Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

6th Junior Eurovision Song Contest
motto	Fun In The Sun (Eng .: fun in the sun)
date	November 22, 2008
Host country	Cyprus
venue	Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center , Limassol
Broadcasting television station	Cypriot Broadcasting Company (CyBC)
Moderation	Alex Michael & Sophia Paraskeva
Opening act	Dance performance by Yiorgos Ioannides and Mariam Venizelou
Pause filler	Dima Bilan , Evridiki & Dimitris Korgialas, group song hand in hand
participating countries	15th
winner	Georgia
Withdrawn participants	Portugal Sweden
Voting rule	Each country awards 1-8, 10 and 12 points to its 10 favorites. The awarding of points is made up in equal parts from votes by the audience and an expert jury.
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The 6th Junior Eurovision Song Contest , the junior competition of the Eurovision Song Contest , was held on November 22, 2008. The host country was Cyprus, the venue was the “Spyros Kipiranou Sports Center”, which is also known as the “Palais des Sports”, in Limassol . CyBC took over the management . They were able to prevail against Portugal, Sweden and the Ukraine in the event rights. After last year's debut, Georgia won the competition for the first time with the Bzikebi group and the Bzzz title .

Rule change

After the age limit was reset to 10 years, there was a rule change this year as well. In addition to the compulsory televoting, there was also an expert jury in each country who distributed their points. The two votes were added up in equal parts and gave the country result. At the Eurovision Song Contest this innovation was introduced in 2009 for the finals and from 2010 for all shows (finals and the two semi-finals).

Attendees

The maximum number of participants was set back to 18 in advance. Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina announced their participation, but canceled their participation. Azerbaijan was announced as a debutant, but withdrew from the competition in early October due to a dispute with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). So in the end 15 countries took part, as in 2006.

Participant in 2008

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2008

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest had only two entries from Central Europe in the field of participants in 2008 , otherwise one entry comes from Southern Europe and the other twelve from Eastern Europe .

Withdrawn participants

•  Portugal - After Portugal reached the penultimate place in 2006 and 2007, RTP was no longer interested in participating.
•  Sweden - TV4 had other plans at the time of JESC 2008 and withdrew as well. However, they participated again in 2009.

Other countries

•  Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan was announced as a participant, but withdrew at short notice after the actual closing date at the beginning of October due to disputes with the EBU. The responsible broadcaster ITV therefore had to expect severe penalties from the EBU.
•  Israel - IBA was confirmed as a new participant, but had to cancel afterwards due to financial problems.
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina - BHRT was also announced as a participant, but canceled a month later.
•  Poland - TVP had announced that it would send a participant to Limassol with the preliminary decision Mini szansa, but ultimately did not take part.

Result

space	Start number	country	language	Interpreter	song	translation	Points
01.	06th	Georgia	Fantasy language	Bzikebi	Bzzz M / T: Giorgi Shiolashvili, Mariam Kikuashvili, Mariam Tatulashvili	-	154
02.	12	Ukraine	Ukrainian	Viktorija Petryk	Matrossy M / T: Viktorija Petryk	Sailors	135
03.	13	Lithuania	Lithuanian	Eglė Jurgaitytė	Laiminga diena M / T: Eglė Jurgaitytė	Happy day	103
04th	10	Malta	English	Daniel Testa	Junior Swing M / T: Daniel Testa	Children's swing	100
05.	14th	North Macedonia	Macedonian	Bobi Andonov	Prati mi SMS M / T: Bobi Andonov	Send me a text message	093
06th	03	Belarus	Russian , Belarusian	Daria Nadina, Alina Molosh & Karina Zhukovich	Sertse Belarusi M / T: Dasha Nadina	Heart of Belarus	086
07th	04th	Russia	Russian	Mikhail Puntov	Spit angel M / T: Mikhail Puntow	Sleeping angel	073
08th.	02	Armenia	Armenian	Monika Manucharova	In Jergi Hntschune M: Monika Manutscharowa; T: Meri Mndschojan	The melody of my song	059
09.	01	Romania	Romanian	Mădălina Lefter & Andrada Popa	Salvaţi planeta M / T: Mădălina Lefter, Andrada Popa	Save the earth	058
10.	15th	Cyprus	Greek	Elena Mannouri & Charis Sawa	Gioypi gia M / T: Elena Mannouri, Charis Savva	Hippie Gia	046
11.	07th	Belgium	Flemish with English title	Oliver	Shut Up M / T: Oliver Symons	Shut your mouth	045
12.	09	Serbia	Serbian	Maja Mazić	Uvek kad u nebo pobledam M / T: Maja Mazić	When I look at the sky	037
13.	11	Netherlands	Dutch	Marissa	1 day M / T: Marissa Grasdijk	1 day	027
14th	05	Greece	Greek	Niki Yiannouchu	Kapoia nyhta M / T: Niki Yiannouchu	One night	019th
15th	08th	Bulgaria	Bulgarian	Krestiana Krestava	Edna mechta M / T: Kristiyana Krasteva	A dream	015th

Distribution of points

		Result
		Pt.	RO	AT THE	BY	RU	GR	GE	BE	BG	RS	MT	UA	NL	LT	MK	CY
country	Romania	58		4th	2	2	2	2	2	1	5	3	2	4th	1	8th	8th
	Armenia	59	3		5	6th	6th	8th	6th	7th			3	3
	Belarus	86	5	5		10	4th		10	6th	7th	7th	4th	5	3	5	3
	Russia	73		10	12		3	5		2	2	6th	1	7th	8th	1	4th
	Greece	19th															7th
	Georgia	154	6th	12	8th	12	10		12	12	10	8th	12	12	12	4th	12
	Belgium	45	2	2	1	1		4th			3	2	10	2	4th	2
	Bulgaria	15th														3
	Serbia	37	1	1		3		6th	1					1		12
	Malta	100	7th	7th	4th	5	7th	7th	7th	8th	1		6th	10	7th	6th	6th
	Netherlands	27			3				5			1			5		1
	Ukraine	135	12	8th	10	8th	8th	12	3	10	6th	12	7th		10	7th	10
	Lithuania	103	8th		6th	7th	1	10	8th	3	12	10	8th	6th		10	2
	Macedonia	93	10	6th	7th	4th	5	3	4th	5	8th	5	5	8th	6th		5
	Cyprus	46	4th	3			12	1		4th	4th	4th			2
	Each country automatically receives 12 points.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
8th	Georgia	Armenia , Belgium , Bulgaria , Lithuania , Netherlands , Russia , Ukraine , Cyprus
3	Ukraine	Georgia , Malta , Romania
1	Lithuania	Serbia
	Russia	Belarus
	Serbia	North Macedonia
	Cyprus	Greece

• All countries received 12 points at the beginning, which is why no country could achieve 0 points.
• Georgia and Macedonia gave their ratings last due to technical problems.

Web links

• official website for the JESC