28 December 2013

We’re off to Eurovision Island, Maltese Style!

ESC Insight 18/12/2013: “The European Broadcasting Union is delighted to announce that the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Malta!”

Well that didn’t take long. Just eighteen days after Malta won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU have confirmed they will host the twelfth edition of the Contest at the end of 2014. This will make them only the third winning country to host the subsequent Contest – while JESC does go out to tender the new procedure gave the winning country first refusal/preferential bidding status.

As expected, Malta have grabbed this with both hands, as quickly as possible.

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