Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | |
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Date and venue | |
Final |
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Venue | Olympic Palace Tbilisi, Georgia |
Organisation | |
Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
Host broadcaster | Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) |
Participants (provisional; as of September 2025 [update] ) | |
Expressed interest | 18 |
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Non-returning countries | ![]() ![]() |
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Vote | |
Voting system | The professional jury of each country awards a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs. Viewers around the world vote for 3 songs, and their votes are distributed proportionally. The votes of the jury and the audience make up 50% of all votes. |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is set to be the 23rd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, that will take place on 13 December 2025 at the small hall of the Olympic Palace [1] [2] in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is being organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), [3] who will stage the event after winning the 2024 contest for Georgia with the song "To My Mom" by Andria Putkaradze. This will be the second time that the contest will be held in the country, following 2017. [4] [5]
Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest, the winning broadcaster of the previous year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest does not automatically receive the right to host the next edition. However, since 2011 (with the exceptions of 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2024) it has become customary for winners to take on hosting duties, and since 2019, the winning broadcaster has had the right of first refusal on hosting the following competition. In 2024, French broadcaster France Télévisions was given this right but ultimately opted out of it. [6]
On 16 November 2024, upon its victory in the 2024 contest, the director of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), Tinatin Berdzenishvili , stated that the broadcaster would begin talks with the EBU on hosting the 2025 contest, although she stopped short of confirming whether the country would be hosting. [7] [8] [9] GPB announced shortly after the 2024 contest through its official Facebook page that the 2025 edition would be held in the country, [10] but the EBU later denied having selected Georgia as the host country, stating that it would make a decision at a later date. [11]
On 4 April 2025, Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS mentioned in the first episode of auditions for Junior Songfestival 2025 that Junior Eurovision 2025 would take place in Georgia. [12] On 9 April, the State Procurement Agency of Georgia published documents stating that the Georgian government, the EBU and GPB had jointly agreed that the contest would be held in Tbilisi on 13 December 2025; [13] this was confirmed and announced by the EBU and GPB on 13 May. [14] [15]
Eligibility for participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issues invitations to participate in the contest to all active members.
As of September 2025 [update] , broadcasters from the following countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in the 2025 contest. Azerbaijan, Croatia, and Montenegro are set to return for the first time since 2021, 2014 and 2015 respectively, while Estonia and Germany have opted not to participate after appearing in the previous edition.
Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Ref. |
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![]() | RTSH | Kroni Pula | "Fruta perime" | Albanian | Adrian Hila | [16] [17] [18] |
![]() | AMPTV | [19] | ||||
![]() | İTV | [20] [21] [22] | ||||
![]() | HRT | Marino Vrgoč | [23] [24] [25] | |||
![]() | CyBC | [26] [27] [28] | ||||
![]() | France Télévisions | [29] | ||||
![]() | GPB | [30] [31] | ||||
![]() | TG4 | TBA 19 October 2025 | [32] [33] [34] | |||
![]() | RAI | TBA September 2025 | [35] [36] | |||
![]() | PBS | [37] | ||||
![]() | RTCG | [38] | ||||
![]() | AVROTROS | TBD 20 September 2025 | [39] [40] | |||
![]() | MRT | Nela Mančeska | [41] [42] [43] | |||
![]() | TVP | Marianna Kłos | [44] [45] [46] | |||
![]() | RTP | Inês Gonçalves | [47] [48] | |||
![]() | SMRTV | TBA September 2025 | [49] [50] [51] | |||
![]() | RTVE | Gonzalo Pinillos | [52] [53] | |||
![]() | Suspilne | TBD October 2025 | [54] [55] |
Active EBU member broadcasters in Austria, [59] Czech Republic, [60] Denmark, [61] Estonia, [62] Finland, [63] Germany, [64] [65] Greece, [66] Israel, [67] Latvia, [68] Lithuania, [69] Luxembourg, [70] Norway, [71] Serbia, [72] Slovakia, [73] Slovenia, [74] Sweden, [75] Switzerland, [76] United Kingdom (BBC) [77] and Wales, [78] and associate member broadcasters in Australia [79] [80] and Kazakhstan [81] have confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.
The Georgian Government is set to allocate over 2.5 million euros to hosting the contest. [82]
All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience. The European Broadcasting Union has also, in the past, provided international live streams of the contest through their official YouTube channel with no commentary.
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
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![]() | RAI | Rai 2 | Mario Acampa | [83] |
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
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![]() | ARD/ZDF | Kika | TBA | [64] [65] |
![]() | LRT | TBA | [69] |
Unlike in the Eurovision Song Contest, JESC winners do not automatically have to host the following year's event. We will be working with all our Members, including the winning broadcaster GPB, over the next few weeks to identify and then announce the host broadcaster for next year.
A settembre decideremo chi rappresenterà a San Marino allo Junior Eurovision Song Contest; questo sarà il prequel di un'eventuale futura partecipazione all'Eurovision del 2026.[In September, we will decide who will represent San Marino at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest; this will be the prelude to a possible future participation in Eurovision in 2026.]