Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Make A Big Splash
Dates
Final	8 December 2007
Host
Venue	Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Presenter(s)	Sipke Jan Bousema Kim-Lian van der Meij
Directed by	Eduard Huis in 't Veld
Executive supervisor	Svante Stockselius
Executive producer	José van der Mark
Host broadcaster	Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO)
Opening act	60 young dancers performing to "One World"
Interval act	Katie Melua, Ch!pz, all JESC 2007 participants singing "One World"
Participants
Number of entries	17
Debuting countries	Armenia  Bulgaria  Georgia  Lithuania
Returning countries	None
Withdrawing countries	Croatia  Spain
Participation map      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2007
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points	All countries get 12 points from start
Winning song	Belarus "S druz'yami"

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the fifth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 8 December.^[1] The host country was chosen by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on 13 July 2006. The host city was announced on 11 September 2006. AVRO won the rights to host the show over Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) of Croatia (who didn't actually participate in this contest) and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) of Cyprus.^[2] The budget for the contest was stated to be more than €2,000,000.^[3][4]

Belarus won the Contest by a single point over Armenia. The winning performer was Alexey Zhigalkovich, singing "S druz'yami" (With friends). This was Belarus' second win; they won for the first time in 2005. This is the only contest to date where the winning song did not receive points from all of the participating countries.

Location

Limassol

Rotterdam

Zagreb

Locations of the bidding countries. The eliminated countries are marked in red. The chosen host country is marked in blue.

Three countries bid for the rights to host the fifth Junior Eurovision Song Contest; Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) for Croatia; Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) for Cyprus; and Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) for the Netherlands.^[2] AVRO were awarded the rights to host the contest in 2007, with a budget of more than 2,000,000 € being spent to stage the event.^[3][4]

Ahoy, Rotterdam. Venue of the 2007 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

The base of the present Ahoy was laid in 1950. After the devastation caused by the Second World War, the city of Rotterdam had worked on reconstruction and Rotterdam port was virtually complete. To mark the occasion, the Rotterdam Ahoy! exhibition was held in a purpose-built hall on the site where the medical faculty of the Erasmus University now stands. The exhibition hall was called the Ahoy'-Hal. The apostrophe is a remnant of the original exclamation mark. The hall was used for a series of national and international events, such as the exhibition of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s work. During the North Sea flood of 1953 the hall also proved its worth as a reception centre for victims. Ahoy Rotterdam, in its current form, was built in 1970. The complex’s striking design won various national and international awards for its special steel structures. The first event to be held there was the Femina family exhibition. Since then, Ahoy has been expanded on a number of occasions, and was renovated and refurbished in 1998 to create today’s multifunctional venue.

Controversy

Over the past few years, most Eurovision contests have involved some controversy due to allegations of song plagiarism. This year is no exception, the Russian entry received claims from an adult composer that she is the original songwriter of the song. Further claims were made that the song was performed before the national selection as far as a year ago in August 2006 which is allegedly a violation of the rules as defined by the EBU. At the time of writing no resolution to this matter has been made.^[5]

Official CD and DVD

An official double CD of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was intended to go on sale on 23 December 2007. The EBU announced that there would be no official DVD of the contest due to a lack of interest.^[6] The Belgian single was released on 5 October 2007, while the Dutch entry went on sale on 26 October 2007. There are no plans for commercial single releases of JESC entries in other countries, but a few promo copies for Rotterdam might be printed.^[5]

Participants

Patricia Goldsmith, Communications Adviser of the Eurovision TV department, stated that "18 countries will take part" in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007,^[7] though Spanish broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) later announced its withdrawal from the contest.^[8] Croatian broadcaster HRT also withdrew due to expense and difficulties in broadcasting the contest live.^[9] Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia and Lithuania were the newcomers this year. Bosnia and Herzegovina was going to be one of the four débutants but Georgia took this place when Radiotelevizija Bosne i Hercegovine (BHRT) decided to withdraw from participation.^[10][11] The minimum age of contestants was raised from 8 to 10 years this year.

Results

Draw[11]	Country[11]	Artist[11]	Song[11]	Language	Place[11]	Points[11]
01	Georgia	Mariam Romelashvili	"Odelia Ranuni" (ოდელია რანუნი)	Georgian	4	116
02	Belgium	Trust	"Anders"	Dutch	15	19
03	Armenia	Arevik	"Erazanq" (Երազանք)	Armenian	2	136
04	Cyprus	Yiorgos Ioannides	"I mousiki dinei ftera" (Η μουσική δίνει φτερά)	Greek	14	29
05	Portugal	Jorge Leiria	"Só quero é cantar"	Portuguese	16	15
06	Russia	Alexandra Golovchenko	"Otlichnitsa" (Отличница)	Russian	6	105
07	Romania	4Kids	"Sha-la-la"	Romanian	10	54
08	Bulgaria	Bon-Bon	"Bonbolandiya" (Бонболандия)	Bulgarian	7	86
09	Serbia	Nevena Božović	"Piši mi" (Пиши ми)	Serbian	3	120
10	Netherlands	Lisa, Amy & Shelley	"Adem in, adem uit"	Dutch	11	39
11	Macedonia	Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski	"Ding Ding Dong" (Динг Динг Донг)	Macedonian	5	111
12	Ukraine	Ilona Galytska	"Urok hlamuru" (Урок гламуру)	Ukrainian	9	56
13	Sweden	Frida Sandén	"Nu eller aldrig"	Swedish	8	83
14	Malta	Cute	"Music"	English	12	37
15	Greece	Made in Greece	"Kapou berdeftika" (Καποu μπερδεύτηκα)	Greek	17	14
16	Lithuania	Lina Joy	"Kai miestas snaudžia"	Lithuanian	13	33
17	Belarus	Alexey Zhigalkovich	"S druz'yami" (С друзьями)	Russian	1	137

Score sheet

		Results[11]
	Georgia	116		4	12	10	4	8	4	5		6	5	8	5	10	8	10	5
	Belgium	19										7
	Armenia	136	12	12		12		12	12	8	5	12		12	10		10		7
	Cyprus	29			5												12
	Portugal	15			2	1
	Russia	105	1	2	10	5	6		3	6	10	3	10	7	2	8	4	4	12
	Romania	54				8	8	1		7	4		3		1	5	2	1	2
	Bulgaria	86	6	7	6	7	1	3	8		7	5	7	3	3	4	5	2
	Serbia	120	7	6	4	6	7	7	5	4		8	12	6	12	6	6	6	6
	Netherlands	39	3	10	1	4				1					6	2
	Macedonia	111	5	3	7	3	10	5	10	12	12			5	7	7		5	8
	Ukraine	56	10		3		3	6	1		1		1			1	1	7	10
	Sweden	83	2	8			5	4	6	2	6	10	6	4		3	3	8	4
	Malta	37					2		2	3	2	1	4	1	4			3	3
	Greece	14				2
	Lithuania	33	8	1				2			3	2	2	2					1
	Belarus	137	4	5	8		12	10	7	10	8	4	8	10	8	12	7	12
The table is ordered by appearance. All countries automatically receive 12 points.

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

• 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

Viewers from each participating country voted by telephone and SMS. Each country's awards points to their top-10 favourites based on these public voting results. The following spokespersons announced the point 1 to 8, 10, and the maximum 12 points.^[12]

Commentators

Most countries sent commentators to Rotterdam or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, provide voting information.^[5] A live webcast was also streamed via the Junior Eurovision official website.^[13]

Notes

1.^ Although Australia is not itself eligible to enter, it broadcast the event on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). As is the case each year, it did not however broadcast it live due to the difference in Australian time zones. It was screened at the later date of 24 December 2007 at 16.30 (local time), and repeated a few weeks after. Since this period is non-rated for television stations, how many people watched the broadcast is unknown.

2.^ The contest was broadcast in Israel where it was watched by 400,000 viewers.^[5]

Official album

Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Rotterdam 2007
Compilation album by Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Released	November 2007
Genre	Pop
Length	46:59 (CD 1) 46:59 (CD 2)
Label	Universal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
JESC: Bucharest 2006 (2006)JESC: Bucharest 20062006 JESC: Rotterdam 2007 (2007) JESC: Lemesos 2008 (2008)JESC: Lemesos 20082008

Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Rotterdam 2007, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on November 2007. The album features all the songs from the 2007 contest, along with karaoke versions.

See also

• European Broadcasting Union
• Eurovision Song Contest 2007
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest

References