Kross-European Junior Song Contest

The Kross-European Song Contest had been operating for adult singers above 18 years old since 1920. The junior contest was set up originally as a one time occasion on the 30th contest anniversary in 1955 but was kept after many kids found it more enjoyable. The contest began development in August 1954 but was deemed to be morally wrong by forcing the children to perform and possibly lose the contest. To solve this problem, the delegation had the idea to only announce the winner and reveal the official final results of the show 10 years later (when the kids were grown up) so that it would not upset them. Along with this, checks were made on the family to ensure the children were indeed willing to go on stage and perform.

The first contest was held in Bergen, Norway around 950km away from the adult contest's host of Rotterdam, Netherlands and was a one show affair in the second week of May 1955. The show was cancelled after the 3rd edition due to low ratings and backlash.