Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was scheduled for 21 November.[1] 13 countries were confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to compete in the contest.[4]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
For The Joy Of People
Dates
Grand final21 November 2009[1]
Host
VenuePalace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine[1]
Presenter(s)Ani Lorak
Timur Miroshnychenko
Dmytro Borodin (Green Room)[2]
Directed bySven Stojanovic[3]
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius[1]
Executive producerRuslan Tkachenko[3]
Host broadcasterNational Television Company of Ukraine (NTU)[1]
Opening actDance acts featuring perofmance of Karina Rudnycka and Yuriy Kuzynsky[3]
Interval actAni Lorak[1]
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2009
Participants
Number of entries13
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Sweden
Non-returning countries
Participation map
  •      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2009
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nul pointsAll countries get 12 points from start
Winning song Netherlands
"Click Clack"

The contest was won by Ralf Mackenbach for the Netherlands with the song "Click Clack". At the age of 14, he was the oldest person to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in its seven-year history. He was joined by Italy's Vincenzo Cantiello who won the 2014 contest also at the age of 14. Luara Hayrapetyan achieved Armenia another second place. Ekaterina Ryabova also took second place for Russia.

Both Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko were present during the final; Tymoshenko was also present and speeched during the opening ceremony on 16 November 2009.[5]

Location
Further information on the host city: Kyiv
Locations of the bidding countries. The eliminated countries are marked in red. The chosen host country is marked in blue.
Palace of Sports, in Kyiv. Venue for the 2009 Junior Eurovision.

Bidding phase and host selection

The European Broadcasting Union (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.[6] 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.[7]

On 6 June 2008, after deliberations by the EBU, the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) was granted the rights to the 2009 contest and confirmed they would host it in Kyiv.[8] Ukraine also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 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 member of parliament Hanna Herman had called on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to cancel the song contest because of the 2009 flu pandemic in Ukraine.[9]

Logo of the contest titled "Tree of life" is based on the artwork "Sunflower of life" by Maria Primachenko, a well known Ukrainian folk art painter.[10] 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".[11]

Participants

The EBU announced the complete list of participating countries in the 2009 Contest on 8 June 2009. 13 countries competed in the contest. Sweden returned after missing the previous year's contest, while Bulgaria, Greece and Lithuania withdrew from the contest.[4]

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01  Sweden Mimmi Sandén "Du" Swedish 6 68
02  Russia Ekaterina Ryabova "Malenkiy prints" (Маленький принц) Russian 2 116
03  Armenia Luara Hayrapetyan "Barcelona" (Բարսելոնա) Armenian 2 116
04  Romania Ioana Anuța "Ai puterea în mâna ta" Romanian 13 19
05  Serbia Ništa Lično "Onaj pravi" (Онаj прави) Serbian 10 34
06  Georgia Princesses "Lurji prinveli" (ლურჯი ფრინველი) Georgian, English 6 68
07  Netherlands Ralf Mackenbach "Click Clack" Dutch, English 1 121
08  Cyprus Rafaella Costa "Thalassa, helios, aeras, fotia" (Θάλασσα, ήλιος, αέρας, φωτιά) Greek 11 32
09  Malta Francesca & Mikaela "Double Trouble" English 8 55
10  Ukraine Andranik Alexanyan "Try topoli, try surmy" (Три тополі, три сурми) Ukrainian 5 89
11  Belgium Laura Omloop "Zo verliefd (Yodelo)" Dutch 4 113
12  Belarus Yury Demidovich "Volshebniy krolik" (Волшебный кролик) Russian 9 48
13  Macedonia Sara Markoska "Za ljubovta" (За љубовта) Macedonian 12 31
  • The rules state that the participants must sing in one of their national languages, however they are permitted to have up to 25% of the song in a different language - as seen in the winning entry.

Score sheet

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. Since Sweden did not broadcast the show until the morning after, their points were made up solely by their national jury.

Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% jury vote
 Results
Total score
Sweden
Russia
Armenia
Romania
Serbia
Georgia
Netherlands
Cyprus
Malta
Ukraine
Belgium
Belarus
Macedonia
Contestants
 Sweden 68452536254758
Russia 11661081077107128127
Armenia 1161012671210126101081
Romania 191123
Serbia 34213323314
Georgia 68356714710652
Netherlands 1211288128888812710
Cyprus 3273211123
Malta 5524444841642
Ukraine 894712102105543105
Belgium 11381075126126125612
Belarus 48613531746
Macedonia 31562321
All countries automatically receive 12 points

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.ContestantVoting nation
4BelgiumMacedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Serbia
3 ArmeniaCyprus, Georgia, Russia
NetherlandsBelgium, Romania, Sweden
2RussiaBelarus, Ukraine
1UkraineArmenia
  • All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This was so no country got nul points.

International broadcasts and voting

Spokespersons

Participating countries

Non-participating countries

A live broadcast of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was available worldwide via satellite through European streams such as TVRi, RIK Sat, RTS Sat and MKTV Sat. The official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary via the peer to peer medium Octoshape.

  •  Australia – Australian broadcaster SBS broadcast the show with no commentary on April 14, 2010 on SBS One.[12]
  •  Azerbaijan – Ictimai TV broadcast the show even though they did not participate. When it was broadcast or who provided commentary is unknown.[13]
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Bosnia and Herzegovinan broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina broadcast the show live on public channel BHT 1 with commentary provided by Dejan Kukrić.[14][15]

Official album
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 - KYIV - Ukraine - All The Songs From The Show
Compilation album by
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Released21 November 2009
GenrePop
LabelUniversal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
(2008)		 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 - KYIV - Ukraine - All The Songs From The Show
(2009)		 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
(2010)

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 - KYIV - Ukraine - All The Songs From The Show, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on 21 November 2009. The album features all the songs from the 2009 contest, along with karaoke versions.

See also

References
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  2. Siim, Jarmo (22 October 2009). "Hosts for Junior 2009 chosen!". EBU. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  3. "Executive Producer presents Junior 2009 details". EBU. 12 October 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. Bakker, Sietse (8 June 2009). "13 countries to be represented at Junior 2009!". EBU. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
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  6. Konstantopoulos, Fotis (2 June 2008). "Three bids for Junior Eurovision 2009". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  7. "TV4 is the third bidding broadcaster for JESC 2009". Oikotimes. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  8. Floras, Stella (6 June 2008). "JESC - Ukraine: To host Junior Eurovision 2009". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
  9. "Ukraine will not postpone Junior Eurovision 2009 over flu outbreak - official". Interfax-Ukraine. 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012.
  10. "Kyiv 2009: Trophies for everyone!". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 18 August 2009. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020.
  11. "Logo and concept of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 have been presented". ESCKaz. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  12. "SBS1 Schedule April 14, 2010". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  13. "İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkətinin həftəlik proqramı" (in Azerbaijani). İctimai TV. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009. (21 noyabr - Uşaq avroviziyası 2009)
  14. "BHRT to air the 2009 Junior Eurovision". Oikotimes. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  15. "Subota, 21. studenoga 2009" [Saturday, 21 November 2009]. BHT1. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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