List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest host cities

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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).

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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. 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020 are years that a country has won and has hosted the following year's edition.

Kyiv, Minsk and Yerevan have hosted the contest twice.

Contests

Future contests are shown in italics.

ContestsCountryCityVenueYearsRef(s)
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy 2007 [2]
Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall 2012 [3]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv Palace of Sports 2009 [4]
Palace "Ukraine" 2013 [5]
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Malta [a] Marsa Shipbuilding 2014 [7] [8]
Valletta Mediterranean Conference Centre 2016 [9] [10]
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Minsk Minsk Arena 2010 [11] [12]
2018
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Gliwice Gliwice Arena 2019 [13]
Warsaw Studio 5, TVP Headquarters 2020 [14]
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Yerevan Karen Demirchyan Complex 2011 [15] [16]
2022
Flag of France.svg  France Paris La Seine Musicale 2021 [17] [18]
Nice Palais Nikaïa 2023 [19]
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copenhagen Forum Copenhagen 2003 [20]
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Lillehammer Håkons Hall 2004 [21]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Hasselt Ethias Arena 2005 [22]
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Bucharest Sala Polivalentă 2006 [23]
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Limassol Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center 2008 [24]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Sofia Arena Armeec 2015 [25]
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Tbilisi Olympic Palace 2017 [26]
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Madrid Caja Mágica 2024 [27] [28]

Opening ceremony venue

YearVenueRef.
2014 Verdala Palace [29]
2015 National Palace of Culture [30]
2016 Manoel Theatre [31]
2017 National Parliamentary Library of Georgia [32]
2018 BelExpo Exhibition Centre [33]
2019 Silesian Theatre [34]
2020 Studio 5, TVP Headquarters [35]
2021 Studio Gabriel [36]
2022 Republic Square, Yerevan [37]
2023 Hotel Negresco [38]

Bids

2000s

YearBid partyResult
CityCountry
2003 Copenhagen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Awarded to host the 2003 contest (sole bid)
2004 Manchester Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Originally awarded to host the 2004 contest, but pulled out due to finance and scheduling problems
Zagreb Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Originally awarded to replace Manchester in hosting the 2004 contest, but broadcaster HRT reportedly forgot that the prospective venue for the event was already booked for the period the contest was to take place
Lillehammer Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Inherently awarded to host the 2004 contest
2005 Hasselt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Awarded to host the 2005 contest
Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Not selected to host the contest
Zagreb Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Two unknown applicants
2006 Bucharest Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Awarded to host the 2006 contest
Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Not selected to host the contest
Zagreb Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2007 Rotterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Awarded to host the 2007 contest
Limassol Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Not selected to host the contest
Zagreb Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2008 Limassol Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Awarded to host the 2008 contest
Kyiv Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Not selected to host the contest
Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Lisbon Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Withdrew their bid to host the contest
2009 Kyiv Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Awarded to host the 2009 contest
Belgrade Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Not selected to host the contest
Gurzuf Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Withdrew their bid to host the contest

2010s

YearBid partyResult
CityCountry
2010 Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Awarded to host the 2010 contest
Moscow Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Not selected to host the contest
Valletta Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
2011 Yerevan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Awarded to host the 2011 contest
Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Not selected to host the contest
Unconfirmed applicants
2012 Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Awarded to host the 2012 contest
2013 Kyiv Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Awarded to host the 2013 contest
2014 Malta [a] Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Awarded to host the 2014 contest (sole bid)
2015 Sofia Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Awarded to host the 2015 contest
Valletta Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Not selected to host the contest
2016 Valletta Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Awarded to host the 2016 contest (sole bid)
2017 Tbilisi Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Awarded to host the 2017 contest (sole bid)
2018 Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Awarded to host the 2018 contest (sole bid)
2019 Gliwice Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Awarded to host the 2019 contest
Szczecin Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Shortlisted
Toruń
Astana Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Not selected to host the contest
Gdańsk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Katowice
Kraków
Łódź
Yerevan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia

2020s

YearBid partyResult
CityCountry
2020 Warsaw Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Awarded to host the 2020 contest
Kraków Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Not selected to host the contest
2021 Paris Flag of France.svg  France Awarded to host the 2021 contest (sole bid)
2022 Yerevan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Awarded to host the 2022 contest (sole bid)
2023 Nice Flag of France.svg  France Awarded to host the 2023 contest (sole bid)
2024 Madrid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Awarded to host the 2024 contest
Granada Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Not selected to host the contest
Málaga
Valencia
Barcelona Withdrew their bid to host the contest
Zaragoza

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 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]

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