20 venues in 15 countries have hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, an annual song competition for children, at least once since its creation in 2003. The first edition took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Following the hosting problems for the 2004 edition, the location of the subsequent contests were appointed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), following a bidding process among the participating broadcasters. The broadcasters from Belgium were therefore the first to successfully bid for the rights to host the contest in . Poland became the first country to host two contests in a row (in 2019 and in 2020, respectively).
Originally, unlike its adult version, the winning broadcaster does not receive the rights to host the next contest. However from 2014 to 2021 (excluding 2018), the winning broadcaster had first refusal on hosting the next competition. (RAI) used this clause in 2015 to decline hosting the contest that year after their victory for Italy in .
The cities that have hosted are Kyiv (2009 and 2013), Minsk (2010 and 2018), Yerevan (2011 and 2022) and Tbilisi (2017 and 2025)
Contests Future contests are shown in italics.
Contests Country City Venue Years 3 Marsa Malta Shipbuilding Valletta Mediterranean Conference Centre Attard Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre 2 Rotterdam Ahoy Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall Kyiv Palace of Sports Palace "Ukraine" Minsk Minsk Arena Gliwice Gliwice Arena Warsaw Studio 5, TVP Headquarters Yerevan Karen Demirchyan Complex Paris La Seine Musicale Nice Palais Nikaïa Tbilisi Olympic Palace Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City 1 Copenhagen Forum Copenhagen Lillehammer Håkons Hall Hasselt Ethias Arena Bucharest Sala Polivalentă Limassol Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center Sofia Arena Sofia Madrid Caja Mágica
Opening ceremony venue Year Venue Ref. Verdala Palace National Palace of Culture Manoel Theatre National Parliamentary Library of Georgia BelExpo Exhibition Centre Silesian Theatre Studio 5, TVP Headquarters Studio Gabriel Republic Square, Yerevan Hotel Negresco
Bids 2000s Year Bid party ResultCity Country 2003 Copenhagen Awarded to host the 2003 contest (sole bid) 2004 Manchester Originally awarded to host the 2004 contest, but pulled out due to finance and scheduling problems Zagreb Originally awarded to replace Manchester in hosting the 2004 contest, but broadcaster HRT reportedly forgot that the prospective venue for the event was already booked for the period the contest was to take place Lillehammer Inherently awarded to host the 2004 contest 2005 Hasselt Awarded to host the 2005 contest Amsterdam Not selected to host the contest Zagreb colspan=2 2006 Bucharest Awarded to host the 2006 contest Amsterdam Not selected to host the contest Zagreb 2007 Rotterdam Awarded to host the 2007 contest Limassol Not selected to host the contest Zagreb 2008 Limassol Awarded to host the 2008 contest Kyiv Not selected to host the contest Stockholm Lisbon Withdrew their bid to host the contest 2009 Kyiv Awarded to host the 2009 contest Belgrade Not selected to host the contest Gurzuf Minsk Stockholm Withdrew their bid to host the contest
2010s Year Bid party ResultCity Country 2010 Minsk Awarded to host the 2010 contest Moscow Not selected to host the contest Valletta 2011 Yerevan Awarded to host the 2011 contest Stockholm Not selected to host the contest colspan=2 2012 Amsterdam Awarded to host the 2012 contest 2013 Kyiv Awarded to host the 2013 contest 2014 Malta Awarded to host the 2014 contest (sole bid) 2015 Sofia Awarded to host the 2015 contest Valletta Not selected to host the contest 2016 Valletta Awarded to host the 2016 contest (sole bid) 2017 Tbilisi Awarded to host the 2017 contest (sole bid) 2018 Minsk Awarded to host the 2018 contest (sole bid) 2019 Gliwice Awarded to host the 2019 contest Szczecin Shortlisted Toruń Astana Not selected to host the contest Gdańsk Katowice Kraków Łódź Yerevan
2020s Year Bid party ResultCity Country 2020 Warsaw Awarded to host the 2020 contest Kraków Not selected to host the contest 2021 Paris Awarded to host the 2021 contest (sole bid) 2022 Yerevan Awarded to host the 2022 contest (sole bid) 2023 Nice Awarded to host the 2023 contest (sole bid) 2024 Madrid Awarded to host the 2024 contest Granada Not selected to host the contest Málaga Valencia Barcelona Withdrew their bid to host the contest Zaragoza2025TbilisiAwarded to host the 2025 contest (sole bid)2026AttardAwarded to host the 2026 contestSkopjeNot selected to host
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See also List of ABU Song Festivals host cities List of Eurovision Song Contest host cities
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