Malta has participated in the Eurovision Young Dancers (a biennial television dance competition, organised by the European Broadcasting Union) 2 times since its debut in 2015. On 7 July 2015, PBS Malta, which is responsible for Malta's participation confirmed that Malta will host the 2017 edition.[1] However, in January 2017, the EBU announced that PBS had due to circumstances beyond their control been forced to cancel their staging of the competition.[2] Nevertheless, they will still take part in the contest.