Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
6th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth edition of the contest. It took place at the "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus on 22 November 2008, Cypriot broadcaster CyBC was the host broadcaster for the event.[2] The motto for the contest was "Fun In The Sun".[3]
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Fun In The Sun | |
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Dates | |
Final date | 22 November 2008 |
Host | |
Venue | Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol, Cyprus |
Presenter(s) | Alex Michael Sophia Paraskeva |
Director | Klitos Klitou |
Executive supervisor | Svante Stockselius |
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 | |
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 | ![]() "Bzz.." |
Junior Eurovision Song Contest | |
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Results change
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
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01 | Romania | Mădălina and Andrada | "Salvaţi planeta!" | Romanian | 9 | 58 |
02 | Armenia | Monica | "Im Ergi Hnchyune" (Իմ Երգի Հնչյունե) | Armenian | 8 | 59 |
03 | Belarus | Dasha, Alina & Karyna | "Serdtse Belarusi" (Сердце Беларуси) | Russian, Belarusian[4] | 6 | 86 |
04 | Russia | Mihail Puntov | "Spit angel" (Спит ангел) | Russian | 7 | 73 |
05 | Greece | Niki Yiannouchu | "Kapoia nychta" (Καποια νύχτα) | Greek | 14 | 19 |
06 | Georgia | Bzikebi | "Bzz.." | Imaginary | 1 | 154 |
07 | Belgium | Oliver | "Shut Up" | Dutch | 11 | 45 |
08 | Bulgaria | Krastyana Krasteva | "Edna mechta" (Една мечта) | Bulgarian | 15 | 15 |
09 | Serbia | Maja Mazić | "Uvek kad u nebo pogledam" (Увек кaд у небо погледaм) | Serbian | 12 | 37 |
10 | Malta | Daniel Testa | "Junior Swing" | English | 4 | 100 |
11 | Netherlands | Marissa | "1 dag" | Dutch | 13 | 27 |
12 | Ukraine | Viktoria Petryk | "Matrosy" (Матроси) | Ukrainian | 2 | 135 |
13 | Lithuania | Eglė Jurgaitytė | "Laiminga diena" | Lithuanian | 3 | 103 |
14 | Macedonia | Bobi Andonov | "Prati mi SMS" (Прати ми СМС) | Macedonian | 5 | 93 |
15 | Cyprus | Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva | "Gioupi gia!" (Γιούπι για!) | Greek | 10 | 46 |
Score sheet change
12 points change
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:
N. | Contestant | Voting nation |
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8 | Georgia | Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine |
3 | Ukraine | Georgia, Malta, Romania |
1 | Lithuania | Serbia |
Russia | Belarus | |
Cyprus | Greece | |
Serbia | Macedonia |
- All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This was so no country got nul points.
- When Cyprus got 12 points from Greece the audience was absolutely crazy about it, even though Cyprus were nowhere near winning the contest and Greece and Cyprus regularly gives each other 12 points.
Commentators change
- Armenia – Gohar Gasparyan (Armenia 1)
- Belarus – Denis Kuryan (Belarus 1)
- Belgium – André Vermeulen (VRT), Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF)
- Bulgaria – Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev (BNT 1)
- Cyprus – Kyriakos Pastides (CyBC)
- Georgia – Temo Kvirkvelia (GPB)
- Greece – Renia Tsitsibikou and George Amyras (ERT)
- Lithuania – Darius Užkuraitis (LRT)
- Macedonia – Ivona Bogoevska (MTV 1)
- Malta – Valerie Vella (TVM)
- Netherlands – Sipke Jan Bousema (AVRO)
- Romania – Ioana Isopecu and Alexandru Nagy (TVR)
- Russia – Olga Shelest
- Serbia – Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS 2)
- Ukraine – Timur Miroshnychenko (NTU)
References change
- ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
- ↑ "CyBC "proud host" of Junior 2008". Eurovision. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ "Junior: Minor format changes introduced". Eurovision. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ At the start of the song, the backing vocals are in Belarusian.