List of host cities of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

This page is a list of cities and venues that have hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, one or more times. Future venues are shown in italics.

Host cities of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The first edition took place in 2003 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).

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 2017, 2019, and then in 2020, 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. 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 are years that a country has won and has hosted the following year's edition.

Kiev and Minsk are two cities having hosted the contest twice.

Contests
Contests Country City Venue Years
2  Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy[2] 2007
Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall[3] 2012
 Ukraine Kiev Palace of Sports[4] 2009
Palace "Ukraine"[5] 2013
 Malta[6] Malta1 Marsa Shipbuilding[7] 2014
Valletta[8] Mediterranean Conference Centre[9] 2016
 Belarus Minsk Minsk Arena[10][11] 2010, 2018
 Poland Gliwice Gliwice Arena[12] 2019
Warsaw TBD 2020
1  Denmark Copenhagen Forum Copenhagen[13] 2003
 Norway Lillehammer Håkons Hall[14] 2004
 Belgium Hasselt Ethias Arena[15] 2005
 Romania Bucharest Sala Polivalentă[16] 2006
 Cyprus Limassol Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center[17] 2008
 Armenia Yerevan Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex[18] 2011
 Bulgaria Sofia Arena Armeec[19] 2015
 Georgia Tbilisi Olympic Palace[20] 2017

Opening ceremony venue
Year Venue Ref.
2014 Verdala Palace [21]
2015 National Palace of Culture [22]
2016 Manoel Theatre [23]
2017 National Parliamentary Library of Georgia [24]
2018 BelExpo Exhibition Centre [25]
2019 Silesian Theatre [26]

Venues

See also

Notes
1.^ Although the venue itself is located in Marsa, Malta, the Junior Eurovision Executive Supervisor, Vladislav Yakovlev stated on 18 December 2013 that there would be "no host city - but a host island".[27]

References
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  11. "Junior Eurovision 2018 to take place on Sunday 25th November!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  12. "Gliwice-Silesia Host City of Junior Eurovision 2019". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 6 March 2019.
  13. "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". European Broadcasting Union.
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  20. Jordan, Paul (9 August 2017). "16 Countries to dazzle on stage in Tbilisi in 2017!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  21. "JVerdala Palace hosts the JESC 2014 Opening Ceremony". 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014 – via www.tvm.com.mt.
  22. "JESC 2015: Joanna Dragneva to host Opening Ceremony". 11 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via www.wiwibloggs.com.
  23. "Highlights from the Opening Ceremony of Junior Eurovision 2016". 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016 – via www.junioreurovision.tv.
  24. "The running order for Junior Eurovision 2017 is revealed!". 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017 – via www.junioreurovision.tv.
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  27. Fisher, Luke (18 December 2013). "Malta to host Junior Eurovision 2014". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 July 2014. Junior Eurovision 2014 will be unique in that there will not be a designated ‘host city’ for the event. Instead, it has been decided that the entire island of Malta will the host of Junior Eurovision 2014!

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