Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | |
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File:JESC logo 2009.jpg | |
Dates | |
Final | 21 November 2009[1] |
Host | |
Venue | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine[1] |
Presenter(s) | Ani Lorak[2] |
Host broadcaster | NTU |
Website | junioreurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 13 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | Sweden |
Non-returning countries | Bulgaria Greece Lithuania |
Vote | |
Voting system | Citizens of each participating country vote by telephone and SMS, which counts for 50%. Each country's 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points based on the number of vote. A jury in each country also has a 50% say in the outcome |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be the seventh edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest and will take place in Kiev, Ukraine. It has been scheduled for 21 November.[1] 13 countries has been confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to compete in the Contest.[3]
Location
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) invited broadcasters to bid for the rights to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009; three bids were received from Belarus, Serbia, and Ukraine.[4] TV4 of Sweden had originally sent in a bid during summer 2007, but soon withdrew its bid after deciding to completely withdraw from the contest.[5] After deliberations by the EBU, National Television Company of Ukraine was granted the rights to the 2009 contest and will host it in Kiev.[6] Ukraine also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 at the same venue.
Concept and logo
Logo of the contest titled "Tree of life" is based on the artwork "Sunflower of life" by Maria Primachenko, a renowed Ukrainian folk art painter. Creative design of the show will be based on the logo of the contest, works and ideas of Primachenko as well as on the concept of the show, titled "For the joy of people". [7]
Participants
The EBU announced the complete list of participating countries in the 2009 Contest on 8 June 2009. 13 countries will compete in the contest: Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, Georgia, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia,Sweden and Ukraine.[3] Sweden will return after missing the contest, while Bulgaria, Greece and Lithuania will withdraw from the Contest.[3]
Template:2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest entries
Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Date of Selection |
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Armenia | Armenian | Luara Hayrapetyan | "Barcelona" (Բարցելոնա) | – | 11 July 2009 |
Belarus | Russian | Yuriy Demidovich | "Volshebniy krolik" (Волшебный кролик) | The Magic rabbit | 10 September 2009 |
Belgium | Dutch | 26 September 2009 | |||
Cyprus | Greek | 3 October 2009 | |||
Georgia | Georgian | 27 September 2009 | |||
Malta | English | Francesca Sciberras & Mikaela Bajjada (Francesca and Mikaela) | "Double Trouble" | - | 12 September 2009 |
Macedonia | Macedonian | 26 September 2009 | |||
Netherlands | Dutch | 3 October 2009 | |||
Romania | Romanian | 20 September 2009 | |||
Russia | Russian | Ekaterina Ryabova | "Malenkiy prints" (Маленький принц) | The Little Prince | 31 May 2009 |
Serbia | Serbian | 20 September 2009 | |||
Sweden | Swedish | Internal | |||
Ukraine | Ukrainian | Andranik Alexanyan | "Tri topoli, tri surmy" (Три тополі, три сурми) | Three poplars, three trumpets | 14 June 2009 |
- The rules says that the participants must sing in one of their national languages.
Withdrawals
- Bulgaria withdrew due to poor result of 2008
- Greece withdrew after five years of participation because of the relatively low television ratings for the contest and an objection to using children.[8]
- Lithuania has withdrawn due to financial difficulties of broadcaster. [9]
References
- ^ a b c "Ukrainian broadcaster NTU has officially confirmed the date of Junior Eurovision 2009". ESCKaz. 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
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(help) - ^ Ani Lorak will present the show, together with a male presenter and a child
- ^ a b c Bakkar, Sietse (2009-06-08). "13 countries to be represented at Junior 2009!". EBU. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
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(help) - ^ Konstantopoulos, Fotis (2008-06-02). "Three bids for Junior Eurovision 2009". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
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(help) - ^ "TV4 is the third bidding broadcaster for JESC 2009". Oikotimes. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
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(help) - ^ Floras, Stella (2008-06-06). "JESC - Ukraine: To host Junior Eurovision 2009". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
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(help) - ^ "Logo and concept of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 have been presented". ESCKaz. 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
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(help) - ^ Konstantopoulos, Fotis (2008-11-27). "ERT officially out of Junior Eurovision 2009 edition". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
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(help) - ^ "Lithuania will not take part in Junior Eurovision 2009". ESCKaz. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
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