Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the fifth edition of the annual 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 and the host city was announced on 11 September 2006. AVRO won the rights to host the show over Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) of Croatia (who did not participate in this contest) and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) of Cyprus.[2]
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | |
|---|---|
| Make A Big Splash | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 8 December 2007 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Ahoy Arena, 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) |
| Website | junioreurovision |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 17 |
| Debuting countries | |
| Returning countries | None |
| Non-returning countries | |
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 | All countries get 12 points from start |
| Winning song | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belarus"S druz'yami" |
The budget for the contest was stated to be more than €2,000,000.[3][4] Profits made from the televoting were donated to UNICEF.[5]
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.
Location
Bidding phase and host selection
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 September 2006, with a budget of more than €2,000,000 being spent to stage the event.[3][4]
Venue
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. Rotterdam Ahoy, 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.
Format
Visual design
On 22 October 2007, the contest was officially presented to the media at a press conference where the first details regarding the show were confirmed. The theme for the contest was water and the motto was Make a big splash!. Five water curtains decorated the stage designed by Ronald van Bersselaar, which explained why this year’s logo featured the "singing girl" wearing boots.[6]
Presenters
At the same press conference, Kim-Lian van der Meij was revealed to be the female host of the show,[6] alongside Sipke Jan Bousema who was the previously announced as the male host.[7]
Opening and interval acts
The show was opened with all participants alongside dancers from the Dance Academy Lucia Marthas performing the specially-commissioned UNICEF song "One World",[8] written by Jeroen Rietbergen and Ronald Molendijk, on stage in the arena followed by a flag parade introducing the 17 participating countries.[6] Dutch group Ch!pz performed during the interval alongside singer Katie Melua.[9][10]
Participants
Patricia Goldsmith, Communications Adviser of the Eurovision TV department, stated that "19 countries will take part" in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007,[11] though Spanish broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) later announced its withdrawal from the contest.[12] Croatian broadcaster HRT also withdrew due to expense and difficulties in broadcasting the contest live.[13] 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.[14][15] The minimum age of contestants was raised from 8 to 10 years this year.
The Swedish representative, Frida Sandén, was a backing singer for her sister Molly who represented Sweden in 2006.[16]
Participants and results
| R/O[15] | Country[15] | Artist[15] | Song[15] | Language | Points[15] | Place[15] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Georgia |
Mariam Romelashvili | "Odelia Ranuni" (ოდელია რანუნი) | Georgian | 116 | 4 |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
Trust | "Anders" | Dutch | 19 | 15 |
| 3 |  Armenia |
Arevik | "Erazanq" (Երազանք) | Armenian | 136 | 2 |
| 4 |  Cyprus |
Yiorgos Ioannides | "I mousiki dinei ftera" (Η μουσική δίνει φτερά) | Greek | 29 | 14 |
| 5 |  Portugal |
Jorge Leiria | "Só quero é cantar" | Portuguese | 15 | 16 |
| 6 |  Russia |
Alexandra Golovchenko | "Otlichnitsa" (Отличница) | Russian | 105 | 6 |
| 7 |  Romania |
4Kids | "Sha-la-la" | Romanian | 54 | 10 |
| 8 |  Bulgaria |
Bon-Bon | "Bonbolandiya" (Бонболандия) | Bulgarian | 86 | 7 |
| 9 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Serbia |
Nevena Božović | "Piši mi" (Пиши ми) | Serbian | 120 | 3 |
| 10 |  Netherlands |
Lisa, Amy and Shelley | "Adem in, adem uit" | Dutch | 39 | 11 |
| 11 |  Macedonia |
Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski | "Ding Ding Dong" (Динг Динг Донг) | Macedonian | 111 | 5 |
| 12 |  Ukraine |
Ilona Halytska | "Urok hlamuru" (Урок гламуру) | Ukrainian | 56 | 9 |
| 13 |  Sweden |
Frida Sandén | "Nu eller aldrig" | Swedish | 83 | 8 |
| 14 |  Malta |
Cute | "Music" | English | 37 | 12 |
| 15 |  Greece |
Made in Greece | "Kapou berdeftika" (Καποu μπερδεύτηκα) | Greek | 14 | 17 |
| 16 |  Lithuania |
Lina Joy | "Kai miestas snaudžia" | Lithuanian | 33 | 13 |
| 17 | Belarus |
Alexey Zhigalkovich | "S druz'yami" (С друзьями) | Russian | 137 | 1 |
Detailed voting results
| 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 | ||
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.
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Armenia | Belgium, Cyprus, Georgia, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Ukraine |
| 3 | Belarus | Lithuania, Malta, Portugal |
| 2 | Serbia | Macedonia, Sweden |
| Macedonia | Bulgaria, Serbia | |
| 1 | Cyprus | Greece |
| Georgia | Armenia | |
| Russia | Belarus |
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.[18]
- Georgia – Nino Epremidze
- Belgium – Bab Buelens
- Armenia – Ani Sahakyan
- Cyprus – Natalie Michael
- Portugal – Clara Pedro
- Russia – Marina Knyazeva
- Romania – Iulia Ciobanu
- Bulgaria – Lyubomir Hadjiyski
- Serbia – Anđelija Erić
- Netherlands – Kimberly Nieuwenhuizen
- Macedonia – Mila Zafirović
- Ukraine – Assol
- Sweden – Molly Sandén
- Malta – Sophie DeBattista
- Greece – Chloe Sofia Boleti
- Lithuania – Indre Grikstelyte
- Belarus – Alexander Rogachevskiy
Broadcasts
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.[19] A live webcast was also streamed via the Junior Eurovision official website.[20]
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia |
ARMTV | Gohar Gasparyan and Felix Khachatryan | |
 Belarus |
BTRC | Denis Kurian | |
| Belgium |
VRT | Kristien Maes and Ben Roelants | |
| Bulgaria |
BNT | Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev | |
| Cyprus |
CyBC | Kyriakos Pastides | |
| Georgia |
GPB | Temo Kvirkvelia | |
| Greece |
ERT | Marion Mihelidaki | |
| Lithuania |
LRT | Darius Uzkuraitis | |
| Macedonia |
MKRTV | Milanka Rašik | |
| Malta |
PBS | Valerie Vella | |
| Netherlands |
AVRO | Marcel Kuijer | |
| Portugal |
RTP | Isabel Angelino | |
| Romania |
TVR | Ioana Isopakos and Alexandru Nagy | |
| Russia |
RTR | Olga Shelest | |
 Serbia |
RTS2 | Duška Vučinić-Lučić | |
| Sweden |
TV4 | Adam Alsing | |
| Ukraine |
NTU | Timur Miroshnychenko |
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
SBS[lower-alpha 1] | No commentary | |
 Azerbaijan |
İTV | Unknown | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BHRT | Dejan Kukrić | |
 Israel |
IBA[lower-alpha 2] | No commentary |
Official merchandise
Junior 07 Eurovision Song Contest, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group in November 2007. The album features all the songs from the 2007 contest, along with karaoke versions.
An official double CD of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was intended to go on sale on 23 December 2007. There was no official DVD of the contest due to a lack of interest.[21] 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.[19]
Notes
- 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.
- The contest was broadcast in Israel where it was watched by 400,000 viewers.[19]
References
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