RTVSLO, tha national broadcaster of Slovenia, have today announced the debut representative of Slovenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The Slovene broadcaster have named Ula Ložar as the singer who will fly their flag in Marsa, Malta. Ula is no stranger to the stage, she has performed in the Slovenian Elementary School Contest and also Europop contest. The 12 year …

  The Georgian national broadcaster, GPB, has today announced their representatives in Marsa, Malta on the 15th of November in the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. From over 40 applications the broadcaster held auditions and made the decision that the Trio; Lizi, Sofi, and Dea, will represent Georgia in JESC 2014. The song is yet to be announced, and the trio …

Following their quasi-confirmation for the main contest, Portugal has announced their return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year! Hugo Andrade, the programme director of the Portuguese broadcaster RTP, confirmed the participation in JESC to the fan site ESC Portugal. The selection method, however, hasn’t been revealed. Portugal has taken part in Junior Eurovision two times (2006 and 2007). …

Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT has announced that they will be bringing the country back to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 and have already internally selected an artist! It was announced during Friday’s “Slavi’s Show” that the country would be returning, and that 10 year old singer Krista Todorova will represent her country in Malta. Participation in the Junior …

The views expressed in this editorial are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board, its readers, or any other person, entity, or organisation. Something I’ve noticed in the last few days is the amount of countries returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year, held in …

Today it was announced that Montenegro will take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014! Having participated as a part of Serbia & Montenegro back in 2005, the Balkan country debuts as an independent country this year. The Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG already signed all the necessary contracts to ensure a participation in the upcoming contest. Here’s what Vladislav Yakovlev, …

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 …

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 …

The 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest is less than five months away, and the national selection process is in full force in some countries. In 3 days (28/06/2014) the Ukrainian song submission will close, the following day the judging panel will listen to the songs and begin whittling down the songs to just 18. These 18 songs will join an …