Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Let's Get Loud
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Dates
Final26 November 2005
Host
Venue Ethias Arena, Hasselt, Belgium
Presenter(s) Marcel Vanthilt
Maureen Louys
Directed byYves Podevyn
Ludovic Beun
Executive supervisor Svante Stockselius
Executive producerLudo Porrez
Host broadcaster
Website junioreurovision.tv/event/hasselt-2005 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countriesFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countriesFlag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
  • JESC 2005 Map 2.svg
         Participating countries     Countries that didn't participate but were allowed to vote     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2005
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winning songFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
"My vmeste"
2004  Junior Eurovision Song Contest  2006

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 26 November 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a joint effort by the national broadcasters Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) and Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF), in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union. Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys hosted the event.

Contents

The show was not only broadcast live in the competing countries, it was also available on satellite worldwide and the Australian television channel SBS who acquired the rights to broadcast the show one month later. The theme of the show was Let's Get Loud, standing for the new generation on the stage. The show was watched by 8,500 people in the arena, including the Belgian Prince Laurent and 20–25 million people around Europe.

Belarus was the winner of this edition, with 10-year-old Ksenia Sitnik singing her song "My vmeste". Last year's winner Spain finished in second place, with 2004 hosts Norway coming third.

Location

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Locations of the known bidding countries. The eliminated countries are marked in red. The chosen host country is marked in blue.
Venue of the 2005 contest: the Ethias Arena in Hasselt Ethias Arena.jpg
Venue of the 2005 contest: the Ethias Arena in Hasselt

Bidding phase and host selection

Following the hosting problems for the 2004 edition, the location of the subsequent contests were appointed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), following a bidding process with broadcasters from the participating countries. Belgium was therefore the first country to successfully bid for the rights to host the contest in 2005. [1]

In November 2003, there were reports that the competition was to take place in the Netherlands. [2] In the same month, Jeroen Depraetere, coordinator of the show on behalf of the EBU, announced that five countries had expressed their willingness to organise the competition. [3] Belgium won the right to hold the contest in March 2004 over five other countries including Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) of Croatia and AVRO of the Netherlands. [4]

In November 2004, it was announced that the Flemish city of Hasselt would host the contest at the Ethias Arena. [5] The date of the contest had been confirmed shortly after the 2004 contest in Lillehammer. [1]

Venue

The Ethias Arena is the largest multi-purpose arena in Hasselt, Belgium which is used for music concerts, sports (tennis, indoor cycling, jumping, etc.) and other large events. The arena opened in September 2004 and holds up to 21,600 people depending on the event. The venue is a part of the Grenslandhallen and has a surface of 13,600 square meters (44,619 square feet). In 2015, it hosted the 2015 European Championship in darts, a Professional Darts Corporation event. The venue would later be renamed to Trixxo Arena. [6]

Participating countries

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Cover art of the official album

On May 2005, the EBU released the initial list of participants with 17 competing countries. Russia and Serbia and Montenegro made their debut, France and Switzerland withdrew after debuting in the 2004 contest, while Poland withdrew after debuting in the 2003 contest.

Although initially confirmed as a participating country, Cyprus withdrew from the contest on 13 October 2005 due to internal reasons - allegations of plagiarism regarding the selected song ("Tsirko" by Rena Kiriakidi) had been made. However, Cypriot viewers were able to watch the show and vote. [7]

Prior to the event, a compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2005 contest, along with karaoke versions, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group in November 2005.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 [8]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus BTRC Ksenia Sitnik " My vmeste " (Мы вместе) Russian Ksenia Sitnik
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium RTBF/VRT Lindsay  [ fr ]"Mes rêves" French Lindsay Daenen
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia HRT Lorena Jelusić"Rock Baby" Croatian Lorena Jelusić
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR Nicolai "Shake Shake Shake" Danish, English Nicolai Kielstrup
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT Alexandros and Kalli"Tora einai i seira mas" (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας) Greek
  • Alexandros Chountas
  • Kalli Georgelli
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia LTV Kids4Rock"Es esmu maza jauka meitene" Latvian
  • Monta Beļinska
  • Daniēls Groza
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia MRT Denis Dimoski  [ mk ]"Rodendeski baknež" (Родендески бакнеж) Macedonian Stefan Krstevski
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta PBS Thea and Friends"Make It Right!"EnglishThea Saliba
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands AVRO Tess "Stupid" Dutch Tess Gaerthé
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Malin "Sommer og skolefri" [lower-alpha 1] Norwegian Malin Reitan
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania TVR Alina Eremia "Țurai!" Romanian Alina Eremia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia VGTRK Vladislav Krutskikh  [ ru ]"Doroga k solntsu" (Дорога к солнцу)Russian
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro UJRT Filip Vučić"Ljubav pa fudbal" (Љубав па фудбал) Montenegrin Filip Vučić
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain RTVE Antonio José "Te traigo flores" Spanish Antonio José Sánchez Mazuecos
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT M+"Gränslös kärlek" Swedish
  • Maria Chabo
  • Maria Josefson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ITV Joni Fuller "How Does It Feel?"English Joni Fuller

Format

Presenters

On 13 October 2005, it was revealed during a presentation that Maureen Louys of RTBF and Marcel Vanthilt of VRT would be the hosts of the contest. [9]

Running order

The selection of the running order was conducted in two phases. In the first, which took place at the City Hall of Hasselt, there were three draws: one to select the countries that would perform first and last in the contest; a second to decide on the position of the host country; and a third to divided the 14 remaining countries into two groups of five (for the positions 2–6 and 7–11) and one of three (for the positions 13–15).

The second phase of the selection of the running order was conducted by the JESC Steering Group. The group decided on the final positions of the countries within the three groups, taking into account, for example, that no three ballads or no three songs from one European region should be performed consecutively in the contest. [10] This system was already applied last year for the festival in Lillehammer.

Voting

Voting was the same as the traditional voting system, with each country voting for their 10 favorite songs, with scores of 1–8, 10 and 12. It was the first time points 1 through 5 had automatically appeared on the scoreboard, with spokesmen reporting only points 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12. The presenters started off by giving all contestants 12 points.

Contest overview

The event took place on 26 November 2005 at 20:15 CET. Sixteen countries participated, with the running order published on October 2005. All the countries competing were eligible to vote by televote. Belarus won with 149 points, with Spain, Norway, Denmark, and Romania, completing the top five. Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Malta occupied the bottom five positions. [11]

The show was opened by a fireworks and bungee jumpers performance. The interval act included Vladik Myagkostupov from Cirque du Soleil gave a four-minute circus performance and 2004 winner María Isabel performing a medley of her winning entry "Antes muerta que sencilla" and new single "Pues Va A Ser Que No" from her second album Número 2 . Isabel also presented the prize to the winner of the competition. [12]

R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Alexandros and Kalli"Tora einai i seira mas"886
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Nicolai "Shake Shake Shake"1214
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Lorena Jelusić"Rock Baby"3612
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Alina Eremia "Țurai!"895
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Joni Fuller "How Does It Feel?"2814
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden M+"Gränslös kärlek"2215
7Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Vladislav Krutskikh  [ ru ]"Doroga k solntsu"669
8Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Denis Dimoski  [ mk ]"Rodendeski baknež"688
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tess "Stupid"827
10Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro Filip Vučić"Ljubav pa fudbal"2913
11Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Kids4Rock"Es esmu maza jauka meitene"5011
12Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Lindsay  [ fr ]"Mes rêves"6310
13Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Thea and Friends"Make It Right!"1816
14Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Malin "Sommer og skolefri" [lower-alpha 1] 1233
15Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Antonio José "Te traigo flores"1462
16Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Ksenia Sitnik " My vmeste "1491

Spokespersons

  1. Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus  Stella Maria Koukkidi
  2. Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  Yorgos Kotsougiannis
  3. Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark   Caroline Forsberg Thybo
  4. Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia   Nika Turković
  5. Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  Beatrice Soare
  6. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom  Vicky Gordon
  7. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  Halahen Zajden
  8. Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  Roman Kerimov
  9. Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia  Vase Dokovski
  10. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  Giovanni Kemper
  11. Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro  Jovana Vukčević
  12. Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  Kristiana Stirane
  13. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  Max Colombie
  14. Flag of Malta.svg  Malta  Stephanie Bason
  15. Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  Karoline Wendelborg
  16. Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  Gonzalo Gutierrez Blanco
  17. Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  Anton Lediaev

Detailed voting results

Despite withdrawing at a late stage, Cyprus was still permitted to vote in the contest.

When the British spokesperson based in the ITV2 studios in London, Vicky Gordon was about to give the UK televoting results, the scoreboard malfunctioned by showing all the scores compressed together, before the entire screen went black, only showing the EBU, VRT and RTBF logos, which meant that the computers had lost connection with the British broadcaster, although the spokesperson could still be heard. However, the results were announced as usual shortly afterwards.

Detailed voting results [13]
Total score
Cyprus
Greece
Denmark
Croatia
Romania
United Kingdom
Sweden
Russia
Macedonia
Netherlands
Serbia and Montenegro
Latvia
Belgium
Malta
Norway
Spain
Belarus
Contestants
Greece8812712665736462
Denmark1216783110612756871274
Croatia36238263
Romania8910102343457347123
United Kingdom283112252
Sweden2282
Russia66351421110315612
Macedonia6848411031041218
Netherlands82241027741128445
Serbia and Montenegro291610
Latvia50351525223136
Belgium6342171274851
Malta1815
Norway12356123581225103871087
Spain1468124712128868125106610
Belarus149786101010612748125121010

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received. All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting to ensure that no country finished with nul points.

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Greece.svg  Greece , Flag of Romania.svg  Romania , Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro , Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
3Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Flag of Malta.svg  Malta , Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia , Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia , Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia , Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus

Other countries

For a country to be eligible for potential participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, it needs to be an active member of the EBU. The following active EBU members did not take part:

Broadcasts

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)Commentator(s)Ref.
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Belarus 1, Belarus 24 Denis Kurian
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Eén Dutch: Ilse Van Hoecke and André Vermeulen
La Une French: Jean-Louis Lahaye
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia HRT 1 Unknown
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR1 Nicolai Molbech
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ERT1, ERT Sat Unknown
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia LTV1 Kārlis Streips and Valters Frīdenbergs
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia MTV 1 Milanka Rašik
Flag of Malta.svg Malta TVM Valerie Vella
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Nederland 1 Tooske Ragas
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK1 Nadia Hasnaoui
Flag of Romania.svg Romania TVR1, TVRi Ioana Isopecu and Alexandru Nagy
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Russia TV, RTR-Planeta Yuriy Nikolayev
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro RTS1, RTS Sat Serbian: Duška Vučinić-Lučić
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE1, TVE Internacional Beatriz Pécker and Lucho [24]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT1 Josefine Sundström
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom ITV2 (live), ITV1 (delayed) Michael Underwood [25]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)Commentator(s)Ref.
Flag of Albania.svg Albania RTSH Unknown
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS No commentary
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus CyBC Unknown
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IBA (7 December 2007)No commentary [26]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP1 (10 December 2005) Eládio Clímaco [22]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine NTU Timur Miroshnychenko [27]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. 1 2 The Norwegian song was written in a dialect of Norwegian, and originally had the title stated above (Sommer å Skolefri), however, when the Norwegian broadcaster submitted the song to the European Broadcasting Union, they gave the song title in the standard Norwegian form, Sommer og Skolefri, which is how it was displayed on screen.

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