List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest host cities

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Host cities of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
  A single contest
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18 venues in 14 countries have hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, an annual song competition for children, at least once since its creation in 2003. The first edition took place 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] Poland became the first country to host two contests in a row (in 2019 and in 2020, respectively).

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 2021 (except the 2018 edition), 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. 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020 are years that a country has won and has hosted the following year's edition.

Kyiv and Minsk have hosted the contest twice.

Contests[]

Future venues are shown in italics.

Contests Country City Venue Years Ref(s)
2  Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy 2007 [2]
Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall 2012 [3]
 Ukraine Kyiv Palace of Sports 2009 [4]
Palace "Ukraine" 2013 [5]
 Malta Malta[a] Marsa Shipbuilding 2014 [7][8]
Valletta Mediterranean Conference Centre 2016 [9][10]
 Belarus Minsk Minsk Arena 2010, 2018 [11][12]
 Poland Gliwice Gliwice Arena 2019 [13]
Warsaw Studio 5, TVP Headquarters 2020 [14]
 Armenia Yerevan Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex 2011 [15]
[to be determined] 2022 [16][17]
1  Denmark Copenhagen Forum Copenhagen 2003 [18]
 Norway Lillehammer Håkons Hall 2004 [19]
 Belgium Hasselt Ethias Arena 2005 [20]
 Romania Bucharest Sala Polivalentă 2006 [21]
 Cyprus Limassol Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center 2008 [22]
 Bulgaria Sofia Arena Armeec 2015 [23]
 Georgia Tbilisi Olympic Palace 2017 [24]
 France Paris La Seine Musicale 2021 [25][26]

Opening ceremony venue[]

Year Venue Ref.
2014 Verdala Palace [27]
2015 National Palace of Culture [28]
2016 Manoel Theatre [29]
2017 National Parliamentary Library of Georgia [30]
2018 BelExpo Exhibition Centre [31]
2019 Silesian Theatre [32]
2020 TVP Headquarters [33]
2021 Studio Gabriel [34]

Gallery[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Although the venue itself is located in the Maltese town Marsa, the Junior Eurovision Executive Supervisor, Vladislav Yakovlev, stated on 18 December 2013 that there would be "no host city - but a host island".[6]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09.
  3. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05.
  4. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07.
  5. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02.
  6. ^ Fisher, Luke (18 December 2013). "Malta to host Junior Eurovision 2014". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2014-07-06. 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!
  7. ^ Granger, Anthony (10 May 2014). "JESC'14: Malta Shipbuilding The Venue". Eurovoix.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  8. ^ Fisher, Luke James (18 December 2013). "Malta to host Junior Eurovision 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
  9. ^ Jordan, Paul (13 April 2016). "Malta to host Junior Eurovision 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  10. ^ "Malta to host Junior Eurovision on 20 November at Mediterranean Conference Centre". TVM. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  11. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09.
  12. ^ "Junior Eurovision 2018 to take place on Sunday 25th November!". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Unio]. 18 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  13. ^ "Gliwice-Silesia Host City of Junior Eurovision 2019". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06.
  14. ^ Granger, Anthony (8 October 2020). "Junior Eurovision 2020 To Be Held At The TVP Headquarters". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  15. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2011-12-08.
  16. ^ "Armenia to host 20th Junior Eurovision in 2022