Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | |
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Make A Big Splash | |
Dates | |
Final | 8 December 2007 |
Host | |
Venue | Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Presenter(s) | Sipke Jan Bousema Kim-Lian van der Meij |
Executive supervisor | Svante Stockselius |
Host broadcaster | Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) |
Website | junioreurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 17 |
Debuting countries | |
Returning countries | None |
Non-returning countries | |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs |
Winning song | Belarus "S druz'yami" |
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 the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on 13 July 2006. The host city was announced on 11 September 2006. AVRO won the rights to host the show over Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) of Croatia (who didn't actually participate in this contest) and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) of Cyprus.[2] The budget for the contest was stated to be more than €2,000,000.[3][4]
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. This is the only contest to date where the winning song did not receive points from all of the participating countries.
Location
Three countries bid for the rights to host the fifth Junior Eurovision Song Contest; Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) for Croatia; Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) for Cyprus; and Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) for the Netherlands.[2] AVRO were awarded the rights to host the contest in 2007, with a budget of more than 2,000,000 € being spent to stage the event.[3][4]
The base of the present Ahoy was laid in 1950. After the devastation caused by the Second World War, the city of Rotterdam had worked on reconstruction and Rotterdam port was virtually complete. To mark the occasion, the Rotterdam Ahoy! exhibition was held in a purpose-built hall on the site where the medical faculty of the Erasmus University now stands. The exhibition hall was called the Ahoy'-Hal. The apostrophe is a remnant of the original exclamation mark. The hall was used for a series of national and international events, such as the exhibition of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s work. During the North Sea flood of 1953 the hall also proved its worth as a reception centre for victims. Ahoy Rotterdam, in its current form, was built in 1970. The complex’s striking design won various national and international awards for its special steel structures. The first event to be held there was the Femina family exhibition. Since then, Ahoy has been expanded on a number of occasions, and was renovated and refurbished in 1998 to create today’s multifunctional venue.
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.[5]
Official CD and DVD
An official double CD of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 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.[6] 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.[5]
Participants
Patricia Goldsmith, Communications Adviser of the Eurovision TV department, stated that "18 countries will take part" in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007,[7] though Spanish broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) later announced its withdrawal from the contest.[8] Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia and Lithuania were the newcomers this year. Bosnia and Herzegovina was going to be one of the four débutants but Georgia took this place when Radiotelevizija Bosne i Hercegovine (BHRT) decided to withdraw from participation.[9][10] The minimum age of contestants was raised from 8 to 10 years this year.
Results
Draw[10] | Country[10] | Artist[10] | Song[10] | Language | Place[10] | Points[10] |
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01 | Georgia | Mariam Romelashvili | "Odelia Ranuni" ([ოდელია რანუნი] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) | Georgian | 4 | 116 |
02 | Belgium | Trust | "Anders" | Dutch | 15 | 19 |
03 | Armenia | Arevik | "Erazanq" ([Երազանք] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) | Armenian | 2 | 136 |
04 | Cyprus | Yiorgos Ioannides | "I mousiki dinei ftera" ([Η μουσική δίνει φτερά] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) | Greek | 14 | 29 |
05 | Portugal | Jorge Leiria | "Só quero é cantar" | Portuguese | 16 | 15 |
06 | Russia | Alexandra Golovchenko | "Otlichnitsa" ([Отличница] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) | Russian | 6 | 105 |
07 | Romania | 4Kids | "Sha-la-la" | Romanian | 10 | 54 |
08 | Bulgaria | Bon-Bon | "Bonbolandiya" ([Бонболандия] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) | Bulgarian | 7 | 86 |
09 | Serbia | Nevena Božović | "Piši mi" ([Пиши ми] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) | Serbian | 3 | 120 |
10 | Netherlands | Lisa, Amy & Shelley | "Adem in, Adem Uit" | Dutch | 11 | 39 |
11 | Macedonia | Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski | "Ding Ding Dong" ([Динг Динг Донг] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) | Macedonian | 5 | 111 |
12 | Ukraine | Ilona Galytska | "Urok hlamuru" ([Урок гламуру] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) | Ukrainian | 9 | 56 |
13 | Sweden | Frida Sandén | "Nu eller aldrig" | Swedish | 8 | 83 |
14 | Malta | Cute | "Music" | English | 12 | 37 |
15 | Greece | Made in Greece | "Kapou berdeftika" ([Καποu μπερδεύτηκα] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) | Greek | 17 | 14 |
16 | Lithuania | Lina Joy | "Kai miestas snaudžia" | Lithuanian | 13 | 33 |
17 | Belarus | Alexey Zhigalkovich | "S druz'yami" ([С друзьями] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) | Russian | 1 | 137 |
Score sheet
Results[10] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Georgia | 116 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | |||
Belgium | 19 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Armenia | 136 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | ||||||
Cyprus | 29 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Portugal | 15 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | 105 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||
Romania | 54 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Bulgaria | 86 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||
Serbia | 120 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
Netherlands | 39 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
Macedonia | 111 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | ||||
Ukraine | 56 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |||||||
Sweden | 83 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||||
Malta | 37 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Greece | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Lithuania | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Belarus | 137 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 12 | |||
The table is ordered by appearance. All countries automatically receive 12 points. |
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:
N. | Contestant | Voting nation |
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7 | Armenia | Belgium, Cyprus, Georgia, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Ukraine |
3 | Belarus | Lithuania, Malta, Portugal |
2 | Serbia | Macedonia, Sweden |
Macedonia | Bulgaria, Serbia | |
1 | Cyprus | Greece |
Georgia | Armenia | |
Russia | Belarus |
- All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This was so no country got nul points.
International broadcasts and voting
Voting and spokesperson
Viewers from each participating country voted by telephone and SMS. Each country's awards points to their top-10 favourites based on these public voting results. The following spokespersons announced the point 1 to 8, 10, and the maximum 12 points.[11]
- Georgia – Nino Epremidze
- Belgium – Bab Buelens
- Armenia – Ani Sahakyan
- Cyprus – Natalie Michael
- Portugal – Clara Pedro
- Russia – Marina Knyazeva
- Romania – Iulia Ciobanu
- Bulgaria – Lyubomir Hadjiyski
- Serbia – Andjelija (Angela) Eric
- Netherlands – Kimberly Nieuwenhuizen
- Macedonia – Mila Zafirovic
- Ukraine – Assol
- Sweden – Molly Sandén
- Malta – Sophie DeBattista
- Greece – Chloe Sofia Boleti
- Lithuania – Indre Grikstelyte
- Belarus – Alexander Rogachevskiy
Commentators
Most countries sent commentators to Rotterdam or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, provide voting information.[5] A live webcast was also streamed via the Junior Eurovision official website.[12]
- Armenia – TBC (ARMTV)
- Australia (non-participating country) - TBC (SBS) 1
- Azerbaijan (non-participating country) - TBC (İTV)
- Belarus – TBC (BTRC)
- Belgium - André Vermeulen (VRT), Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (non-participating country) - Dejan Kukrić (BHRT)
- Bulgaria – TBC (BNT)
- Cyprus – TBC (CyBC)
- Georgia – TBC (GPB)
- Greece – TBC (ERT)
- Israel (non-participating country) - No commentator (IBA) 2
- Lithuania – TBC (LRT)
- Macedonia – Milanka Rašik (MKRTV)
- Malta – TBC (PBS)
- Netherlands – TBC (AVRO)
- Portugal – TBC (RTP)
- Romania – TBC (TVR)
- Russia - Olga Shelest (RTR)
- Serbia – Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS2)
- Sweden – TBC (TV4)
- Ukraine - Timur Miroshnychenko (NTU)
Notes
- 1.^ Although Australia is not itself eligible to enter, it broadcast the event on the Special Broadcasting Service (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 24 December 2007 at 16.30 (local time), and repeated a few weeks after. Since this period is non-rated for television stations, how many people watched the broadcast is unknown.
- 2.^ The contest was broadcast in Israel where it was watched by 400,000 viewers.[5]
Official album
Untitled | |
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Rotterdam 2007, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on November 2007. The album features all the songs from the 2007 contest, along with karaoke versions.
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Odelia Ranuni" | Mariam Romelashvili (Georgia) | 2:46 |
2. | "Anders" | Trust (Belgium) | 2:47 |
3. | "Erazanq" | Arevik (Armenia) | 2:44 |
4. | "I mousiki dinei ftera" | Yiorgos Ioannides (Cyprus) | 2:42 |
5. | "Só quero é cantar" | Jorge Leiria (Portugal) | 2:46 |
6. | "Otlichnitsa" | Alexandra Golovchenko (Russia) | 2:46 |
7. | "Sha-la-la" | 4Kids (Romania) | 2:43 |
8. | "Bonbolandiya" | Bon-Bon (Bulgaria) | 2:46 |
9. | "Piši mi" | Nevena Božović (Serbia) | 2:46 |
10. | "Adem in, adem uit" | Lisa, Amy & Shelley (Netherlands) | 2:53 |
11. | "Ding Ding Dong" | Rosica Kulakova & Dimitar Stojmenovski (Macedonia) | 2:59 |
12. | "Urok hlamuru" | Ilona Galytska (Ukraine) | 2:45 |
13. | "Nu eller aldrig" | Frida Sandén (Sweden) | 2:41 |
14. | "Music" | Cute (Malta) | 2:45 |
15. | "Kapou berdeftika" | Made in Greece (Greece) | 2:44 |
16. | "Kai miestas snaudžia" | Lina Joy (Lithuania) | 2:40 |
17. | "S druz'yami" | Alexey Zhigalkovich (Belarus) | 2:46 |
Total length: | 46:59 |
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Odelia Ranuni" (Karaoke version) | Mariam Romelashvili (Georgia) | 2:46 |
2. | "Anders" (Karaoke version) | Trust (Belgium) | 2:47 |
3. | "Erazanq" (Karaoke version) | Arevik (Armenia) | 2:44 |
4. | "I mousiki dinei ftera" (Karaoke version) | Yiorgos Ioannides (Cyprus) | 2:42 |
5. | "Só quero é cantar" (Karaoke version) | Jorge Leiria (Portugal) | 2:46 |
6. | "Otlichnitsa" (Karaoke version) | Alexandra Golovchenko (Russia) | 2:46 |
7. | "Sha-la-la" (Karaoke version) | 4Kids (Romania) | 2:43 |
8. | "Bonbolandiya" (Karaoke version) | Bon-Bon (Bulgaria) | 2:46 |
9. | "Piši mi" (Karaoke version) | Nevena Božović (Serbia) | 2:46 |
10. | "Adem in, adem uit" (Karaoke version) | Lisa, Amy & Shelley (Netherlands) | 2:53 |
11. | "Ding Ding Dong" (Karaoke version) | Rosica Kulakova & Dimitar Stojmenovski (Macedonia) | 2:59 |
12. | "Urok hlamuru" (Karaoke version) | Ilona Galytska (Ukraine) | 2:45 |
13. | "Nu eller aldrig" (Karaoke version) | Frida Sandén (Sweden) | 2:41 |
14. | "Music" (Karaoke version) | Cute (Malta) | 2:45 |
15. | "Kapou berdeftika" (Karaoke version) | Made in Greece (Greece) | 2:44 |
16. | "Kai miestas snaudžia" (Karaoke version) | Lina Joy (Lithuania) | 2:40 |
17. | "S druz'yami" (Karaoke version) | Alexey Zhigalkovich (Belarus) | 2:46 |
Total length: | 46:59 |
See also
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