Junior Eurovision 2020: Israel will not take part in this year's competiton

Junior Eurovision 2020: Israel will not take part in this year's competition
Monday, 13 July 2020

  • Israel has confirmed that it won't be taking part in the upocoming Junior Eurovision Song set to take place next November in Poland. 

    The Israeli broadcaster, IBC, has confirmed to Euromix that the country won't be participating in Junior Eurovision 2020 which will take place on November 29, in Warsaw, Poland.  Without outlining any king of explanation behind its decision IBC revealed that the country will not return in this year's edition.

     

    Israel in Junior Eurovision 

    Israel first competed in the Children's Eurovision Song Contest in 2012, when Israel represented the band Kids.il, half of whose members are graduates of the "School of Music" program broadcast on Keshet. The band performed the song "Let the Music Win" and reached the 8th place out of 12 competing countries

    Broadcasting Authority decided not to compete in 2013 but returned in 2016 with the duo Shir and Tim who performed the song "Follow My Heart". The two reached 15th place out of 17 countries.

    In 2018 after a two year absense the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation decided to try its luck holding this time a nationa final in which six children competed. Noam Dadon was elected Israel's representative with the song "Children Like These" .

     

    Source: Euromix.co.il