Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Let's Get Loud
JESC 2005 logo.svg
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
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 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countries Russia
 Serbia and Montenegro
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries Cyprus
 France
 Poland
  Switzerland
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Voting systemEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nul pointsNone
Winning song Belarus
"My vmeste"
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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.

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 three (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, Cypriot viewers were able to watch the show and vote.[8]

Results[]

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place[9] Points
01  Greece Alexandros and Kalli "Tora einai i seira mas" (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας) Greek 6 88
02  Denmark Nicolai "Shake Shake Shake" Danish 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  [ru] "Doroga k solntsu" (Дорога к солнцу) Russian 9 66
08  Macedonia  [mk] "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) Serbo-Croatian 13 29
11  Latvia Kids4Rock "Es esmu maza jauka meitene" Latvian 11 50
12  Belgium  [fr] "Mes rêves" French 10 63
13  Malta Thea and Friends "Make It Right!" English 16 18
14  Norway Malin "Sommer og skolefri"[a] Norwegian 3 123
15  Spain Antonio José "Te traigo flores" Spanish 2 146
16  Belarus Ksenia Sitnik "My vmeste" (Мы вместе) Russian 1 149

Scoreboard[]

Despite withdrawing at a late stage, Cyprus was still permitted to vote in the contest.

Voting results[10]
Total score
Cyprus
Greece
Denmark
Croatia
Romania
United Kingdom
Sweden
Russia
Macedonia
Netherlands
Serbia and Montenegro
Latvia
Belgium
Malta
Norway
Spain
Belarus
Contestants
 Greece 88 12 7 12 6 6 5 7 3 6 4 6 2
Denmark 121 6 7 8 3 1 10 6 12 7 5 6 8 7 12 7 4
Croatia 36 2 3 8 2 6 3
Romania 89 10 10 2 3 4 3 4 5 7 3 4 7 12 3
United Kingdom 28 3 1 1 2 2 5 2
Sweden 22 8 2
Russia 66 3 5 1 4 2 1 1 10 3 1 5 6 12
Macedonia 68 4 8 4 1 10 3 10 4 1 2 1 8
Netherlands 82 2 4 10 2 7 7 4 1 12 8 4 4 5
Serbia and Montenegro 29 1 6 10
Latvia 50 3 5 1 5 2 5 2 2 3 1 3 6
Belgium 63 4 2 1 7 12 7 4 8 5 1
Malta 18 1 5
Norway 123 5 6 12 3 5 8 12 2 5 10 3 8 7 10 8 7
Spain 146 8 12 4 7 12 12 8 8 6 8 12 5 10 6 6 10
Belarus 149 7 8 6 10 10 10 6 12 7 4 8 12 5 12 10 10

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
4  Spain  Greece,  Romania,  Serbia and Montenegro,  United Kingdom
3  Belarus  Malta,  Latvia,  Russia
2  Denmark  Macedonia,  Norway
 Greece  Croatia,  Cyprus
 Norway  Denmark,  Sweden
1  Belgium  Netherlands
 Netherlands  Belgium
 Romania  Spain
 Russia  Belarus

Spokespersons[]

  1.  Cyprus – Stella Maria Koukkidi
  2.  Greece – Yorgos Kotsougiannis
  3.  Denmark – Caroline Forsberg Thybo
  4.  Croatia – Nika Turković
  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

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. The following active EBU members did not take part:

  •  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.[11]
  •  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:[12][13]
    • 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"
  •  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[14] 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.[15] But, Lithuania withdrew for unspecified reasons.[16] They would debut in 2007.
  •  Monaco – Monaco and Monegasque broadcaster TMC expressed an interest in participating.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19]
  •   Switzerland – Switzerland, one of two debutants in 2004, and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster RTSI turned down the offer to participate for the following reasons:[20]
  •  Ukraine – Ukraine, like Lithuania, was on the preliminary list of participation for 2005.[15] But, they pulled out before the night and had to wait until the next year to debut.

Broadcasts[]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 Belarus Belarus 1, Belarus 24 Denis Kurian
 Belgium Eén Dutch: Ilse Van Hoecke and André Vermeulen
La Une French: Jean-Louis Lahaye
 Croatia HRT 1 Unknown
 Cyprus CyBC Unknown
 Denmark DR1 Nicolai Molbech
 Greece ERT1, ERT Sat Unknown
 Latvia LTV1 Kārlis Streips and Valters Frīdenbergs
 Macedonia MTV 1 Milanka Rašik
 Malta TVM Valerie Vella
 Netherlands Nederland 1 Tooske Ragas
 Norway NRK1 Nadia Hasnaoui
 Romania TVR1, TVRi Ioana Isopecu and Alexandru Nagy
 Russia Russia TV, RTR-Planeta Yuriy Nikolayev
 Serbia and Montenegro RTS1, RTS Sat Serbian: Duška Vučinić-Lučić
 Spain TVE1, TVE Internacional Beatriz Pécker and Lucho [21]
 Sweden SVT1 Josefine Sundström
 United Kingdom ITV2 (live), ITV1 (delayed) Michael Underwood [22]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 Albania RTSH Unknown
 Australia SBS No commentary
 Israel IBA (7 December 2007) No commentary [23]
 Portugal RTP1 (10 December) Eládio Clímaco [19]
 Ukraine NTU Timur Miroshnychenko [24]

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 by showing all the scores compressed together, 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, although the spokesperson could still be heard. However, the results were announced as usual shortly afterwards.

Official album[]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest - 05
JESC 2005 album cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
ReleasedNovember 2005
GenrePop
Length38:52
LabelUniversal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Junior Eurovision Song Contest Lillehammer '04
(2004) 		Junior Eurovision Song Contest - 05
(2005) 		Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
(2006)

Junior Eurovision Song Contest - 05, 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.[25]

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.

References[]

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  2. ^ "Junior: 'Contest 2005 in The Netherlands'". ESCToday.com. 17 November 2003. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Junior: 5 countries candidate to host in 2005". ESCToday.com. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ Philips, Roel (4 March 2004). "Belgium organises Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2005!". ESCToday. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Junior 2005 in Ethias Arena, Hasselt". ESCToday.com. 22 November 2004. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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  7. ^ "Remember the 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest?". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Stockselius satisfied with preparations". ESCToday.com. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Final of Hasselt 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Results of the Final of Hasselt 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  11. ^ Bakkar, Sieste (14 October 2005). "Junior details released: Cyprus withdraws". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.
  12. ^ Philips, Roel (8 June 2005). "France not eager to participate in Hasselt". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  13. ^ Philips, Roel (15 June 2005). "France officially withdraws from Junior contest". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  14. ^ Klier, Marcus (11 September 2005). "Hasselt 2005: Georgia won't participate".
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b Philips, Roel (2 August 2005). "Serbia & Montenegro, Lithuania and Ukraine join in Hasselt". ESCToday.
  16. ^ Bakker, Sietse (9 September 2005). "Lithuania not participating in Hasselt". ESCToday.
  17. ^ Philips, Roel (22 November 2005). "Eurovision Junior: Monaco shows interest in participation".
  18. ^ Jurczak, Pawel (23 August 2005). "Poland withdraws from Junior Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b "RTP confirms participation 2006 Junior". ESCToday.com (in Ukrainian). 11 December 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  20. ^ Philips, Roel (1 June 2005). "No Switzerland at 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  21. ^ "Antonio José roza la victoria en Eurovisión Junior 2005, al quedar segundo tras Bielorrusia". Radiotelevisión Española (in Spanish). 26 November 2005. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  22. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest". UKGameshows. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  23. ^ "Eurovision Israel getting into the JESC spirit". ESC Today. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  24. ^ "Тімур Мірошниченко – український Террі Уоган (Timur Miroshnychenko – Ukrainian Terry Wogan)". NTU. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  25. ^ https://www.discogs.com/Various-Junior-Eurovision-Song-Contest-05/release/8763665

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