Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The Junior Euro Song Contest ( JESC ) is a variant of the Euro Vision Song Contest (ESC ) for young singers below the Esc age limit of 16 years. So far, there were at the event no German -speaking part, also has no German-language channels broadcast the events. Up to and including 2006, the JESC participants had to be at least eight years old, 2007, the limit was increased to ten years. The songs have to be kept in the national language of the artist. Up to and including 2007, the contributions to words and music by themselves without professional assistance had to be written, since 2008 also allowed to help professional artists.

Model for the competition was the Scandinavian Melodi Grand Prix Nordic, which took place in a Danish- Norwegian-Swedish co-production in 2006. In the Danish radio a similarly configured competition took place in 2001 ( only national). The European Broadcasting Union ( EBU) took up the idea and gave Denmark the contract to host the first Junior Euro Song Contest.

The public broadcaster of Denmark and Norway withdrew in 2006 withdrew from the competition. The reason for this, the children were exposed to a strong pressure has been discussed controversially. Together with Swedish television, they returned to the old MGP Nordic. In Sweden, the private broadcaster TV4 took over the broadcasting of the JESC, in the other two countries was not an independent station was interested in participating. The British broadcaster ITV reached with the JESC in recent years, no satisfactory audience and was therefore - also from 2005 - no longer interested in an appearance. A year later also withdrew Spain, which no country in the Big Five longer participates in the competition.

  • 3.1 Possible future participants

History

Participant

  • At least one participation
  • EBU members without participation

So far, 32 member countries of the EBU have at least once taken part in JESC:

  • Latvia Latvia
  • Lithuania Lithuania
  • Macedonia Macedonia
  • Malta Malta
  • Moldova Moldova
  • Netherlands The Netherlands
  • Norway Norway
  • Poland Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania Romania
  • Russia Russia
  • San Marino San Marino
  • Spain
  • Sweden Sweden
  • Switzerland Switzerland
  • Serbia Serbia
  • Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
  • Ukraine Ukraine
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom
  • Belarus Belarus
  • Cyprus Republic of Cyprus
  • Not participated
  • Only participated in voting, without their own contribution
  • Participated
  • Competition and won

Special events

  • Cyprus abandoned shortly before the event in 2005 to participate because the selected song suspected of plagiarism. Cyprus still took part in the vote.
  • Spain joined on 8 August 2007 in spite of great successes surprisingly back. TVE stated that they were looking for a different format that represents other viewpoints.

Germany

Germany was on the list of participants of the Junior Euro Song Contest in 2003 and 2004, but withdrew without reasons back again and took until today (as of 2013) is not in the contest, the responsible TV company ARD since the 2013 competition shows, however, in Kiev interest and Germany is on the list of potential debutants for 2014.

Future

Once the number of participants in 2004 a preliminary climax ( 18 countries), it took until 2006 (15 countries) are continuous. Therefore, it was long uncertain whether the Junior Euro Song Contest will continue after 2007. 2007, the number of participants rose to 17, while they fell in 2008 from the original 18 to 15. For 2009, there were only 13 participants, resulting in a new negative record showed. In 2010 after long conversations 14 participating countries, including a freshman. Settling the Junior Euro Vision Song Contest 2011 appeared for a long time uncertain, and depended mainly on the success of the Music Competition 2010. In mid-January, the EBU announced the award of the match to Armenia. After 2012 only nine countries had taken part previously logged on, the EBU three other countries had to make its debut persuade, to achieve the minimum number of participants from 12 countries. In 2013 you could only move 12 countries to participate, however, several countries have expressed interest in returning or a debut shown:

  • Germany Germany (NDR )
  • Finland Finland ( YLE )
  • Greece Greece ( NERIT )
  • Ireland Ireland ( TG4 )
  • Italy Italy ( RAI)
  • Spain (TVE )
  • Hungary Hungary ( MTV )
  • Cyprus Republic of Cyprus ( CyBC )

Possible future participants

All countries with a television station, a member of the EBU, are potential candidates for participation in JESC. The following participants could join the competition in the near future:

  • Finland Finland - YLE is interested in participating in the competition.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia wanted to participate in 2007 and 2008, but always withdrew shortly before the final. After already missing due to financial reasons in adults Competition 2013 and will be missed 2014, to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest euro is unlikely.

The EBU also a discussion about participation with the following countries:

  • Denmark Denmark
  • Slovakia Slovakia
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