JESC: Ninth Edition

JESC: Ninth Edition is the ninth edition of the kids contest, JESC. It will be held on Yerevan, Armenia. 20 countries will take part. The official date of the contest is January 12, 2022. Presenter of the show will be Malena, Karina Ignatyan and Iveta Mukunchyan.

Debuting countries

 * Bulgaria
 * North Macedonia
 * Romania
 * Serbia

Returning countries

 * France
 * Poland
 * Russia

Withdrawing countries

 * Austria
 * Azerbaijan
 * Finland
 * Georgia
 * Montenegro
 * Norway
 * The Netherlands

Participants

 * Albania (RTSH)
 * Armenia (ARMTV)
 * Belgium (VRT)
 * Bulgaria (BNT)
 * Denmark (DR)
 * France (France 2)
 * Germany (NDR)
 * Greece (ERT)
 * Italy (RAI)
 * Moldova (TRM)
 * North Macedonia (MKRTV)
 * Poland (TVP)
 * Romania (TVR)
 * Russia (RTR)
 * Serbia (RTS)
 * Spain (RTVE)
 * Switzerland (SRG SSR)
 * Turkey (TRT)
 * Ukraine (NTU)
 * United Kingdom (BBC/ITV)

Results

 * 1) Armenia
 * 2) France
 * 3) Serbia
 * 4) Greece
 * 5) Poland
 * 6) Ukraine
 * 7) Moldova
 * 8) Russia
 * 9) Spain
 * 10) Denmark
 * 11) Germany
 * 12) Belgium
 * 13) Albania
 * 14) Romania
 * 15) North Macedonia
 * 16) Turkey
 * 17) Italy
 * 18) Switzerland
 * 19) United Kingdom
 * 20) Bulgaria

Trivia

 * Croatia - HRT isn't interested in joining the contest yet.
 * Iceland - RUV confirmed that they would return on the next edition. The reason they didn't join now was the lack of budget.
 * Malta - TVM wanted to return but they didn't book the 20th slot on time. It was announced by the producers that from the next edition we will get 22 slots.