List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest host cities

Host cities of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

A single contest

Multiple contests

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 Copenhagen, Denmark. 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 among the participating broadcasters. The broadcasters from Belgium were therefore the first 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 broadcaster does not receive the rights to host the next contest. However from 2014 to 2021 (excluding 2018), the winning broadcaster had first refusal on hosting the next competition. Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) used this clause in 2015 to decline hosting the contest that year after their victory for Italy in 2014. ^[2]

The cities that have hosted, or are scheduled to host the contest twice, are Kyiv (2009 and 2013), Minsk (2010 and 2018), Yerevan (2011 and 2022), and Tbilisi (2017 and 2025).

Contests

Future contests are shown in italics.

Contests	Country	City	Venue	Years	Ref(s)
2	Netherlands	Rotterdam	Ahoy	2007	[3]
		Amsterdam	Heineken Music Hall	2012	[4]
	Ukraine	Kyiv	Palace of Sports	2009	[5]
			Palace "Ukraine"	2013	[6]
	Malta	Malta [a]	Marsa Shipbuilding	2014	[8] [9]
		Valletta	Mediterranean Conference Centre	2016	[10] [11]
	Belarus	Minsk	Minsk Arena	2010	[12] [13]
				2018
	Poland	Gliwice	Gliwice Arena	2019	[14]
		Warsaw	Studio 5, TVP Headquarters	2020	[15]
	Armenia	Yerevan	Karen Demirchyan Complex	2011	[16] [17]
				2022
	France	Paris	La Seine Musicale	2021	[18] [19]
		Nice	Palais Nikaïa	2023	[20]
	Georgia	Tbilisi	Olympic Palace	2017	[21]
				2025	[22]
1	Denmark	Copenhagen	Forum Copenhagen	2003	[23]
	Norway	Lillehammer	Håkons Hall	2004	[24]
	Belgium	Hasselt	Ethias Arena	2005	[25]
	Romania	Bucharest	Sala Polivalentă	2006	[26]
	Cyprus	Limassol	Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center	2008	[27]
	Bulgaria	Sofia	Arena Armeec	2015	[28]
	Spain	Madrid	Caja Mágica	2024	[29] [30]

Opening ceremony venue

Year	Venue	Ref.
2014	Verdala Palace	[31]
2015	National Palace of Culture	[32]
2016	Manoel Theatre	[33]
2017	National Parliamentary Library of Georgia	[34]
2018	BelExpo Exhibition Centre	[35]
2019	Silesian Theatre	[36]
2020	Studio 5, TVP Headquarters	[37]
2021	Studio Gabriel	[38]
2022	Republic Square, Yerevan	[39]
2023	Hotel Negresco	[40]

Bids

2000s

Year	Bid party		Result
	City	Country
2003	Copenhagen	Denmark	Awarded to host the 2003 contest (sole bid)
2004	Manchester	United Kingdom	Originally awarded to host the 2004 contest, but pulled out due to finance and scheduling problems
	Zagreb	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	Norway	Inherently awarded to host the 2004 contest
2005	Hasselt	Belgium	Awarded to host the 2005 contest
	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Not selected to host the contest
	Zagreb	Croatia
	Two unknown applicants
2006	Bucharest	Romania	Awarded to host the 2006 contest
	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Not selected to host the contest
	Zagreb	Croatia
2007	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Awarded to host the 2007 contest
	Limassol	Cyprus	Not selected to host the contest
	Zagreb	Croatia
2008	Limassol	Cyprus	Awarded to host the 2008 contest
	Kyiv	Ukraine	Not selected to host the contest
	Stockholm	Sweden
	Lisbon	Portugal	Withdrew their bid to host the contest
2009	Kyiv	Ukraine	Awarded to host the 2009 contest
	Belgrade	Serbia	Not selected to host the contest
	Gurzuf	Ukraine
	Minsk	Belarus
	Stockholm	Sweden	Withdrew their bid to host the contest

2010s

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

2020s

Year	Bid party		Result
	City	Country
2020	Warsaw	Poland	Awarded to host the 2020 contest
	Kraków	Poland	Not selected to host the contest
2021	Paris	France	Awarded to host the 2021 contest (sole bid)
2022	Yerevan	Armenia	Awarded to host the 2022 contest (sole bid)
2023	Nice	France	Awarded to host the 2023 contest (sole bid)
2024	Madrid	Spain	Awarded to host the 2024 contest
	Granada	Spain	Not selected to host the contest
	Málaga
	Valencia
	Barcelona		Withdrew their bid to host the contest
	Zaragoza
2025	Tbilisi	Georgia	Awarded to host the 2025 contest (sole bid)

Gallery

• 
  Forum Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark hosted the 2003 Contest.
• 
  Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands hosted the 2007 Contest.
• 
  Minsk Arena in Minsk, Belarus hosted the contest in 2010 and 2018.
• 
  Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan, Armenia hosted the contest in 2011 and 2022.
• 
  Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands hosted the 2012 Contest.
• 
  Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria hosted the 2015 Contest.

See also

• List of ABU Song Festivals host cities
• List of Eurovision Song Contest host cities

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". ^[7]

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