Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006

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
Executive supervisor	Svante Stockselius
Host broadcaster	Televiziunea Română (TVR)
Opening act	Various circus style dancers and performers including an appearance by Mihai Trăistariu
Interval act	Ksenia Sitnik, Break-dancing + traditional Romanian dancing and a remix of the last 3 Romanian participants at JESC.
Participants
Number of entries	15
Debuting countries	Portugal  Serbia[1]  Ukraine
Returning countries	Cyprus
Withdrawing countries	Denmark  Latvia  Norway  Serbia and Montenegro  United Kingdom
Participation map      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2006
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"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2005 • 2006 • 2007►

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the fourth edition of the 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). TVR won the rights of hosting the contest over AVRO of the Netherlands (who hosted the next contest).^[2] Croatia also expressed an interest in hosting this contest.^[3]

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 Eurovision event as an Independent nation. The contest was won by The Tolmachevy Twins from Russia with the song "Vesenniy Jazz".

Location

Zagreb

Amsterdam

Bucharest

Locations of the bidding countries. The eliminated countries are marked in red. The chosen host country is marked in blue.

Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest. Venue of the 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

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.

Participation

Originally 16 countries had initially signed up for the contest but one unspecified country later dropped out.^[4] 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.^[5] The viewing figures for the 2005 contest for RTBF were also low. Belgium continued to be represented at the contest by VRT.

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. 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.^[6] 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 Melodi Grand Prix 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.

Monaco had stated an interest to take part in the contest, however did not take part in the contest.^[7] Latvia also withdraw, 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.

Results

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
01	Portugal	Pedro Madeira	"Deixa-me sentir"	Portuguese	14	22
02	Cyprus	Luis Panagiotou & Christina Christofi	"Agoria koritsia" (Αγόρια κορίτσια)	Greek	8	58
03	Netherlands	Kimberly	"Goed"	Dutch	12	44
04	Romania	New Star Music	"Povestea mea"	Romanian	6	80
05	Ukraine	Nazar Slyusarchuk	"Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll" (Хлопчик рок н рол)	Ukrainian	9	58
06	Spain	Dani Fernández	"Te doy mi voz"	Spanish	4	90
07	Serbia	Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika	"Učimo strane jezike" (Учимо стране језике)	Serbian^1	5	81
08	Malta	Sophie Debattista	"Extra Cute"	English	11	48
09	Macedonia	Zana Aliu	"Vljubena" (Вљубена)	Macedonian	15	14
10	Sweden	Molly Sandén	"Det finaste någon kan få"	Swedish	3	116
11	Greece	Chloe Sofia Boleti	"Den peirazei" (Δεν πειράζει)	Greek	13	35
12	Belarus	Andrey Kunets	"Noviy den" (Новый день)	Russian	2	129
13	Belgium	Thor!	"Een tocht door het donker"	Dutch	7	71
14	Croatia	Mateo Đido	"Lea"	Croatian	10	50
15	Russia	Tolmachevy Twins	"Vesenniy Jazz" (Весенний джаз)	Russian	1	154

Notes

1.^ Contains only 2 lines of chorus in Serbian, while 24 lines of verses are sung in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Japanese.

Score sheet

		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
The table is ordered by appearance All countries automatically receive 12 points

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Voting nation
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

• All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This was so no country got nul points.

Commentators

•  Ukraine – Timur Miroshnychenko^[8]
•  Spain – Fernando Argenta & Lucho
•  Belgium – André Vermeulen (VRT), Maureen Louys (RTBF)
•  Russia – Olga Shelest
•  Sweden – Adam Alsing (TV4)
•  Netherlands – Sipke Jan Bousema (AVRO)
•  Serbia – Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS2)
•  Macedonia – Milanka Rašik (MTV 1)

Spokespersons

•  Portugal – Joana Galo Costa
•  Cyprus – George Ioannidies
•  Netherlands – Tess Gaerthe (Represented Netherlands in 2005)
•  Romania – Andrea Nastase
•  Ukraine – Assol
•  Spain – Lucía
•  Serbia – Milica Stanišić
•  Malta – Jack Curtis
•  Macedonia – Dennis Dimoski
•  Sweden – Amy Diamond
•  Greece – Alexandros Chountas
•  Belarus – Liza Anton-Baychuk
•  Belgium – Sander Cliquet
•  Croatia – Lorena Jelusić
•  Russia – Roman Kerimov

Official album

Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Bucharest 2006
Compilation album by Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Released	November 2006
Genre	Pop
Length	36:05 (CD 1) 36:05 (CD 2)
Label	Universal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
JESC: Hasselt 2005 (2005) JESC: Bucharest 2006 (2006) JESC: Rotterdam 2007 (2007)

Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Bucharest 2006, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on November 2006. The album features all the songs from the 2006 contest, along with karaoke versions.

CD 1
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Deixa-me sentir"	Pedro Madeira (Portugal)	2:46
2.	"Agoria koritsia"	Luis Panagiotou & Christina Christofi(Cyprus)	2:41
3.	"Goed"	Kimberly (Netherlands)	2:46
4.	"Povestea mea"	New Star Music (Romania)	2:31
5.	"Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll"	Nazar Slyusarchuk (Ukraine)	2:48
6.	"Te doy mi voz"	Dani (Spain)	2:45
7.	"Učimo strane jezike"	Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika (Serbia)	2:32
8.	"Extra Cute"	Sophie (Malta)	2:43
9.	"Vljubena"	Zana Aliu (Macedonia)	2:45
10.	"Det finaste någon kan få"	Molly Sandén (Sweden)	2:42
11.	"Den peirazei"	Chloe Sofia Boleti (Greece)	2:48
12.	"Noviy den"	Andrey Kunets (Belarus)	2:40
13.	"Een tocht door het donker"	Thor! (Belgium)	2:27
14.	"Lea"	Mateo Đido (Croatia)	2:34
15.	"Vesenniy Jazz"	Tolmachevy Twins (Russia)	2:37
Total length:			36:05

CD 2
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Deixa-me sentir" (Karaoke version)	Pedro Madeira (Portugal)	2:46
2.	"Agoria koritsia" (Karaoke version)	Luis Panagiotou & Christina Christofi(Cyprus)	2:41
3.	"Goed" (Karaoke version)	Kimberly (Netherlands)	2:46
4.	"Povestea mea" (Karaoke version)	New Star Music (Romania)	2:31
5.	"Khlopchyk Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke version)	Nazar Slyusarchuk (Ukraine)	2:48
6.	"Te doy mi voz" (Karaoke version)	Dani (Spain)	2:45
7.	"Učimo strane jezike" (Karaoke version)	Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika (Serbia)	2:32
8.	"Extra Cute" (Karaoke version)	Sophie (Malta)	2:43
9.	"Vljubena" (Karaoke version)	Zana Aliu (Macedonia)	2:45
10.	"Det finaste någon kan få" (Karaoke version)	Molly Sandén (Sweden)	2:42
11.	"Den peirazei" (Karaoke version)	Chloe Sofia Boleti (Greece)	2:48
12.	"Noviy den" (Karaoke version)	Andrey Kunets (Belarus)	2:40
13.	"Een tocht door het donker" (Karaoke version)	Thor! (Belgium)	2:27
14.	"Lea" (Karaoke version)	Mateo Đido (Croatia)	2:34
15.	"Vesenniy Jazz" (Karaoke version)	Tolmachevy Twins (Russia)	2:37
Total length:			36:05

See also

• European Broadcasting Union
• Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest

References

1. Serbia had taken part, in the 2005 contest, as part of Serbia and Montenegro, but this was their first participation as an independent nation.
2. 'EBU Confirms: Romania to host Junior 2006'
3. 'Croatia and Romania want to host junior 2006'
4. 'EBU: 16 countries signed up for Junior 2006'
5. "'RTBF withdraws from Junior contest'". ESC Today. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
6. "ESC Today article on withdrawal of Croatia". ESC Today. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
7. http://esctoday.com/4790/monaco_plans_junior_participation_in_2006/
8. «Дитяче Євробачення» як взірець для дорослого (in Ukrainian). Telekritika. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-03.

External links

Official websites

• Official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website
• TVR website

News sites

• Junior Eurovision coverage by ESCKaz, in English and Russian
• ESCToday.com news