JESC 2020

[FRFanESC]

France will obviously take part in the show again since France 2 said in january that were very satisfied with our reuslts.

 

[Romeo]

Any news on scotland? I remember they said they wanted to take part in 2020

 

[Mainshow]

Kraków will be the host city of Junior Eurovision 2020!

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[Romeo]

Let's just see what happens... If Sam Marino gets their way ESC will take place instead of JESC! We know how much influence San Marino has...

 

[Zonne147]

JESC 2019 was a huge success but I really hope the voting system changes

 

[FRFanESC]

Alexandra Redde-Amiel (french head of delegation) about the french participation :
Journalist : "France's participation in Eurovision Junior 2020 has not yet been formalized, what about it?"
Alexandra : "I can confirm that we intend to take part!"

Journalist : "You selected Carla last year, which has become a real phenomenon!"
Alexandra : "I'm so proud of her! Because in a way, it was kind of my first Eurovision. Bim Bam Toi had been a crush. We were with Steven Clerima and Frédéric Valencak, and the song seemed obvious to us. I had my 10-year-old older girl listen to this song, and I have three daughters, and she told me we had to choreograph it for TikTok. I spoke to Sabrina Lonis, our choreographer, and asked her to work on it. That same evening, she was already sending me a video of her dancers with this choreography which has never changed since. We know the rest, it's amazing. She is the first French artist to cross the 2 million mark on TikTok. Carla will release her album on June 5, we’re very proud of her."

 

[0scar]

still not over bim bam toi not winning tbh

 

[Romeo]

Strange we have ESC 2021 dates before we have JESC dates for 2020. Unless covid has gone by august I dont think JESC will happen this year

 

[Realest]

https://www.eurovision.de/news/Junior-ESC-2020-Deutschland-nimmt-erstmals-teil,jesc228.html

 

[Mainshow]

What a huge surprise! I'm really glad Germany will finally debut this year!

They are looking for 9 to 14 year-old talents.

 

[Mainshow]

It's a reasonable decision to host it at a TV studio in Warsaw. I really do hope that JESC will take place this year. Maybe TVP can make Alicja perform "Empire" as well?

 

[Realest]

Hopefully we can mobilize enough Germans to massvote for our own Entry.

 

[Mainshow]

If our entry is good, I will vote for it - I did voted for Poland in the last three years, though. I honestly thought they had the best entries - followed by Kazakhstan. It will be difficult to beat both of them!

 

[njdevils94]

Hopefully we can mobilize enough Germans to massvote for our own Entry.

How about just send a good song instead?

 

[Realest]

How about just send a good song instead?

I was making a Joke, NJ

 

[EDC0708]

So there are eleven countries signed up at the moment, we are waiting for news from:

Albania
Armenia
Australia
Belarus
Malta
North Macedonia
Portugal
Serbia
Wales

Germany has been confirmed to debut! https://junioreurovision.tv/story/germany-will-participate-at-junior-eurovision-2020
I think the puts Germany on the very small list of countries that have participated in all of the Eurovision events, I think Junior Eurovision was the only one they were missing

 

[Realest]

Australia withdraws.

 

[Mainshow]

Wales withdraws as well.

Australia and Wales state Covid-19 and the travel/saftey restrictions/measurments as the reason for them not taking part.

I guess it's "easier" for continental European countries to take part in such event(s).

 

[ESCConor]

EXCLUSIVA: La BBC británica podría devolver al Reino Unido a Eurovisión Junior en Varsovia 2020

Las televisiones europeas continúan estudiando sus planes de cara a la próxima edición del Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión Junior, que se celebrará el domingo 29 de noviembre de ...

www.escplus.es

Apparently the BBC are considering taking part in JESC, ESCPlus in Spain are reporting.

"This has been confirmed exclusively by BBC sources to ESCPlus , stating that they are currently considering the possibility of participating in the contest despite the fact that no firm decision has yet been made"

"The decision has simply not been made quite yet. The best advice I could offer for now would be to keep an eye on the official Junior Eurovision website or our own BBC Media Centre website for updates on this, I assure you once a decision has been reached it will be posted on these sites, first of all"

So it sounds like the BBC are seriously looking into participating.

 

[EDC0708]

On a positive note, Belarus and Serbia have confirmed!
So that just leaves:
Albania
Armenia
Malta
North Macedonia
Portugal

Not sure whether BBC would take part in JESC, previously they avoided having young children involved with phone votes (such as in the Oliver! casting programme in 2008, where the public could only vote for who would play Nancy, with the kids chosen to play Oliver selected by the judges). Since then they have allowed children to compete in The Greatest Dancer, which had phone voting, so there may have been a policy change on this. Not sure if the BBC represented the UK, and made a success of it, if that would block S4C from ever returning for Wales, if BBC got the UK wide rights. I could see them showing it on CBBC, seems unlikely they would show it on BBC1. In recent years, the BBC has largely only competed in Spin off events they were hosting (EDC 2007 & 2008, Greatest Hits 2015, EYM 2018), with the sole exceptions being EYM 2010, and broadcasting Europe Shine A Light this year.