Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Minsk, Belarus. It was held on 20 November 2010.[3] The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan from Armenia with the song "Mama." This gave Armenia its first Junior Eurovision victory and its first victory in any Eurovision contest.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Feel the Magic
Dates
Final20 November 2010
Host
VenueMinsk Arena, Minsk, Belarus
Presenter(s)Denis Kourian,
Leila Ismailava
Directed byDaniel Jelinek[1][better source needed]
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Executive producerAlexander Martynenko[2]
Host broadcasterBelarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/minsk-2010 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries14
Debuting countries Moldova
Returning countries Latvia
 Lithuania
Non-returning countries Cyprus
 Romania
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         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2010
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song Armenia
"Mama"
2009 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2011

Location

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Locations of the bidding countries. The eliminated countries are marked in red. The chosen host country is marked in blue.
 
Minsk Arena, venue for the 2010 contest.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) invited broadcasters to bid for the rights to host the contest. In June 2009, Belarussian 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.[4] EBU initially put efforts into distributing the organisation of the contest among different regions of the continent, moving away from Eastern Europe as Kyiv hosted the previous edition, with Malta's bid seemingly taking the lead. However, BRTC's detailed candidacy supported by Eurovision Song Contest 2009 winner Alexander Rybak prevailed in the end.[4][5]

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."[3]

Participating countries

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Cover art of the official album

Despite originally estimating the number of participants to be between 20 and 25,[4] on 28 July 2010 it was announced 14 countries would compete in the contest, with Moldova making its début and Latvia and Lithuania returning. Cyprus and Romania withdrew from the contest.[6]

Sweden returned to the contest through Sveriges Television (SVT) after TV4 withdrew.[6] The EBU's coordinator of the contest, Svante Stockselius, labelled SVT'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.[7][better source needed] Also, a special documentary "Kids of Eurovision" was filmed by BTRC about them.[8]

Prior to the event, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2010 contest, along with karaoke versions, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 19 November 2010.[9]

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010[6][10]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language[a] Songwriter(s)
  Armenia AMPTV Vladimir Arzumanyan "Mama" (Մամա) Armenian Vladimir Arzumanyan
  Belarus BTRC Daniil Kozlov "Muzyki svet" (Музыки свет) Russian Daniil Kozlov
  Belgium VRT Jill and Lauren "Get Up!" Dutch, English
  • Lauren De Ruyck
  • Peter Gillis
  • Jill Van Vooren
  • Alain Vande Putte
  • Miguel Wiels
  Georgia GPB Mariam Kakhelishvili "Mari Dari" Imaginary[b]
  Latvia LTV Šarlote Lēnmane "Viva la Dance (Dejo tā)" Latvian
  Lithuania LRT Bartas "Oki Doki" Lithuanian
  • Nojus "Bartas" Bartaška
  • Rūta Lukoševičiūtė
  • Arvydas "Vudis" Martinėnas
  Macedonia MRT Anja Veterova "Еооо, Еооо" Macedonian Anja Veterova
  Malta TVM Nicole Azzopardi "Knock Knock!....Boom! Boom!" English, Maltese Nicole Azzopardi
  Moldova TRM Ștefan Roșcovan "Ali Baba" Romanian, English
  • Nicolae Caragia
  • Daniela Doroftei
  • Stefanel Roscovan
  Netherlands AVRO Anna and Senna "My Family" Dutch, English
  • Anna Lagerweij
  • Tjeerd P. Oosterhuis
  • Senna Sitalsing
  Russia VGTRK Sasha Lazin and Liza Drozd "Boy and Girl" Russian[c]
  • Liza Drozd
  • Sasha Lazin
  Serbia RTS Sonja Škorić "Čarobna noć" (Чаробна ноћ) Serbian Sonja Škorić
  Sweden SVT Josefine Ridell "Allt jag vill ha" Swedish
  Ukraine NTU Yulia Gurska "Miy litak" (Мій літак) Ukrainian
  • Yulia Gurska
  • Andrii Marusich

Format

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Visual design

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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."[12] On 8 September, the mascots of the show were presented, being a bear and a wisent.[13]

The stage, designed by Swedish 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.[14]

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, Irina Kazantseva, Andrey Bibikov, former JESC entrants Alexey Zhigalkovich, Ksenia Sitnik, Yuriy Demidovich, Alina Molosh, Daria Nadina as well as non-professionals Yulia Brazhinskaya and Ilya Ilmursky.[15]

Presenters

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On 6 September 2010, it was announced that Denis Kourian and Leila Ismailava would host the eighth edition of the contest.[16]

Contest overview

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The event took place on 20 November 2010 at 21:15 MSK (20:15 CET).[3][17] Fourteen countries participated, with the running order published on 14 October 2010.[18] All the countries competing were eligible to vote with the jury and televote. Armenia won with 120 points, with Russia, Serbia, Georgia, and Belarus completing the top five.[19] Latvia, Sweden, Macedonia, Malta, and Ukraine occupied the bottom five positions.[20]

The show was opened with "Hello, Eurovision" performed by former Belarusian winners Ksenia Sitnik and Alexey Zhigalkovich.[21] The interval acts included "Europe's Skies" performed by Alexander Rybak, all participants and Dmitry Koldun performing the specially-commissioned UNICEF song "A Day Without War",[22] and all winners of Junior Eurovision Song Contest at the time: Dino Jelusić, María Isabel, Ksenia Sitnik, The Tolmachevy Twins, Alexey Zhigalkovich, Bzikebi and Ralf Mackenbach, who performed a remixed medley of their winning entries and later presented the trophy to the winner at the end of the show.[23]

R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1   Lithuania Bartas "Oki Doki" 67 6
2   Moldova Ștefan Roșcovan "Ali Baba" 54 8
3   Netherlands Anna and Senna "My Family" 52 9
4   Serbia Sonja Škorić "Čarobna noć" 113 3
5   Ukraine Yulia Gurska "Miy litak" 28 14
6   Sweden Josefine Ridell "Allt jag vill ha" 48 11
7   Russia Sasha Lazin and Liza Drozd "Boy and Girl" 119 2
8   Latvia Šarlote Lēnmane "Viva la Dance (Dejo tā)" 51 10
9   Belgium Jill and Lauren "Get Up!" 61 7
10   Armenia Vladimir Arzumanyan "Mama" 120 1
11   Malta Nicole Azzopardi "Knock Knock!....Boom! Boom!" 35 13
12   Belarus Daniil Kozlov "Muzyki svet" 85 5
13   Georgia Mariam Kakhelishvili "Mari Dari" 109 4
14   Macedonia Anja Veterova "Еооо, Еооо" 38 12

Detailed voting results

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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.

Detailed voting results[24]
Total score
Lithuania
Moldova
Netherlands
Serbia
Ukraine
Sweden
Russia
Latvia
Belgium
Armenia
Malta
Belarus
Georgia
Macedonia
Contestants
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

12 points

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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   Armenia   Belgium,   Russia,   Sweden,   Ukraine
3   Russia   Armenia,   Belarus,   Malta
2   Serbia   Macedonia,   Moldova
  Belarus   Georgia,   Latvia
1   Belgium   Netherlands
  Georgia   Lithuania
  Macedonia   Serbia

Spokespersons

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The order in which votes were cast during the 2010 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country.

  1.   Lithuania – Bernadras Garbaciauskas
  2.   Moldova – Paula Paraschiv
  3.   Netherlands – Bram
  4.   Serbia – Maja Mazić [sr]
  5.   Ukraine – Elizabeth Arfush
  6.   Sweden – Robin Ridell
  7.   Russia – Philip Mazurov
  8.   Latvia – Ralfs Eilands
  9.   Belgium – Laura Omloop
  10.   Armenia – Nadia Sargsyan
  11.   Malta – Francesca Zarb
  12.   Belarus – Anastasiya Butyugina
  13.   Georgia – Giorgi Toradze
  14.   Macedonia – Sara Markoska

Broadcasts

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Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
  Armenia AMPTV Gohar Gasparyan and Artak Vandanyan
  Belarus BTRC Pavel Lozovik [25]
  Belgium VRT Kristien Maes [nl] and Tom De Cock
  Georgia GPB Temo Kvirkvelia
  Latvia LTV Valters Frīdenbergs
  Lithuania LRT Darius Užkuraitis [lt]
  Macedonia MTV 1 Toni Drenkovski and Monika Todorovska
  Malta TVM Eileen Montesin
  Moldova TRM Rusalina Rusu
  Netherlands AVRO Sipke Jan Bousema
  Russia Russia-1 Olga Shelest [ru]
  Serbia RTS2, RTS Sat Duška Vučinić-Lučić [26]
  Sweden SVT24 Edward af Sillén and Malin Olsson
  Ukraine Pershiy Timur Miroshnychenko
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
  Australia SBS One No commentary [27]
  Azerbaijan İTV
  Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT (delayed) Un­known [28]
  New Zealand Un­known

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The rules stated that the participants must sing in one of their national languages, however they were permitted to have up to 25% in a different language, as seen in some entries.
  2. ^ Contains some phrases in Georgian[11]
  3. ^ Contains two phrases in English

References

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  22. ^ "Exclusive: Koldun's song for UNICEF". junioreurovision.tv. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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