Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth edition of the contest. It took place at the "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus on 22 November 2008, Cypriot broadcaster CyBC was the host broadcaster for the event.[2] The motto for the contest was "Fun In The Sun".[3]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Fun In The Sun
Dates
Final22 November 2008
Host
VenueSpyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol, Cyprus
Presenter(s)Alex Michael
Sophia Paraskeva
Directed byKlitos Klitou
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Executive producerMunro Forbes
Host broadcasterCyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/lemesos-2008
Participants
Number of entries15
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
  •  Portugal
  •  Sweden
Vote
Voting systemCitizens of each participating country vote by telephone and SMS message, which counts for 50%. Each country's 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points based on the number of votes. Results 1–5 are automatically displayed on-screen, then each country announces 6–8, 10 and 12 points. A jury in each country also has a 50% say in the outcome.[1]
Winning song Georgia
"Bzz.."

Results

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01  Romania Mădălina and Andrada "Salvaţi planeta!" Romanian 9 58
02  Armenia Monica "Im Ergi Hnchyune" (Իմ Երգի Հնչյունե) Armenian 8 59
03  Belarus Dasha, Alina & Karyna "Serdtse Belarusi" (Сердце Беларуси) Russian, Belarusian[4] 6 86
04  Russia Mihail Puntov "Spit angel" (Спит ангел) Russian 7 73
05  Greece Niki Yiannouchu "Kapoia nychta" (Καποια νύχτα) Greek 14 19
06  Georgia Bzikebi "Bzz.." Imaginary 1 154
07  Belgium Oliver "Shut Up" Dutch 11 45
08  Bulgaria Krastyana Krasteva "Edna mechta" (Една мечта) Bulgarian 15 15
09  Serbia Maja Mazić "Uvek kad u nebo pogledam" (Увек кaд у небо погледaм) Serbian 12 37
10  Malta Daniel Testa "Junior Swing" English 4 100
11  Netherlands Marissa "1 dag" Dutch 13 27
12  Ukraine Viktoria Petryk "Matrosy" (Матроси) Ukrainian 2 135
13  Lithuania Eglė Jurgaitytė "Laiminga diena" Lithuanian 3 103
14  Macedonia Bobi Andonov "Prati mi SMS" (Прати ми СМС) Macedonian 5 93
15  Cyprus Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva "Gioupi gia!" (Γιούπι για!) Greek 10 46

Score sheet

Bzikebi, Georgia's participants
Results
Total Score Romania Armenia Belarus Russia Greece Georgia Belgium Bulgaria Serbia Malta Netherlands Ukraine Lithuania Macedonia Cyprus
Contestants Romania 5842222215324188
Armenia 59356686733
Belarus 86551041067745353
Russia 7310123522617814
Greece 197
Georgia 154612812101212108121212412
Belgium 45221143210242
Bulgaria 153
Serbia 3711361112
Malta 100774577781610766
Netherlands 2735151
Ukraine 135128108812310612710710
Lithuania 10386711083121086102
Macedonia 93106745345855865
Cyprus 46431214442
The table is ordered by appearance
All countries automatically receive 12 points
Georgia and Macedonia awarded their points last due to technical problems

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.ContestantVoting nation
8GeorgiaArmenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine
3UkraineGeorgia, Malta, Romania
1 LithuaniaSerbia
RussiaBelarus
CyprusGreece
SerbiaMacedonia
  • All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This was so no country got nul points.
  • When Cyprus got 12 points from Greece the audience was absolutely crazy about it, even though Cyprus were nowhere near winning the contest and Greece and Cyprus regularly gives each other 12 points.

Commentators

  •  Armenia – Gohar Gasparyan (Armenia 1)
  •  Belarus – Denis Kuryan (Belarus 1)
  •  Belgium – André Vermeulen (VRT), Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF)
  •  Bulgaria – Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev (BNT 1)
  •  Cyprus – Kyriakos Pastides (CyBC)
  •  Georgia – Temo Kvirkvelia (GPB)
  •  Greece – Renia Tsitsibikou and George Amyras (ERT)
  •  Lithuania – Darius Užkuraitis (LRT)
  •  Macedonia – Ivona Bogoevska (MTV 1)
  •  Malta – Valerie Vella (TVM)
  •  Netherlands – Sipke Jan Bousema (AVRO)
  •  Romania – Ioana Isopecu and Alexandru Nagy (TVR)
  •  Russia – Olga Shelest
  •  Serbia – Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS 2)
  •  Ukraine – Timur Miroshnychenko (NTU)

References

  1. "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  2. "CyBC "proud host" of Junior 2008". Eurovision. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. "Junior: Minor format changes introduced". Eurovision. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. At the start of the song, the backing vocals are in Belarusian.

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