Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Fun In The Sun
Dates
Final date 22 November 2008
Host
Venue Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol, Cyprus
Presenter(s) Alex Michael
Sophia Paraskeva
Director Klitos Klitou
Host broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Opening act Dance act featuring Yiorgos Ioannides and Mariam Venizelou.
Interval act Dima Bilan, Evridiki & Dimitris Korgialas, all JESC 2008 participants singing "Hand in Hand"
Participants
Number of entries 15
Debuting countries None
Returning countries None
Withdrawing countries  Portugal
 Sweden
Participation map
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         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2008
Vote
Voting system Citizens of each participating country vote by telephone and SMS message, which counts for 50%. Each country's 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points based on the number of votes. Results 1-5 are automatically displayed on-screen, then each country announces 6-8, 10 and 12 points. A jury in each country also has a 50% say in the outcome.[1]
Nul points All countries get 12 points from start
Winning song  Georgia
"Bzz.."
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2007 • 2008 • 2009►

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is the world's largest song contest for children.[2] It was held at the "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus and hosted by Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva. It was won by the Georgian trio Bzikebi, with the song "Bzz..". This is the first song to win any Eurovision Song Contest in an imaginary language. Ukraine took 2nd place and Lithuania finished 3rd.[3] Bzikebi also became the first group act to win Junior Eurovision.

The theme of the event was "Fun in the Sun",[4] despite the fact that there were thunderstorms in Lemesos the day of the contest. The stage, which was designed by George Papadopoulos,[5] was nominated for the prestigious international "Live Design Excellence Awards".[6] The design is an abstract composition and consists of a round stage representing the island of Cyprus, real water along the front of the stage, two jetties, the waves breaking and moving away from the island and five sailing boats with oars.

For the contest, various changes to the rules were made. One was that adults could assist children to write the songs submitted to their national broadcaster; previously only children could write the songs, with no assistance from adults. Another change was only six people could be on stage during a performance, instead of eight. The most significant change, however, was only half of the vote was decided by the tele-voters. Before the 2008 contest tele-voters completely decided the whole result. The other half of the result was decided by a jury of adults and children.[7][8]

Format

On 27 May 2007 the Eurovision Steering Group decided to award CyBC of Cyprus to host the 2008 contest, over TV4 of Sweden and NTU of Ukraine. On 10 September 2008 the hosts were announced as Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva; both presenters with Cypriot backgrounds. On 13 October 2008 the draw of the running order took place live on CyBC1. This involved drawing the first and last countries and performers, and then drawing countries into various 'pots' to decide when they would perform. The full running order was announced on 14 October 2008. The stage was constructed between 30 October 2008 and 14 November 2008.

Voting

As in all previous Eurovision Song Contests each country gave their top 10 countries songs points from 1 point for their 10th favourite song up until 8 points for their 3rd favourite song. Then 10 and 12 points were given for the second favorite and favorite respectively. But, the difference between this contest and other past contests is this is the first Eurovision Song Contest that implements a jury vote that counts for half of each countries vote.[9]

Participating countries

Fifteen countries took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Macedonia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine.[10] Portugal, which had taken part twice since 2006 announced that it was no longer interested in the contest and withdrew along with Sweden, a founding country in 2003, which left because of other broadcasting plans during the time of the event.[11][12] On the other hand, Israel and Bosnia & Herzegovina announced their intention to participate, but decided both to withdraw before the contest. Welsh language broadcaster S4C considered the possibility of participation, but in the end it was decided they would not to participate in the competition, because their debut was rejected. Because Wales isn't a sovereign state. Only the BBC has the exclusive right to represent the United Kingdom. [13] Azerbaijan announced its intention to take part also, but withdrew from the contest in early October. According to İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti, the network was unable to select and prepare children for such a high scale event without proper help from other governmental structures and bodies. The broadcaster also confirmed payment of a fine to the EBU due to its late withdrawal.[14] Poland had also considered participation but decided that it would not take part this year.[15] The 2008 contest was the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest to have no debuting countries.

Final

Each country decided their votes through a 50% jury and 50% tele-voting system which decided their top ten songs. Ukraine calculated their vote using a jury. Ukrainian broadcaster NTU opted not to broadcast the contest live, but to air it deferred on Sunday, November 23 as Saturday, November 22 is Holodomor Remembrance Day in the country.[16]

Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Romania Romanian Mădălina & Andrada "Salvaţi planeta!" Save the planet! 9 58
02  Armenia Armenian Monica "Im Ergi Hnchyune" (Իմ Երգի Հնչյունե) Melody of my Song 8 59
03  Belarus Russian, Belarusian[17] Dasha, Alina & Karyna "Serdtse Belarusi" (Сердце Беларуси) Heart of Belarus 6 86
04  Russia Russian Mihail Puntov "Spit angel" (Спит ангел) Sleeping angel 7 73
05  Greece Greek Niki Yiannouchu "Kapoia nychta" (Καποια νύχτα) One night 14 19
06  Georgia Imaginary Bzikebi "Bzz.." — 1 154
07  Belgium Dutch Oliver "Shut Up" — 11 45
08  Bulgaria Bulgarian Krastyana Krasteva "Edna mechta" (Една мечта) One dream 15 15
09  Serbia Serbian Maja Mazić "Uvek kad u nebo pogledam"
(Увек кaд у небо погледaм)		 Whenever I look at the sky 12 37
10  Malta English Daniel Testa "Junior Swing" — 4 100
11  Netherlands Dutch Marissa "1 dag" One day 13 27
12  Ukraine Ukrainian Viktoria Petryk "Matrosy" (Матроси) Sailors 2 135
13  Lithuania Lithuanian Eglė Jurgaitytė "Laiminga diena" Happy day 3 103
14  Macedonia Macedonian Bobi Andonov "Prati mi SMS" (Прати ми СМС) Send me an SMS 5 93
15  Cyprus Greek Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva "Gioupi gia!" (Γιούπι για) Whoopee gia! 10 46

International broadcasts

 Australia 
Australia broadcast the contest on 13 May 2009, as a lead up to the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.[18]
 Azerbaijan 
Azerbaijan was originally going to participate but withdrew on 15 October 2008. The contest was broadcast on Ictmai TV.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Bosnia and Herzegovina were also set to participate but later withdrew. They broadcast the contest on BHRT.
 Worldwide 
A live broadcast of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was available worldwide via satellite through European streams such as TVRi, ERT World, ARMTV, RTS Sat and MKTV Sat. The official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary via the peer to peer medium Octoshape.

Commentators

Score sheet

Bzikebi, Georgia's participants
Results
Romania 58 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 5 3 2 4 1 8 8
Armenia 59 3 5 6 6 8 6 7 3 3
Belarus 86 5 5 10 4 10 6 7 7 4 5 3 5 3
Russia 73 10 12 3 5 2 2 6 1 7 8 1 4
Greece 19 7
Georgia 154 6 12 8 12 10 12 12 10 8 12 12 12 4 12
Belgium 45 2 2 1 1 4 3 2 10 2 4 2
Bulgaria 15 3
Serbia 37 1 1 3 6 1 1 12
Malta 100 7 7 4 5 7 7 7 8 1 6 10 7 6 6
Netherlands 27 3 5 1 5 1
Ukraine 135 12 8 10 8 8 12 3 10 6 12 7 10 7 10
Lithuania 103 8 6 7 1 10 8 3 12 10 8 6 10 2
Macedonia 93 10 6 7 4 5 3 4 5 8 5 5 8 6 5
Cyprus 46 4 3 12 1 4 4 4 2
The table is ordered by appearance
All countries automatically receive 12 points
Georgia and Macedonia awarded their points last due to technical problems

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N. Contestant Voting nation
8 Georgia Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine
3 Ukraine Georgia, Malta, Romania
1 Lithuania Serbia
Russia Belarus
Cyprus Greece
Serbia Macedonia

Official CD and DVD

The official double CD was released on 10 October 2008. Disc one contains the studio versions of every song and Disc two contains the karaoke versions. It is priced at €19.95 and can be brought from the official Eurovision online store or alternatively by download on the official Junior Eurovision website. You can also download each song at €1.29 each.

In Belgium and Netherlands, Dutch national final compilation CDs have been released, as well as DVDs. In Belgium, the songs in the national final that reached the final stage have also been released separately. The winning song (Shut Up) reached #19 in the Flemish charts.

Like in 2007, an official DVD wasn't released, due to poor sales.

Official album

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008: Lemesos-Cyprus
Compilation album by Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Released 10 October 2008
Genre Pop
Label Universal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007: Rotterdam-Netherlands
(2007)		 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008: Lemesos-Cyprus
(2008)		 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009: Kyiv-Ukraine
(2009)

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008: Lemesos-Cyprus, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on 10 October 2008. The album features all the songs from the 2008 contest, along with karaoke versions.[19]

CD 1
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Salvaţi planeta!"  Mădălina & Andrada(Romania) 2:43
2. "Im Ergi Hnchyune"  Monica (Armenia) 2:50
3. "Serdtse Belarusi"  Dasha, Alina & Karyna (Belarus) 2:51
4. "Spit angel"  Mihail Puntov (Russia) 2:55
5. "Kapoia nychta"  Niki Yiannouchu (Greece) 2:45
6. "Bzz.."  Bzikebi (Georgia) 2:49
7. "Shut Up"  Oliver (Belgium) 2:48
8. "Edna mechta"  Krastyana Krasteva (Bulgaria) 2:43
9. "Uvek kad u nebo pogledam"  Maja Mazić (Serbia) 2:37
10. "Junior Swing"  Daniel Testa (Malta) 2:50
11. "1 dag"  Marissa (Netherlands) 2:47
12. "Matrosy"  Viktoria Petryk (Ukraine) 2:47
13. "Laiminga diena"  Eglė Jurgaitytė (Lithuania) 2:44
14. "Prati mi SMS"  Bobi Andonov (Macedonia) 2:43
15. "Gioupi gia!"  Elena Mannouri & Charis Savva (Cyprus) 2:47
CD 2
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Salvaţi planeta!" (Karaoke version)Mădălina & Andrada(Romania) 2:43
2. "Im Ergi Hnchyune" (Karaoke version)Monica (Armenia) 2:50
3. "Serdtse Belarusi" (Karaoke version)Dasha, Alina & Karyna (Belarus) 2:51
4. "Spit angel" (Karaoke version)Mihail Puntov (Russia) 2:55
5. "Kapoia nychta" (Karaoke version)Niki Yiannouchu (Greece) 2:45
6. "Bzz.." (Karaoke version)Bzikebi (Georgia) 2:49
7. "Shut Up" (Karaoke version)Oliver (Belgium) 2:48
8. "Edna mechta" (Karaoke version)Krastyana Krasteva (Bulgaria) 2:43
9. "Uvek kad u nebo pogledam" (Karaoke version)Maja Mazić (Serbia) 2:37
10. "Junior Swing" (Karaoke version)Daniel Testa (Malta) 2:50
11. "1 dag" (Karaoke version)Marissa (Netherlands) 2:47
12. "Matrosy" (Karaoke version)Viktoria Petryk (Ukraine) 2:47
13. "Laiminga diena" (Karaoke version)Eglė Jurgaitytė (Lithuania) 2:44
14. "Prati mi SMS" (Karaoke version)Bobi Andonov (Macedonia) 2:43
15. "Gioupi gia!" (Karaoke version)Elena Mannouri & Charis Savva (Cyprus) 2:47

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  2. ↑ Quoted from the hosts
  3. ↑ "CONGRATULATIONS GEORGIA!". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  4. ↑ "Get to know the venue, Spiros Kiprianou, Palais Des Sports". Oikotimes.com. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  5. ↑ BDigital Web Solutions. "Scenery and sets design and construction". Skinotechniki.com. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  6. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". Livedesignonline.com. 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  7. ↑ "Changes to Junior Eurovision confirmed". oikotimes.com. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  8. ↑ "Junior: Minor format changes introduced". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  9. ↑ "Junior: Minor format changes introduced | Junior Eurovision Song Contest | Junior Eurovision Song Contest - Kyiv 2013". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  10. ↑ "Participants of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". JuniorEurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  11. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20081206083102/http://www.oikotimes.com:80/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3518. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ "Details on Swedish withdrawal". ESCKaz.com. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  13. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 info page". ESCKaz.com. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  14. ↑ "Детское Евровидение 2008 Кипр Новости Junior Eurovision 2008 Cyprus News". Esckaz.com. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  15. ↑ "Details on Poland non participation". oikotimes.com. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  16. ↑ "Ukraine not broadcasting contest live". ESCKaz.com. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  17. ↑ At the start of the song, the backing vocals are in Belarusian.
  18. ↑ "SBS Schedule 13 May 2009". SBS.co,m.au. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  19. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". itunes.apple.com. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

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