Junior Eurovision Song Contest History

Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 was the first Eurovision Song Contest for children between 8 and 15 years. One of the most important rules in this festival is that the text writer and the composer of the song  has to be also kids to 15 years and he has to take part  on the stage as a singer or as a player.

It was organized in Copenhagen on November 15. Young talents from 16 countries competed for the prestigious award. The winner was Dino Jelusic with the song “Ti si moia prva lubov”. In the next year, 2004, 18 nations took part and the Contest was in Lillehammer, Norway. For first time France and Switzerland presented their young singers. Part of the show was the famous boy band Westlife. They performed their hit “Ain’t that a kick in the head”. The Spanish beauty Maria Isabel won the first place with her song Anthea Muerta Que Sencilla.

The third Junior Eurovision Song Contest was in Hasselt, Belgium on November 26 2005. The theme was “Let’s get loud”. Special guest at the show was Prince Laurent of Belgium. Ksenia Sitnik and her song “My vmeste” won the award. The next forth edition was on December 2, 2006 in Bucharest, Romania. The winners  were the twins Tolmachevy from Russia.

This year the Contest will be in Rotterdam, Netherlands on December 8 in the Ahoy’ indoor sporting arena. It was confirmed that the minimum age will be raised from 8 to 10 years. Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia and Lithuania are the new counties this year. Bosnia-Herzegovina was going to be one of the four debutants but Georgia took this place in the last moment. The other countries taking parts are: Belgium, Cyprus, Portugal, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Netherlands, Macedonia, Ucraine, Sweden, Malta, Greece, Lithuania, Belarus.

Next year the Junior Eurovision Junior Contest might be held in Cyprus in Palais des Sports but the European Broadcasting Union has not made any definite declaration for its organization.