{"id":8970,"date":"2026-06-24T18:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/8970\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:27:12","slug":"%f0%9f%87%b1%f0%9f%87%ba-luxembourg-will-not-compete-in-junior-eurovision-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/8970\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa Luxembourg: Will Not Compete in Junior Eurovision 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RTL\u00a0has confirmed that it will not compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Malta this October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RTL T\u00e9l\u00e9 L\u00ebtzebuerg has confirmed to ESC Spot that it will not be among the broadcasters participating in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026. In addition, the broadcaster has yet to determine whether it will air this year\u2019s contest. RTL Zwee has aired the Junior Eurovision Song Contest live for viewers in Luxembourg for the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>Junior Eurovision 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place on October 24 in the Malta Fairs &amp; Conventions Centre in Ta\u2019 Qali. This will be the third time that Malta will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, having done so previously in 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, the following countries have confirmed their intention to compete in the 2026 contest:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 Albania: Eslin Kurti \u2013 \u201cK\u00ebrce me mua\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 Armenia<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfe Cyprus<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 France<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddea Georgia: Davit Lomidze<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea Ireland<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 Italy<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf9 Malta<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Netherlands<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf0 North Macedonia: Ana Stojanoska \u2013 \u201cIdnata jas\u201d<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland: Wiktor Sas<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Portugal: Salvador Rio<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following countries, who have previously participated, have declined returning to the contest:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australia: Last participated in 2016<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium: Last competed in 2012<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Denmark: Last participated in 2005<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea Estonia: Last participated in 2024<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany: Last participated in 2024<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9 Lithuania: Last participated in 2011<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norway: Last participated in 2005<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee Slovenia: Last participated in 2015<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden: Last participated in 2014<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 United Kingdom: Last participated in 2023<br \/>\n\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6cWales: Last participated in 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following countries have ruled out debuting in the contest:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czechia: Never broadcast the contest<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Finland: Last broadcast the contest in 2003<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf8 Iceland: Last broadcast the contest in 2021<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa Luxembourg: Broadcast the contest in 2024 and 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/escspot.pl\/2026\/06\/24\/luksemburg-eurowizja-junior-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESC Spot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RTL\u00a0has confirmed that it will not compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Malta this October.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[63,5],"class_list":["post-8970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-luxembourg","tag-headline","tag-luxembourg"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@lu\/116806499985069909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}