Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Date and venue
Final
  • 20 November 2010
Venue Minsk Arena
Minsk, Belarus
Organisation
Organiser European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisor Svante Stockselius
Production
Host broadcaster Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC)
DirectorDaniel Jelinek [1] [ better source needed ]
Executive producerAlexander Martynenko [2]
Presenters Denis Kourian
Leila Ismailava
Participants
Number of entries14
Debuting countriesFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Returning countriesFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Non-returning countriesFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
  • JESC 2010 Map 2.svg
         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2010
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning songFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
"Mama"
2009  Junior Eurovision Song Contest  2011
Event page at junioreurovision.tv OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 20 November 2010 at the Minsk Arena in Minsk, Belarus, [3] and presented by Denis Kourian and Leila Ismailava. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC). Broadcasters from fourteen countries participated in the contest.

Contents

The winner was Armenia with the song "Mama" by Vladimir Arzumanyan. This gave Armenia its first Junior Eurovision victory and its first victory in any Eurovision contest.

Location

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Locations of the bidding countries. The eliminated countries are marked in red. The chosen host country is marked in blue.
Minsk Arena, venue for the 2010 contest. Minsk Arena.JPG
Minsk Arena, venue for the 2010 contest.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) invited broadcasters to bid for the rights to host the contest. In June 2009, Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BRTC) won the rights to organise the contest over bids from Russia and Malta. [4] EBU initially put efforts into distributing the organisation of the contest among different regions of the continent, moving away from Eastern Europe as Kyiv hosted the previous edition, with Malta's bid seemingly taking the lead. However, BRTC's detailed candidacy supported by Eurovision Song Contest 2009 winner Alexander Rybak prevailed in the end. [4] [5]

Under construction through 2009, the 15,000-spectator Minsk-Arena hosted the event. Belarus has twice previously won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is, according to EBU Executive Supervisor Svante Stockselius, "one of Belarus' most popular television shows." [3]

Participants

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Cover art of the official album

Despite originally estimating the number of participants to be between 20 and 25, [4] on 28 July 2010 it was announced 14 countries would compete in the contest, with Moldova making its début and Latvia and Lithuania returning. Cyprus and Romania withdrew from the contest. [6]

Sweden returned to the contest through Sveriges Television (SVT) after TV4 withdrew. [6] The EBU's coordinator of the contest, Svante Stockselius, labelled SVT's return to the contest as a big achievement in terms of negotiations with possible participants and expressed hope that other Scandinavian broadcasters may also return to the show. [7] [ better source needed ] Also, a special documentary "Kids of Eurovision" was filmed by BTRC about them. [8]

Prior to the event, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2010 contest, along with karaoke versions, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 19 November 2010. [9]

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 [6] [10]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguage [a] Songwriter(s)
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia AMPTV Vladimir Arzumanyan "Mama" (Մամա)Armenian Vladimir Arzumanyan
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus BTRC Daniil Kozlov"Muzyki svet" (Музыки свет)RussianDaniil Kozlov
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium VRT Jill and Lauren"Get Up!"Dutch, English
  • Lauren De Ruyck
  • Peter Gillis
  • Jill Van Vooren
  • Alain Vande Putte
  • Miguel Wiels
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia GPB Mariam Kakhelishvili "Mari Dari" Imaginary [b]
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia LTV Šarlote Lēnmane "Viva la Dance (Dejo tā)"Latvian
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania LRT Bartas"Oki Doki" Lithuanian
  • Nojus "Bartas" Bartaška
  • Rūta Lukoševičiūtė
  • Arvydas "Vudis" Martinėnas
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia MRT Anja Veterova"Еооо, Еооо"MacedonianAnja Veterova
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta TVM Nicole Azzopardi"Knock Knock!....Boom! Boom!"English, MalteseNicole Azzopardi
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova TRM Ștefan Roșcovan"Ali Baba"Romanian, English
  • Nicolae Caragia
  • Daniela Doroftei
  • Stefanel Roscovan
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands AVRO Anna and Senna"My Family"Dutch, English
  • Anna Lagerweij
  • Tjeerd P. Oosterhuis
  • Senna Sitalsing
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia VGTRK Sasha Lazin and Liza Drozd"Boy and Girl"Russian [c]
  • Liza Drozd
  • Sasha Lazin
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia RTS Sonja Škorić "Čarobna noć" (Чаробна ноћ)Serbian Sonja Škorić
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Josefine Ridell "Allt jag vill ha"Swedish
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine NTU Yulia Gurska"Miy litak" (Мій літак)Ukrainian
  • Yulia Gurska
  • Andrii Marusich

Format

Visual design

The theme art for the contest was revealed on 8 April 2010, consisting of multi-coloured circles, symbolising "different people, cultures and countries," that form the shape of wings, that symbolise "freedom, ease of flying, creative inspiration and rising above." [12] On 8 September, the mascots of the show were presented, being a bear and a wisent. [13]

The stage, designed by Swedish stage designer Ulf Mårtensson, was unveiled on 15 July 2010, featuring five constructions in the shapes of wings. The hosts were also involved with each performance on their own dedicated section of the stage. [14]

Theme art was also incorporated in the promotional billboards and posters featuring 11 "faces of Junior Eurovision" selected through casting procedure. Results of castings were revealed on 20 July 2010 and the 11 chosen ones were Belarus TV personalities Denis Kourian, Olga Barabanschikova, Irina Kazantseva, Andrey Bibikov, former JESC entrants Alexey Zhigalkovich, Ksenia Sitnik, Yuriy Demidovich, Alina Molosh, Daria Nadina as well as non-professionals Yulia Brazhinskaya and Ilya Ilmursky. [15]

Presenters

On 6 September 2010, it was announced that Denis Kourian and Leila Ismailava would host the eighth edition of the contest. [16]

Contest overview

The event took place on 20 November 2010 at 21:15 MSK (20:15 CET). [3] [17] Fourteen countries participated, with the running order published on 14 October 2010. [18] All the countries competing were eligible to vote with the jury and televote. Armenia won with 120 points, with Russia, Serbia, Georgia, and Belarus completing the top five. [19] Latvia, Sweden, Macedonia, Malta, and Ukraine occupied the bottom five positions. [20]

The show was opened with "Hello, Eurovision" performed by former Belarusian winners Ksenia Sitnik and Alexey Zhigalkovich. [21] The interval acts included "Europe's Skies" performed by Alexander Rybak, all participants and Dmitry Koldun performing the specially-commissioned UNICEF song "A Day Without War", [22] and all winners of Junior Eurovision Song Contest at the time: Dino Jelusić, María Isabel, Ksenia Sitnik, The Tolmachevy Twins, Alexey Zhigalkovich, Bzikebi and Ralf Mackenbach, who performed a remixed medley of their winning entries and later presented the trophy to the winner at the end of the show. [23]

R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Bartas"Oki Doki"676
2Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Ștefan Roșcovan"Ali Baba"548
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Anna and Senna"My Family"529
4Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Sonja Škorić "Čarobna noć"1133
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Yulia Gurska"Miy litak"2814
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Josefine Ridell "Allt jag vill ha"4811
7Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sasha Lazin and Liza Drozd"Boy and Girl"1192
8Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Šarlote Lēnmane "Viva la Dance (Dejo tā)"5110
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jill and Lauren"Get Up!"617
10Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Vladimir Arzumanyan "Mama"1201
11Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Nicole Azzopardi"Knock Knock!....Boom! Boom!"3513
12Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Daniil Kozlov"Muzyki svet"855
13Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Mariam Kakhelishvili "Mari Dari"1094
14Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Anja Veterova"Еооо, Еооо"3812

Detailed voting results

Each country gave their votes through a 50% jury and 50% televoting system, which decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.

Detailed voting results [24]
Total score
Lithuania
Moldova
Netherlands
Serbia
Ukraine
Sweden
Russia
Latvia
Belgium
Armenia
Malta
Belarus
Georgia
Macedonia
Contestants
Lithuania672244466546102
Moldova5411252671026
Netherlands522713310518
Serbia113612107871073810112
Ukraine2841245
Sweden4834232482143
Russia119107888108412121271
Latvia5188651155
Belgium6153125614328
Armenia1207105612121251268310
Malta35413654
Belarus8546361012103127
Georgia1091257101078738776
Macedonia3811225312

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 Armenia.svg  Armenia Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Russia.svg  Russia , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden , Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia , Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus , Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia , Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia , Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia

Spokespersons

The order in which votes were cast during the 2010 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country.

  1. Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  Bernadras Garbaciauskas
  2. Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  Paula Paraschiv
  3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  Bram
  4. Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia   Maja Mazić  [ sr ]
  5. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  Elizabeth Arfush
  6. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  Robin Ridell
  7. Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  Philip Mazurov
  8. Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia   Ralfs Eilands
  9. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium   Laura Omloop
  10. Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia  Nadia Sargsyan
  11. Flag of Malta.svg  Malta  Francesca Zarb
  12. Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  Anastasiya Butyugina
  13. Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  Giorgi Toradze
  14. Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia   Sara Markoska

Broadcasts

Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)Channel(s)Commentator(s)Ref.
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia AMPTV Armenia 1 Gohar Gasparyan and Artak Vandanyan
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus BTRC Belarus 1, Belarus 24 Pavel Lozovik [25]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium VRT Eén , Ketnet Kristien Maes  [ nl ] and Tom De Cock
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia GPB 1TV Temo Kvirkvelia
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia LTV LTV1 Valters Frīdenbergs
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania LRT LTV Darius Užkuraitis  [ lt ]
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia MKRTV MTV 1 Toni Drenkovski and Monika Todorovska
Flag of Malta.svg Malta PBS TVM Eileen Montesin
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova TRM Moldova 1 Rusalina Rusu
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands AVRO Nederland 3 Sipke Jan Bousema
Flag of Russia.svg Russia VGTRK Russia-1 Olga Shelest  [ ru ]
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia RTS RTS2, RTS Sat Duška Vučinić-Lučić [26]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT SVT24 Edward af Sillén and Malin Olsson
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Suspilne Pershyi Timur Miroshnychenko
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)ChannelCommentator(s)Ref.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS SBS One No commentary [27]
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan İTV
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT BHT1 (Delayed)Un­known [28]
Flag of New Zealand.svg New ZealandUn­known

See also

Notes

  1. The rules stated that the participants must sing in one of their national languages, however they were permitted to have up to 25% in a different language, as seen in some entries.
  2. Contains some phrases in Georgian [11]
  3. Contains two phrases in English

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