The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 26 November 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a joint effort by the national broadcasters Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) and Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF), in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union. Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys hosted the event.
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | |
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Let's Get Loud | |
Dates | |
Final | 26 November 2005 |
Host | |
Venue | Ethias Arena, Hasselt, Belgium |
Presenter(s) | Marcel Vanthilt Maureen Louys |
Directed by | Yves Podevyn Ludovic Beun |
Executive supervisor | Svante Stockselius |
Executive producer | Ludo Porrez |
Host broadcaster |
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Opening act | Flag parade introducing the 16 participating countries |
Interval act | Juggler Vladik Myagkostupov from Cirque du Soleil, María Isabel performing "Antes muerta que sencilla" and "Pues va a ser que no" |
Website | junioreurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 16 |
Debuting countries | Russia Serbia and Montenegro |
Returning countries | None |
Non-returning countries | Cyprus France Poland Switzerland |
Participation map
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs |
Nul points in final | None |
Winning song | Belarus "My vmeste" |
2004 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2006 |
The show was not only broadcast live in the competing countries, it was also available on satellite worldwide and the Australian television channel 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.
Belarus was the winner of this edition, with 10-year-old Ksenia Sitnik singing her song "My vmeste". Last year's winner Spain finished in second place, with 2004 hosts Norway coming third.
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.[1]
In November 2003, there were reports that the competition was to take place in the Netherlands.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
In November 2004, it was announced that the Flemish city of Hasselt would host the contest at the Ethias Arena.[5] The date of the contest had been confirmed shortly after the 2004 contest in Lillehammer.[1]
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.[6]
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.[7]
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. This system was already applied last year for the festival in Lillehammer.
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.
The show opened with fireworks and bungee jumpers. Vladik Myagkostupov from Cirque du Soleil gave a four-minute performance during the interval. During the counting of votes, the 2004 winner, María Isabel from Spain, sang 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. She also presented the prize to the winner of the competition.[8]
Initially, 17 countries planned to participate, but on 13 October, Cypriot broadcaster CyBC announced that it was withdrawing for internal reasons - allegations of plagiarism regarding the selected song had been made. However, Cypriot viewers were able to watch the show and vote.[9]
R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place[10] |
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1 | Greece | Alexandros and Kalli | "Tora einai i seira mas" (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας) | Greek | 88 | 6 |
2 | Denmark | Nicolai | "Shake Shake Shake" | Danish, English | 121 | 4 |
3 | Croatia | Lorena Jelusić | "Rock Baby" | Croatian | 36 | 12 |
4 | Romania | Alina Eremia | "Țurai!" | Romanian | 89 | 5 |
5 | United Kingdom | Joni Fuller | "How Does It Feel?" | English | 28 | 14 |
6 | Sweden | M+ | "Gränslös kärlek" | Swedish | 22 | 15 |
7 | Russia | Vladislav Krutskikh [ru] | "Doroga k solntsu" (Дорога к солнцу) | Russian | 66 | 9 |
8 | Macedonia | Denis Dimoski [mk] | "Rodendeski baknež" (Родендески бакнеж) | Macedonian | 68 | 8 |
9 | Netherlands | Tess | "Stupid" | Dutch | 82 | 7 |
10 | Serbia and Montenegro | Filip Vučić | "Ljubav pa fudbal" (Љубав па фудбал) | Serbo-Croatian | 29 | 13 |
11 | Latvia | Kids4Rock | "Es esmu maza jauka meitene" | Latvian | 50 | 11 |
12 | Belgium | Lindsay [fr] | "Mes rêves" | French | 63 | 10 |
13 | Malta | Thea and Friends | "Make It Right!" | English | 18 | 16 |
14 | Norway | Malin | "Sommer og skolefri"[lower-alpha 1] | Norwegian | 123 | 3 |
15 | Spain | Antonio José | "Te traigo flores" | Spanish | 146 | 2 |
16 | Belarus | Ksenia Sitnik | "My vmeste" (Мы вместе) | Russian | 149 | 1 |
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.
Total score |
Cyprus |
Greece |
Denmark |
Croatia |
Romania |
United Kingdom |
Sweden |
Russia |
Macedonia |
Netherlands |
Serbia and Montenegro |
Latvia |
Belgium |
Malta |
Norway |
Spain |
Belarus | ||
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Contestants |
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 |
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 |
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4 | Spain | Greece, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, United Kingdom |
3 | Belarus | Malta, Latvia, Russia |
2 | Denmark | Macedonia, Norway |
Greece | Croatia, Cyprus | |
Norway | Denmark, Sweden | |
1 | Belgium | Netherlands |
Netherlands | Belgium | |
Romania | Spain | |
Russia | Belarus |
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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:
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Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
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Belarus | Belarus 1, Belarus 24 | Denis Kurian | |
Belgium | Eén | Dutch: Ilse Van Hoecke and André Vermeulen | |
La Une | French: Jean-Louis Lahaye | ||
Croatia | HRT 1 | Unknown | |
Denmark | DR1 | Nicolai Molbech | |
Greece | ERT1, ERT Sat | Unknown | |
Latvia | LTV1 | Kārlis Streips and Valters Frīdenbergs | |
Macedonia | MTV 1 | Milanka Rašik | |
Malta | TVM | Valerie Vella | |
Netherlands | Nederland 1 | Tooske Ragas | |
Norway | NRK1 | Nadia Hasnaoui | |
Romania | TVR1, TVRi | Ioana Isopecu and Alexandru Nagy | |
Russia | Russia TV, RTR-Planeta | Yuriy Nikolayev | |
Serbia and Montenegro | RTS1, RTS Sat | Serbian: Duška Vučinić-Lučić | |
Spain | TVE1, TVE Internacional | Beatriz Pécker and Lucho | [22] |
Sweden | SVT1 | Josefine Sundström | |
United Kingdom | ITV2 (live), ITV1 (delayed) | Michael Underwood | [23] |
Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
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Albania | RTSH | Unknown | |
Australia | SBS | No commentary | |
Cyprus | CyBC | Unknown | |
Israel | IBA (7 December 2007) | No commentary | [24] |
Portugal | RTP1 (10 December 2005) | Eládio Clímaco | [20] |
Ukraine | NTU | Timur Miroshnychenko | [25] |
Junior Eurovision Song Contest - 05, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group in November 2005. The album features all the songs from the 2005
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