Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the sixteenth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 25 November 2018 at the Minsk-Arena in Minsk, Belarus, and presented by Evgeny Perlin, Zinaida Kupriyanovich, and Helena Meraai. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC). It was the second time that the contest was held in Belarus, after hosting the 2010 edition at the same venue.

Broadcasters from a record of twenty countries took part in the contest, with Kazakhstan and Wales participating for the first time, France returning for the first time since 2004, alongside Azerbaijan for the first time since 2013, and Israel after missing the 2017 edition, while Cyprus withdrew from the contest. The previous year's winner Polina Bogusevich performed her entry again as the interval act, alongside the common song "#LightUp" sung by all the participants.