Azerbaijan, Russia out of Junior Eurovision to be held in Armenia

Sixteen nations are set to participate on this 12 months’s Junior Eurovision Track Contest in Yerevan, Armenia on December 11.

“The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Armenian Public Tv (AMPTV) are happy to announce the 16 nations taking part on the Junior Eurovision Track Contest in Yerevan, Armenia on Sunday, December 11,” an announcement on the pre-teen contest’s web site wrote on Monday.

Among the many individuals are Albania, France, Georgia, Eire, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, The Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine, the UK, and hosts Armenia.

4 nations who participated final 12 months aren’t taking part on this version: Germany, Bulgaria, Russia, and noticeably, Azerbaijan.

As of press time, Azerbaijan has not but issued any assertion relating to its non-participation within the Junior contest, although there was a border disaster involving each Armenia and Azerbaijan earlier this month.

This isn’t the primary time both nation withdrew from a Eurovision occasion hosted by both aspect, within the common Eurovision Track Contest, Armenia pulled out of the 2012 version, which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, due to safety considerations.

In the meantime, Russia just isn’t taking part this 12 months, due to its ongoing warfare. In addition they didn’t take part within the common Contest again in Could.

Germany and Bulgaria, alternatively, pulled out for various causes: Germany stating they’re taking a “inventive break,” whereas Bulgaria has not said as to why they won’t take part.

The UK returned to the Junior version of the Contest for the primary time since 2005, primarily as a part of the hype of internet hosting subsequent 12 months’s common Contest.

Out of the 16 taking part nations, seven have already chosen their artist and track.

Armenia will host this 12 months’s version at Yerevan’s Karen Demirchyan Sports activities and Live shows Complicated after 14-year-old singer Malena received the Junior Contest final 12 months in France with the track “Qami qami” (Wind). Within the common Contest again in Could, singer Rosa Linn represented the nation with the track, “Snap”, which, regardless of ending a lowly twentieth place, turned a viral hit on Spotify and topped the charts in Belgium and the UK.