In the last few moments, the Participants List for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been announced. The 13 participating countries are:

• Armenia (ARMTV)
• Belarus (BTRC)
• France (FTV)
• Georgia (GPB)
• Germany (ARD/ZDF/KiKA) – Debut Country
• Kazakhstan (Khabar Agency)
• Malta (PBS)
• Poland (TVP) – Host Country
• Russia (RTR)
• Serbia (RTS)
• Spain (RTVE)
• The Netherlands (AVROTROS)
• Ukraine (UA:PBC)

After showing initial interest in participating, Portugal doesn’t appear on the final participants list. Albania and Italy took part last year, but join Australia, Ireland, North Macedonia and Wales in withdrawing from this year’s Contest in Warsaw.

Author: Richard Taylor

Source: EBU