Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the fourth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 2 December 2006, the contest was broadcast live from Bucharest, Romania making it 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).[1]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Let the Music Play
Dates
Final2 December 2006
Host
VenueSala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s)Andreea Marin Bănică,
Ioana Ivan
Directed byDan Manoliu
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Executive producerIrina Radu
Host broadcasterTeleviziunea Română (TVR)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/bucharest-2006
Participants
Number of entries15
Debuting countries Portugal
 Serbia[lower-alpha 1]
 Ukraine
Returning countries Cyprus
Non-returning countries Denmark
 Latvia
 Norway
 Serbia and Montenegro
 United Kingdom
Participation map
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         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2006
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song Russia
"Vesenniy Jazz"

The show was broadcast live in the competing countries, as well as Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Australian television channel Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) that acquired the rights for broadcasting the show, which was broadcast on 1 January 2007. This was Serbia's first participation in a Eurovision event as an independent nation. The contest was won by The Tolmachevy Twins from Russia with the song "Vesenniy Jazz".

Location
Further information on the host city: Bucharest
Locations of the bidding countries. The eliminated countries are marked in red. The chosen host country is marked in blue.

Bidding phase and host selection

On 5 October 2005, it was confirmed that TVR had won the rights of hosting the contest over AVRO of the Netherlands (who hosted the next contest).[1] Croatia also expressed an interest in hosting this contest.[2]

Venue

Polyvalent Hall from Bucharest (Romanian: Sala Polivalentă din București) is a multi-purpose hall in Bucharest, Romania, located in the Tineretului Park. It is used for concerts, indoor sports such as tennis, gymnastics, dance, handball, volleyball, basketball, weightlifting, combat sports and professional wrestling. The hall was opened in 1974 but has since been renovated. It has a maximum seating capacity of 12,000 for concerts and 6,000 for handball.

Participating countries
Cover art of the official album

On 16 May 2006, the EBU released the official list of participants with 15 competing countries.[3] Originally 16 countries had initially signed up for the contest but one unspecified country later dropped out.[4] Portugal, Serbia (for the first time as an independent country after the participation in 2005 contest as part of Serbia and Montenegro) and Ukraine made their debut, while Cyprus returned after a one-year absence.

Two broadcasters withdrew from the contest: Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF) of the French-speaking Wallonia in Belgium left the contest this year, after co-hosting the previous edition with Flemish broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT), claimed that continuing with the contest was not in their interests financially.[5] Belgium continued to be represented at the contest by Flemish broadcaster VRT. Subsequently also Sveriges Television (SVT) of Sweden decided to withdraw from the contest for focusing on organisation of the MGP Nordic in Stockholm; the country continued to be represented at the contest by commercial broadcaster TV4.

Prior to the event, a compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2006 contest, along with karaoke versions, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group in November 2006.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006[3][6]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Belarus BTRC Andrey Kunets "Noviy den" (Новый день) Russian Andrey Kunets
 Belgium VRT Thor! "Een tocht door het donker" Dutch Thor Salden
 Croatia HRT Mateo Đido "Lea" Croatian Mateo Đido
 Cyprus CyBC Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi "Agoria koritsia" (Αγόρια κορίτσια) Greek
  • Christina Christofi
  • Luis Panagiotou
 Greece ERT Chloe Sofia Boleti "Den peirazei" (Δεν πειράζει) Greek Chloe Sofia Boleti
 Macedonia MRT Zana Aliu "Vljubena" (Вљубена) Macedonian Zana Aliu
 Malta PBS Sophie Debattista "Extra Cute" English Sophie Debattista
 Netherlands AVRO Kimberly Nieuwenhuis "Goed" Dutch Kimberly Nieuwenhuis
 Portugal RTP Pedro Madeira "Deixa-me sentir" Portuguese
 Romania TVR New Star Music "Povestea mea" Romanian New Star Music
 Russia VGTRK Tolmachevy Twins "Vesenniy Jazz" Russian
 Serbia RTS Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika "Učimo strane jezike" (Учимо стране језике) Serbian, English[lower-alpha 2] Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika
 Spain RTVE Dani Fernández "Te doy mi voz" Spanish Dani Fernández
 Sweden TV4 Molly Sandén "Det finaste någon kan få" Swedish Molly Sandén
 Ukraine NTU Nazar Slyusarchuk "Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll" (Хлопчик рок н рол) Ukrainian Nazar Slyusarchuk

Format

Presenters

The presenters in charge of conducting the event were Andreea Marin and Ioana Ivan,[7] who also appeared in the green room. Marin has been a presenter at the host broadcaster since 1994 and achieved national fame as the host of Surprize, Surprize, the Romanian version of British light entertainment show Surprise Surprise, on TVR1.[8] Marin has twice appeared on the Eurovision Song Contest, reading out the Romanian televote results in 2004 and 2006.[9] Ivan is an actress and television personality and the first child presenter of the event.[10]

Contest overview

The event took place on 2 December 2006 at 21:15 EET (20:15 CET). Fifteen countries participated, with the running order published on October 2006. All the countries competing were eligible to vote by televote. Russia won with 154 points, with Belarus, Sweden, Spain, and Serbia, completing the top five. Malta, the Netherlands, Greece, Portugal, and Macedonia occupied the bottom five positions.[11]

The show was opened by various circus style dancers and performers including fifteen children, champions from the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, plus characters from the Bucharest State Circus and an on-stage appearance by Mihai Trăistariu, dressed as Count Dracula and was followed by the traditional flag parade introducing the 15 participating countries. The interval act included a performance by last year's winner Ksenia Sitnik, a "fight" between street dance and traditional Romanian dance in addition to a remix of songs by the last three Romanian participants at the contest.[7]

R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Portugal Pedro Madeira "Deixa-me sentir" 22 14
2  Cyprus Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi "Agoria koritsia" 58 8
3  Netherlands Kimberly Nieuwenhuis "Goed" 44 12
4  Romania New Star Music "Povestea mea" 80 6
5  Ukraine Nazar Slyusarchuk "Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll" 58 9
6  Spain Dani Fernández "Te doy mi voz" 90 4
7  Serbia Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika "Učimo strane jezike" 81 5
8  Malta Sophie Debattista "Extra Cute" 48 11
9  Macedonia Zana Aliu "Vljubena" 14 15
10  Sweden Molly Sandén "Det finaste någon kan få" 116 3
11  Greece Chloe Sofia Boleti "Den peirazei" 35 13
12  Belarus Andrey Kunets "Noviy den" 129 2
13  Belgium Thor! "Een tocht door het donker" 71 7
14  Croatia Mateo Đido "Lea" 50 10
15  Russia Tolmachevy Twins "Vesenniy Jazz" 154 1

Spokespersons
  1.  Portugal – Joana Galo Costa
  2.  Cyprus – George Ioannidies
  3.  Netherlands – Tess Gaerthe
  4.  Romania – Andrea Nastase
  5.  Ukraine – Assol
  6.  Spain – Lucía
  7.  Serbia – Milica Stanišić
  8.  Malta – Jack Curtis
  9.  Macedonia – Denis Dimoski
  10.  Sweden – Amy Diamond
  11.  Greece – Alexandros Chountas
  12.  Belarus – Liza Anton-Baychuk
  13.  Belgium – Sander Cliquet
  14.  Croatia – Lorena Jelusić
  15.  Russia – Roman Kerimov

Detailed voting results
Detailed voting results[12]
Total score
Portugal
Cyprus
Netherlands
Romania
Ukraine
Spain
Serbia
Malta
Macedonia
Sweden
Greece
Belarus
Belgium
Croatia
Russia
Contestants
 Portugal 2273
Cyprus 5832353331266
Netherlands 44582863
Romania 80681412426773242
Ukraine 585246548138
Spain 9075786318857715
Serbia 81245572710415557
Malta 48113111753247
Macedonia 142
Sweden 1168712784810261010210
Greece 3512173
Belarus 12912641010861251086812
Belgium 71438635261124104
Croatia 50621012611
Russia 15410101012121012441210121212

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received. All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting to ensure that no country finished with nul points.

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
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

Other countries

For a country to be eligible for potential participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, it needs to be an active member of the EBU. It is currently unknown whether the EBU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest.

  •  Armenia – Armenian broadcaster AMPTV were negotiating with the EBU to debut. However, plans never came to fruition and they debuted a year later.
  •  Denmark – Danish broacaster DR, along with all Scandinavian broadcasters (NRK and STV), decided to withdraw from the contest for various reasons, one being that the content put too much pressure on the participating children. Instead they staged a solely Scandinavian contest called MGP Nordic in Stockholm, as they did in 2002.
  •  Latvia – Latvian broacaster LTV decided to withdraw from the contest due to financial reasons.
  •  Monaco – Monégasque broacaster TMC, who is in charge of the country's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, had stated an interest to take part in the contest.[13] Monaco did not appear on the list of participants published by the EBU on 16 May 2006.[3]
  •  Montenegro – Following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro, which had previously taken part in the 2005 contest, the EBU gave to the Montenegrin broadcaster, Radio Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG), extra time to decide whether or not to participate, but they finally declined the invitation.
  •  Norway – Norwegian broadcaster NRK decided to withdraw from the contest for various reasons, one being that focusing on participation in the MGP Nordic.
  •  United Kingdom – British broadcaster ITV decided to withdraw from the contest due to low ratings in the last three editions.[14][15]

Broadcasts
Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 Belarus BTRC Denis Kurian
 Belgium VRT Ilse Van Hoecke and Jelle Cleymans
 Croatia HRT Elan Nikk
 Cyprus CyBC Kyriakos Pastides
 Greece ERT Renia Tsitsibikou and George Amyras
 Macedonia MTV 1 Milanka Rašik
 Malta PBS Valerie Vella
 Netherlands AVRO Sipke Jan Bousema
 Portugal RTP Isabel Angelino
 Romania TVR1 Ioana Isopecu and Alexandru Nagy
 Russia RTR Olga Shelest
 Serbia RTS2 Duška Vučinić-Lučić
 Spain TVE Fernando Argenta and Lucho
 Sweden TV4 Adam Alsing
 Ukraine NTU Timur Miroshnychenko [16]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 Andorra RTVA Unknown
 Australia SBS (1 January 2007) No commentary
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Unknown
 Israel IBA (8 December 2007) Unknown [17]

See also

Notes
  1. Serbia had taken part, in the 2005 contest, as part of Serbia and Montenegro, but this was their first participation as an independent nation.
  2. Contains only 2 lines of chorus in Serbian, while 24 lines of verses are mostly sung in English and a few lines are sung in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Swedish and Romanian.

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