Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the fourth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 2 December 2006, the contest was broadcast live from Bucharest, Romania making it the second time the contest had been held in a capital city. It was organised by the Romanian national broadcaster, Romanian Television (TVR), in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).[1]
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | |
|---|---|
| Let the Music Play | |
| Dates | |
| Final | 2 December 2006 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania |
| Presenter(s) | Andreea Marin Bănică, Ioana Ivan |
| Directed by | Dan Manoliu |
| Executive supervisor | Svante Stockselius |
| Executive producer | Irina Radu |
| Host broadcaster | Televiziunea Română (TVR) |
| Website | junioreurovision |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 15 |
| Debuting countries | Portugal Serbia[a] Ukraine |
| Returning countries | Cyprus |
| Non-returning countries | Denmark Latvia Norway Serbia and Montenegro United Kingdom |
| |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song | Russia "Vesenniy Jazz" |
| 2005 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2007 | |
The show was broadcast live in the competing countries, as well as Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Australian television channel Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) that acquired the rights for broadcasting the show, which was broadcast on 1 January 2007. This was Serbia's first participation in a Eurovision event as an independent nation. The contest was won by The Tolmachevy Twins from Russia with the song "Vesenniy Jazz".
Location
Bidding phase and host selection
On 5 October 2005, it was confirmed that TVR had won the rights of hosting the contest over AVRO of the Netherlands (who hosted the next contest).[1] Croatia also expressed an interest in hosting this contest.[2]
Venue
Polyvalent Hall from Bucharest (Romanian: Sala Polivalentă din București) is a multi-purpose hall in Bucharest, Romania, located in the Tineretului Park. It is used for concerts, indoor sports such as tennis, gymnastics, dance, handball, volleyball, basketball, weightlifting, combat sports and professional wrestling. The hall was opened in 1974 but has since been renovated. It has a maximum seating capacity of 12,000 for concerts and 6,000 for handball.
Format
Presenters
The presenters in charge of conducting the event were Andreea Marin and Ioana Ivan,[3] who also appeared in the green room. Marin has been a presenter at the host broadcaster since 1994 and achieved national fame as the host of Surprize, Surprize, the Romanian version of British light entertainment show Surprise Surprise, on TVR1.[4] Marin has twice appeared on the Eurovision Song Contest, reading out the Romanian televote results in 2004 and 2006.[5] Ivan is an actress and television personality and the first child presenter of the event.[6]
Opening and interval acts
The show was opened by various circus style dancers and performers including fifteen children, champions from the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, plus characters from the Bucharest State Circus and an on-stage appearance by Mihai Trăistariu, dressed as Count Dracula and was followed by the traditional flag parade introducing the 15 participating countries. The interval act included a performance by last year's winner Ksenia Sitnik, a "fight" between street dance and traditional Romanian dance in addition to a remix of songs by the last three Romanian participants at the contest.[3]
Participation
Originally 16 countries had initially signed up for the contest but one unspecified country later dropped out.[7]
Broadcasting in Belgium
Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF) of the French-speaking Wallonia in Belgium left the contest this year after co-hosting the previous edition with Flemish broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT). They claimed that continuing with the contest was not in their interests financially.[8] The viewing figures for the 2005 contest for RTBF were also low. Belgium continued to be represented at the contest by VRT.
2007 Croatian withdrawal
Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) of Croatia announced that they would withdraw from the 2007 edition and future contests, as otherwise they would have faced a fine from the EBU as they did not screen this year's event live and did not broadcast it on a nationally available network, instead airing it on satellite-only channel HRT Plus. Broadcasters previously had to screen the event live and on a channel available to the majority of the public however this rule was scrapped in 2007.[9] Croatia withdrew the following year and would not participate for seven years until they returned in 2014.
Withdrawn countries
The Scandinavian broadcasters; DR of Denmark, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) of Norway and Sveriges Television (SVT) of Sweden; decided to withdraw from the contest for various reasons, one being that the content put too much pressure on the participating children. Instead they staged a solely Scandinavian contest called MGP Nordic in Stockholm, as they did in 2002. However, Sweden did participate, which was quite unexpected since they placed 15th all earlier years, with commercial broadcaster TV4 supplying Sweden's entry. This meant that Sweden participated in both contests.
ITV, the United Kingdom broadcaster of the contest from 2003 up until and including 2005, withdrew from the contest, after they were originally given the rights to broadcast it when the BBC declined the offer. In 2003, they broadcast the contest on main channel ITV, relegating it to ITV2 for the next two years due to bad viewer ratings, before their complete withdrawal in 2006.[10][11] The United Kingdom would return to the contest in 2022 with the BBC replacing ITV as the county’s broadcaster.[12]
Monaco had stated an interest to take part in the contest, however did not take part in the contest.[13] Latvia also withdrew, mainly due to financial reasons. However they briefly returned to the contest in 2010 and 2011.
Serbia and Montenegro participated in the 2005 contest, but since then, Montenegro voted for independence. The EBU gave their national broadcaster, Radio televizija Crne Gore (RTCG), extra time to decide whether or not to participate, but they finally declined the invitation. It wasn't until 2014 that they would start participating in the Junior Eurovision.
Participants and results
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place[14] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal | Pedro Madeira | "Deixa-me sentir" | Portuguese | 22 | 14 |
| 2 | Cyprus | Luis Panagiotou and Christina Christofi | "Agoria koritsia" (Αγόρια κορίτσια) | Greek | 58 | 8 |
| 3 | Netherlands | Kimberly Nieuwenhuis | "Goed" | Dutch | 44 | 12 |
| 4 | Romania | New Star Music | "Povestea mea" | Romanian | 80 | 6 |
| 5 | Ukraine | Nazar Slyusarchuk | "Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll" (Хлопчик рок н рол) | Ukrainian | 58 | 9 |
| 6 | Spain | Dani Fernández | "Te doy mi voz" | Spanish | 90 | 4 |
| 7 | Serbia | Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika | "Učimo strane jezike" (Учимо стране језике) | Serbian, English[b] | 81 | 5 |
| 8 | Malta | Sophie Debattista | "Extra Cute" | English | 48 | 11 |
| 9 | Macedonia | Zana Aliu | "Vljubena" (Вљубена) | Macedonian | 14 | 15 |
| 10 | Sweden | Molly Sandén | "Det finaste någon kan få" | Swedish | 116 | 3 |
| 11 | Greece | Chloe Sofia Boleti | "Den peirazei" (Δεν πειράζει) | Greek | 35 | 13 |
| 12 | Belarus | Andrey Kunets | "Noviy den" (Новый день) | Russian | 129 | 2 |
| 13 | Belgium | Thor! | "Een tocht door het donker" | Dutch | 71 | 7 |
| 14 | Croatia | Mateo Đido | "Lea" | Croatian | 50 | 10 |
| 15 | Russia | Tolmachevy Twins | "Vesenniy Jazz" (Весенний джаз) | Russian | 154 | 1 |
Detailed voting results
| Portugal | 22 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyprus | 58 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Netherlands | 44 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Romania | 80 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Ukraine | 58 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| Spain | 90 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Serbia | 81 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | |
| Malta | 48 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Macedonia | 14 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 116 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | |
| Greece | 35 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Belarus | 129 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | |
| Belgium | 71 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | |
| Croatia | 50 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Russia | 154 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
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. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Russia | Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine |
| 3 | Belarus | Malta, Portugal, Russia |
| 1 | Croatia | Macedonia |
| Cyprus | Greece | |
| Greece | Cyprus | |
| Romania | Spain | |
| Sweden | Netherlands |
Spokespersons
- Portugal – Joana Galo Costa
- Cyprus – George Ioannidies
- Netherlands – Tess Gaerthe
- Romania – Andrea Nastase
- Ukraine – Assol Gumenyuk
- Spain – Lucía
- Serbia – Milica Stanišić
- Malta – Jack Curtis
- Macedonia – Denis Dimoski
- Sweden – Amy Diamond
- Greece – Alexandros Chountas
- Belarus – Liza Anton-Baychuk
- Belgium – Sander Cliquet
- Croatia – Lorena Jelusić
- Russia – Roman Kerimov
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. It is currently unknown whether the EBU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest.
- Armenia – Armenian broadcaster ARMTV were negotiating with the EBU to debut. However, plans never came to fruition and they debuted a year later.
Broadcasts
This section needs additional citations for verification. (May 2021) |
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | BTRC | Denis Kurian | |
| Belgium | VRT | Ilse Van Hoecke and Jelle Cleymans | |
| Croatia | HRT | Elan Nikk | |
| Cyprus | CyBC | Kyriakos Pastides | |
| Greece | ERT | Renia Tsitsibikou and George Amyras | |
| Macedonia | MTV 1 | Milanka Rašik | |
| Malta | PBS | Valerie Vella | |
| Netherlands | AVRO | Sipke Jan Bousema | |
| Portugal | RTP | Isabel Angelino | |
| Romania | TVR1 | Ioana Isopecu and Alexandru Nagy | |
| Russia | RTR | Olga Shelest | |
| Serbia | RTS2 | Duška Vučinić-Lučić | |
| Spain | TVE | Fernando Argenta and Lucho | |
| Sweden | TV4 | Adam Alsing | |
| Ukraine | NTU | Timur Miroshnychenko | [16] |
Official album
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group in November 2006. The album features all the songs from the 2006 contest, along with karaoke versions.
See also
Notes
- ^ Serbia had taken part, in the 2005 contest, as part of Serbia and Montenegro, but this was their first participation as an independent nation.
- ^ Contains only 2 lines of chorus in Serbian, while 24 lines of verses are mostly sung in English and a few lines are sung in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Swedish and Romanian.
References
- ^ a b "'EBU Confirms: Romania to host Junior 2006'". ESCToday. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ . ESCToday. 15 October 2004. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Floras, Stella (November 29, 2006). "Eurovision JESC Press Conference & Interview with hosts". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Cine e cea mai de succes Carierista?". Amelie.ro. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
- ^ Royston, Benny (October 17, 2006). "Eurovision Andreea Marin will welcome europe". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Royston, Benny (November 6, 2006). "Eurovision Exclusive: The singing logo is the co-host!!!". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "'EBU: 16 countries signed up for Junior 2006'". Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "'RTBF withdraws from Junior contest'". ESC Today. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ . ESC Today. 20 January 2007. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ . UKGameshows. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017.
- ^ Kuipers, Michael (20 April 2008). "Junior Eurovision 2008: United Kingdom to return to JESC?". ESCToday. from the original on 27 April 2014.
- ^ "United Kingdom returns to Junior Eurovision". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Eurovision Monaco plans junior participation in 2006 - ESCToday.com". 22 July 2005. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Final of Bucharest 2006". European Broadcasting Union. from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Results of the Final of Bucharest 2006". European Broadcasting Union. from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ «Дитяче Євробачення» як взірець для дорослого (in Ukrainian). Telekritika. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ "Eurovision Israel getting into the JESC spirit". ESC Today. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
External links
- Official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website