the contest that year.

2000s

2010s

See also

Notes

  1. ^ VRT and RTBF alternated responsibilities for the contest between 2003 and 2006. From 2006 until their withdrawal VRT was Belgium's sole representative.
  2. ^ SVT was responsible for the representation of Sweden from 2003 to 2005. TV4 took over upon SVT's withdrawal in 2006, and competed until 2009. SVT returned to the contest in 2010.

References

  1. ↑ "News – Scandinavian JESC pull-out". ESC Today. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "List of EBU Active Members". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Junioreurovision.tv. History by country. Retrieved on 20 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "The new Junior Eurovision Song Contest in high definition". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "The first ever "Eurovision Song Contest for Children" is born". 21 November 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Junior 2007: 18 countries to take part". European Broadcasting Union. 21 May 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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