🇬🇪 Junior Eurovision 2025: Georgian Government Allocates Over 2.5 Million Euros to Hosting Junior Eurovision

The Georgian Government is set to allocate over 2.5 million Euros to hosting the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The Government of Georgia has allocated 8,164,280 Georgian lari (2,586,317 Euro) towards hosting the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The funding is made up of 8 million GEL from the Ministry of Culture of Georgia and 164,280 GEL from the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia.

Junior Eurovision 2025 will be held on December 13 in Tbilisi after Andria Putkaradze gave Georgia their record-breaking fourth victory with “To My Mom”. The contest will be held at the Olympic Palace which previously hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2017.

A number of countries have either confirmed their participation in Junior Eurovision 2025 or signaled their intention to compete. These countries are:

•  Albania: Kroni Pula – “Fruta perime”
•  Armenia
•  Croatia: Marino Vrgoč
•  Cyprus
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Ireland
•  Italy
•  Malta
•  Montenegro
•  Netherlands
•  North Macedonia: Nela Mančeska
•  Poland: Marianna Kłos
•  Portugal: Inês Gonçalves
•  San Marino
•  Spain: Gonzalo Pinillos
•  Ukraine

Estonia and Germany have both withdrawn from the competition. The following broadcasters have confirmed they have no plans to return:

•  Australia – ABC & SBS
•  Belgium – VRT
•  Denmark – DR
•  Greece – ERT
•  Israel – KAN
•  Kazakhstan – Khabar
•  Latvia – LTV
•  Norway – NRK
•  Slovenia – RTVSLO
•  Sweden – SVT
•  United Kingdom – BBC
• Wales – S4C

Image source: EBU | Source: BPN