Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Paris, France (December 19th)
 

https://eurovoix.com/2021/05/20/pari...rovision-2021/

basically the main rules of Junior Eurovision are

- at least 80% of your entry must be in own language, rest of which can be in either english or another language of the artists choice

- two sets of voting, a jury voting of half of which are adult jurors and other half are child jurors, and televoting unlike adult esc, here people can vote for their own country

- just one grand final show, and usually on a sunday afternoon, near begin of the evening so let's say from 16:00 - 18:30 (UK time that would be 15:00 - 17:30)

- winning country does not necessarily have to host it the next year, but recent years this has been the case of the winning country hosting, this will be asked by EBU some time after the final



https://eurovoix.com/2021/05/21/%F0%...or-eurovision/

EBU working to get UK back into JESC


so far confirmed countries

what we know about other countries so far

Albania: they will make a decision on participation next month

Armenia: Martin Osterdahl executive supervisor hopes to see them back and the armenian HoD said regarding all esc events to hope to return as soon as possible + dropped this on insta account yesterday https://i.postimg.cc/fDDbNWTn/armeni...backtojesc.png

Australia: SBS said no but their other broadcaster ABC expressed their intention to return

Belgium: flemish broadcaster said no, but wallonian broadcaster hasn't commented yet on participation

Italy: their HoD said they have intentions on returning to the contest but they for now have main focus on ESC2021

Kazakhstan: highly likely they are in but a final decision will be made at a later date supposing they are once again invited to take part by EBU

Slovakia: they had ''not closed the door on JESC2021'' what the RTVS broadcaster stated, could maybe make their debut

one of the Netherlands hopeful entries, in our national final

Ayana, and her song is in 3 languages (Dutch, English and Japanese)

https://eurovoix.com/2021/07/21/nort...rovision-2021/

North Macedonia returns to the contest this year :cheer:

more possible nations competing


Kazakhstan highly likely to participate, given they are again invited by EBU




UK might return https://eurovoix.com/2021/05/21/%F0%...or-eurovision/

Serbia, Malta also confirmed participation and started their preselection search

Kazakhstan well they need the invite by EBU but they have been proven to be quite popular/well liked, and very well capable to stage a song really well either, and being very competitive, so i think they are in, but it depends on EBU, they are eager to compete again at least



Albania well bit silent for now, but i hope they are in too



Armenia, idk about their current situation but the HoD had stated he wanted them to return to all eurovision events as soon as possible





UK, well now ITV has axed x factor, this opens up something for them, and EBU working about a return for them in earlier reports, this might be a nice new project for Simon Cowell for new young music talent (either a new show or one from the voice kids)

http://infegreece.gr/%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE...%CF%82-%CF%87/

Azerbaijan might return to this years contest, their broadcaster Ictimai TV stated they intend to, but a final decision will be made in the coming weeks

Azerbaijan is in, with this singer Sona Azizova

according to eurofestivales, another country is about to publicly confirm their participation


they still are waiting for permission to reveal the country, but it is about a returning country who took part in 2019 contest



so out of those countries, only Albania, Armenia, Australia haven't yet revealed their final decision

am also curious if UK has said yes to EBU's offer


the country who think that news is about, might be Armenia







Kazakhstan have said nothing but tbh they rely more on invites from EBU only, and they stated last year december they are again very much interested for another participation

the country in discussion was Albania, yes after one year of absence due to covid pandemic, they are back

another rumour from armenia


another one in the form of instagram story, this time it is the producer of the apparent entry what would've been their entry for jesc2020 should they have been in, and he supports Malena for this years edition

we'll see what happens, to be continued

https://www.eurofestivalnews.com/202...a-azerbaigian/

and in this azerbaijan article, also something more regarding the UK

''work is being done to be able to bring the United Kingdom back into competition as a single country.''


so yes definitely been going on now between EBU and UK's ITV

Ireland's guest juries for each of the 6 shows of their NF are (all of them former esc acts)

Jedward (2011 and 2012)
Niamh Kavanagh (1993 and 2010)
Brian Kennedy (2006)
Lesley Roy (2020 and 2021)
Mickey Harte (2003)
Linda Martin (1984 and 1992)


Louise Cantillon (irish language radio presenter) is the new presenter replacing Eoghan McDermott whom presented the NF since its first inception (2015) till 2019, and it will be her debut television presenting role

official logo reveal

3 possible scenario's for JESC2021
 

Scenario A
Under this scenario, the contest would take place with no restrictions for the contestants, delegations, press or audience. The last contest to be held under these conditions was in 2019.
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Scenario B
This scenario would be similar to the scenario used for Eurovision 2021. Social distancing and other sanitary measures would be in place for anyone attending the contest. All participants would have to record a “Live on Tape” performance in their home countries, in case someone in a delegation is infected with Covid-19 during their stay in Paris. A maximum audience of 3,500 people would be allowed at both the jury show and the live show by the organisers but the exact number would be subject to the number of infections at the time of the show. In order to gain access to the venue, a proof of a recent negative Covid test (no longer than 48 hours before entrance) would be required. The press centre would comprise of a physical part in Paris and an online part.
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Scenario C
This scenario is similar is similar to Scenario B except that travel restrictions would be in effect for certain delegations. For those delegations unable to travel to Paris, their “Live on Tape” performances would be used as their official performances, similar to Australia in Eurovision 2021.
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and a last resort Scenario D, the scenario in which Junior Eurovision 2020 was organised, which would see all delegations stay at home, is likely to be discarded after the successful organisation of Eurovision 2021 and low rate of positive tests during the contest. However, the scenarios may change due to the evolving nature of the pandemic. A final decision on which scenario would be used is expected to be taken in September. The EBU will also announce the full list of participating countries within the next few weeks.
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https://eurovoix.com/2021/08/27/aust...urovision2021/

Australia not returning to JESC, for same reason as last year, the pandemic as main reason

Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
France
Georgia
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Kazakhstan
Malta
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Serbia
Spain
Ukraine

https://junioreurovision.tv/story/ju...1-participants

full list of participants, so no UK after all, but a surprise return from Bulgaria

Calendar so far what we know

September

5th: Poland's semi final 1

10th: Germany's NF Wer Fahrt Nach Paris

12th: Ireland Heat 1

12th: Poland's semi final 2

19th: Ireland Heat 2

19th: Poland's semi final 3

25th: Netherlands NF Junior Songfestival 2021

26th: Ireland Heat 3

26th: Poland's final Szansa na Sukces
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October

3rd: Ireland Heat 4

9th: Malta NF Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

10th: Ireland semi final

17th: Ireland final Junior Eurovision Eire

23rd: Ukraine NF
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November

unknown date: Italy's artist and song announcement

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December

19th: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021




other countries yet to mention when they reveal artist/song

Germany's entry

Germany: good song, improvements from last year by far, which i already liked but this is sooooo catchy, and Pauline herself seems so likeable, sweet yet so confident on stage too

yes good choice this one, and also nice transitioning from german to english and vice versa, and a very lovely empowering message too, fits into the ''christmassy'' theme perfectly

Netherlands winner of nf: Ayana




Poland's entry winner of their nf: Sara James

Serbia got Jovana & Dunja for this year, the title of the entry is called Children's Eyes