DR has confirmed that it will not participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2027.
DR has confirmed to Eurofestivales that it will not be returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2027. This was confirmed by producer and editor for the Culture, Children and Youth Department at the broadcaster Mai-Britt Düring.
DR’s communications department stated that:
“DR has chosen to focus on its own Danish productions for children.”
MGP Junior, which was previously used as the Danish selection for Junior Eurovision and MGP Nordic, is still held to this day. The contest remains popular in Denmark and the contest album regularly tops the Danish Album Charts.
Junior Eurovision 2027
Naré from Armenia won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Malta with her song “BOO!”. Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest the winning country does not automatically host the following edition. The EBU is discussing options for the 2027 contest with its member broadcasters.
To date the following countries and broadcasters have confirmed their intention to compete in 2027:
🇦🇱 Albania- RTSH
🇳🇱 Netherlands- AVROTROS
🇲🇰 North Macedonia- MRT
🇵🇱 Poland- TVP
🇪🇸 Spain- RTVE
The following broadcasters have instead refused the idea of coming back to the contest next year:
🇦🇺 Australia- ABC
🇧🇪 Belgium- VRT
🇩🇰 Denmark- DR
🇩🇪 Germany- KiKA/SWR
🇸🇮 Slovenia- RTVSLO
🇸🇪 Sweden- SVT
Source: Eurofestivales
Denmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest+
Denmark took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest from 2003 to 2005 and hosted the first edition of the contest in Copenhagen. The country never finished outside of the top five. Their best result came in 2005 with “Shake Shake Shake” by Nicolai Kielstrup, who finished in 4th place with 121 points. The Danish broadcaster DR inspired the creation of the contest through launching MGP Junior, the children’s version of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, in 2000.