Amsterdam 2012

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Venue: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, NL

Host Broadcaster: AVRO

Date: December 1st 2012

Presenters: Ewout Genemans, Kim-Lian van der Meij

Participants: 9 So far

• Country | Artist | Song | National Selection

• Armenia
• Belarus | September 2012 | September 2012 | National Final
• Belgium
• Georgia | Shesanishnavi Otkheuli | September 2012 | Internal/National Final
• Israel
• Netherlands | October 6th | October 6th | Junior Songfestivaal
• Russia | Lerika (Valeriya) | Sensatsiya [Sensation] | National Final
• Sweden | Lova Sönnerbo | Mitt Mod [My Courage] | Lilla Melodifestivalen
• Ukraine | Anastasiya Petryk | Nebo [Heaven] | National Final

Country(ies) still undecided:

• Serbia: When RTS withdrew from the 2011 edition, RTS spokesperson said that one-year break would be ok  in order to not to disappoint Serbian kids.
• Moldova: TRM is still considering a participation, which doesn’t looks very likely due to financial trouble.

Debuting Countries:

• Israel: On June 10th it was announced that the IBA comity decided to participate for the first time in Junior Eurovision

Withdrawing Countries:

• Bulgaria: BNT has pulled of for financial reasons
• Lithuania: LRT has pulled of for financial reasons
• Macedonia: MKTV has pulled of for financial reasons and how the voting is made
• Latvia: LTV has pulled of for financial reasons

Cancelled Debuts:

• Italy: RAI has not showed the same interest in this edition than in the 2011 one
• San Marino: SMTV has some financial trouble
• Finland: YLE has said that they can still participate in the future

Cancelled Returns:

• Cyprus: CyBC confirmed in Baku that they wont send a Cypriot contestant
• Norway: NRK said that they wont return because professional singers are allowed to compete
• Portugal: RTP was considering a return but later declined due to financial trouble
• Spain: TVE has financial difficulties, however they haven’t decided yet

Countries that have participated in the past and didn’t even thought about taking part

• Croatia
• Denmark
• Greece
• France
• Poland
• Romania
• Switzerland
• UK

 This contest may be cancelled due to lack of interested countries!