Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
4th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the fourth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It was for young singers aged 8 to 15. The contest was broadcast live from Bucharest, Romania on 2 December 2006. It was the second time the contest had been held in a capital city. It was organised by the Romanian national broadcaster, Romanian Television (TVR), in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). TVR won the rights to host the contest over AVRO of the Netherlands (who hosted the next contest).[2] Croatia also showed an interest in hosting this contest.[3]
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 "Let The Music Play" | |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 2 December 2006 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania |
| Presenter(s) | Andreea Marin Bănică, Ioana Ivan |
| Host broadcaster | Televiziunea Română (TVR) |
| Opening act | Various circus-style dancers and performers, including an appearance by Mihai Trăistariu |
| Interval act | Ksenia Sitnik, Break-dancing and traditional Romanian dancing and a remix of the last 3 Romanian participants at JESC. |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 15 |
| Debuting countries |  Portugal Serbia[1] Ukraine
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| Returning countries |  Cyprus
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| Withdrawing countries |  Denmark Latvia Norway Serbia and Montenegro United Kingdom
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song |  Russia"Vesenniy Jazz" |
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest | |
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Results change
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Portugal
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Portuguese | Pedro Madeira | "Deixa-me sentir" | Let me feel | 14 | 22 |
| 02 | Cyprus
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Greek | Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi | "Agoria koritsia" (Αγορια κοριτσια) | Boys and Girls | 8 | 58 |
| 03 |  Netherlands
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Dutch | Kimberly | "Goed" | Good | 12 | 44 |
| 04 |  Romania
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Romanian | New Star Music | "Povestea mea" | My story | 6 | 80 |
| 05 | Ukraine
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Ukrainian | Nazar Slyusarchuk | "Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll" (Хлопчик рок 'н' ролл) |
Rock 'n' roll boy | 9 | 58 |
| 06 |  Spain
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Spanish | Dani Fernandez | "Te doy mi voz" | I give you my voice | 4 | 91 |
| 07 | Serbia
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Serbian, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese[4] |
Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika | "Učimo strane jezike" (Учимо стране језике) |
Learning foreign languages | 5 | 81 |
| 08 |  Malta
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English | Sophie Debattista | "Extra Cute" | — | 11 | 48 |
| 09 |  Macedonia
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Macedonian | Zana Aliu | "Vljubena" (Вљубена) | In love | 15 | 14 |
| 10 |  Sweden
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Swedish | Molly Sandén | "Det finaste någon kan få" | The best someone could get | 3 | 116 |
| 11 |  Greece
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Greek | Chloe Sofia Boleti | "Den peirazei" (Δεν πειραζει) | It doesn't matter | 13 | 35 |
| 12 |  Belarus
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Russian | Andrey Kunets | "Noviy den" (Новый день) | New day | 2 | 129 |
| 13 |  Belgium
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Dutch | Thor! | "Een tocht door het donker" | A journey through the dark | 7 | 71 |
| 14 |  Croatia
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Croatian | Mateo Đido | "Lea" | —[5] | 10 | 50 |
| 15 | Russia
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Russian | Tolmachevy Twins | "Vesenniy Jazz" |
Spring Jazz | 1 | 154 |
Score sheet change
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| Total Score | Portugal
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Cyprus
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Netherlands
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Romania
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Ukraine
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Spain
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Serbia
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Malta
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Macedonia
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Sweden
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Greece
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Belarus
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Belgium
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Croatia
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Russia
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| Contestants | Portugal | 22 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cyprus | 58 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 44 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Romania | 80 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ukraine | 58 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| Spain | 91 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Serbia | 81 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Malta | 48 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Macedonia | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 116 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Greece | 35 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Belarus | 129 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Belgium | 71 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Croatia | 50 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Russia | 154 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
| The table is ordered by appearance All countries automatically receive 12 points | |||||||||||||||||
12 points change
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 7 | Russia | Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine |
| 3 | Belarus | Malta, Portugal, Russia |
| 1 | Croatia | Macedonia |
| Cyprus | Greece | |
| Greece | Cyprus | |
| Romania | Spain | |
| Sweden | Netherlands |
- All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This is so no country gets nul points.
Commentators change
Ukraine - Pavlo Shylko (DJ Pasha)
Spain - Fernando Argenta & Lucho
Belgium - André Vermeulen (VRT), Maureen Louys (RTBF)
Russia - Olga Shelest
Sweden - Adam Alsing (TV4)
Spokespersons change
Portugal - Joana Galo Costa
Cyprus - George Ioannidies
Netherlands - Tess Gaerthe (Represented Netherlands in 2005)
Romania - Andrea Nastase- Ukraine - Assol
- Spain - Lucia
Serbia - Milica Stanišić
Malta - Jack Curtis
Macedonia - Dennis Dimoski- Sweden - Amy Diamond
Greece - Alexandros Chountas
Belarus - Liza Anton-Baychuk- Belgium - Sander Cliquet
Croatia - Lorena Jelusić- Russia - Roman Kerimov
References change
- ↑ Serbia had previously been in the 2005 contest, as part of Serbia and Montenegro.
- ↑ 'EBU Confirms: Romania to host Junior 2006'
- ↑ 'Croatia and Romania want to host junior 2006'
- ↑ The Serbian song contains actually only 2 lines of chorus in Serbian, while 24 lines of verses are sung in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Japanese.
- ↑ 'Lea' is a given name and thus cannot be translated.
Other websites change
- Official websites
- Official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website
- TVR website Archived 2006-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- News sites