Georgia's participation in this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest can be considered as a lucky break for the new Eurovision enthusiast country as it was made possible by the withdrawal of Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Originally, there had been 19 applications for this year's JESC in Rotterdam with Georgia being the 19th. As the rules of this year's contest dictate that a maximum of 18 countries participate, Georgia was excluded. But a sudden withdrawal of Bosnia & Herzegovina made it possible for them to take part after all.
The final list of participants is as follows (in alphabetical order):
- Armenia (ARMTV)
- Belarus (BTRC)
- Belgium (VRT)
- Bulgaria (BNT)
- Cyprus (CyBC)
- FYR Macedonia (MKRTV)
- Georgia (GPB)
- Greece (ERT)
- Lithuania (LRT)
- Malta (MTPBS)
- The Netherlands (AVRO)
- Portugal (RTP)
- Romania (TVR)
- Russia (RTR)
- Serbia (RTS)
- Spain (TVE)
- Sweden (TV4)
- Ukraine (NTU)
