Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007
"Make A Big Splash"
Final 8 December 2007
Presenter(s) Sipke Jan Bousema &
Kim-Lian van der Meij
Host broadcaster Flag of the Netherlands AVRO
Venue Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Winning song Flag of Belarus Belarus
"S druz'yami"
Voting system
Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries 17
Debuting countries Flag of Armenia Armenia
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
Withdrawing countries Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina
Flag of Croatia Croatia
Flag of Spain Spain
Nul points All countries get 12 points from start
Interval act Katie Melua, Chipz, All JESC 2007 participants singing "One World"
Opening act Dutch dancers
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the fifth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 8 December.[1] The host country was chosen by EBU on 13 July 2006. The host city was announced on 11 September 2006. AVRO won the rights to host the show over HRT of Croatia (who didn't actually participate in this contest) and CyBC of Cyprus.[2] The budget for the contest was stated to be more than €2,000,000.[3]

Belarus won the Contest by a single point over Armenia. The winning performer was Alexey Zhigalkovich, singing "S druzyami" (With Friends). This was Belarus' second win; they won for the first time in 2005.

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[edit] Participants

Patricia Goldsmith, Communications Adviser of the Eurovision TV department, stated that "18 countries will take part" in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007[4] though Spanish broadcaster RTVE later announced its withdrawal from the contest.[5]

Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia and Lithuania were the newcomers this year. Bosnia-Herzegovina was going to be one of the four débutants but Georgia took this place when PBSBiH decided to withdraw from participation.[6]

The minimum age of contestants was raised from 8 to 10 years this year.

The following contestants took part in the 2007 contest:

  • Mari Romelashvili was born in Georgia in 1994.[7]
  • Trust is a four-person group. One member has been a solo pianist with an orchestra in Belgium.[8]
  • Arevik is a 8-person ensemble of the public radio of Armenia with a 29-year history.[9]
  • Yiorgos Ioannides was born in 1995 and placed 4th in the Junior Eurovision finals in Cyprus in 2006.[10]
  • Jorge Leiria was born in 1997.[11]
  • Alexandra Golovchenko was born in 1997.[12]
  • 4Kids is composed of four kids. One of them is the younger brother of Alina Eremia, who represented Romania in the 2005 JESC.[13]
  • Bon-Bon is a group of seven.[14]
  • Nevena Božović was born in 1994. She has won first prize at a festival in Kosovska Mitrovica for three consecutive years. Tennis player Novak Đoković supported her.[15]
  • Lisa, Amy & Shelley won first place of 1400 competitors in the Dutch National Song Contest.[16]
  • Rosica Kulakova & Dimitar Stojmenovski are cousins, both born in 1995.[17]
  • Ilona Galitska, at 11 years old, has already won many Ukrainian competitions and festivals.[18]
  • Frida Sandén is from a musical family. Her sister Molly Sandén came in 3rd representing Sweden in the 2006 JESC.[19]
  • Cute is a group of five with ages varying between eleven and thirteen years old.[20]
  • Made In Greece is a group of five. The members have accomplishments in photography, debate and swimming.[21]
  • Lina Joy is a piano student.[22]
  • Alexey Zhigalkovich was born in 1996. Both his parents completed musical school and are both doctors.[23]
Country Language Artist Song Translation Spokesperson Place Points
01 Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia Georgian Mariam Romelashvili Odelia Ranuni
(ოდელია რანუნი)		 Odelia Ranuni Nino Epremidze 4 116
02 Flag of Belgium Belgium Dutch Trust Anders Differently 'Bab' 15 19
03 Flag of Armenia Armenia Armenian Arevik[24] Erazanq A Dream Ani Sahakyan 2 136
04 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Greek Yiorgos Ioannides I musiki dini ftera Music Gives Wings 14 29
05 Flag of Portugal Portugal Portuguese Jorge Leiria Só quero é cantar I Only Want To Sing Débora Amado 16 15
06 Flag of Russia Russia Russian Alexandra Golovchenko Otlichnitsa "A" Student 6 105
07 Flag of Romania Romania Romanian 4Kids Sha-la-la Sha-la-la Iulia Ciobanu 10 54
08 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgarian Bon-Bon Bonbolandia Land Of Candy 7 86
09 Flag of Serbia Serbia Serbian Nevena Božović Piši mi Write To Me Andjelija (Angela) Eric 3 120
10 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Dutch Lisa, Amy & Shelley Adem in, Adem uit Breathe in, breathe out Kimberly Nieuwenhuizen 11 39
11 Flag of the Republic of Macedonia FYR Macedonia Macedonian Rosica Kulakova & Dimitar Stojmenovski Ding ding dong Ding ding dong Mila Zafirovic 5 111
12 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Ukrainian Ilona Halytska Urok hlamuru[25] Lesson Of Glamour Assol 9 56
13 Flag of Sweden Sweden Swedish Frida Sandén[26] Nu eller aldrig Now Or Never Molly Sanden 8 83
14 Flag of Malta Malta English Cute Music Music Sophie Debattista 12 37
15 Flag of Greece Greece Greek Made In Greece Kapou Mperdeftika Confused Chloe Sofia Boleti 17 14
16 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Lithuanian Lina Jurevičiūtė (Lina Joy) Kai miestas snaudžia When the town is asleep 13 33
17 Flag of Belarus Belarus Russian Alexey Zhigalkovich[27] S druz'yami With Friends Alexander Rogachevskiy 1 137

[edit] Other countries where the contest was broadcast

Flag of Australia Australia : Although Australia is not itself eligible to enter, it broadcast the event on SBS. As is the case each year, it did not however broadcast it live due to the difference in Australian time zones. It was screened at the later date of December 24th, at 4.30pm in the afternoon, and repeated a few weeks after. Since this period is non-rated for television stations, how many people watched the broadcast is unknown. Flag of Israel Israel : The contest was broadcast in Israel where it was watched by 400,000 viewers.[28]

[edit] Score sheet

  Results
Image:ESCGeorgiaJ.svg Image:ESCBelgiumJ.svg Image:ESCArmeniaJ.svg Image:ESCCyprusJ.svg Image:ESCPortugalJ.svg Image:ESCRussiaJ.svg Image:ESCRomaniaJ.svg Image:ESCBulgariaJ.svg Image:ESCSerbia-J.svg Image:ESCNetherlandsJ.svg Image:ESCMacedoniaJ.svg Image:ESCUkraineJ.svg Image:ESCSwedenJ.svg Image:ESCMaltaJ.svg Image:ESCGreeceJ.svg Image:ESCLithuaniaJ.svg Image:ESCBelarusJ.svg
Contestants Georgia   4 12 10 4 8 4 6 0 6 5 8 5 10 8 10 5
Belgium 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 12 12   12 0 12 12 8 5 12 0 12 10 0 10 0 7
Cyprus 0 0 5   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
Portugal 0 0 2 1   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russia 1 2 10 5 6   3 6 10 3 10 7 2 8 4 4 12
Romania 0 0 0 8 8 1   7 4 0 3 0 1 5 2 1 2
Bulgaria 6 7 6 7 1 3 8   7 5 7 3 3 4 5 2 0
Serbia 7 6 4 6 7 7 5 4   8 12 6 12 6 6 6 6
Netherlands 3 10 1 4 0 0 0 1 0   0 0 6 2 0 0 0
FYR Macedonia 5 3 7 3 10 5 10 12 12 0   5 7 7 0 5 8
Ukraine 10 0 3 0 3 6 1 0 1 0 1   0 1 1 7 10
Sweden 2 8 0 0 5 4 6 2 6 10 6 4   3 3 8 4
Malta 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 1 4 1 4   0 3 3
Greece 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0
Lithuania 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 0   1
Belarus 4 5 8 0 12 10 7 10 8 4 8 10 8 12 7 12  
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

[edit] Controversy

Over the past few years, most Eurovision contests have involved some controversy due to allegations of song plagiarism. This year is no exception, the Russian entry received claims from an adult composer that she is the original songwriter of the song. Further claims were made that the song was performed before the national selection as far as a year ago in August 2006 which is allegedly a violation of the rules as defined by the EBU. At the time of writing no resolution to this matter has been made.[29]

[edit] Official CD and DVD

Official double CD of Junior Eurovision 2007 was intended to go on sale on 23 December 2007. The EBU announced that there would be no official DVD of the Contest due to a lack of interest.[30]

The Belgian single was released on 5 October 2007, while the Dutch entry went on sale on 26 October 2007. There are no plans for commercial single releases of JESC entries in other countries, but a few promo copies for Rotterdam might be printed.[31]

[edit] Map

     Participating countries     Countries which participated in the past but do not this year
     Participating countries     Countries which participated in the past but do not this year

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.eurovision.tv/content/view/889/262/
  2. ^ 'Dutch JESC decision took ten minutes'
  3. ^ Eurovision Song Contest | Belgrade (Serbia) 2008 - Articles
  4. ^ New and existing contests. Eurovision.tv (2007-05-11). Retrieved on 2007-05-15.
  5. ^ http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://www.vertele.com/noticias/detail.php%3Fid%3D16159
  6. ^ http://www.eurovision.tv/content/view/889/262/
  7. ^ Georgia. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  8. ^ Belgium. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  9. ^ Armenia. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  10. ^ Cyprus. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  11. ^ Portugal. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  12. ^ Russia. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  13. ^ Romania. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  14. ^ Bulgaria. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  15. ^ Serbia. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  16. ^ Netherlands. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  17. ^ Macedonia. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  18. ^ Ukraine. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  19. ^ Sweden. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  20. ^ Malta. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  21. ^ Greece. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  22. ^ Lithuania. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  23. ^ Belarus. JESC 2007. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  24. ^ Детское Евровидение 2007 Нидерланды Новости Junior Eurovision 2007 The Netherlands News
  25. ^ Детское Евровидение 2007 Нидерланды Новости Junior Eurovision 2007 The Netherlands News
  26. ^ Busa, Alexandru (2007-08-31). Frida Sandén to Rotterdam. esctoday]. Retrieved on 2006-05-24.
  27. ^ [http://belarus.esckaz.com/ Евровидение-Беларусь | Eurovision Belarus
  28. ^ Number of people watching in various countries
  29. ^ Детское Евровидение 2007 Нидерланды Новости Junior Eurovision 2007 The Netherlands News
  30. ^ Oikotimes.com (18 January 2008). No DVD from JESC 2007. Retrieved on 22 January 2008.
  31. ^ Детское Евровидение 2007 Нидерланды Новости Junior Eurovision 2007 The Netherlands News
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