#JESC2017| Auditions to take place in Belarus on July 7th
Belarus will be holding live auditions on 7th July for all singers who have submitted their application to represent Belarus at Junior Eurovision 2017. A professional jury will then chose up to ten artists who will perform in the live televised national final. The winner will be decided by 50% televote and 50% jury vote. The date for the national final has not yet been confirmed. The deadline for sending in applications was 30th June, and as of this date, 30 applications have
#JESC2017 | Albania will select their entry on September 23rd
Albanian Broadcaster RTSH have confirmed they will chose their entry for Junior Eurovision 2017 on 23rd September. A total of 16 countries will be chosen by a jury to compete in Junior Fest. It is unknown how the winner will be decided. For all those who want to take part in Junior Fest, they must adhere to the following rules: All singers must be born between 1st December 2003 and 30th November 2008 All songs must be original compositions and cannot have been previously rele
JESC2017 | Will it be Ana Kodra for Albania?
The 53rd edition of Festivali i Këngës për Fëmijë took place earlier this week in the Albanian city of Shkodër. The winner was Ana Kodra singing the song "Mos Ma Prekni Pemën" Although Albania has not yet confirmed their participation for Junior Eurovision 2017, (they are due to confirm in June 2017), it is very likely that Ana Kodra will fly the flag for Albania in Georgia in November. Check out the song below and let us know what you think! Don't forget to follow us on Twit
JESC2017 | BELARUS AND RUSSIA ARE GETTING READY!!
The national broadcaster of Belarus, BTRC, have begun their selection process for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017. All candidates who would like to take part have until 30th June to submit their song to the Belarussian broadcaster. Once submitted, a jury will listen to all of the songs and decide which songs will make it to the live national final, where the winner will be decided by a combination of jury and televotes. In Russia, 21 songs have been selected to compet
JESC 2017 | WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
When and where is the contest happening? In February 2017, the EBU announced that the fifteenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted by Georgia. The contest will take place at the Tbilisi Sports Palace in Georgia's capital city, Tbilisi. This is the first time that Georgia will host any Eurovision event, even though they have won Junior Eurovision 3 times! What's the theme for this year contest? On 12th May 2017, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GBP), the host bro
Semi Final 1 - Who is going to qualify?
The countries have rehearsed and the date of the first semi final is nearing ever closer. 18 countries will do battle on the 9th of May over who will ultimately advance to the final on Saturday. Unfortunately, only ten of these countries can proceed to the final and deciding who those lucky ten will be is enough to do one's head in. However, let's explore the predictions from the bookies, the press poll as well as our own opinion as to who should qualify from the first semi
OFFICIAL VIDEO OF GEORGIAN ENTRY "KEEP THE FAITH" IS OUT!
Just 33 days are left until the start of this year's Eurovision Song Contest and our acts keep preparing for their performances in May. Today, Georgian beauty Tamara Gachechiladze, who performs by name Tako, released the official video for her power ballad entry "Keep the faith". What is interesting is that Tako has one special routine that is actually related to her song. Every time before she goes out on stage to perform, she takes time to pray. And therefore, this girl ain
#GEORGIA | TAKO GACHECHILADZE TO KYIV!!
Kyiv here she comes!! Tako Gachechiladze successfully won Georgia's mammoth 25-song marathon national selection tonight with her song ''Keep The Faith''. Giving us a beautiful performance in front of a huge LED backdrop, including what will most likely turn out to be a controversial news caption citing Russia's invasion of Geo[rgia] in 2008, along with other dramatic footage such as the tragic events of 9/11, army tanks, and terrorism. ''Keep The Faith'' is a strong and mysti
