The Israeli broadcaster KAN has confirmed that it is not planning to compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026.<\/p>\n
KAN has confirmed to ESC Spot that it is not planning to return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2026. The Israeli broadcaster did not state why they would not compete in this years contest.<\/p>\n
Previously, the Israeli broadcaster explained that they would not take part in Junior Eurovision due to the high costs involved in participating in the competition. In addition, they cite that the competition allows for a limited number of broadcasts.<\/p>\n
Israel last competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2018 following Netta\u2019s victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.<\/p>\n
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026<\/p>\n
Junior Eurovision 2025 was won by France, but the French broadcaster has declined to host the competition. As a result, conversations are currently ongoing regarding where the 2026 contest will be held. To date, the following broadcasters have confirmed their intention to compete in the 2026 contest:<\/p>\n
\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddea Georgia: GPB
\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea Ireland: TG4
\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Netherlands: AVROTROS
\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf0 North Macedonia: MRT
\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland: TVP
\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Portugal: RTP
\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf2 San Marino: SMRTV<\/p>\n
The following broadcasters, who have previously participated, have declined returning to the contest:<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium: VRT \u2013 Last competed in 2012
\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Denmark: DR \u2013 Last participated in 2005
\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany: KiKA \u2013 Last participated in 2024
\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norway: NRK \u2013 Last participated in 2005
\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee Slovenia: RTVSLO \u2013 Last participated in 2015
\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden: SVT \u2013 Last participated in 2014
\n\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73Wales: S4C \u2013 Last participated in 2019
\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australia: SBS \u2013 Last participated in 2016<\/p>\n
The following broadcasters have ruled out debuting in the contest:<\/p>\n
\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf8 Iceland: R\u00daV \u2013 Last broadcast the contest in 2021
\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czechia: \u010cT \u2013 Never broadcast the contest
\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Finland: Yle \u2013 Last broadcast the contest in 2003<\/p>\n
Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest+<\/p>\n
Israel has previously taken part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions. On their debut in 2012, Kids.il came eighth with \u201cLet the Music Win\u201d. Israel then withdrew from the 2013 contest and did not return until 2016. On their return, the country was represented by Shir & Tim with \u201cFollow My Heart\u201d. They finished 15th in Malta. Israel last participated in 2018 where they finished 14th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Israeli broadcaster KAN has confirmed that it is not planning to compete in the Junior Eurovision Song…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,33958,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-514352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-headline","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}