The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the sixteenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which took place at the Minsk-Arena, in Minsk, Belarus. This was the second time that Belarus have hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, their first being in 2010.
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A record twenty countries took part in the contest, with Kazakhstan and Wales participating for the first time. France returned for the first time since 2004, alongside Azerbaijan for the first time since 2013 and Israel after missing the 2017 edition. Cyprus withdrew from the contest.
