The EBU has just announced that a record number of countries – 19, are going to be taking part in the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Minsk this November.

Three countries are making their come-back to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year – Azerbaijan, France, and Israel, while two countries are going to have their debut – Wales, and Kazakhstan! This will be the first ever participation of Kazakhstan in a Eurovision event.

The full list of participants is as follows:

1. Albania
2. Armenia
3. Australia
4. Azerbaijan
5. Belarus
6. France
7. FYR Macedonia
8. Georgia
9. Ireland
10. Israel
11. Italy
12. Kazakhstan
13. Malta
14. Poland
15. Portugal
16. Russia
17. Serbia
18. The Netherlands
19. Wales

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will take place in Minsk, on the 25th of November.