Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008; Fun In The Sun
Dates
Final date	22 November 2008
Host
Venue	Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol, Cyprus
Presenter(s)	Alex Michael; Sophia Paraskeva
Director	Klitos Klitou
Executive supervisor	Svante Stockselius
Host broadcaster	Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Opening act	Dance act featuring Yiorgos Ioannides and Mariam Venizelou.
Interval act	Dima Bilan, Evridiki & Dimitris Korgialas, all JESC 2008 participants singing "Hand in Hand"
Participants
Number of entries	15
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	None
Withdrawing countries	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Portugal; [[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Sweden;
Vote
Voting system	Citizens of each participating country vote by telephone and SMS message, which counts for 50%. Each country's 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points based on the number of votes. Results 1–5 are automatically displayed on-screen, then each country announces 6–8, 10 and 12 points. A jury in each country also has a 50% say in the outcome.
Nul points	All countries get 12 points from start
Winning song	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Georgia; "Bzz.."
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
	◄2007 2009►

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth edition of the contest. It took place at the "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus on 22 November 2008, Cypriot broadcaster CyBC was the host broadcaster for the event.^[2] The motto for the contest was "Fun In The Sun".^[3]

Results

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
01	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Romania	Mădălina and Andrada	"Salvaţi planeta!"	Romanian	9	58
02	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Armenia	Monica	"Im Ergi Hnchyune" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Իմ Երգի Հնչյունե)	Armenian	8	59
03	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Belarus	Dasha, Alina & Karyna	"Serdtse Belarusi" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Сердце Беларуси)	Russian, Belarusian^[4]	6	86
04	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Russia	Mihail Puntov	"Spit angel" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Спит ангел)	Russian	7	73
05	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Greece	Niki Yiannouchu	"Kapoia nychta" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Καποια νύχτα)	Greek	14	19
06	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Georgia	Bzikebi	"Bzz.."	Imaginary	1	154
07	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Belgium	Oliver	"Shut Up"	Dutch	11	45
08	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Bulgaria	Krastyana Krasteva	"Edna mechta" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Една мечта)	Bulgarian	15	15
09	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Serbia	Maja Mazić	"Uvek kad u nebo pogledam" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Увек кaд у небо погледaм)	Serbian	12	37
10	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Malta	Daniel Testa	"Junior Swing"	English	4	100
11	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Netherlands	Marissa	"1 dag"	Dutch	13	27
12	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Ukraine	Viktoria Petryk	"Matrosy" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Матроси)	Ukrainian	2	135
13	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Lithuania	Eglė Jurgaitytė	"Laiminga diena"	Lithuanian	3	103
14	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Republic of Macedonia	Bobi Andonov	"Prati mi SMS" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Прати ми СМС)	Macedonian	5	93
15	[[Image:{{{flag alias-Junior}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Cyprus	Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva	"Gioupi gia!" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Γιούπι για!)	Greek	10	46

Score sheet

Bzikebi, Georgia's participants


		Results
	Romania	58		4	2	2	2	2	2	1	5	3	2	4	1	8	8
	Armenia	59	3		5	6	6	8	6	7			3	3
	Belarus	86	5	5		10	4		10	6	7	7	4	5	3	5	3
	Russia	73		10	12		3	5		2	2	6	1	7	8	1	4
	Greece	19															7
	Georgia	154	6	12	8	12	10		12	12	10	8	12	12	12	4	12
	Belgium	45	2	2	1	1		4			3	2	10	2	4	2
	Bulgaria	15														3
	Serbia	37	1	1		3		6	1					1		12
	Malta	100	7	7	4	5	7	7	7	8	1		6	10	7	6	6
	Netherlands	27			3				5			1			5		1
	Ukraine	135	12	8	10	8	8	12	3	10	6	12	7		10	7	10
	Lithuania	103	8		6	7	1	10	8	3	12	10	8	6		10	2
	Macedonia	93	10	6	7	4	5	3	4	5	8	5	5	8	6		5
	Cyprus	46	4	3			12	1		4	4	4			2
The table is ordered by appearance All countries automatically receive 12 points Georgia and Macedonia awarded their points last due to technical problems

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Voting nation
8	Georgia	Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine
3	Ukraine	Georgia, Malta, Romania
1	Lithuania	Serbia
	Russia	Belarus
	Cyprus	Greece
	Serbia	Macedonia

All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This was so no country got nul points.
When Cyprus got 12 points from Greece the audience was absolutely crazy about it, even though Cyprus were nowhere near winning the contest and Greece and Cyprus regularly gives each other 12 points.

Commentators

Armenia – Gohar Gasparyan (Armenia 1)
Belarus – Denis Kuryan (Belarus 1)
Belgium – André Vermeulen (VRT), Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF)
Bulgaria – Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev (BNT 1)
Cyprus – Kyriakos Pastides (CyBC)
Georgia – Temo Kvirkvelia (GPB)
Greece – Renia Tsitsibikou and George Amyras (ERT)
Lithuania – Darius Užkuraitis (LRT)
Macedonia – Ivona Bogoevska (MTV 1)
Malta – Valerie Vella (TVM)
Netherlands – Sipke Jan Bousema (AVRO)
Romania – Ioana Isopecu and Alexandru Nagy (TVR)
Russia – Olga Shelest
Serbia – Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS 2)
Ukraine – Timur Miroshnychenko (NTU)

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Media

Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center in Limassol was the host venue.

References

↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
↑ "CyBC "proud host" of Junior 2008". Eurovision. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
↑ "Junior: Minor format changes introduced". Eurovision. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
↑ At the start of the song, the backing vocals are in Belarusian.

Other websites

Official website

[1] "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.

[2] "CyBC "proud host" of Junior 2008". Eurovision. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

[3] "Junior: Minor format changes introduced". Eurovision. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

[4] At the start of the song, the backing vocals are in Belarusian.

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