For the first time since 2014, NDR will not be broadcasting the Junior Eurovision Song Contest final live online.
Eurovision.de will not be broadcasting the final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 live online. The official website for the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany has broadcast the contest annually since 2015, providing a live broadcast alongside German language commentary for the competition.
Germany joins Slovenia in confirming that despite broadcasting the contest in 2016 that they won’t be broadcasting the event this year. In previous years the national broadcasters of Kosovo and Greece have also shown the contest live despite not participating. The 2015 contest in Bulgaria was also broadcast in New Zealand, Singapore, the United States and the United Kingdom via radio.
The running order for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is as follows:
Cyprus
Poland
The Netherlands
Armenia
Belarus
Portugal
Ireland
FYR Macedonia
Georgia
Albania
Ukraine
Malta
Russia
Serbia
Australia
Italy
Sixteen countries will take part in the 15th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year, including returning country Portugal, who haven’t participated since 2007. The contest will take place at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia on Sunday 26th November 2017 at 16:00 – 18:00 CET. This is the first time Georgia has hosted any Eurovision event.
Source: NDR
