List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is a contest held annually for children aged between 9 and 14 (8 and 15 between 2003 and 2006), (10 and 15 between 2007 and 2015). 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.
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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
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.
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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.
2000s
2003–2009 | ||||||||
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Country | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
Armenia | 2 | 8 | 3 | |||||
Belarus | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
Belgium | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 4 | |
Bulgaria | 7 | 15 | ||||||
Croatia | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | ||||
Cyprus | 14 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 11 | ||
Denmark | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||
France | 6 | |||||||
Georgia | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||||
Greece | 8 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 | ||
Latvia | 9 | 17= | 11 | |||||
Lithuania | 13 | 3 | ||||||
Macedonia | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
Malta | 7 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 8 | |
Netherlands | 11 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 1 | |
Norway | 13 | 13 | 3 | |||||
Poland | 16 | 17= | ||||||
Portugal | 14 | 16 | ||||||
Romania | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 13 | |
Russia | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | |||
Serbia | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | ||||
Serbia and Montenegro | 13 | |||||||
Spain | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Sweden | 15 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 6 | ||
Switzerland | 16 | |||||||
Ukraine | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||||
United Kingdom | 3 | 2 | 14 |
2010s
2010–2015 | ||||||
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Country | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Albania | 12 | 5 | ||||
Armenia | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Australia | 8 | |||||
Azerbaijan | 11 | 7 | ||||
Belarus | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Belgium | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bulgaria | 8 | 2 | 9 | |||
Croatia | 16 | |||||
Cyprus | 9 | |||||
Georgia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 |
Ireland | 12 | |||||
Israel | 8 | |||||
Italy | 1 | 16 | ||||
Latvia | 10 | 13 | ||||
Lithuania | 6 | 10 | ||||
Macedonia | 12 | 12 | 12 | 17 | ||
Malta | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
Moldova | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | ||
Montenegro | 14 | 13 | ||||
Netherlands | 9 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 15 |
Russia | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
San Marino | 10 | 15 | 14 | |||
Serbia | 3 | 10 | 7 | |||
Slovenia | 12 | 3 | ||||
Sweden | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 13 | |
Ukraine | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
See also
- List of countries in the ABU Radio Song Festivals
- List of countries in the ABU TV Song Festivals
- List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
- List of countries in the Türkvizyon Song Contest
Notes
- ^ VRT and RTBF alternated responsibilities for the contest between 2003 and 2006. From 2006 until their withdrawal VRT was Belgium's sole representative.
- ^ 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
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