Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth 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 Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

, 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 ,...

. It was held on 20 November 2010.
The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan
Vladimir Arzumanyan
Vladimir Arzumanyan is an Armenian singer. He represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the entry Mama ....

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

 with the song Mama. This gave Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 its first Junior Eurovision victory and its first victory in any Eurovision 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 2010. Belarus broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BRTC) won the rights to organise the contest over bids from Russia and Malta. Under construction through 2009, the 15,000-spectator Minsk Arena hosted the event. Belarus has twice previously won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is, according to EBU Executive Supervisor Svante Stockselius, "one of Belarus' most popular television shows."

Visual design

The theme art for the contest was revealed on 8 April 2010, consisting of multi-coloured circles, symbolising "different people, cultures and countries," that form the shape of wings, that symbolise "freedom, ease of flying, creative inspiration and rising above."
On 8 September, the mascots of the show were presented, being a bear and a wisent
Wisent
The wisent , Bison bonasus, also known as the European bison or European wood bison, is a species of Eurasian bison. It is the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe; a typical wisent is about long, not counting a tail of long, and tall. Weight typically can range from , with an occasional big...

.

The stage, by Swedish
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....

 stage designer Ulf Mårtensson, was unveiled on 15 July 2010, featuring five constructions in the shapes of wings. The hosts were also involved with each performance on their own dedicated section of the stage.

Theme art was also incorporated in the promotional billboards and posters featuring 11 "faces of Junior Eurovision" selected through casting procedure. Results of castings were revealed on 20 July 2010 and the 11 chosen ones were Belarus TV personalities Denis Kourian, Olga Barabanschikova
Olga Barabanschikova
Olga Barabanschikova is a professional Belarusian tennis player.Barabanschikova highest WTA singles ranking is 49th, which she reached on 2 March 1998. Her career high in doubles was at 81 set at 19 October 1998...

, Irina Kazantseva, Andrey Bibikov, former JESC entrants Alexey Zhigalkovich
Alexey Zhigalkovich
Alexey Zhigalkovich is a Belarusian singer. He participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and won with one point more than the Armenian runner up. He sang the song С друзьями . It was a song with a fast tempo and energetic dancing...

, Ksenia Sitnik
Ksenia Sitnik
Ksenia Mikhailovna Sitnik , sometimes also transliterated as Kseniya Sitnik or Xenia Sitnik, is a Belarusian child singer...

, 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....

, Alina Molosh, Daria Nadina as well as non-professionals Yulia Brazhinskaya and Ilya Ilmursky.

Participants

On 28 July 2010, the EBU announced the competing countries for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010. A total of 14 countries competed, with Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

 making its début and Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

 and Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

 returning. 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...

 and 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...

 withdrew from the contest. 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 to the contest through Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

 (SVT) after TV4 withdrew. The EBU's coordinator of the contest, Svante Stockselius
Svante Stockselius
Stig Svante Stockselius is a Swedish journalist and television executive, former Head of Song Contests at the European Broadcasting Union, executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.Svante Stockselius grew up in Ockelbo, a small town in central...

, labelled SVT
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

's return to the contest as a big achievement in terms of negotiations with possible participants and expressed hope that other Scandinavian broadcasters may also return to the show.

The show also featured all winners 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...

 2003-2009 Dino Jelusić
Dino Jelusic
Dino Jelušić is a Croatian singer, musician and songwriter. He was the winner of the firstJunior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 , which took place in Copenhagen on 15 November 2003....

, María Isabel
María Isabel
María Isabel is a Spanish singer, actress and the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004.-Biography:Maria Isabel was born María Isabel López Rodríguez in Ayamonte, Huelva Province, Spain. She demonstrated an interest in dancing and singing from a very young age...

, Ksenia Sitnik
Ksenia Sitnik
Ksenia Mikhailovna Sitnik , sometimes also transliterated as Kseniya Sitnik or Xenia Sitnik, is a Belarusian child singer...

, The Tolmachevy Twins
The Tolmachevy Twins
Anastasiya and Maria Tolmachovy are twins and child singers from the Russian city of Kursk...

, Alexey Zhigalkovich
Alexey Zhigalkovich
Alexey Zhigalkovich is a Belarusian singer. He participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and won with one point more than the Armenian runner up. He sang the song С друзьями . It was a song with a fast tempo and energetic dancing...

, Bzikebi
Bzikebi
Bzikebi is a musical group from Georgia consisting of a boy called Giorgi Shiolashvili and two girls named Mariam Kikuashvili and Mariam Tatulashvili, all ten years old during the contest. They won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Lemesos, Cyprus on November 22, 2008 with their song...

 and 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...

, who performed remix-medley of their winning entries and presented the trophy to the winner of 2010 edition. Also, a special documentary "Kids of Eurovision" was filmed by BTRC about them.

Final

Each country gave 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.
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01 Lithuanian
Lithuanian language
Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...

Bartas
Nojus Bartaška
Nojus Bartaška, also known as Bartas , is a singer-songwriter who supported Lithuania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010.- Biography :Nojus started singing in 2000...

"Oki Doki" 6 67
02 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...

, 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...

Ștefan Roșcovan
Ştefănel Roşcovan
Ştefănel Roşcovan, is an Moldovan child singer-songwriter.On September 25, 2010, he won the Moldovan national final for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk with the entry "AlliBaba". He is the very first entrant for Moldova in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.-Referenser:...

"Ali Baba" 8 54
03 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...

Anna & Senna "My Family" 9 52
04 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....

Sonja Škorić
Sonja Škorić
Sonja Škorić, is a singer-songwriter who won the national selection for Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010.-Career:...

"Čarobna noć" (Чаробна ноћ) Magical night 3 113
05 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....

Yulia Gurska
Yulia Gurska
Yulia Gurska is a Ukrainian singer-songwriter. She won the Ukrainian national final, Dityache Evrobachennya. Her song "Miy litak" finished 14th in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 hosted in Minsk, Belarus.-See also:...

"Miy litak" (Мій літак) My plane 14 28
06 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...

Josefine Ridell
Josefine Ridell
Josefine Ridell is a Swedish singer that represented her country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk, Belarus. Her song, "Allt jag vill ha" was written by Thomas G:son, Arash, Robert Uhlmann, and Johan Bejerholm."Allt jag vill ha" was presented on 6 October 2010 and was released...

"Allt jag vill ha
Allt jag vill ha
Allt jag vill ha is the Swedish entry to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk, Belarus. It was performed by singer Josefine Ridell, it placed 11th in the final....

"
Everything I want 11 48
07 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...

Sasha Lazin & Liza Drozd "Boy and Girl" 2 119
08 Latvian
Latvian language
Latvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...

Šarlote Lēnmane
Šarlote Lēnmane
Šarlote Lēnmane is a Latvian child-singer. She represented Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk, Belarus, after five years of Latvia not participating in the competition. On 14 March 2010 Lēnmane won a festival in Latvia called Balss pavēlnieks with the song "Dziesma...

 & Sea Stones
"Viva la Dance" (Dejo tā) Long live dance (Dance like that) 10 51
09 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...

Jill & Lauren "Get Up!" 7 61
10 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...

Vladimir Arzumanyan
Vladimir Arzumanyan
Vladimir Arzumanyan is an Armenian singer. He represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the entry Mama ....

"Mama" (Մամա) Mother 1 120
11 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...

, Maltese
Maltese language
Maltese is the national language of Malta, and a co-official language of the country alongside English,while also serving as an official language of the European Union, the only Semitic language so distinguished. Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic...

Nicole Azzopardi
Nicole Azzopardi
Nicole Azzopardi is a Maltese singer-songwriter and participant in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010.-Career:In 2006 she represented Malta at the Italian song contest Zecchino d'Oro, with the song La dottoressa Lulù .On September 4, 2010, Azzopardi won the Maltese national selection for the...

"Knock Knock!….Boom! Boom!" 13 35
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...

Daniil Kozlov
Daniil Kozlov
Daniil Kozlov is a singer, songwriter, and musician. Kozlov represented Belarus on homeground at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk.-Biography:...

"Muzyki svet" (Музыки свет) Light of music 5 85
13 Imaginary
Constructed language
A planned or constructed language—known colloquially as a conlang—is a language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary has been consciously devised by an individual or group, instead of having evolved naturally...

Mariam Kakhelishvili
Mariam Kakhelishvili
Mariam Kakhelishvili is a Georgian singer.In Spring 2010 she participated in the Georgian version of Got Talent, "Nichieri", where she finished third.Kakhelishvili represented...

"Mari Dari" 4 109
14 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...

Anja Veterova
Anja Veterova
Anja Veterova is a Macedonian singer.-Career:Anja's first debut in the musical stage started in 2004 where she participated in the "Super Zvezda" . Anja's participation in that festival lasted 3 years, 2004-2007...

"Eooo, Eooo" 12 38

  • The rules stated that the participants must sing in one of their national languages, however they were permitted to have a few lines in a different language, as seen in some entries.
  • This was the first time since 2000 that the Maltese language
    Maltese language
    Maltese is the national language of Malta, and a co-official language of the country alongside English,while also serving as an official language of the European Union, the only Semitic language so distinguished. Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic...

     is used in a Eurovision event since "Desire" by Claudette Pace
    Claudette Pace
    Claudette Pace is a Maltese singer born in Naxxar in 1968.Claudette Pace has participated in many local and international song festivals, and won several prestigious awards. In 1995, Claudette won the Best female artist award at the Malta Music Awards, an award she has been nominated for almost...

    , the Maltese entry for the 2000 contest
    Eurovision Song Contest 2000
    The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 2000 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Charlotte Nilsson's victory in Jerusalem the previous year. It was the first time since 1996 that the contest was held on mainland Europe. The...

    .

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Sea Stones (aka C-Stones Junior) 2004
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. The theme of the competition was "Bright Nordic Winter Nights"...


Score sheet

Results
Lithuania 67 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 5 4 6 10 2
Moldova 54 1 1 2 5 2 6 7 10 2 6
Netherlands 52 2 7 1 3 3 10 5 1 8
Serbia 113 6 12 10 7 8 7 10 7 3 8 10 1 12
Ukraine 28 4 1 2 4 5
Sweden 48 3 4 2 3 2 4 8 2 1 4 3
Russia 119 10 7 8 8 8 10 8 4 12 12 12 7 1
Latvia 51 8 8 6 5 1 1 5 5
Belgium 61 5 3 12 5 6 1 4 3 2 8
Armenia 120 7 10 5 6 12 12 12 5 12 6 8 3 10
Malta 35 4 1 3 6 5 4
Belarus 85 4 6 3 6 10 12 10 3 12 7
Georgia 109 12 5 7 10 10 7 8 7 3 8 7 7 6
Macedonia 38 1 12 2 5 3 1 2
All countries automatically receive 12 points

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:
N. Recipient nation Voting nation
4 Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 
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...

, 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....

, 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...

, 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...

3 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...

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

, 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...

, 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 ,...

2 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...

 
Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

, 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...

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 ,...

 
Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

, 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...

1 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...

 
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...

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...

 
Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

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...

 
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...

  • All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This is so no country gets nul points.
  • As a joke, the Executive Supervisor of the contest, Svante Stockselius
    Svante Stockselius
    Stig Svante Stockselius is a Swedish journalist and television executive, former Head of Song Contests at the European Broadcasting Union, executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.Svante Stockselius grew up in Ockelbo, a small town in central...

    , was given 12 points before the voting. (This probably because he will resign when the year ends.)

Commentators

- Kristien Maes & Tom De Cock
Tom De Cock
Tom De Cock is a Flemish writer and radio-dj. He lives now in Borgerhout. At age sixteen he wrote his first book: De Openbaring ....

 (VRT
Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep
The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie , or VRT, is a publicly-funded broadcaster of radio and television in Flanders ....

) - Olga Shelest (Russia 1) - Gohar Gasparyan
Gohar Gasparyan
Gohar Gasparyan also known as the "Armenian nightingale", was an Armenian opera singer.Born in an Armenian family in Cairo, Gasparyan studied at a Music Academy in the city...

 (ARMTV) - Timur Miroshnichenko (Pershiy
NTU
NTU may stand for:* National Taxpayers Union, a nonprofit organization in the United States* National Team Unity, a political party in Trinidad and Tobago* National Television Company of Ukraine, a Ukrainian television broadcaster...

) - Valters Frīdenbergs (Latvijas Televīzija) - Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS 2
Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...

) - 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....


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