Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 26 November 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a joint effort by the national broadcasters Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) and Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF), in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union. Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys hosted the event.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Let's Get Loud
Dates
Final26 November 2005
Host
VenueEthias Arena, Hasselt, Belgium
Presenter(s)Marcel Vanthilt
Maureen Louys
Directed byYves Podevyn
Ludovic Beun
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Executive producerLudo Porrez
Host broadcaster
  • Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
  • Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT)
Opening actFlag parade introducing the 16 participating countries
Interval actJuggler Vladik Myagkostupov from Cirque du Soleil,
María Isabel performing "Antes muerta que sencilla" and "Pues va a ser que no"
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/hasselt-2005
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countries Russia
 Serbia and Montenegro
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries Cyprus
 France
 Poland
  Switzerland
Participation map
  • Belgium in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestDenmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005France in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSwitzerland in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestRussia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2005
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nul pointsNone
Winning song Belarus
"My vmeste"

The show was not only broadcast live in the competing countries, it was also available on satellite worldwide and the Australian television channel SBS who acquired the rights to broadcast the show one month later. The theme of the show was Let's Get Loud, standing for the new generation on the stage. The show was watched by 8,500 people in the arena, including the Belgian Prince Laurent and 20–25 million people around Europe.

Belarus was the winner of this edition, with 10-year-old Ksenia Sitnik singing her song "My vmeste". Last year's winner Spain finished in second place, with 2004 hosts Norway coming third.

Location
Further information on the host city: Hasselt
Locations of the known bidding countries. The eliminated countries are marked in red. The chosen host country is marked in blue.

Bidding phase and host selection

Following the hosting problems for the 2004 edition, the location of the subsequent contests were appointed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), following a bidding process with broadcasters from the participating countries. Belgium was therefore the first country to successfully bid for the rights to host the contest in 2005.[1]

In November 2003, there were reports that the competition was to take place in the Netherlands.[2] In the same month, Jeroen Depraetere, coordinator of the show on behalf of the EBU, announced that five countries had expressed their willingness to organise the competition.[3] Belgium won the right to hold the contest in March 2004 over five other countries including Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) of Croatia and AVRO of the Netherlands.[4]

In November 2004, it was announced that the Flemish city of Hasselt would host the contest at Ethias Arena.[5] The date of the contest had been confirmed shortly after the 2004 contest in Lillehammer.[1]

Venue
Venue of the 2005 Contest, Ethias Arena in Hasselt.

The Ethias Arena is the largest multi-purpose arena in Hasselt, Belgium which is used for music concerts, sports (tennis, indoor cycling, jumping, etc.) and other large events. The arena opened in September 2004 and holds up to 21,600 people depending on the event.

Ethias Arena is a part of the Grenslandhallen and has a surface of 13,600 square meters (44,619 square feet). In 2015, it hosted the 2015 European Championship in darts, a Professional Darts Corporation event.

Format

Presenters

On 13 October 2005, it was revealed during a presentation that Maureen Louys of RTBF and Marcel Vanthilt of VRT would be the hosts of the contest.[6]

Running order

The selection of the running order was conducted in two phases. In the first, which took place at the City Hall of Hasselt, there were three draws: one to select the countries that would perform first and last in the contest; a second to decide on the position of the host country; and a third to divided the 14 remaining countries into two groups of five (for the positions 2–6 and 7–11) and one of four (for the positions 13—15).

The second phase of the selection of the running order was conducted by the JESC Steering Group. The group decided on the final positions of the countries within the three groups, taking into account, for example, that no three ballads or no three songs from one European region should be performed consecutively in the Contest. This system was already applied last year for the festival in Lillehammer.

Voting

Voting was the same as the traditional voting system, with each country voting for their 10 favorite songs, with scores of 1–8, 10 and 12. It was the first time points 1 through 5 had automatically appeared on the scoreboard, with spokesmen reporting only points 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12. The presenters started off by giving all contestants 12 points.

Opening and interval acts

The show opened with fireworks and bungee jumpers. Vladik Myagkostupov from Cirque du Soleil gave a four-minute performance during the interval. During the counting of votes, the 2004 winner, María Isabel from Spain, sang a medley of her winning entry "Antes muerta que sencilla" and new single "Pues Va A Ser Que No" from her second album Número 2. She also presented the prize to the winner of the competition.[7]

Participating countries

Initially, 17 countries planned to participate, but on 13 October, Cypriot broadcaster CyBC announced that it was withdrawing for internal reasons - allegations of plagiarism regarding the selected song had been made. However, this had no impact on Cyprus' participation in the televoting.[8]

Results
Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01  Greece Alexandros & Kalli "Tora einai i seira mas" (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας) Greek 6 88
02  Denmark Nicolai "Shake Shake Shake" Danish, English 4 121
03  Croatia Lorena Jelusić "Rock Baby" Croatian 12 36
04  Romania Alina Eremia "Țurai!" Romanian 5 89
05  United Kingdom Joni Fuller "How Does It Feel?" English 14 28
06  Sweden M+ "Gränslös kärlek" Swedish 15 22
07  Russia Vladislav Krutskikh and Street Magic "Doroga k solntsu" (Дорога к солнцу) Russian 9 66
08  Macedonia Denis Dimoski "Rodendeski baknež" (Родендески бакнеж) Macedonian 8 68
09  Netherlands Tess "Stupid" Dutch 7 82
10  Serbia and Montenegro Filip Vučić "Ljubav pa fudbal" (Љубав па фудбал) Montenegrin 13 29
11  Latvia Kids4Rock "Es esmu maza jauka meitene" Latvian 11 50
12  Belgium Lindsay "Mes rêves" French 10 63
13  Malta Thea and Friends "Make It Right!" English 16 18
14  Norway Malin "Sommer og skolefri"[lower-alpha 1] Norwegian 3 123
15  Spain Antonio José "Te traigo flores" Spanish 2 146
16  Belarus Ksenia Sitnik "My vmeste" (Мы вместе) Russian 1 149

Score sheet
Results
Total score
Cyprus
Greece
Denmark
Croatia
Romania
United Kingdom
Sweden
Russia
Macedonia
Netherlands
Serbia and Montenegro
Latvia
Belgium
Malta
Norway
Spain
Belarus
Contestants
 Greece 8812712665736462
Denmark 1216783110612756871274
Croatia 36238263
Romania 8910102343457347123
United Kingdom 283112252
Sweden 2282
Russia 66351421110315612
Macedonia 6848411031041218
Netherlands 82241027741128445
Serbia and Montenegro 291610
Latvia 50351525223136
Belgium 6342171274851
Malta 1815
Norway 12356123581225103871087
Spain 1468124712128868125106610
Belarus 149786101010612748125121010
The table is ordered by appearance
All countries automatically receive 12 points
Cyprus was allowed to vote after withdrawing at a late stage

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.ContestantVoting nation
4SpainGreece, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, United Kingdom
3BelarusMalta, Latvia, Russia
2 DenmarkMacedonia, Norway
GreeceCroatia, Cyprus
NorwayDenmark, Sweden
1 BelgiumNetherlands
NetherlandsBelgium
RomaniaSpain
RussiaBelarus
  • All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This was so no country got nul points.

International broadcasts and voting

Voting and spokespersons
  1.  Cyprus – Stella Maria Koukkidi
  2.  Greece – Yorgos Kotsougiannis (Greek representative in the 2004 contest as part of Secret Band)
  3.  Denmark – Caroline Forsberg Thybo (Danish representative in the 2004 contest as part of Cool Kids)
  4.  Croatia – Nika Turković (Croatian representative in the 2004 contest)
  5.  Romania – Beatrice Soare
  6.  United Kingdom – Vicky Gordon
  7.  Sweden – Halahen Zajden
  8.  Russia – Roman Kerimov
  9.  Macedonia – Vase Dokovski
  10.  Netherlands – Giovanni Kemper
  11.  Serbia and Montenegro – Jovana Vukčević
  12.  Latvia – Kristiana Stirane
  13.  Belgium – Max Colombie
  14.  Malta – Stephanie Bason
  15.  Norway – Karoline Wendelborg
  16.  Spain – Gonzalo Gutierrez Blanco
  17.  Belarus – Anton Lediaev

Commentators

Participating countries

Non-participating countries

Incidents

When the British spokesperson based in the ITV2 studios in London, Vicky Gordon was about to give the UK televoting results, the scoreboard malfunctioned, before the entire screen went black, only showing the EBU, VRT and RTBF logos, which meant that the computers had lost connection with the British broadcaster. Thankfully, the people who were in charge with the televoting fixed up the connection and the voting resumed.

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.

  •  Cyprus – Cyprus was originally going to participate in the 2005 contest, represented by Rena Kiriakidi's "Tsirko". However, it was later claimed to be plagiarised, and Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), the national broadcaster, was forced to withdraw. However, they did not lose their broadcast and voting rights and still broadcast the show live.[14]
  •  France – France, one of two debutants at the previous contest, and broadcaster France 3 turned down the offer to participate due to the following reasons:[15][16]
    • Programming difficulties and restructuring within the channel
    • Very low viewing figures the previous year
    • No motivation to compete, with French Head of Delegation Bruno Berberes stating that "Too much Eurovision kills Eurovision" (France would later return to the contest after a record absence of 14 years.)
  •  Georgia – Georgia was one of the countries on the preliminary participation list for the 2005 contest. However, at the time, Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB) was not a full member of the EBU and would become a member on the 6th of July, but as this was one week after the participation confirmation deadline, meaning Georgia had to withdraw[17] and to wait out their participation until 2007.
  •  Ireland – Just like the 2004 contest, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) was said to be debuting at the 2005 contest. However, no official statement was released by the broadcaster and they ended up not participating.
  •  Lithuania – Lithuania, like Georgia, was one of the countries on the preliminary list for 2005.[18] But, Lithuania withdrew for unspecified reasons.[19] They would debut in 2007.
  •  Monaco – Monaco and Monegasque broadcaster TMC expressed an interest in participating.[20] However, plans never came to fruition due to scheduling problems and harsh citizenship laws and thus they never participated.
  •  Poland – Despite signing a 3-year contract with the EBU, Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) announced they would withdraw due to lack of interest and poor results.[21] They would eventually return in 2016.
  •  Portugal – Even though Portugal did not participate, public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) broadcast the contest delayed and confirmed they would debut in 2006.[12]
  •   Switzerland – Switzerland, one of two debutants in 2004, and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster RTSI turned down the offer to participate for the following reasons:[22]
  •  Ukraine – Ukraine, like Lithuania, was on the preliminary list of participation for 2005.[18] But, they pulled out before the night and had to wait until the next year to debut.

Official album
Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Hasselt 2005
Compilation album by
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
ReleasedNovember 2005
GenrePop
Length38:52
LabelUniversal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
JESC: Lillehammer 2004
(2004)		 Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Hasselt 2005
(2005)		 JESC: Bucharest 2006
(2006)

Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Hasselt 2005, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on November 2005. The album features all the songs from the 2005 contest.

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Tora einai i seira mas"Alexandros & Kalli (Greece)2:46
2."Shake Shake Shake"Nicolai (Denmark)2:44
3."Rock Baby"Lorena (Croatia)2:35
4."Țurai!"Alina Eremia (Romania)2:29
5."How Does It Feel?"Joni Fuller (United Kingdom)2:49
6."Gränslös kärlek"M+ (Sweden)2:36
7."Doroga k solntsu"Vladislav Krutskikh (Russia)2:42
8."Rodendeski baknež"Denis Dimoski (Macedonia)2:45
9."Stupid"Tess (Netherlands)2:48
10."Ljubav pa fudbal"Filip Vučić (Serbia and Montenegro)2:49
11."Es esmu maza jauka meitene"Kids4Rock (Latvia)2:34
12."Mes rêves"Lindsay (Belgium)2:46
13."Make It Right!"Thea & Friends (Malta)2:32
14."Sommer og skolefri"Malin (Norway)2:32
15."Te traigo flores"Antonio José (Spain)2:39
16."My vmeste"Ksenia Sitnik (Belarus)2:46
Total length:38:52

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. The Norwegian song was written in a dialect of Norwegian, and originally had the title stated above (Sommer å Skolefri), however, when the Norwegian broadcaster submitted the song to the European Broadcasting Union, they gave the song title in the standard Norwegian form, Sommer og Skolefri, which is how it was displayed on screen.

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