• Dates – Grand Final: Sunday, 26 November 2017 – 16:00 CET
• Host – Venue & Location: Olympic Palace (Tbilisi Olympic Palace; ოლიმპიური სასახლე, Tbilisi New Sports Palace), Tbilisi, 🇬🇪 Georgia
• Presenter (s): Helen Kalandadze (ელენე კალანდაძე) & Lizi Japaridze ‘Lizi Pop’ (ლიზა ჯაფარიძე ‘ლიზი პოპი’)
• Director: Simon Gibney, Gordon Bonello
• Executive Producer: Sergi Gvarjaladze (სერგი გვარჯალაძე)
• Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
• Multicamera Director: Simon Gibney and Gordon Bonello
• Host broadcaster: Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB)
• Website: www.junioreurovision.tv/event/tbilisi-2017 
• Motto: ‘Shine Bright’
• Opening Act – Interval Act: Mariam Mamadashvili with “Mzeo”, All participants with “Shine Bright” – The Virus with “Atsabatsa”, Lizi Japaridze and Helen Kalandadze, Georgian Dancers.
• Participants – Number of entries: 16 [🇨🇾 Cyprus (9ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (4ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (15ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (11ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (15ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (3ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (3ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (13ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (11ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (4ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (12ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (13ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (12ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (9ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (3ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (4ª)]
• Debuting countries: —
• Return: 🇵🇹 Portugal (3ª)
• Non-returning countries: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (5ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (2ª)
• Vote – Voting system: Each country’s professional jury award 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs. International viewers vote for 3–5 songs, and votes are converted to points by proportional representation.
• Winning song: “Wings” – Polina Bogusevich (Полина Богусевич), 🇷🇺 Russia (2ª)

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	🇨🇾 Cyprus	Nicole Nicolaou (Νικόλ Νικολάου)	“I Wanna Be a Star”	45	16
2	🇵🇱 Poland	Alicja Rega	“Mój dom” (My Home)	138	8
3	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	FOURCE (Max Mies, Jannes Heuvelmans, Niels Schlimback, Ian Kuyper)	“Love Me”	156	4
4	🇦🇲 Armenia	Misha (Միշա; Michael Neriki Grigoryan, Միքայել Ներիկի Գրիգորյան)	“Boomerang” (Բումերանգ)	148	6
5	🇧🇾 Belarus	Helena Meraai (Хелена Мерааи)	“I Am the One” (Ya samaya, Я самая)	149	5
6	🇵🇹 Portugal	Mariana Venâncio	“Youtuber”	54	14
7	🇮🇪 Ireland	Muireann McDonnell	“Súile Glasa” (Green Eyes)	54	15
8	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	Mina Blažev (Мина Блажев)	“Dancing Through Life” (Со танц низ животот)	69	12
9	🇬🇪 Georgia	Grigol Kipshidze (გრიგოლ ყიფშიძე)	“Voice of the Heart” (გულის ხმა; Gulis khma)	185	2
10	🇦🇱 Albania	Ana Kodra	“Don’t Touch My Tree (Mos ma prekni pemën)”	67	13
11	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Anastasiya Baginska (Анастасія Багінська)	“Don’t Stop” (Не зупиняй, Ne zupyniay)	147	7
12	🇲🇹 Malta	Gianluca Cilia	“Dawra Tond“	107	9
13	🇷🇺 Russia	Polina Bogusevich (Полина Богусевич; Polina Sergeyevna Bogusevich, Полина Сергеевна Богусевич)	“Wings” (Krylya, Крылья)	188	1
14	🇷🇸 Serbia	Irina Brodić and Jana Paunović (Ирина Бродић и Јана Пауновић)	“Ceo svet je naš” (Цео свет је наш, The Whole World is Ours)	92	10
15	🇦🇺 Australia	Isabella Clarke	“Speak Up”	172	3
16	🇮🇹 Italy	Maria Iside Fiore	“Scelgo (My Choice)”	86	11

Overview/About. The 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place on Sunday 26 November in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Georgia’s public broadcaster, GPB, hosted the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest at the modern 4,000-seat Olympic Palace in Tbilisi. 16 countries participated in the 2017 edition of the competition. For the first time ever, a new voting structure was introduced to allow viewers from around the world to vote online for their favourite artists.

Missed participation

Participants

JESC 2017 Scoreboard Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

Tbilisi 2017		Total score	Jury vote score	Online vote score	Jury vote
					🇨🇾	🇵🇱	🇳🇱	🇦🇲	🇧🇾	🇵🇹	🇮🇪	🇲🇰	🇬🇪	🇦🇱	🇺🇦	🇲🇹	🇷🇺	🇷🇸	🇦🇺	🇮🇹
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇨🇾 Cyprus	45	5	40	–	2	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	🇵🇱 Poland	138	77	61	1	–	10	6	4	5	12	7	2	8	3	6	5	1	6	1
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	156	44	112	5	4	–	10	6	–	–	–	1	–	4	–	4	5	–	5
	🇦🇲 Armenia	148	92	56	12	10	–	–	8	8	–	2	10	10	10	7	10	2	3	–
	🇧🇾 Belarus	149	80	69	6	5	2	7	–	10	1	5	5	5	2	12	8	4	8	–
	🇵🇹 Portugal	54	9	45	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
	🇮🇪 Ireland	54	12	42	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	3	1	–	1	–	–	4
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	69	28	41	–	1	3	3	1	1	4	–	–	6	–	5	–	3	1	–
	🇬🇪 Georgia	185	143	42	3	12	7	12	12	7	10	10	–	12	12	10	12	8	10	6
	🇦🇱 Albania	67	32	35	8	–	–	–	–	–	7	3	–	–	–	–	2	–	4	8
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	147	80	67	7	6	5	8	5	4	3	6	8	2	–	4	3	12	7	–
	🇲🇹 Malta	107	26	81	–	–	6	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	12
	🇷🇺 Russia	188	122	66	10	8	8	4	10	12	5	12	12	7	5	8	–	7	12	2
	🇷🇸 Serbia	92	48	44	–	3	4	–	–	2	6	8	3	4	7	2	–	–	2	7
	🇦🇺 Australia	172	93	79	2	7	12	5	7	6	8	4	7	1	8	3	7	6	–	10
	🇮🇹 Italy	86	37	49	4	–	1	–	3	–	–	–	6	–	6	1	6	10	–	–

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the fifteenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It took place on 26 November 2017 at the Olympic Palace, in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. This was the fifth time that the contest was hosted by the previous year’s winning country. The visual design and contest slogan, “Shine Bright”, were revealed in May 2017.

Sixteen countries participated in the contest, which saw the return of Portugal for the first time since 2007 and the withdrawals of Bulgaria and Israel. The winner was Polina Bogusevich, who represented Russia with the song “Wings”, marking the second time that Russia has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and the first time since The Tolmachevy Twins in 2006, and the third overall victory for the country in any Eurovision-related events. The last victory in any Eurovision event for Russia was when Dima Bilan won the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade. Georgia and Australia finished in second and third place, respectively.

Location. 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 would take place on 26 November 2017.

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.

The EBU confirmed in February 2017 that the contest would be hosted by Georgia. This was 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.

Venue. On 16 March 2017, it was announced that the Tbilisi Sports Palace would be the host venue for the contest. 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.

Officially opened on 13 July 2015 by Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, the venue was built to host the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. The complex features two halls that are capable of hosting several sporting events.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 (Gallery):

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Participating countries. On 9 August 2017, the EBU released the official list of participants with 16 competing countries. Portugal returned to the contest, marking their first appearance since 2007, while Bulgaria and Israel withdrew, the latter after returning to the contest for a one-off appearance in 2016.

Prior to the event, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2017 contest was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 10 November 2017.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
🇦🇱 Albania	RTSH	Ana Kodra	“Don’t Touch My Tree (Mos ma prekni pemën)”	Albanian, English	Jorgo Papingji, Kristi Popa
🇦🇲 Armenia	AMPTV	Misha	“Boomerang” (Բումերանգ)	Armenian, English	Artur Aghek, Avet Barseghyan, Vahram Petrosyan, David Tserunyan
🇦🇺 Australia	ABC	Isabella Clarke	“Speak Up”	English	Toby Chew Lee, Cameron Hollywood Nacson, Chloe Papandrea, Jess Porfiri
🇧🇾 Belarus	BTRC	Helena Meraai	“I Am the One”	Russian	Rita Dakota, Helena Meraai
🇨🇾 Cyprus	CyBC	Nicole Nicolaou	“I Wanna Be a Star”	Greek, English	Constantinos Christoforou
🇬🇪 Georgia	GPB	Grigol Kipshidze	“Voice of the Heart”	Georgian	Giga Kukhianidze, Temo Sajaia
🇮🇪 Ireland	TG4	Muireann McDonnell	“Súile Glasa” (Green Eyes)	Irish	Muireann McDonnell, James McGuire, Robert McGuire
🇮🇹 Italy	RAI	Maria Iside Fiore	“Scelgo (My Choice)”	Italian, English	Maria Iside Fiore, Marco Iardella, Fabrizio Palaferri, Stefano Rigamonti
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	MRT	Mina Blažev	“Dancing Through Life” (Со танц низ животот)	Macedonian, English	Aleksandar Masevski
🇲🇹 Malta	PBS	Gianluca Cilia	“Dawra Tond“	English, Maltese	Emil Calleja Bayliss, Dominic Cini
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	AVROTROS	FOURCE (Max Mies, Jannes Heuvelmans, Niels Schlimback, Ian Kuyper)	“Love Me”	Dutch, English	Joost Griffioen, Stas Swaczyna
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP	Alicja Rega	“Mój dom” (My Home)	Polish	Marek Kościkiewicz
🇵🇹 Portugal	RTP	Mariana Venâncio	“Youtuber”	Portuguese	Mariana Andrade, João Cabrita
🇷🇺 Russia	VGTRK	Polina Bogusevich (Polina Sergeyevna Bogusevich, Полина Сергеевна Богусевич)	“Wings” (Крылья, Krylya)	Russian, English	Taras Demchuk
🇷🇸 Serbia	RTS	Irina Brodić and Jana Paunović	“Ceo svet je naš” (Цео свет је наш, The Whole World is Ours)	Serbian	Irina Brodić, Ognjen Cvekić, Lejla Hot, Jana Paunović
🇺🇦 Ukraine	UA:PBC	Anastasiya Baginska	“Don’t Stop” (Не зупиняй)	Ukrainian, English	Anastasiya Baginska, Kateryna Komar

Format. 

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 Kyiv. 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”.

Language. The original rules of the competition were changed, allowing up to 40% of each song to be in a language other than the national language of the representative’s country, instead of 25% as in previous years. This allowed countries, such as the winner, Russia, to have both a verse and a chorus in English, rather than just a chorus.

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, where she placed eleventh with the song “Happy Day”. Kalandadze is a television presenter and singer, who previously was a backing singer for Georgia’s 2010 Eurovision entry “Shine” by Sofia Nizharadze.

Voting. The results were determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country used a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represent. The first phase of the online voting started on 24 November 2017 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances were shown on the official website before the viewers could vote. Following this recap, voters had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on 26 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and started after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. For the first time, viewers could also vote for their own country’s song.

The number of points were determined by the percentage of votes received. The public vote counted for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% came from the professional juries.

Trophy. The trophy was designed by Kjell Engman of the Swedish glass company Kosta Boda. Engman also designed the adult contest trophy. From this year, the design of the trophy was unified and awarded to the subsequent winners. The main trophy was a glass microphone with colored lines inside the upper part, which symbolize the flow of sound.

Contest overview. The event took place on 26 November 2017 at 18:00 GET (16:00 CET). Sixteen countries participated, with the running order published on 20 November 2017. All the countries competing were eligible to vote with the jury vote, as well as participating and non-participating countries under an aggregated international online vote, eligible to vote.Russia won with 188 points. Georgia came second with 185 points and won the jury vote, with Australia, the Netherlands (who won the online vote), and Belarus completing the top five. Macedonia, Albania, Portugal, Ireland, Cyprus occupied the bottom five positions.

The opening of the show featured last year’s winner Mariam Mamadashvili performing her winning entry “Mzeo” with a choir and was followed by the traditional flag parade accompanied by the theme song “Shine Bright”, composed by Giga Kukhianidze and Gordon Bonello.

R/O	Country – broadcaster	Artist	Song – translate	Points	Place
1	🇨🇾 Cyprus CyBC	Nicole Nicolaou	“I Wanna Be a Star“	45	16
2	🇵🇱 Poland TVP	Alicja Rega	“Mój dom“	138	8
3	🇳🇱 The Netherlands AVROTROS	FOURCE	“Love Me“	156	4
4	🇦🇲 Armenia AMPTV	Misha	“Boomerang“	148	6
5	🇧🇾 Belarus BTRC	Helena Meraai	“I Am the One“	149	5
6	🇵🇹 Portugal RTP	Mariana Venâncio	“Youtuber“	54	14
7	🇮🇪 Ireland TG4	Muireann McDonnell	“Súile Glasa“	54	15
8	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia MRT	Mina Blažev	“Dancing Through Life“	69	12
9	🇬🇪 Georgia GPB	Grigol Kipshidze	“Voice of the Heart“	185	2
10	🇦🇱 Albania RTSH	Ana Kodra	“Don’t Touch My Tree (Mos ma prekni pemën)“	67	13
11	🇺🇦 Ukraine UA:PBC	Anastasiya Baginska	“Don’t Stop“	147	7
12	🇲🇹 Malta PBS	Gianluca Cilia	“Dawra Tond“	107	9
13	🇷🇺 Russia VGTRK	Polina Bogusevich	“Wings“	188	1
14	🇷🇸 Serbia RTS	Irina Brodić and Jana Paunović	“Ceo svet je naš“	92	10
15	🇦🇺 Australia SBS	Isabella Clarke	“Speak Up“	172	3
16	🇮🇹 Italy RAI	Maria Iside Fiore	“Scelgo (My Choice)“	86	11

All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2017: 

• National Selections • Internal Selections in 2017:

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇦🇱 Albania	Junior Fest 2017, 14-10-2017 (presentación versión final, 14-11-2017)	Ana Kodra – “Don’t Touch My Tree (Mos ma prekni pemën)”
🇦🇲 Armenia	Elección interna, 18-07-2017 (presentación canción, 23-10-2017)	Misha – “Boomerang”
🇦🇺 Australia	Presentación canción, 08-10-2017 (cantante elegida internamente, 9-09-2017)	Isabella Clarke – “Speak Up”
🇧🇾 Belarus	Final nacional, 25-08-2017	Helena Meraai – “I Am the One”
🇨🇾 Cyprus	Presentación canción, 08-10-2017 (cantante y canción elegidos internamente, 15-09-2017)	Nicole Nicolaou – “I Wanna Be a Star”
🇬🇪 Georgia	Presentación canción, 20-10-2017 (cantante elegido en Final nacional, 8-09-2017)	Grigol Kipshidze – “Voice of the Heart”
🇮🇪 Ireland	Junior Eurovision Eire 2017 19-11-2017	Muireann McDonnell – “Súile Glasa“
🇮🇹 Italy	Elección interna, 04-10-2017	Maria Iside Fiore – “Scelgo (My Choice)”
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	Presentación canción, 08-10-2017 (cantante elegida internamente, 8-09-2017)	Mina Blažev – “Dancing Through Life”
🇲🇹 Malta	Presentación canción, 29-09-2017 (cantante elegido en Final nacional, 1-07-2017)	Gianluca Cilia – “Dawra Tond“
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Junior Songfestival 2017 16-09-2017 (presentación canción, 6-10-2017)	FOURCE – “Love Me”
🇵🇱 Poland	Krajowe Eliminacje, 01-10-2017	Alicja Rega – “Mój dom“
🇵🇹 Portugal	Júniores de Portugal, 05-10-2017 (presentación canción, 29-09-2017)	Mariana Venâncio – “Youtuber”
🇷🇺 Russia	Final nacional, 3-06-2017	Polina Bogusevich – “Wings”
🇷🇸 Serbia	Final nacional, 30-09-2017	Irina Brodić and Jana Paunović – “Ceo svet je naš” (Цео свет је наш)
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Final nacional, 25-08-2017 (presentación versión final, 5-10-2017)	Anastasiya Baginska – “Don’t Stop”

Connections:

4.Detailed voting results.

Split results 

Place	Combined		Jury		Online Vote
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	🇷🇺 Russia	188	🇬🇪 Georgia	143	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	112
2	🇬🇪 Georgia	185	🇷🇺 Russia	122	🇲🇹 Malta	81
3	🇦🇺 Australia	172	🇦🇺 Australia	93	🇦🇺 Australia	79
4	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	156	🇦🇲 Armenia	92	🇧🇾 Belarus	69
5	🇧🇾 Belarus	149	🇧🇾 Belarus	80	🇺🇦 Ukraine	67
6	🇦🇲 Armenia	148	🇺🇦 Ukraine	80	🇷🇺 Russia	66
7	🇺🇦 Ukraine	147	🇵🇱 Poland	77	🇵🇱 Poland	61
8	🇵🇱 Poland	138	🇷🇸 Serbia	48	🇦🇲 Armenia	56
9	🇲🇹 Malta	107	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	44	🇮🇹 Italy	49
10	🇷🇸 Serbia	92	🇮🇹 Italy	37	🇵🇹 Portugal	45
11	🇮🇹 Italy	86	🇦🇱 Albania	32	🇷🇸 Serbia	44
12	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	69	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	28	🇬🇪 Georgia	42
13	🇦🇱 Albania	67	🇲🇹 Malta	26	🇮🇪 Ireland	42
14	🇵🇹 Portugal	54	🇮🇪 Ireland	12	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	41
15	🇮🇪 Ireland	54	🇵🇹 Portugal	9	🇨🇾 Cyprus	40
16	🇨🇾 Cyprus	45	🇨🇾 Cyprus	5	🇦🇱 Albania	35

Detailed voting results

Voting procedure used: 100% jury vote, 100% online vote		Total score	Jury vote score	Online vote score	Jury vote
					🇨🇾	🇵🇱	🇳🇱	🇦🇲	🇧🇾	🇵🇹	🇮🇪	🇲🇰	🇬🇪	🇦🇱	🇺🇦	🇲🇹	🇷🇺	🇷🇸	🇦🇺	🇮🇹
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇨🇾 Cyprus	45	5	40		2		1			2
	🇵🇱 Poland	138	77	61	1		10	6	4	5	12	7	2	8	3	6	5	1	6	1
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	156	44	112	5	4		10	6				1		4		4	5		5
	🇦🇲 Armenia	148	92	56	12	10			8	8		2	10	10	10	7	10	2	3
	🇧🇾 Belarus	149	80	69	6	5	2	7		10	1	5	5	5	2	12	8	4	8
	🇵🇹 Portugal	54	9	45				2					4							3
	🇮🇪 Ireland	54	12	42						3				3	1		1			4
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	69	28	41		1	3	3	1	1	4			6		5		3	1
	🇬🇪 Georgia	185	143	42	3	12	7	12	12	7	10	10		12	12	10	12	8	10	6
	🇦🇱 Albania	67	32	35	8						7	3					2		4	8
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	147	80	67	7	6	5	8	5	4	3	6	8	2		4	3	12	7
	🇲🇹 Malta	107	26	81			6		2			1							5	12
	🇷🇺 Russia	188	122	66	10	8	8	4	10	12	5	12	12	7	5	8		7	12	2
	🇷🇸 Serbia	92	48	44		3	4			2	6	8	3	4	7	2			2	7
	🇦🇺 Australia	172	93	79	2	7	12	5	7	6	8	4	7	1	8	3	7	6		10
	🇮🇹 Italy	86	37	49	4		1		3				6		6	1	6	10

12 points. Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country’s professional juries.

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	🇬🇪 Georgia	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇲 Armenia , 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇷🇺 Russia , 🇺🇦 Ukraine
4	🇷🇺 Russia	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia , 🇵🇹 Portugal
1	🇦🇲 Armenia	🇨🇾 Cyprus
	🇦🇺 Australia	🇳🇱 The Netherlands
	🇧🇾 Belarus	🇲🇹 Malta
	🇲🇹 Malta	🇮🇹 Italy
	🇵🇱 Poland	🇮🇪 Ireland
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇷🇸 Serbia

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). 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 debut in the contest in 2017, with no intention to participate for the next few years.
• 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – On 23 May 2017, the Bulgarian national broadcaster, Bulgarian National Television (BNT), provisionally confirmed their participation in the 2017 contest. 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. On 22 September 2017, it was announced that Bulgaria would not participate in the contest.
• 🇭🇷 Croatia – The Croatian national broadcaster, Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), had confirmed that the broadcaster was looking at the possibility of returning to the contest in 2017. However, Croatia was not on the final list of participants released by the EBU.
• 🇭🇺 Hungary – On 13 July 2017, Hungarian national broadcaster Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA) stated that they were not ruling out a debut at the 2017 contest. However, on 25 July 2017, MTVA announced that they would not debut in 2017.
• 🇮🇱 Israel – The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) shut down on 9 May 2017. The new broadcasting network Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC, “KAN”) was not a member of the EBU at the time, which was a requirement to participate in the contest. 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. Israel was not on the final list of participants released by the EBU, however IPBC still broadcast the contest.

Broadcasts.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)
🇦🇱 Albania	TVSH	Andri Xhahu
🇦🇲 Armenia	Armenia 1	Gohar Gasparyan
🇦🇺 Australia	ABC Me	Grace Koh, Pip Rasmussen and Tim Mathews
🇧🇾 Belarus	Belarus 1, Belarus 24	Evgeny Perlin
🇨🇾 Cyprus	RIK 2, RIK Sat	Kyriacos Pastides
🇬🇪 Georgia	First Channel	Demetre Ergemlidze
🇮🇪 Ireland	TG4	Eoghan McDermott
🇮🇹 Italy	Rai Gulp	Laura Carusino and Mario Acampa
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	MRT 1	Eli Tanaskovska
🇲🇹 Malta	TVM1	No commentary
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	NPO Zapp	Jan Smit
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP2	Artur Orzech
🇵🇹 Portugal	RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP Africa	Hélder Reis and Nuno Galopim
🇷🇺 Russia	Carousel	Lipa Teterich
🇷🇸 Serbia	RTS2, RTS Satelit	Olga Kapor and Tamara Petković
🇺🇦 Ukraine	UA:Pershyi	Timur Miroshnychenko

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)
🇮🇱 Israel	KAN	No commentary
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Channel 31	Unknown
🇬🇧 United Kindom	Radio Six International, Fun Kids, Radio Telstar, Castlepoint FM	Ewan Spence, Lisa-Jayne Lewis

Spokespersons. 

1. 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Maria Christophorou
2. 🇵🇱 Poland – Dominika
3. 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Thijs Schlimback
4. 🇦🇲 Armenia – Lilit Tokhatyan
5. 🇧🇾 Belarus – Saba Karazanashvili
6. 🇵🇹 Portugal – Duarte Valença
7. 🇮🇪 Ireland – Walter McCabe
8. 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia – Kjara Blažev
9. 🇬🇪 Georgia – Lizi Tavberidze
10. 🇦🇱 Albania – Sabjana Rizvanu
11. 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Sofia Rol
12. 🇲🇹 Malta – Mariam Andghuladze
13. 🇷🇺 Russia – Tonya Volodina
14. 🇷🇸 Serbia – Mina Grujić
15. 🇦🇺 Australia – Liam Clarke
16. 🇮🇹 Italy – Sofia Bartoli

Official album. Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Tbilisi 2017, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on November 2017. The album features all the songs from the 2017 contest, along with karaoke versions.