Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Break the Ice
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 logo.png
Dates
Final1 December 2012
Host
Venue Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
Presenter(s)
Directed by David Grifhorst
SupervisorSietse Bakker
Executive producerRonald Kok
Host broadcaster Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO)
Website junioreurovision.tv/event/amsterdam-2012 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries12
Debuting countries
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
  • JESC 2012 Map 2.svg
         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2012
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning songFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
"Nebo"
2011  Junior Eurovision Song Contest  2013

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the tenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 1 December 2012. [1] [2] Dutch broadcaster AVRO was the host broadcaster for the event. [3] For the second time the Netherlands hosted the contest, after hosting the contest in 2007 in Rotterdam. The show was hosted by Kim-Lian van der Meij for a second time, this time joined by Ewout Genemans. [4] The motto for the contest was "Break The Ice". [5]

Contents

Twelve countries took part in the contest, making it the smallest number of countries participating in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest history, and equalling the number of countries participated in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest held at RAI Congrescentrum. Albania and Azerbaijan, and Israel made their debuts at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. [6] Whilst nine countries from the previous edition continued their participation in the contest, four countries withdrew: Lithuania, Bulgaria, Latvia and Macedonia. The contest was won by Anastasiya Petryk for Ukraine with the song "Nebo". Georgia and Armenia finished in second and third place, respectively. This was Ukraine's first Junior Eurovision victory and second Eurovision victory after Ruslana won the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul. Ukraine's winning margin of 35 points was also a record.

Location

Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, venue for the 2012 contest. Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall 001.JPG
Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, venue for the 2012 contest.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) invited broadcasters to bid for the rights to host the contest. [7] At the meeting of heads of delegations on 11 October 2011 in Yerevan, the EBU announced that the Dutch broadcaster AVRO had won the right to host next year's event. [8]

On 27 February 2012, it was announced that the tenth edition of the contest would take place on 1 December and be held at the Heineken Music Hall (or commonly abbreviated as HMH) in Amsterdam. [9] The Heineken Music Hall was specially designed for music shows, several artists like Madonna and Kylie Minogue made shows at the venue. Furthermore, it is often used by the Dutch Entertainment Company Q-dance for the Event-Series X-Qlusive taking place several times a year. The big hall (also called Black Box) has been used for concerts and boasts a capacity of 5,500 and is 3000 m2. After parties are given in a smaller hall, with a capacity of 700.

Participating countries

Cover art of the official album JESC 2012 album cover.png
Cover art of the official album

On 1 September 2012, it was confirmed that twelve countries would be taking part in the contest. [6] This was the lowest number of entries since 2009. Débutante countries included, Albania, Azerbaijan, and Israel. Latvia and Lithuania withdrew after competing since 2010, [10] while Bulgaria and Macedonia withdrew after competing in the 2011 edition. [11] With Macedonia withdrawing, this was the first time since the contest inception that no country of the former Yugoslavia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Prior to the event, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2012 contest, along with karaoke versions, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group in November 2012. [12]

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 [6] [13]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania RTSH Igzidora Gjeta"Kam një këngë vetëm për ju" Albanian
  • Igzidora Gjeta
  • Jorgo Papingji
  • Xhavit Ujkani
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia AMPTV Compass Band  [ hy ]"Sweetie Baby" Armenian, EnglishDavid Paronikyan
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan İTV Omar  [ az ] and Suada  [ az ]"Girls and Boys (Dünya Sənindir)" Azerbaijani, English
  • Jessica Appla
  • Zahra Badalbeyli
  • Simon Ellis
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus BTRC Egor Zheshko "A more-more" (А море-море) Russian
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium VRT Fabian  [ nl ]"Abracadabra" Dutch
  • Stefaan Fernande
  • Fabian Feyaerts
  • Jeroen Swinnen
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia GPB Funkids"Funky Lemonade" Georgian, English
  • The Funkids
  • Giga Kukhianidze
  • Nana Tsintsadze
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel IBA Kids.il "Let the Music Win" Hebrew [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova TRM Denis Midone"Toate vor fi" Romanian, English
  • Radmila Paraschiv
  • Marian Stircea
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands AVRO Femke "Tik Tak Tik"Dutch
  • Femke
  • Anne Kees Meines
  • Tjeerd Oosterhuis
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia VGTRK Lerika "Sensation"Russian, English Valeriya "Lerika" Engalycheva
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Lova Sönnerbo  [ sv ]"Mitt mod" Swedish
  • Lydia Westin Malm
  • Lova Sönnerbo
  • Janni Steffner
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine NTU Anastasiya Petryk " Nebo " (Небо) Ukrainian, English Anastasiya Petryk

Returning artists

The Russian representative, Lerika, has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest before; she represented Moldova in 2011, finishing in 6th place with the song "No, No". This is the second case in the competition to feature a returning artist from previous editions after Katya Ryabova (Russia 2009 and 2011). [14] [15]

Format

Presenters

Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij at the contest. Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij (JESC 2012).jpg
Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij at the contest.

In January 2012, it was announced that Ewout Genemans alongside Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 co-host Kim-Lian van der Meij would present the contest later in the year. [4] Genemans had been involved with the contest for the past two years, having hosted the Dutch national selection for the contest, Junior Songfestival in 2010 and 2011. In December 2011, Genemans signed a 2 year exclusivity deal with the host broadcaster to present shows only on their station. [16] Dutch entertainer and singer Kim Lian reprised her role as host again, after hosting the contest from the Ahoy Arena in 2007 alongside Sipke Jan Bousema. [17]

Logo and graphic design

The architect was Frits van Dongen. The motto for the contest was announced on 6 September 2012 as "Break The Ice". [5] Tickets for the contest went on sale from 10 September 2012. [2]

Contest overview

The event took place on 1 December 2012 at 20:15 CET. [18] Twelve countries participated, with the running order published on 15 October 2012. [19] All the countries competing were eligible to vote with the jury and televote, as well as a Kids Jury, eligible to vote. Ukraine won with 138 points, with Georgia and Armenia completing the top three. [20] Moldova, Azerbaijan and Albania occupied the bottom three positions. [21]

The show was opened with the song "Euphoria" from Loreen performed by 2011 Dutch representative Rachel Traets. [22] The interval included Kim-Lian van der Meij, who specially written "Break the Ice" as the theme song for this contest, [23] performed on stage whilst all the participants sang "We Can Be Heroes" to promote children’s rights worldwide in cooperation with the Dutch charity, KidsRights Foundation and the 2009 winner Ralf Mackenbach performed also with his winning song "Click Clack". [24] [25]

R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Egor Zheshko "A more-more"569
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Lova Sönnerbo  [ sv ]"Mitt mod"706
3Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Omar  [ az ] and Suada  [ az ]"Girls and Boys (Dünya Sənindir)"4911
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Fabian  [ nl ]"Abracadabra"725
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Lerika "Sensation"884
6Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Kids.il "Let the Music Win"688
7Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Igzidora Gjeta"Kam një këngë vetëm për ju"3512
8Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Compass Band  [ hy ]"Sweetie Baby"983
9Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Anastasiya Petryk " Nebo "1381
10Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Funkids"Funky Lemonade"1032
11Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Denis Midone"Toate vor fi"5210
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Femke "Tik Tak Tik"697

Spokespersons

The order in which votes were cast during the 2012 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country.

  1.   Kids Jury   Ralf Mackenbach
  2. Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  Maria Drozdova
  3. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  Leya Gullström
  4. Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  Leila Hajili
  5. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium   Femke Verschueren
  6. Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  Valentin Sadiki
  7. Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  Maayan Aloni
  8. Flag of Albania.svg  Albania  Keida Dervishi
  9. Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia   Michael Varosyan
  10. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  Kristall
  11. Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  Felcia Genunchi
  12. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  Lidewei Loot
  13. Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia   Candy

Detailed voting results

Due to technical issues, Georgia was the final country to cast its votes.

Detailed voting results [26]
Total score
Kids Jury
Belarus
Sweden
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Russia
Israel
Albania
Armenia
Ukraine
Moldova
Netherlands
Georgia
Contestants
Belarus56117241271027
Sweden70671557122274
Azerbaijan492231310538
Belgium72337376751684
Russia888108284861066
Israel68454548168173
Albania351231421
Armenia985867101031231012
Ukraine1381012124121212612121210
Georgia103126108668510785
Moldova52421032543412
Netherlands697156101284355

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
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia , Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus , Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Israel.svg  Israel , Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands , Flag of Russia.svg  Russia , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia , Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
1Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia   Kids Jury
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Albania.svg  Albania

Other countries

Broadcasts

Each national broadcaster 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)Commentator(s)Ref.
Flag of Albania.svg Albania RTVSH Andri Xhahu
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Armenia 1 Gohar Gasparyan
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Ictimai TV Konul Arifkizi
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Belarus 1 Pavel Lazorik
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Eén Astrid Demeure and Tom De Cock
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia GPB Temo Kvirkvelia
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IBA No commentator
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova TRM Rusalina Rusu
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Nederland 1 Marcel Kuijer
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Russia-1 Olga Shelest
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT2 Edward af Sillen and Ylva Hällen
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine NTU Timur Miroshnychenko

See also

Notes

  1. Contains several lines in English, Russian, and French

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