Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010;
Dates
Final date	20 November 2010
Host
Venue	Minsk Arena, Minsk, Belarus
Presenter(s)	Denis Kourian,; Leila Ismailova
Director	Daniel Elenek
Executive supervisor	Svante Stockselius
Host broadcaster	Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC)
Opening act	Ksenia Sitnik and Alexey Zhigalkovich singing "Hello, Eurovision"
Interval act	Alexander Rybak singing Europe's Skies ; All participants and Dmitry Koldun singing A Day Without War Winners of Junior Eurovision 2003-2009
Participants
Number of entries	14
Debuting countries	Moldova
Returning countries	Latvia ; Lithuania
Withdrawing countries	Cyprus; Romania
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	Armenia; "Mama"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
	◄2009 2011►

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Minsk, Belarus on 20 November 2010.^[5] The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan of Armenia with the song "Mama". This gave Armenia its first win at Junior Eurovision and its first win in any Eurovision contest, even though Sweden had been the betting favourite.

Final

Each country gave votes. Half of the votes were cast by a jury, while the other half came from the public who voted via telephone and text messages. The voters decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Lithuania	Lithuanian	Bartas	"Oki Doki"	—	6	67
02	Moldova	Romanian, English	Ștefan Roșcovan	"Ali Baba"	—	8	54
03	The Netherlands	Dutch, English	Anna & Senna	"My Family"	—	9	52
04	Serbia	Serbian	Sonja Škorić	"Čarobna noć" (Чаробна ноћ)	Magical night	3	113
05	Ukraine	Ukrainian	Yulia Gurska	"Miy litak" (Мій літак)	My plane	14	28
06	Sweden	Swedish	Josefine Ridell	"Allt jag vill ha"	All I want ^[6]	11	48
07	Russia	Russian, English	Sasha Lazin & Liza Drozd	"Boy and Girl"	—	2	119
08	Latvia	Latvian	Šarlote Lēnmane & Sea Stones	"Viva la Dance" (Dejo tā)	Long live dance (Dance like that)	10	51
09	Belgium	Dutch, English	Jill & Lauren	"Get Up!"	—	7	61
10	Armenia	Armenian	Vladimir Arzumanyan	"Mama" (Մամա)	Mother	1	120
11	Malta	English, Maltese	Nicole Azzopardi	"Knock Knock!….Boom! Boom!"	—	13	35
12	Belarus	Russian	Daniil Kozlov	"Muzyki svet" (Музыки свет)	Light of music	5	85
13	Georgia	Imaginary	Mariam Kakhelishvili	"Mari Dari"	—	4	109
14	Macedonia	Macedonian	Anja Veterova	"Eooo, Eooo"	—	12	38

The rules stated that the participants must sing in one of their national languages, however they were permitted to have a few lines in a different language, as seen in some entries.
This was the first time since 2000 that the Maltese language is used in a Eurovision event since "Desire" by Claudette Pace, the Maltese entry for the 2000 contest.^[7]

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Sea Stones (aka C-Stones Junior)	Latvia	2004

Score sheet

		Total Score
		Results
Contestants	Lithuania	67		2	2	4	4	4	6	6	5	4		6	10	2
	Moldova	54	1			1		2	5	2	6	7	10	2	6
	Netherlands	52	2			7	1	3		3	10	5		1	8
	Serbia	113	6	12	10		7	8	7	10	7	3	8	10	1	12
	Ukraine	28							4			1	2		4	5
	Sweden	48	3		4	2	3		2	4	8	2	1	4		3
	Russia	119	10	7	8	8	8	10		8	4	12	12	12	7	1
	Latvia	51	8	8	6		5	1			1		5		5
	Belgium	61	5	3	12	5		6	1				4	3	2	8
	Armenia	120	7	10	5	6	12	12	12	5	12		6	8	3	10
	Malta	35		4	1	3						6		5		4
	Belarus	85	4	6	3		6		10	12		10	3		12	7
	Georgia	109	12	5	7	10	10	7	8	7	3	8	7	7		6
	Macedonia	38		1		12	2	5	3	1	2
	All countries automatically receive 12 points

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Recipient nation	Voting nation
4	Armenia	Ukraine, Sweden, Russia, Belgium
3	Russia	Armenia, Malta, Belarus
2	Serbia	Moldova, Macedonia
2	Belarus	Latvia, Georgia
1	Belgium	Netherlands
	Georgia	Lithuania
	Macedonia	Serbia

All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This is so no country gets zero points.
As a joke, the Executive Supervisor of the contest, Svante Stockselius, was given 12 points before the voting. This probably because he was scheduled to resign at the end of the year.