Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 26 November 2005 at the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, and presented by Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) and Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF).
The show was not only broadcast live by the participating broadcasters, it was also available on satellite worldwide and on Australian Special Broadcasting Service (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.
The winner was Template:Esccnty with the song "My vmeste" by 10-year-old Ksenia Sitnik. Previous year's winner Template:Esccnty finished in second place, with 2004 hosts Template:Esccnty coming third.
Location
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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.<ref name="belconf">Template:Cite web</ref>
In November 2003, there were reports about the possibility to the contest take place in the Netherlands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In November 2004, it was announced that the Flemish city of Hasselt would host the contest at the Ethias Arena.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The date of the contest had been confirmed shortly after the Template:Escyr contest in Lillehammer.<ref name="belconf"/>
Venue
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. The venue 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. The venue would later be renamed to Trixxo Arena.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Participants
In September 2005, the EBU released the initial list of participants with 17 competing countries. Russia and Serbia and Montenegro made their debut, France and Switzerland withdrew after debuting in the 2004 contest, while Poland withdrew after debuting in the 2003 contest.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cyprus had planned to participate but announced their withdrawal on 13 October 2005, due to an "internal issue" with the selected song, presumably stemming from allegations of plagiarism made against it, reducing the number of participating countries to 16. Despite this, Cypriot viewers were able to watch the show and vote.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Prior to the event, a compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2005 contest, along with karaoke versions, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group in November 2005.
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.
Contest overview
The event took place on 26 November 2005 at 20:15 CET. Sixteen countries participated, with the running order published in October 2005. All the countries competing were eligible to vote by televote. Belarus won with 149 points, with Spain, Norway, Denmark, and Romania, completing the top five. Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Malta occupied the bottom five positions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The show was opened by a fireworks and bungee jumpers performance. The interval act included Vladik Myagkostupov from Cirque du Soleil gave a four-minute circus performance and 2004 winner María Isabel performing 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. Isabel also presented the prize to the winner of the competition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Template:Abbr | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Template:Esc | Alexandros and Kalli | "Template:Lang" | 88 | 6 |
| 2 | Template:Esc | Nicolai | "Shake Shake Shake" | 121 | 4 |
| 3 | Template:Esc | Lorena Jelusić | "Rock Baby" | 36 | 12 |
| 4 | Template:Esc | Alina Eremia | "Template:Lang"Template:Efn | 89 | 5 |
| 5 | Template:Esc | Joni Fuller | "How Does It Feel?" | 28 | 14 |
| 6 | Template:Esc | Template:Ill | "Template:Lang" | 22 | 15 |
| 7 | Template:Esc | Template:Ill | "Template:Lang" | 66 | 9 |
| 8 | Template:Esc | Template:Ill | "Template:Lang" | 68 | 8 |
| 9 | Template:Esc | Tess | "Stupid" | 82 | 7 |
| 10 | Template:Esc | Filip Vučić | "Template:Lang" | 29 | 13 |
| 11 | Template:Esc | Template:Ill | "Template:Lang" | 50 | 11 |
| 12 | Template:Esc | Template:Ill | "Template:Lang" | 63 | 10 |
| 13 | Template:Esc | Thea and Friends | "Make It Right!" | 18 | 16 |
| 14 | Template:Esc | Malin | "Template:Lang" | 123 | 3 |
| 15 | Template:Esc | Antonio José | "Template:Lang" | 146 | 2 |
| 16 | Template:Esc | Ksenia Sitnik | "Template:Lang" | 149 | 1 |
Spokespersons
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- Template:EscTemplate:SndStella Maria Koukkidi
- Template:EscTemplate:SndYorgos Kotsougiannis
- Template:EscTemplate:SndCaroline Forsberg Thybo
- Template:EscTemplate:SndNika Turković
- Template:EscTemplate:SndBeatrice Soare
- Template:EscTemplate:SndVicky Gordon
- Template:EscTemplate:SndHalahen Zajden
- Template:EscTemplate:SndRoman Kerimov
- Template:EscTemplate:SndVase Dokovski
- Template:EscTemplate:SndGiovanni Kemper
- Template:EscTemplate:SndJovana Vukčević
- Template:EscTemplate:SndKristiana Stirane
- Template:EscTemplate:SndMax Colombie
- Template:EscTemplate:SndStephanie Bason
- Template:EscTemplate:SndKaroline Wendelborg
- Template:EscTemplate:SndGonzalo Gutierrez Blanco
- Template:EscTemplate:SndAnton Lediaev
Detailed voting results
Despite withdrawing at a late stage, Cyprus was still permitted to vote in the contest.
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.
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| scope="rowgroup" rowspan="16" Template:Vert header | 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.
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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:
- Template:EscTemplate:SndCyprus 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:EscTemplate:SndFrance, one of two debutants at the previous contest, and broadcaster France 3 turned down the offer to participate due to the following reasons:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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"
The country would not return to the contest until 2018.
- Template:EscTemplate:SndGeorgia 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and to wait out their participation until 2007.
- Template:EscTemplate:SndJust 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.
- Template:EscTemplate:SndLithuania, like Georgia, was one of the countries on the preliminary list for 2005.<ref name="Debutants">Template:Cite web</ref> But, Lithuania withdrew for unspecified reasons.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They would debut in 2007.
- Template:EscTemplate:SndMonaco and Monegasque broadcaster TMC expressed an interest in participating.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, plans never came to fruition due to scheduling problems and harsh citizenship laws and thus they never participated.
- Template:EscTemplate:SndDespite 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They would eventually return in 2016.
- Template:EscTemplate:SndEven though Portugal did not participate, public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) broadcast the contest delayed and confirmed they would debut in 2006.<ref name="RTP" />
- Template:EscTemplate:SndSwitzerland, one of two debutants in 2004, and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster RTSI turned down the offer to participate for the following reasons:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Financial difficulties
- Lack of interest and financial support from the other multilingual broadcasters of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
- Template:EscTemplate:SndUkraine, like Lithuania, was on the preliminary list of participation for 2005.<ref name="Debutants" /> But, they pulled out before the night and had to wait until the next year to debut.
Broadcasts
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| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Template:Abbr |
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| Template:Flagu | RTSH | TVSH | Template:Unknown | |
| Template:Flagu | SBS | SBS One | Template:N/A | |
| Template:Flagu | CyBC | RIK 1 | Template:Unknown | |
| Template:Flagu | IBATemplate:Efn | C1 | Template:N/A | <ref name="IBA">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagu | RTP | RTP1Template:Efn | Eládio Clímaco | <ref name="RTP">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagu | NTU | Pershyi | Timur Miroshnychenko | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
See also
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links
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