

JESC 2018 | Armenia to host national final for Junior Eurovision 2018
It was announced on Depi Evratesil 2018 that Armenia will hold a national final, Depi Mankakan Evratesil, to chose their entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The show will be similar to Depi Evratesil and will be open to anyone between the ages of 9 and 14. More details are expected to be announced in the coming months. This will be the first time since 2014 that Armenia has chosen their entry for Junior Eurovision through a national final. Between 2008 and 2014


JESC 2018 | More preparations are underway!
Belarussian broadcaster BTRC have confirmed that the BelExpo National Exhibition Centre will play host to the opening ceremony of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The exact date of the opening ceremony has yet to be announced. The Steering Group for Junior Eurovision 2018 have traveled to Minsk for their first visit to the Belarussian capital alongside Jon Ola Sand, Gert Kark, Gordon Bonello and Thomas Niedermayer. The steering group are the governin

JESC 2018 | Russia confirms participation
Russia has confirmed that they will be taking part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. They have also confirmed on their official VK page for Junior Eurovision that they will be making changes to their selection process. More details on these changes are expected in the coming weeks. The 2018 Junior Eurovision in Minsk will be the 16th edition of the contest to date and it will also be the second time that Belarus is hosting the event, the first time

JESC 2018 | Jon Ola Sand visits Minsk
Executive Supervisor of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Jon Ola Sand, is in Belarus to see how preparations are coming along for The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, due to take place in November. Jon Ola Sand is in Minsk, Belarus' capital, where he will hold a number of meetings regarding Junior Eurovision 2018. Yesterday, Jon met with Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister, Vasily Zharko, and, following on from this meeting, he went to visit the Minsk Arena which hosted Jun

JESC 2018 | Who's in and who's out?
It's been 6 weeks since the fifteenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Tbilisi, Georgia, and already, a number of countries are showing an interest for the upcoming contest scheduled to take place in Minsk, Belarus in November 2018. Georgia: Georgia, hosts of the 2017 Junior Eurovision, have already got their preparations for Junior Eurovision 2018 underway with a 3-month long national final scheduled to take place between January-April 2018. Georgia are one of the mo

JESC 2018 | Georgia reveals 10 finalists for national final
A total of 10 artists have been chosen to take part in 'Ranina', Georgia's three-month long national final to find their act for Junior Eurovision 2018. The ten finalists: 1. Alexander Zazarashvili 2. Anastasia Togonidze 3. Davit Kimeridze 4. Giorgi Tsisakadze 5. Mariam Saginashvili 6. Maria-Elene Bezhashvili 7. Nikoloz Gogichaishvili 8. Nikoloz Vasadze 9. Nita Jakhua 10. Tamar Edilashvili Singers from across Georgia between the ages of 8 to 13 attended auditions in October a


JESC 2018 | There will be no visa restrictions for Junior Eurovision 2018
During Belarus' press conference in Georgia today, the Head of Delegation Olga Salamakha announced that there will be no visa restrictions for all those who will be coming to Belarus for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. At the moment, all visitors to Belarus are only allowed to stay for up to 5 days without a visa before they have to leave the country. However, for November 2018, they are planning to allow all those attending Junior Eurovision an extended visa free st


JESC 2018 | Junior Eurovision 2018 is coming back to Minsk Arena!
In October 2017, Belarus was announced as the host country for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The contest will be held in the capital city, Minsk and today Belorussian broadcaster BTRC have revealed that the Minsk Arena will once again host the contest, after it played host to the 2010 edition. The broadcaster has also announced that the Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus, Vasily Zharko will be the head of the organising committee for this event. So far, only Belarus