JESC 2018

[Joni]

Jon Ola Sand is trying hard to get Denmark back to the contest - without much success, it seems.

https://eurovoix.com/2018/02/17/denmark-ebu-wants-see-countries-return-junior-eurovision/

 

[Joni]

According to Gohar Gasparyan Armenia is dissatisfied with the online voting and they can leave JESC if things won't change.

She just announced Armenia will continue. I guess JOS convinced her that the voting will work better this time...

 

[Joni]

The contest will take place on Sunday 25 November. The venue is the Minsk Arena like in 2010. So far 7 countries confirmed.

 

[JonnyWest]

That logo looks pretty bad and uninspired

 

[theCONWEL]

https://mobile.twitter.com/s4c/status/994291086439809024

It seems Wales will debut in JESC this year

 

[ory26]

France is back !!!

https://twitter.com/EdwardoGrassi/status/995355322565976066

 

[popavapeur]

what

 

[Joni]

France is back !!!

https://twitter.com/EdwardoGrassi/status/995355322565976066

JESC is getting back for real now....

 

[AlekS]

Tamar Edilashvili will represent Georgia

The song will be revealed later.

 

[Romeo]

So I think this could potentially see the most participants in JESC. I think all of last years participants will be there apart from Macedonia and I think Israel will return after the success of Netta. I think Cyprus may have been hit and miss until Eleni did so well

 

[Pawhlen]

I still wonder why withdraw after 2004 (they came 6th which is a good placing)

 

[Romeo]

I still wonder why withdraw after 2004 (they came 6th which is a good placing)

Bruno Berberes: “The viewing figures for last year's national selection and Junior Eurovision Song Contest were too disappointing and a concept in which children are competing, with a ranking, that's too hard for them.”

apparently

EDIT:

also “A programmation at 20:15 CET is not the usual telelevisional 'crossroad' in France, the real rendez vous is arround 21:00 CET,” and “Too much Eurovision kills Eurovision.”

 

[Joni]

So I think this could potentially see the most participants in JESC. I think all of last years participants will be there apart from Macedonia and I think Israel will return after the success of Netta. I think Cyprus may have been hit and miss until Eleni did so well

I think they will get the "magic 18" this year. The guy from the Welsh broadcaster said that there will be more countries now than last year.

 

[Joni]

13 countries already confirmed, Albania and Ukraine are now the latest ones. 13 is a big number at this point of the season already.

 

[Joni]

Russia chose this song

 

[tvfan]

And her live performance :

 

[lolita]

I was watching this show when I was kid, but when I grew up, I lost all of my interest for it. I think that part of me doesn't like it, because winner doesn't bring contest to its own country, for me it is beauty of adult ESC.

 

[rikylouis14]

I was watching this show when I was kid, but when I grew up, I lost all of my interest for it. I think that part of me doesn't like it, because winner doesn't bring contest to its own country, for me it is beauty of adult ESC.

Yhea it sucks

 

[Romeo]

Malta confirmed!

Cyprus WITHDRAW!??!?!?!?!? I thought after Eleni in ESC they would be 100% in

 

[Joni]

Ukraine is out of the contest.

Unless some kid has really rich parents who would pay for it all...