Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the fourth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It was for young singers aged 8 to 15. The contest was broadcast live from Bucharest, Romania on 2 December 2006. It was 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). TVR won the rights to host the contest over AVRO of the Netherlands (who hosted the next contest).[2] Croatia also showed an interest in hosting this contest.[3]
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 "Let The Music Play" | |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 2 December 2006 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania |
| Presenter(s) | Andreea Marin Bănică, Ioana Ivan |
| Host broadcaster | Televiziunea Română (TVR) |
| Opening act | Various circus-style dancers and performers, including an appearance by Mihai Trăistariu |
| Interval act | Ksenia Sitnik, Break-dancing and traditional Romanian dancing and a remix of the last 3 Romanian participants at JESC. |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 15 |
| Debuting countries |  Portugal Serbia[1] Ukraine
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| Returning countries |  Cyprus
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| Withdrawing countries |  Denmark Latvia Norway Serbia and Montenegro United Kingdom
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song |  Russia"Vesenniy Jazz" |
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest | |
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Results
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Portugal
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Portuguese | Pedro Madeira | "Deixa-me sentir" | Let me feel | 14 | 22 |
| 02 | Cyprus
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Greek | Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi | "Agoria koritsia" (Αγορια κοριτσια) | Boys and Girls | 8 | 58 |
| 03 |  Netherlands
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Dutch | Kimberly | "Goed" | Good | 12 | 44 |
| 04 |  Romania
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Romanian | New Star Music | "Povestea mea" | My story | 6 | 80 |
| 05 | Ukraine
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Ukrainian | Nazar Slyusarchuk | "Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll" (Хлопчик рок 'н' ролл) |
Rock 'n' roll boy | 9 | 58 |
| 06 |  Spain
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Spanish | Dani Fernandez | "Te doy mi voz" | I give you my voice | 4 | 91 |
| 07 | Serbia
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Serbian, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese[4] |
Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika | "Učimo strane jezike" (Учимо стране језике) |
Learning foreign languages | 5 | 81 |
| 08 |  Malta
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English | Sophie Debattista | "Extra Cute" | — | 11 | 48 |
| 09 |  Macedonia
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Macedonian | Zana Aliu | "Vljubena" (Вљубена) | In love | 15 | 14 |
| 10 |  Sweden
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Swedish | Molly Sandén | "Det finaste någon kan få" | The best someone could get | 3 | 116 |
| 11 |  Greece
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Greek | Chloe Sofia Boleti | "Den peirazei" (Δεν πειραζει) | It doesn't matter | 13 | 35 |
| 12 |  Belarus
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Russian | Andrey Kunets | "Noviy den" (Новый день) | New day | 2 | 129 |
| 13 |  Belgium
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Dutch | Thor! | "Een tocht door het donker" | A journey through the dark | 7 | 71 |
| 14 |  Croatia
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Croatian | Mateo Đido | "Lea" | —[5] | 10 | 50 |
| 15 | Russia
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Russian | Tolmachevy Twins | "Vesenniy Jazz" |
Spring Jazz | 1 | 154 |
Score sheet
| Results | |||||||||||||||||
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| Total Score | Portugal
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Cyprus
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Netherlands
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Romania
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Ukraine
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Spain
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Serbia
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Malta
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Macedonia
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Sweden
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Greece
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Belarus
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Belgium
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Croatia
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Russia
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| Contestants | Portugal | 22 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cyprus | 58 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 44 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Romania | 80 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ukraine | 58 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| Spain | 91 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Serbia | 81 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Malta | 48 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Macedonia | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 116 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Greece | 35 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Belarus | 129 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Belgium | 71 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Croatia | 50 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Russia | 154 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 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. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This is so no country gets nul points.
Commentators
- Ukraine - Pavlo Shylko (DJ Pasha)
- Spain - Fernando Argenta & Lucho
- Belgium - André Vermeulen (VRT), Maureen Louys (RTBF)
- Russia - Olga Shelest
- Sweden - Adam Alsing (TV4)
Spokespersons
- Portugal - Joana Galo Costa
- Cyprus - George Ioannidies
- Netherlands - Tess Gaerthe (Represented Netherlands in 2005)
- Romania - Andrea Nastase
- Ukraine - Assol
- Spain - Lucia
- Serbia - Milica Stanišić
- Malta - Jack Curtis
- Macedonia - Dennis Dimoski
- Sweden - Amy Diamond
- Greece - Alexandros Chountas
- Belarus - Liza Anton-Baychuk
- Belgium - Sander Cliquet
- Croatia - Lorena Jelusić
- Russia - Roman Kerimov
References
- ↑ Serbia had previously been in the 2005 contest, as part of Serbia and Montenegro.
- ↑ 'EBU Confirms: Romania to host Junior 2006'
- ↑ 'Croatia and Romania want to host junior 2006'
- ↑ The Serbian song contains actually only 2 lines of chorus in Serbian, while 24 lines of verses are sung in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Japanese.
- ↑ 'Lea' is a given name and thus cannot be translated.
Other websites
- Official websites
- Official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website
- TVR website Archived 2006-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- News sites