JESC 2017

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will be the fifteenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was confirmed in February 2017 that the event is scheduled to take place on 26 November 2017 at the Tbilisi Sports Palace, in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. This will be the fourth time that the contest was hosted by the previous year's winning country. The visual design and contest slogan, "Shine Bright", was revealed in May 2017.

As of 28 May 2017, the following countries have confirmed their provisional interest to participate.

The following list of countries participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, although no announcements have been published so far on whether they will continue to participate in the 2017 contest.

                                                                Albania

                                                                Italy

                                                                Macedonia

                                                                Serbia