Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest , is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union annually since 2003 and is open exclusively to broadcasters that are members of the EBU. It is held in a different European city each year.The competition has many...

 and took place in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. It was scheduled for 21 November.
13 countries were confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...

 (EBU) to compete in the Contest.
The contest was won by Ralf Mackenbach
Ralf Mackenbach
Ralf Mackenbach is a Dutch singer, dancer and musical artist who won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine on 21 November 2009. He earned 121 points with the song Click Clack, which was written by Ralf himself...

 for the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 with the song "Click Clack". At the age of 14, he is the oldest person to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in its 7 year History. Luara Hayrapetyan
Luara Hayrapetyan
Luara Hayrapetyan born on 29 September 1997 is an Armenian singer who represented her country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Barcelona", finishing in joint second place....

 achieved Armenia
Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Armenia has entered four entries to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, having debuted at the 2007. Armenia is one of the most successful countries in Junior Eurovision....

 another second place. Ekaterina Ryabova
Ekaterina Ryabova
Ekaterina Ryabova is a Russian singer. She is from Shchyolkovo , and now resides in Yubileyny, Moscow Region.-Career:...

 also took second place for Russia
Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Russia first competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2005. Their first win came in 2006, when the Tomachevy Twins won for Russia with "Vesenniy Jazz".RTR has represented Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest...

.

Location

The European Broadcasting Union
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...

 (EBU) invited broadcasters to bid for the rights to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009; three bids were received from Belarus, Serbia, and Ukraine. TV4 of Sweden had originally sent in a bid during summer 2007, but soon withdrew its bid after deciding to completely withdraw from the contest. After deliberations by the EBU, National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine is the national television broadcaster in Ukraine. It is state-run, and operates the television channel Pershyi Nazional'niy, the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory. It is the only state-owned national channel. Its...

 was granted the rights to the 2009 contest and will host it in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

. Ukraine also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...

 at the same venue.

On 12 November 2009 Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Vasiunyk declared that the contest would not be postponed; (earlier) Party of Regions
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...

 member of parliament Anna Herman had called on Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Ukraine
The Prime Minister of Ukraine is Ukraine's head of government presiding over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government....

 Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko , née Grigyan , born 27 November 1960, is a Ukrainian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010. She placed third in Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful...

 to cancel the song contest because of the 2009 flu pandemic in Ukraine.

Both Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President of Ukraine
President of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...

 Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...

 were present during the final; Tymoshenko
Tymoshenko
Tymoshenko or Timoshenko is a surname of Ukrainian origin. It derives from the Christian name Timothy, and its Ukrainian derivatives, Tymofiy or Tymish...

 was also present and speeched during the opening ceremony on 16 November 2009.

Concept and logo

Logo of the contest titled "Tree of life
Tree of life
The concept of a tree of life, a many-branched tree illustrating the idea that all life on earth is related, has been used in science , religion, philosophy, mythology, and other areas...

" is based on the artwork "Sunflower of life" by Maria Primachenko, a well known Ukrainian folk art painter. Creative design of the show was based on the logo of the contest, works and ideas of Primachenko as well as on the concept of the show, titled "For the joy of people".

Participants

The EBU announced the complete list of participating countries in the 2009 Contest on 8 June 2009. 13 countries competed in the contest: Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, Georgia, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia,Sweden and Ukraine. Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 returned after missing the contest,
while Bulgaria
Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Bulgaria has entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twice, first entering in 2007.Bulgaria's first entry was Bon-Bon with "Bonbolandiya", which finished 7th at the 2007 contest in Rotterdam...

, Greece
Greece in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Greece has sent six entries to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, entering at the first contest 2003.Greece's first entry was eight year old Nicolas Ganopoulos with the song "Fili gia panda", which came eighth for Greece. Greece's best entry in the contest was in 2005, when Alexandros and Kalli...

 and Lithuania
Lithuania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Lithuania has sent three entries to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, first entering at the 2007 Contest in Rotterdam.The national selection process occurs during the show Mažųjų žvaigždžių ringas , in which young singers aged 10–15 will take part with self-written songs.The 2007 Lithuanian entry...

 withdrew from the Contest.

Final

Each country decided their votes through a 50% jury and 50% televoting system which decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.
Sweden have only 100 % jury.
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01 Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

Mimmi Sandén
Mimmi Sandén
Mimmi Sandén born 25 December 1995 is a Swedish singer and actress who came to fame by becoming 1st runner up in the television show Talang 2007 . Mimmi performed the songs Knock on Wood, Total Eclipse of the Heart and Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young /Holding Out For A Hero. By media she has...

"Du" You 6 68
02 Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

Ekaterina Ryabova
Ekaterina Ryabova
Ekaterina Ryabova is a Russian singer. She is from Shchyolkovo , and now resides in Yubileyny, Moscow Region.-Career:...

"Malenkiy prints" (Маленький принц) The little prince 2 116
03 Armenian
Armenian language
The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...

Luara Hayrapetyan
Luara Hayrapetyan
Luara Hayrapetyan born on 29 September 1997 is an Armenian singer who represented her country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Barcelona", finishing in joint second place....

"Barcelona" (Բարսելոնա) - 2 116
04 Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

Ioana Anuţa "Ai puterea în mâna ta" You got the power in hand 13 19
05 Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

Ništa Lično "Onaj pravi" (Онаj прави) The right one 10 34
06 Georgian
Georgian language
Georgian is the native language of the Georgians and the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.Georgian is the primary language of about 4 million people in Georgia itself, and of another 500,000 abroad...

Group Princesses "Lurji prinveli" (ლურჯი ფრინველი) The blue bird 7 68
07 Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 
Ralf Mackenbach
Ralf Mackenbach
Ralf Mackenbach is a Dutch singer, dancer and musical artist who won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine on 21 November 2009. He earned 121 points with the song Click Clack, which was written by Ralf himself...

"Click Clack" - 1 121
08 Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

Rafaella Kosta "Thalassa, ilios, aeras, fotia"
(Θάλασσα, ήλιος, αέρας, φωτιά)
Sea, sun, air, fire 11 32
09 English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

Francesca & Mikaela
Francesca & Mikaela
Francesca Sciberras and Mikaela Bajjada, better known as Francesca and Mikaela are a singing duo who won the Malta Junior Eurosong 2009 with their song 'Double Trouble'. They represented Malta on November 21, 2009 in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine, finishing in eighth place...

"Double Trouble" - 8 55
10 Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....

Andranik Alexanyan
Andranik Alexanyan
Andranik Aleksanyan is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter of Armenian descent.He attends a studio at Zaremba College of Music and studies under N.N. Reshovskaya...

"Try topoli, try surmy" (Три тополі, три сурми) Three poplars, three trumpets 5 89
11 Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

Laura Omloop
Laura Omloop
Laura Omloop is a Belgian singer who represented her country in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine, finishing in fourth place...

"Zo verliefd (Yodelo)" So in love 4 113
12 Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

Yuriy Demidovich
Yuriy Demidovich
Yuriy Demidovich is a Belarusian singer. He represented Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev with the song "Volshebniy krolik" , finishing in ninth place....

"Volshebniy krolik" (Волшебный кролик) The magic rabbit 9 48
13 Macedonian
Macedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...

Sara Markovska "Za ljubovta" (За љубовта) For love 12 31

  • The rules says that the participants must sing in one of their national languages, however they are permitted to have a few lines in a different language - as seen in the winning entry.

Score sheet

Results
Sweden 68 4 5 2 5 3 6 2 5 4 7 5 8
Russia 116 6 10 8 10 7 7 10 7 12 8 12 7
Armenia 116 10 12 6 7 12 10 12 6 10 10 8 1
Romania 19 1 1 2 3
Serbia 34 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 1 4
Georgia 68 3 5 6 7 1 4 7 10 6 5 2
Netherlands 121 12 8 8 12 8 8 8 8 8 12 7 10
Cyprus 32 7 3 2 1 1 1 2 3
Malta 55 2 4 4 4 4 8 4 1 6 4 2
Ukraine 89 4 7 12 10 2 10 5 5 4 3 10 5
Belgium 113 8 10 7 5 12 6 12 6 12 5 6 12
Belarus 48 6 1 3 5 3 1 7 4 6
Macedonia 31 5 6 2 3 2 1
All countries automatically receive 12 points

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:
N. Recipient nation Voting nation
4 Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 
Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

, Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

3 Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 
Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

2 Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 
Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

1 Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 
Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

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

International broadcasts

 Azerbaijan : Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

 broadcast the contest live on İctimai TV.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

 broadcast the contest live on BHRT.
 Australia: Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 broadcast the contest on SBS1 on April 14, 2010 
Worldwide : A live broadcast of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was available worldwide via satellite through European streams such as TVRi
TVRI
Televisi Republik Indonesia Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) (formerly known as Televisi Indonesia (Indonesian Television in English) and Radio Indonesia (Indonesian Radio in English) is a state-owned television station, the oldest television station in...

, RIK Sat, RTS Sat and MKTV Sat
MKTV Sat
MKTV Sat is the name of Macedonian Radio-Television's satellite service created in 2000 to telecast to the Macedonian diaspora across the world. Its programming istaken from MTV. MKTV SAT is available in Australia and New Zealand. It is currently broadcasted through UBI World TV.-External links:*...

. The official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary via the peer to peer medium Octoshape
Octoshape
Octoshape is a proprietary streaming media platform. It uses throughput optimization technology to deliver HD quality streams and to break through congestion in the last mile to provide more resilient delivery...

.

Commentators

- Sipke Jan Bousema
Sipke Jan Bousema
Sipke Jan Bousema is a Dutch presenter and actor.Bousema made his television debut in January 1999 at Teleac/NOT as the presenter for Schooltv Weekjournaal....

 - Pavlo Shylko (DJ Pasha) - André Vermeulen
André Vermeulen
André Leopold Adiel Vermeulen is a Belgian/Flemish journalist and television personality for VRT.Since the 1991 Contest, Vermeulen following Luc Appermont has been the Flemish commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest...

 (VRT), Maureen Louys
Maureen Louys
Maureen Louys is Belgian animator and television presenter.In 2005 she co-presented the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest with Marcel Vanthilt...

 and Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF) - Olga Shelest

External links

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