Le Nazioni partecipanti al Junior Eurovision Song Contest sono quaranta da quando il festival è cominciato nel 2003. Di queste, undici hanno vinto almeno una volta la competizione, organizzata dall’Unione europea di radiodiffusione (UER), che si tiene ogni anno, in uno dei tanti paesi dell’Unione. Le emittenti dei diversi paesi presentano canzoni alla manifestazione, e alla votazione per determinare il più popolare al concorso.
La partecipazione al concorso è principalmente aperta a tutte le emittenti membri attivi dell’UER. Per essere un membro attivo, le emittenti devono far parte della zona europea di radiodiffusione, o essere in un paese membro del Consiglio d’Europa. L’ammissibilità a partecipare, quindi, non è determinata dall’inclusione geografica all’interno del continente europeo, né ha un collegamento diretto con l’Unione europea. Infatti diversi paesi geograficamente al di fuori dei confini dell’Europa hanno gareggiato, come ad esempio: Israele, Cipro e Armenia, nell’Asia occidentale, rispettivamente dal 2012, 2003 e dal 2007; il Kazakistan che ha debuttato nel 2018; e l’Australia che ha debuttato nel 2015. Inoltre, molti paesi transcontinentali, con solo una parte del loro territorio appartenente all’Europa, hanno gareggiato: Russia, dal 2005; Georgia, dal 2007; e l’Azerbaigian, che ha fatto la sua prima apparizione nell’edizione 2012.
Partecipazioni mancate. Alcuni paesi hanno tentato di partecipare alla manifestazione in passato ma per motivi vari non sono mai entrati in gara. Queste nazioni rappresentano le cosiddette partecipazioni mancate all’Eurovision, tra le quali si ricordano soprattutto quella della Bosnia ed Erzegovina quella della Slovacchia.
Anche il Kosovo ha tentato di partecipare, ma non essendo riconosciuto come vero e proprio stato perché amministrativamente parte di un altro paese, non ha mai partecipato. Questo è avvenuto anche per alcune regioni della Gran Bretagna (Galles e Scozia) e della Spagna (Catalogna).
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RTK |
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BHRT |
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RTVS |
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BBC Scotland o STV |
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Bianco, paesi che potrebbero formalmente debuttare; Giallo, paesi che avrebbero dovuto debuttare in passato, ma non hanno mai partecipato.
Paesi non più esistenti, ma che hanno partecipato. Al Junior Eurovision, hanno partecipato anche paesi o federazioni che poi però si sono disgregati e paesi con forme di governo e denominazioni che sono mutate col tempo. È il caso della Serbia e Montenegro, che è rimasta con questa denominazione solo fino al 2006.
Membri dell’UER che non partecipano. Di seguito, una tabella riassuntiva, di altri paesi membri dell’UER, che non hanno mai voluto partecipare:
Partecipanti. La seguente tabella elenca i paesi, in ordine alfabetico (internazionale), che hanno partecipato al concorso almeno una volta, con le rispettive reti televisive, il debutto e la loro ultima partecipazione. Ogni paese, inoltre, è dotato del proprio simbolo del Junior Eurovision: un cuore, contenente la propria bandiera.
I paesi che detengono il maggior numero di partecipazioni sono attualmente la Bielorussia ed i Paesi Bassi, con 17 presenze sin dall’inizio della manifestazione.
Legenda. Griggio, paesi che si sono ritirati dalla manifestazione. Blu Cielo, paesi che hanno sempre partecipato alla manifestazione (dal 2003)
Medagliere
Legenda. Rosso, Paese non più esistente. Griggio, Paese ritiratosi dalla manifestazione
Paesi partecipanti nei decenni.
Legenda. Giallo – “vincitore”, il paese ha vinto il Junior Eurovision Song Contest in quell’anno; Griggio – “secondo”, il paese è arrivato secondo in quell’anno; Marrone – “terzo”, il paese è arrivato terzo in quell’anno; Bianco – “rimanenti”, il paese può essere arrivato dal quarto, al penultimo posto; Rosso – “ultimo”, il paese è arrivato ultimo in quell’anno; Verde – “debutto”, il paese è debuttato in quell’anno; Griggio Oscuro – “non partecipante”, il paese non ha partecipato o si è ritirato in quell’anno;
Anni 2000.
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Paesi partecipanti e debuttanti | ![]() 2003 (16) |
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2 | 8 | 2 | ||||
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6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
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4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
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12 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
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7 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
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11 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 1 |
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10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 13 |
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5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
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9 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
Anni 2010.

Participation since 2003: Green – Entered at least once, Yellow – Never entered, although eligible to do so, Red – Entry intended, but later withdrew, Green Light – Competed as a part of another country, but never as a sovereign state[c]

Map showing each country’s number of Junior Eurovision Song Contest wins
Participation in the contest is primarily open to all active member broadcasters of the EBU. To be an active member, broadcasters must be a member of the European Broadcasting Union, or be in a Council of Europe member country. Eligibility to participate is not determined by geographic inclusion within the continent of Europe, despite the “Euro” in “Eurovision” — nor does it have a direct connection with the European Union. Several countries geographically outside the boundaries of Europe have competed: Cyprus, Armenia and Israel, in Western Asia, since 2003, 2007 and 2012 respectively; and Australia making a debut in the 2015 contest. In addition, several transcontinental countries with only part of their territory in Europe have competed: Russia, since 2005; Georgia, since 2007; Azerbaijan, since 2012; and Kazakhstan, which made its first appearance in the 2018 edition. Australia, where the contest has been broadcast since 2003, debuted as a participant in the 2015 edition.
Both Belarus and the Netherlands entered the contest each year, whereas Switzerland have only entered on one occasion, in 2004. Three countries, Slovakia, Monaco and Bosnia and Herzegovina, have attempted to enter the contest but withdrew before making a debut.
Participants. The following table lists the countries that have participated in the contest at least once. Shading indicates countries that have withdrawn from the contest.
Switzerland participated in the contest once, in 2004. France, who also took part that year, returned to the contest in 2018. Denmark, the host country of the first contest in 2003, has not been at the contest since 2005, along with Norway and the United Kingdom, who also participated in 2003. Poland withdrew after the 2004 contest, due to placing last in both 2003 and 2004, but returned in 2016. Croatia, the first winner of the contest, returned to the contest in 2014 after nine years out of the contest. However, the country placed last and withdrew again.
Serbia and Montenegro performed once in 2005, but dissolved in 2006. Serbia competed independently from the 2006 contest onwards. Montenegro made their debut as an independent nation in 2014.
The original Scandinavian broadcasters left the contest in 2006 because they found the treatment of the contestants unethical, and revived the MGP Nordic competition, which had not been produced since the Junior Eurovision Song Contest began. Sweden, however, returned to the contest the following year with a new broadcaster, TV4. TV4 did not participate in 2008, but returned in 2009. SVT returned to the contest in 2010, after TV4 withdrew earlier that year. Sweden’s most recent participation was in 2014.
Table key. Grey – Non-returning – Countries who have participated in the past but did not participate in the most recent contest. Red – Former – Former countries that have been dissolved.
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2012 | 2019 | 6 | 0 | RTSH |
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2007 | 2019 | 13 | 1 | ARMTV |
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2015 | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
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2012 | 2018 | 3 | 0 | İTV |
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2003 | 2019 | 17 | 2 | BTRC |
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2003 | 2012 | 10 | 0 |
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2007 | 2016 | 6 | 0 | BNT |
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2003 | 2014 | 5 | 1 | HRT |
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2003 | 2017 | 9 | 0 | CyBC |
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2003 | 2005 | 3 | 0 | DR |
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2004 | 2019 | 3 | 0 | France Télévisions |
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2007 | 2019 | 13 | 3 | GPB |
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2003 | 2008 | 6 | 0 | ERT |
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2015 | 2019 | 5 | 0 | TG4 |
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2012 | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
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2014 | 2019 | 6 | 1 | RAI |
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2018 | 2019 | 2 | 0 | Khabar Agency |
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2003 | 2011 | 5 | 0 | LTV |
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2007 | 2011 | 4 | 0 | LRT |
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2003 | 2019 | 15 | 2 | PBS |
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2010 | 2013 | 4 | 0 | TRM |
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2014 | 2015 | 2 | 0 | RTCG |
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2003 | 2019 | 17 | 1 |
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2003 | 2019 | 15 | 0 | MKRTV |
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2003 | 2005 | 3 | 0 | NRK |
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2003 | 2019 | 6 | 2 | TVP |
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2006 | 2019 | 5 | 0 | RTP |
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2003 | 2009 | 7 | 0 | TVR |
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2005 | 2019 | 15 | 2 | RTR |
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2013 | 2015 | 3 | 0 | SMRTV |
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2006 | 2019 | 11 | 0 | RTS |
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2005 | 2005 | 1 | 0 | UJRT |
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2014 | 2015 | 2 | 0 | RTVSLO |
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2003 | 2019 | 5 | 1 | TVE |
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2003 | 2014 | 11 | 0 |
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2004 | 2004 | 1 | 0 | SF DRS |
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2006 | 2019 | 14 | 1 | UA:PBC |
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2003 | 2005 | 3 | 0 | ITV (UKIB) |
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2018 | 2019 | 2 | 0 | S4C (UKIB) |
Other EBU members. The following list of countries are eligible to participate in the contest, but have never done so.
Algeria – ENTV, ENRS, TDA
Andorra – RTVA
Austria – ORF
Czech Republic – ČR, ČT
Egypt – ERTU
Estonia – ERR
Finland – Yle
Hungary – MTVA
Iceland – RÚV
Jordan – JRTV
Lebanon – TL
Libya – LNC
Luxembourg – CLT, ERSL
Morocco – SNRT
Scotland – BBC Alba
Tunisia – ERTT
Turkey – TRT
Vatican City – RV
Participating countries in the decades. The tables list the participating countries in each decade since the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held in 2003.
Sixteen countries participated in the first contest. Since then, the number of entries has fluctuated, peaking at twenty in 2018 and dropping to a low of twelve in 2012 and 2013.
Table key. # (Blue). Debutant – The country made its debut during the decade, 1 (Yellow). Winner – The country won the contest, 2 (Grey). Second Place – The country was ranked second, 3 (Brown). Third Place – The country was ranked third, X (White). Remaining places – The country placed from fourth to second last, ◁ (Red). Last Place – The country was ranked last, W (Green). – Disqualified or Withdrawn – The country was to participate in the contest, but was disqualified or withdrew, U (Sea Green). Undetermined – The country has confirmed participation for the next contest, however, the contest has yet to take place, (Medium Grey). No entry – The country did not enter the contest
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Unsuccessful attempts to participate. There have been a few unsuccessful attempts to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. For broadcasters to participate, they must be a member of the EBU and register their intention to compete before the deadline specified in the rules of that year’s event. Each participating broadcaster pays a fee towards the organisation of the contest. Should a country withdraw from the contest after the deadline, they will still need to pay these fees, and may also incur a fine or temporary ban.
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina was one of the nineteen countries which applied to enter the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007. As there was a maximum number of eighteen countries permitted to perform, Georgia, the nineteenth country to apply, was unable to participate. However, on 21 June 2007, it was announced that Bosnia and Herzegovina had withdrawn from the contest, enabling Georgia to enter the contest. Once again in 2008, Bosnia and Herzegovina applied to make its debut at the contest along with Azerbaijan and Israel, but all three countries withdrew before the contest took place. Prior to 2007, Bosnia and Herzegovina had broadcast the Junior Eurovision Song Contest once in 2006. The contest was also broadcast live in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2008 and 2009. In 2010 and 2011, BHRT organised a delayed broadcast of the contest.
Monaco. Monaco and Monegasque broadcaster TMC expressed an interest in participating in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005, however, plans did not come to fruition due to scheduling problems and harsh citizenship laws and thus they did not participate. They had stated an interest again to take part in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, however at the end they did not take part in the contest.
Slovakia. On 21 November 2002, Slovakia was drawn as one of the countries to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003, to be represented by Slovenská televízia (STV)] However, Slovakia later announced that they would withdraw from the contest. On 7 June 2019, according to Eurovision blog Eurofestivales, press spokesperson Erika Rusnáková for Slovak broadcaster Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS) stated that they were evaluating and supervising the possibility of debuting at the 2019 contest. However, on 10 June 2019, RTVS confirmed that they would not debut in the 2019 contest.
Broadcast in non-participating countries.
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Ràdio i Televisió d’Andorra (RTVA) | 2006 |
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Radio WU | 2014 |
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Eesti Televisioon (ETV) | 2003–2004 |
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Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle) | 2003 |
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Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) | 2003, 2013 |
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World FM | 2014–2016 |
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Music Radio | 2014–2016 |
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KCGW-LP | 2014, 2016 |
KLZY | 2016 | |
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WUSB | 2015 | |
WXDR-LP | 2014 |
Notes.
- a.a b Until 2018 participated as F.Y.R. Macedonia.
- b.VRT and RTBF alternated responsibilities for the contest between 2003 and 2006. From 2006 until their withdrawal VRT was Belgium’s sole representative.
- c. SVT was responsible for the representation of Sweden from 2003 to 2005. TV4 took over upon SVT’s withdrawal in 2006, and competed until 2009. SVT returned to the contest in 2010.
- d. Kosovo has never participated in the contest. However, at the time of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005, Kosovo was a province of Serbia, which itself was a constituent republic of participating country Serbia and Montenegro
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