Back in 2003 the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was born. The EBU took the idea from the Melodi Grand Prix Nordic, which was a song contest for children consisting of three countries at the time, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, later with the addition of Finland. The EBU decided it was time to bring a song contest on a large scale …

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest preparations are in full swing, Sweden have selected their singer and song, Malta have selected their singer, Ukraine have their National Final line-up, and a number of countries are accepting songs. The Georgian broadcaster, GBP have now began their song search, and are accepting songs from children aged 10-15 years to send their application, including; …

The national broadcaster of Malta have decided to move the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in a new direction. As previously announced this years contest is aimed at older children, and the format will be slightly different. PBS the national TV company have announced that they will be working with the Ministry of Education in order to bring together the children …

After weeks of positivity regarding Hungary participating in the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, today MTVA, the Hungarian National Broadcaster have confirmed to ESCUnited.com that they will not be sending an entry to the 2014 edition of the contest. Many rumours have been heard with regards to the JESC Executive having high hopes for Hungary participating in Malta in November, …

Today it was announced by NTU that one of the songs has been disqualified from the National Final of Ukraine for the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The song perform Polina Ryzhak, entitled ‘Tse Ukraina’ was found to be a cover version of a Miley Cyrus song ‘Nobody’s Perfect’. Therefore the song has been replaced with the song that placed …

Italian broadcaster RAI has confirmed that Italy will make their debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year, when the contest heads to Malta in November. The broadcasting and organisation of an entry will be run by RAI Gulp, a children’s channel run by the national broadcaster. Negotiations for other countries to join the contest are still underway, with …

Today the Maltese broadcaster PBS has announced that tickets for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 will be available in August. After Gaia Cauchi’s triumph in the previous contest, the show will take place in the small Maltese town of Marsa on 15 November. Just like for the main Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen this year, the venue will be a former …

Today the Maltese national broadcaster have released the application form for those wishing to volunteer in Malta for the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. PBS are looking for volunteers to assist in all aspects of the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest which promises to bring big changes to the contest. The broadcaster are looking for people who have skills in …

After a four year gap, Cypriot national TV company CyBC, have announced that they will return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year. Cyprus participated in the first ever Junior Eurovision Song Contest back in 2003 and have participated in six contests since then, Junior Eurovision Fans will happy to hear that they will participate for a seventh time …

The Ukrainian selection for Junior Eurovision is well underway and after the deadline for the song submission two days ago, the jury (consisting of Mykhailo Nekrasov, Nataliia Miedviedieva, Andre France, Anzhela Kopotia and llaria)  have already selected their finalists as have ‘Music Academy Eurovision’. The final twenty acts are: Elizabeth Zadoia Polina Ryzhak Anna Nikonova Double Smile Sofiia Yaremova Viktoriia …