Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
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| Date | 26 November 2005 |
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| Presenters | Marcel Vanthilt, Maureen Louys |
| Host Broadcaster | RTBF, VRT |
| Venue | Ethias Arena, Hasselt, Belgium |
| Winning Song | My Vmeste by Ksenia Sitnik (Belarus) |
| Voting system | Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Number of Songs | 16 |
| Countries Making Debut | Russia, Serbia and Montenegro |
| Nul points | None |
| Interval Act | María Isabel |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On November 26, 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a joint effort by the national broadcasters VRT and RTBF, in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union. Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys hosted the event.
The show was not only broadcast live in the competing countries, it was also available on satellite worldwide and the Australian television channel SBS acquired the rights to broadcast the show one month later.
Originally, seventeen countries had applied to compete, but on October 13, Cypriot broadcaster CyBC announced their withdrawal for internal reasons (complaints were being sent to the broadcaster stating that the song they had chosen appeared to be plagiarism). This did not affect their ability to take part in the voting.
The public broadcasters of Switzerland and Poland didn't send candidates for financial reasons. France didn't join because of restructuring within the channel. Russia and Serbia and Montenegro made their debut in the competition this year.
The theme of the show was 'Let's Get Loud', standing for the new generation on the stage.
The show was watched by 8,500 people in the Arena, including the Belgian Prince Laurent and 20-25 million people around Europe
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[edit] Acts
The show opened with fireworks and bungee jumpers.
As surprise act the young Vladik Myagkostupov from the famous Cirque du Soleil showed his juggling abilities in a 4 minute performance while people were voting during the interval. While the votes were being counted, the Spanish María Isabel, performed a medley from the song with which she won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and some of the numbers from the album she had recently released. She also presented the trophy to the winner.
[edit] Participants
| Country | Language | Artist | Song | Translation | Place | Points | |
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| 01 |  Greece |
Greek | Alexandros and Kalli | Tora Einai I Seira Mas | It's Our Turn Now | 06 | 88 |
| 02 |  Denmark |
Danish | Nicolai | Shake Shake Shake |
- | 04 | 121 |
| 03 |  Croatia |
Croatian | Lorena Jelusić | Rock Baby | - | 12 | 36 |
| 04 |  Romania |
Romanian | Alina Eremia | Tzooray | Hey | 05 | 89 |
| 05 |  United Kingdom |
English | Joni Fuller | How Does It Feel? | - | 14 | 28 |
| 06 |  Sweden |
Swedish | M+ | Gränslös Kärlek | Borderless Love | 15 | 22 |
| 07 |  Russia |
Russian | Vladislav Krutskikh | Doroga K Solntsu | Path To The Sun | 09 | 66 |
| 08 |  FYR Macedonia |
Macedonian | Denis Dimovski | Rodendenski Baknež | Birthday Kiss | 08 | 68 |
| 09 |  Netherlands |
Dutch | Tess | Stupid | - | 07 | 82 |
| 10 |  Serbia and Montenegro |
Serbian | Filip Vučić | Ljubav Pa Fudbal | First Love Then Football | 13 | 29 |
| 11 |  Latvia |
Latvian | Kids4Rock | Es Esmu Maza Jauka Meitene | I'm A Little Lovely Girl | 11 | 50 |
| 12 |  Belgium |
French | Lindsay | Mes Rêves | My Dreams | 10 | 63 |
| 13 |  Malta |
English | Thea & Friends | Make It Right! | - | 16 | 18 |
| 14 |  Norway |
Norwegian | Malin | Sommer å Skolefri[1] | Summer And School Free | 03 | 123 |
| 15 |  Spain |
Spanish | Antonio José | Te Traigo Flores | I Bring You Flowers | 02 | 146 |
| 16 |  Belarus |
Russian | Ksenia Sitnik | My Vmeste | We Are Together | 01 | 149 |
| — |  Cyprus |
Greek | Rena Kiriakidi | Tsirko | Circus | Withdrew | |
[edit] Voting structure
Televote 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. The presenters started off by giving all contestants 12 points.
[edit] Score sheet
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Greece | 12 | X | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | - | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | |
| Denmark | 6 | 7 | X | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Croatia | - | - | 2 | X | - | - | 3 | - | 8 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | ||
| Romania | 10 | 10 | - | 2 | X | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | 12 | 3 | ||
| United Kingdom | - | - | 3 | - | - | X | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 2 | ||
| Sweden | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | ||
| Russia | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | - | X | 1 | - | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||
| FYR of Macedonia | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10 | X | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 8 | ||
| Netherlands | 2 | 4 | 10 | - | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | - | X | - | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Serbia & Montenegro | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Latvia | - | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | X | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Belgium | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 7 | X | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Malta | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | ||
| Norway | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | X | 8 | 7 | ||
| Spain | 8 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | X | 10 | ||
| Belarus | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | X | ||
| All countries began with 12 points.
The table is ordered by appearance. Scores taken from official website. |
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[edit] Junior Europrediction 2005
Before the contest, people all over the world could vote in a prediction poll run by www.oikotimes.com to make an educated guess as to which country would win. The votes, 2717 in number, were split into 18 country groups (the sixteen participants, Cyprus, and votes from other countries), and points were cast in traditional Eurovision style. The eventual winner was Romania, with 169 points, closely followed by Spain, with 167. Eventual Junior Eurovision winner Belarus came last with no points.
[edit] Results
| Country | Points |
| Romania | 169 |
| Spain | 167 |
| Netherlands | 120 |
| Greece | 109 |
| Sweden | 101 |
| United Kingdom | 98 |
| Belgium | 64 |
| Croatia | 57 |
| Malta | 44 |
| Denmark | 41 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 23 |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
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| Russia | 16 |
| Norway | 12 |
| Latvia | 2 |
| Belarus | 0 |
[edit] Viewers
Belgovision.com could exclusively look at the EBU's official viewing figures. Around 21 million people watched the show live. Data for Serbia and Montenegro, Belarus, Malta, and FYR Macedonia are not available.
| Country | Broadcaster | Viewers | ||
| Belgium |  Flanders |
VRT | 1,014,079 | |
 Wallonia |
RTBF | 238,900 | ||
| Croatia | HRT | 642,681 | ||
| Cyprus | CyBC | 37,142 | ||
| Denmark | DR | 865,000 | ||
| Greece | ERT | 865,000 | ||
| Latvia | LTV | 300,900 | ||
| Netherlands | AVRO | 1,031,000 | ||
| Norway | NRK | 930,000 | ||
| Romania | TVR | 2,458,000 | ||
| Russia | Channel 1 | 4,083,400 | ||
| Spain | TVE | 5,744,000 | ||
| Sweden | SVT | 1,020,000 | ||
| United Kingdom | ITV | ITV2 | 171,000 | |
| ITV1[2] | 700,000 | |||
[edit] Facts
- Lorena Jelusić, the Croatian entrant, is the sister of Dino Jelusić, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003.
- Tess lives in Belgium but is able to compete for the Netherlands because she has a Dutch nationality.
- Greece opened the show, and Sweden came in fifteenth place, both for the third time in a row.
- Spain maintained their record of never finishing below the top 2, having now finished 2nd in 2003 and 2005 and 1st in 2004.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The Norwegian song was written in a dialect of Norwegian, and originally had the title stated above (Sommer å Skolefri), however, when the Norwegian broadcaster submitted the song to the European Broadcasting Union, they gave the song title in the standard Norwegian form, Sommer og Skolefri, which is how it was displayed on screen.
- ^ ITV broadcast the contest live on ITV2, and then repeated it in a shortened version the following day on ITV1. They also broadcast the contest this way for the 2004 contest.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- French site about Eurovision Song Contest and Junior ESC
- Site of VRT
- Oikotimes
- Belgovision
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