List of host cities of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Host cities of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

This page is a list of cities and venues that have hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, one or more times. Future venues are shown in italics.

The first edition took place in 2003 in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Following the hosting problems for the 2004 edition, the location of the subsequent contests were appointed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), following a bidding process with broadcasters from the participating countries. Belgium was therefore the first country to successfully bid for the rights to host the contest in 2005.[1] Originally, unlike its adult version, the winning country did not receive the rights to host the next contest. However for the contests from 2014 to 2017, the winning country had first refusal on hosting the next competition. Italy used this clause in 2015 to decline hosting the contest that year after their victory in 2014.[2] On 15 October 2017, the EBU announced a return to the original system in 2018, claiming that it would help provide broadcasters with a greater amount of time to prepare, ensuring the continuation of the contest into the future.[3]

11 countries have hosted the competition, of which 3 have hosted the contest twice: the Netherlands (2007 and 2012), Ukraine (2009 and 2013) and Malta (2014 and 2016). Georgia hosted for the first time in 2017. The next contest in 2018 will be held in Minsk, Belarus for the second time after 2010.

The biggest venue to ever host the competition was the Ethias Arena in Hasselt in 2005 followed by the arenas which hosted the 2007, 2010, 2015 contests in Rotterdam, Minsk and Sofia respectively.

Contests

Contests Country City Venue Year
2  Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy[4] 2007
Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall[5] 2012
 Ukraine Kiev Palace of Sports[6] 2009
Palace "Ukraine"[7] 2013
 Malta[8] Malta1 Marsa Shipbuilding[9] 2014
Valletta[10] Mediterranean Conference Centre[11] 2016
 Belarus Minsk Minsk Arena[12][13] 2010, 2018
1  Denmark Copenhagen Forum Copenhagen[14] 2003
 Norway Lillehammer Håkons Hall[15] 2004
 Belgium Hasselt Ethias Arena[16] 2005
 Romania Bucharest Sala Polivalentă[17] 2006
 Cyprus Limassol Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center[18] 2008
 Armenia Yerevan Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex[19] 2011
 Bulgaria Sofia Arena Armeec[20] 2015
 Georgia Tbilisi Olympic Palace[21] 2017

Venues

See also

Notes

1.^ Although the venue itself is located in Marsa, Malta, the Junior Eurovision Executive Supervisor, Vladislav Yakovlev stated on 18 December 2013 that there would be "no host city - but a host island".[22]

References

  1. ↑ "'Junior 2005 on 26 November in Belgium'". ESC Today. 20 November 2004. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  2. ↑ Fisher, Luke James (15 January 2015). "Junior Eurovision 2015: Two countries interested in hosting". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Farren, Neil (15 October 2017). "Minsk to Host Junior Eurovision 2018". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007". European Broadcasting Union.
  5. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012". European Broadcasting Union.
  6. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009". European Broadcasting Union.
  7. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013". European Broadcasting Union.
  8. ↑ Fisher, Luke James (18 December 2013). "Malta to host Junior Eurovision 2014". JuniorEurovision.tv. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  9. ↑ Granger, Anthony (10 May 2014). "JESC'14: Malta Shipbuilding The Venue". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  10. ↑ Jordan, Paul (13 April 2016). "Malta to host Junior Eurovision 2014". JuniorEurovision.tv. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Malta to host Junior Eurovision on 20 November at Mediterranean Conference Centre". TVM. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010". European Broadcasting Union.
  13. ↑ "Junior Eurovision 2018 to take place on Sunday 25th November!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". European Broadcasting Union.
  15. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004". European Broadcasting Union.
  16. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005". European Broadcasting Union.
  17. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006". European Broadcasting Union.
  18. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". European Broadcasting Union.
  19. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011". European Broadcasting Union.
  20. ↑ "Junior Eurovision 2015: 21 November in Sofia, Bulgaria". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  21. ↑ Jordan, Paul (9 August 2017). "16 Countries to dazzle on stage in Tbilisi in 2017!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  22. ↑ Fisher, Luke (18 December 2013). "Malta to host Junior Eurovision 2014". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 July 2014. Junior Eurovision 2014 will be unique in that there will not be a designated ‘host city’ for the event. Instead, it has been decided that the entire island of Malta will the host of Junior Eurovision 2014!
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