Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Location

Venue

Participants

Format

Visual design

Hosts

Voting

Trophy

Postcards

• – Chelyuskintsev Park, Minsk
• – Čyžoŭka Arena, Minsk
• – Lake Strusta
• – Strochitsy
• – Minsk
• – Independence Palace, Minsk
• – Minsk
• – Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park
• – Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
• – Belarusian National Arts Museum, Minsk
• – Minsk railway station and the Belarusian countryside
• – Mir Castle
• – Strochitsy
• – National Library of Belarus, Minsk
• – Minsk
• – Minsk
• – National Opera and Ballet of Belarus, Minsk
• – A farm and stable, the Belarusian countryside
• – Minsk
• – Nesvizh Castle

Contest overview

Spokespersons

1. – Anastasiya Baginska
2. – Nadezhda Sidorova
3. – Aruzhan Khafiz
4. – Daniil Lazuko
5. – Dina Baru and Khryusha
6. – Vincent Miranovich
7. – Valeh Huseynbeyli
8. – Arina Rovba
9. – Alex Hynes
10. – Lana Karić
11. – Yan Musvidas
12. – Ksenia Galetskaya
13. – Nikoloz Vasadze
14. – Adi
15. – Daniil Rotenko and Lubava Marchuk
16. – Arina Pekhtereva
17. – Vardan Margaryan
18. – Gwen Rowley
19. – Milana Borodko
20. – Grace

Detailed voting results

12 points

Online voting

Other countries

Active EBU members

• – On 25 May 2018, the Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina stated that they would not be allowed to debut at the contest in the near future until the debt-related sanctions placed on them by the EBU were lifted.
• – On 16 February 2018, it was reported that the EBU was calling on Danish broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation to return to the contest after an 11-year break. However, Jan Lagermand Lundme, the head of Entertainment at the Danish broadcaster, played down the likelihood of Denmark returning to the competition, saying "Now, never say never, but as long as the show is, as it is now, I’m definitely not going to compete again. The values that we put in Denmark in a program for children do not match the values of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest… It seems that the children are on stage and play adults instead of acting as children, and we think that is fundamentally wrong. Children must be children, they should not try to strive to be something they are not. It’s super bad for us, because we really wanted to be part of the show. Participating in a concept like Junior Eurovision would be a natural step for us after MGP, but it does not work when we do not feel the show fits the Danish values."
• – On 28 February 2018, the Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television declared that they would not return to contest in the near future. LRT executive producer Audrius Giržadas stated that "this contest has become a clone of the main Eurovision Song Contest and has nothing to do with childhood, little girls go on stage with clipped hairs, glued eyelashes and bare belly, copying Beyoncé and Christina Aguilera – this is not an event that we would like to participate in." Lithuania last took part in.
• – On 2 January 2018, the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus announced that a representative from an unknown British broadcaster would be attending the supervisory meeting for the 2018 contest. Two days later it was confirmed that the United Kingdom would not take part in the Steering Group meetings. During the year the contest was held, the United Kingdom last took part in before it would return in 2022.However Wales, a country that is part of the United Kingdom, competed.

Broadcasts

Country	Broadcaster	Commentator
New Zealand Official album Junior Eurovision Song Contest Minsk 2018 is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on 16 November 2018. The album features all the songs from the 2018 contest.