Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest edition

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is the twenty-second edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It will take place at Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain on 16 November 2024 Spanish broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) will be the host broadcaster for the event.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Dates
Final16 November 2024
Host
VenueCaja Mágica, Madrid, Spain
Host broadcasterRadiotelevisión Española (RTVE)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/madrid-2024 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
(provisional; as of November 2024)
Number of entries17
Returning countries Cyprus
 San Marino
Non-returning countries United Kingdom
2023 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest

List of participating countries

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As of 8 November, the public national broadcasters from the 17 following countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in the 2024 contest:

Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Ref.
  Albania RTSH [1]
  Armenia AMPTV [2]
  Cyprus CyBC Maria Pissarides Armin Gilani • Sophia Patsalides
  Estonia ERR Annabelle Ats [3][4]
  France France Télévisions [5]
  Georgia GPB Andria Putkaradze [6][7]
  Germany NDR/Kika Bjarne "Save the Best for Us" English, German [8][9]
  Ireland TG4 [10]
  Italy RAI TBD September 2024[11] [12]
  Malta PBS TBD 21 September 2024[13] [14]
  Netherlands AVROTROS TBD 21 September 2024[15] [16]
  North Macedonia MRT Ana Vanchevska and Aleksej Ivanovski [17][18][19]
  Poland TVP TBD 29 September 2024[20] [21][22]
  Portugal RTP Victoria Nicole [23][24]
  San Marino SMRTV
  Spain RTVE Chloe DelaRosa [25][26]
  Ukraine UA:PBC TBD September 2024[27][28] [29]

Other countries

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  •   Norway – Although Norwegian broadcaster NRK stated in January 2024 that it would not participate in the contest in 2024,[30] Polish participating broadcaster TVP mentioned on 14 May 2024 in an article about the contest that a broadcaster from Norway expressed its intention to participate, but had not yet made a final decision.[31] Norway last took part in 2005.

Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra,[32] Austria,[33][34] Belgium (both RTBF and VRT),[35][36][37] Croatia,[38][39] Denmark,[40][41] Finland,[42] Greece,[43][44] Iceland,[45][46] Israel,[47][48] Latvia,[49][50] Lithuania,[51][52] Luxembourg,[53] Romania,[54] Scotland,[55] Serbia,[56][57] Slovakia,[58] Slovenia,[59] Sweden,[60][61] Switzerland (SRF),[62] the United Kingdom[63][64] and Wales[65] have confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.

Associate EBU members

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  •   Kazakhstan – On 26 November 2023, upon the 2023 final, Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency expressed its intention to return to the contest in 2024; however, this is dependent on a formal invitation by the EBU.[66] Polish participating broadcaster TVP mentioned on 14 May 2024 in an article about the contest that a broadcaster from Kazakhstan expressed its intention to participate, but had not yet made a final decision.[31] Kazakhstan last took part in 2022.

Associate members for Australia, SBS and ABC, both confirmed non-participation prior to the release of the participants list.[67][68][69]

References

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  2. "Բարի գալուստ «Մանկական Եվրատեսիլ 2024» մրցույթի լսումների գրանցման էջ" [Welcome to the audition registration page for "Junior Eurovision 2024"]. eurovision.am (in Armenian). Public Television Company of Armenia. 5 July 2024. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. Mancheño, José Miguel (5 May 2024). "Estonia confirma su participación en Eurovisión Junior 2024 y elegirá a su representante este domingo" [Estonia confirms its participation in Junior Eurovision 2024 and will select its representative next Sunday]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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  32. "Andorra no participará en Eurovisión Junior 2024" [Andorra will not participate in Junior Eurovision 2024]. Eurofestivales (in European Spanish). 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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  45. "Islandia no participará en Eurovisión Junior 2024" [Iceland will not participate in Junior Eurovision 2024]. Eurofestivales (in European Spanish). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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  49. Ibrayeva, Laura (2 January 2024). "Latvia: LTV Will Not Participate in Junior Eurovision 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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  59. "Eslovenia descarta participar en Eurovisión Junior 2024" [Slovenia rules out participating in Junior Eurovision 2024]. Eurofestivales (in European Spanish). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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  65. @sunbeam_aslan (21 June 2024). "@s4c, United Kingdom is said to have left the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Does Wales want to return to this event?" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 June 2024 – via Twitter.
    @s4c (21 June 2024). "Hi, there are no plans to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest at present" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 June 2024 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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