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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Shine Bright
File:JESC 2017 logo.png
Dates
Final26 November 2017
Host
VenueOlympic Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia
Presenter(s)Helen Kalandadze
Lizi Japaridze
Directed bySimon Gibney
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Executive producerTBA
Host broadcasterGeorgian Public Broadcaster (GPB)
Websitewww.junioreurovision.tv/event/tbilisi-2017 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Portugal
Non-returning countries Bulgaria
 Israel
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         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2017
Vote
Voting systemEach country's jury & the international public award 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
2016 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2018

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will be the fifteenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was confirmed in February 2017 that the event is scheduled to take place on 26 November 2017 at the Olympic Palace, in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. This will be the fifth time that the contest was hosted by the previous year's winning country. The visual design and contest slogan, "Shine Bright", was revealed in May 2017.

Sixteen countries have confirmed that they will participate in the contest with Portugal returning for the first time since the 2007 contest. Bulgaria and Israel have withdrawn.

Location

Further information on the host city: Tbilisi
Olympic Palace of Tbilisi

The EBU confirmed in February 2017 that the contest would be hosted by Georgia.[1] This will be the first Eurovision event hosted by the country, despite them winning a record three times. It was confirmed on 26 February 2017 that Tbilisi would host the contest.[2] On 16 March 2017, it was announced that the Tbilisi Sports Palace would be the host venue for the contest.[3]

However, on 9 August 2017, the venue was changed to the 4,000-capacity Olympic Palace in Tbilisi which was considered more suitable for hosting the contest.[4]

Format

During the Winner's Press Conference of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Jon Ola Sand - Head of Live Events, announced that the EBU would invite broadcasting members to submit applications to host the 2017 contest, which will take place on 26 November 2017.[5][6] Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) announced on 22 November 2016 that they had begun talks with the EBU in connection to hosting the 2017 contest. The first refusal of hosting rights to the winning country of the previous is something that was introduced by the EBU since the 2013 contest.[7]

Visual design

The theme for the contest, Shine Bright, was unveiled on 12 May 2017 during a press conference prior to the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. The emblem is a multi-coloured, stylized sun, representing a "burst" of expression; Jon Ola Sand explained that the theme reflected the goal of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest to give youth "a moment to shine and an opportunity to showcase their full potential as young artists".[8]

Hosts

On 3 October 2017, it was announced that Helen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze would host the contest. Japaridze is the third person under the age of sixteen to ever host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, after Ioana Ivan in 2006 and Dmytro Borodin in 2009, and also the first former participant to host an edition of the contest. Japaridze previously represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[9]

Participating countries

On 9 August 2017, it was confirmed that sixteen countries will take part in the contest. Portugal will mark their first appearance since 2007, while Bulgaria and Israel have withdrawn.[4]

Draw Country[4] Artist[10] Song[11] Language(s) Place Points
 Albania Ana Kodra "Don't Touch My Tree" Albanian, English
 Armenia Misha "Boomerang" Armenian, English
 Australia Isabella Clarke "Speak Up" English
 Belarus Helena Meraai "I Am The One" Russian
01[12]  Cyprus Nicole Nicolaou "I Wanna Be A Star" Greek, English
09[13]  Georgia Grigol Kipshidze "Voice Of The Heart" Georgian
 Ireland Muireann McDonnell "Súile Glasa" Irish
 Italy Maria Iside Fiore "Scelgo (My Choice)" Italian, English
 Macedonia Mina Blažev "Dancing Through Life" Macedonian, English
 Malta Gianluca Cilia "Dawra Tond" English, Maltese
 Netherlands Fource "Love Me" Dutch, English
 Poland Alicja Rega "Mój Dom" Polish
 Portugal Mariana Venâncio "Youtuber" Portuguese
 Russia Polina Bogusevich "Wings" Russian, English
 Serbia Irina Brodić & Jana Paunović "Ceo svet je naš" Serbian
 Ukraine Anastasiya Baginska "Don't Stop" Ukrainian, English

Other countries

For a country to be eligible for potential participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, it needs to be an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).[14] It is currently unknown whether the EBU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Active EBU members

  •  Austria – The Austrian national broadcaster, ORF, announced on 31 May 2017 that they would not be debuting in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2017, with no intention to participate for the next few years.[15]
  •  Bulgaria – On 23 May 2017, Bulgarian national broadcaster, Bulgarian National Television (BNT), confirmed participation in the 2017 contest.[16] However, on 7 June 2017, it was revealed that due to the election of the company's new Director-General, that the broadcaster had withdrawn its application. Once the Director-General has been elected, BNT will then decide whether or not they shall participate in the 2017 contest.[17] On 22 September 2017, it has been announced that Bulgaria will not participate in the contest.[18]
  •  Croatia – The Croatian national broadcaster, Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), had confirmed that the broadcaster is looking at the possibility of returning to Junior Eurovision this year. However, Croatia was not on the final list of participants released by the EBU.[19]
  •  Hungary – On 13 July 2017, Hungarian national broadcaster Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA) seems that they would not rule out a debut at the 2017 contest, but they may take a decision in the later days. On 17 July 2017, MTVA announced that they will decide whether or not Hungary will participate in the 2017 contest by the end of July.[20] On 25 July 2017, MTVA announced that they will not be making their debut in the 2017 edition.[21]
  •  Israel – The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) shut down on 9 May 2017.[22] The new broadcasting network Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC, "KAN") isn't a member of the EBU which is a requirement to take place in the contest[23] Although the IPBC is expected to apply for EBU membership, they lack a news division which is a requirement for an EBU membership.[24] It was revealed on 6 July 2017 that an agreement had been signed between the EBU and IPBC, allowing the broadcaster to participate in EBU contests such as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, despite not having full membership.[25] Israel was not on the final list of participants released by the EBU.
  •  United Kingdom – Independent Television (ITV) ruled out a return to the contest on 25 May 2017, despite previous rumours of a return due to the network's production of The Voice Kids UK.[26] However, the remaining British broadcasters, the BBC, Channel 4, and Wales' S4C, which are eligible to take over the responsibility of the UK's participation, have not released any statements regarding a return to the contest.[27]

The following broadcasters publicly declined to participate in the contest without providing any further explanations:

Official album

Untitled

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017: Tbilisi, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on 10 November 2017. The album features all the songs from the 2017 contest.[40]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Don't Touch My Tree"Ana Kodra (Albania)3:01
2."Boomerang"Misha (Armenia)2:58
3."Speak Up"Isabella Clarke (Australia)2:57
4."I Am the One"Helena Meraai (Belarus)3:01
5."I Wanna Be a Star"Nicole Nicolaou (Cyprus)3:01
6."Voice of the Heart"Grigol Kipshidze (Georgia)3:01
7."Súile glasa"Muireann McDonnell (Ireland)2:57
8."Scelgo (My Choice)"Maria Iside Fiore (Italy)2:54
9."Dancing Through Life"Mina Blažev (Macedonia)3:01
10."Dawra tond"Gianluca Cilia (Malta)2:41
11."Love Me"Fouce (Netherlands)3:02
12."Mój dom"Alicja Rega (Poland)3:00
13."Youtuber"Mariana Venâncio (Portugal)2:58
14."Ceo svet je naš"Irina Brodić & Jana Paunović (Serbia)2:47
15."Wings"Polina Bogusevich (Russia)2:54
16."Don't Stop"Anastasiya Baginska (Ukraine)2:58
Total length:47:11

See also

References

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  40. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest Tbilisi 2017". open.spotify.com. Spotify. Retrieved 10 November 2017. Track listing
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