Junior Eurovision Song Festival 6

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The Junior Eurovision Song Festival 6 was the sixth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival. It took place in the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland. This was the first time the contest took place in Łódź, Poland, but the second time the contest took place in Poland. The contest existed of one final at the second of December 2023.

On the 28th of November 2021, the EBO confirmed that a total of 20 countries would be present in the sixth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival.

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia were banned from competing in the contest.

## Location

### **Bidding phase**

On 28 November 2021, the EBO confirmed that three cities were in the race to host the sixth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Festival. The host city was announced on December 5, 2021. The host city announcement took place at 19:00 CET.

The broadcasters had to announce the city, the venue and the capacity for the show. In the end, three cities were submitted to host the contest. The following cities are in the race to host the contest:
  †   Host venue
  ‡   Shortlisted

 Łódź†

### **Venue**

Atlas Arena is a multipurpose indoor arena in Łódź, Poland, opened on June 26, 2009 at al. Bandurskiego. It is one of the largest Polish venues with a seating capacity of 10,400, with an optional extra 3,000, it has 1,500 parking places and 11 VIP lounges (each with a terrace). The arena hosts conferences, concerts and sports events (e.g. volleyball, basketball, athletics and ice hockey). In August 2009, Atlas Group purchased the naming rights to the arena for a period of 5 years.

## Format

On the 12th of September 2023, the EBO confirmed that one final were scheduled to take place in the beginning of December. There is a jury and a televote. They both decide 50% of the score. To prevent the show from being too long, a maximum of twenty participants were allowed to take part this edition.

## Participating countries

Participating countries had until 12 August 2023 to submit their applications for participation in the contest. The EBO announced that a total of 19 countries would compete on 12 September 2023.

Belgium and the United Kingdom debuted in the contest while Lebanon withdrew. Belarus and Russia were expelled from the EBO after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

## Other countries

* Bulgaria - On 8 August 2023, BNT announced that the country would not return to the Junior Eurovision Song Festival due to financial reasons.
* Croatia - Croatian broadcaster HRT announced that they had no interest in returning to the contest, stating that their full focus is on the Eurovision Song Festival.
* Iceland - Despite rumours that the country would debut at the contest, the country did not show up on the eventual participants list.
* Ireland - Despite confirming that RTÉ was in talks about a potential return to the show, the country eventually decided against doing so for financial reasons.
* Lebanon - LBCI announced that Lebanon would not be present at this edition of the show, since the contract between the broadcaster and the management of Lynn Hayek was terminated after she took part on behalf of Lebanon three times.
* Slovakia - RTVS confirmed that it would closely follow this edition of the show to study a potential debut.