Within the last hour, Minsk in Belarus has been announced as next year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest – a month ahead of this year’s contest. This will be the second time Minsk has held the contest – first time been 2010.

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Jon Ola Sand, the EBU’s Head of Live Events said: “The rule change to allow a host for next year’s competition to be chosen earlier not only gives the host broadcaster longer to prepare what is a huge production but also protects the future of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. We are therefore delighted to announce, before we gather in Tbilisi for the 2017 competition, that BTRC will be the host broadcaster of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. BTRC’s application to host was extremely strong, and we have full confidence that they will put the same enthusiasm into the preparations of next year’s event.”

Author: Richard Taylor

Source: EBU