Broadcasters KiKA and SWR have announced that Germany will not participate in the 2027 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Germany remains out of Junior Eurovision
KiKA and SWR have confirmed to Eurofestivales that Germany will not return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2027. KiKA stated the following regarding this decision:
The decision was made following a careful internal evaluation, and, that, for the time being, they prefer to focus on supporting and promoting young talent through the channel’s own programming.
KiKa announced in 2025 that Germany would not participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Tbilisi, Georgia. Since then, the country has not returned to the contest.
Germany’s Junior Eurovision journey
Germany was originally due to join the Junior Eurovision family in the initial edition of the Contest, but unexpectedly withdraw. This also happened in 2004, when Germany withdrew ahead of the Contest in Lillehammer. It wasn’t until 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that Germany first participated in a Junior Eurovision event. Germany has participated on four occasions, the first being 2020, when Susan performed “Stronger With You”, finishing 12th in a field of 12. Their best result occurred in 2023, when Fia placed ninth with her song “Ohne Worte”.
Germany most recently participated in the 2024 contest in Madrid, where Bjarne sang “Save the Best for Us”. He scored 14 points from the jury and 57 from the online vote, ultimately placing eleventh out of seventeen.
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News Source: Eurofestivales
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Rory Gannon