Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

12th Junior Eurovision Song Contest
motto	#Together (German: #together)
date	15th November 2014
Host country	Malta
venue	Malta Shipbuilding, Marsa
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Moira Delia
Opening act	Flight over Malta, dance to the song Together
Pause filler	Gaia Cauchi & Urban Dance Crew
participating countries	16
winner	Italy
First time participation	Italy Montenegro Slovenia
Returning participants	Bulgaria Croatia Serbia Cyprus
Withdrawn participants	Azerbaijan North Macedonia Moldova
Voting rule	Each country distributes 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points to the ten best titles by voting. The vote takes place 50 percent each by jury and televoting.
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The 12th Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place on November 15, 2014 in Marsa on the island of Malta. It was the third time in total and the second time in a row that the previous year's winner held the competition, as Gaia Cauchi won for Malta in 2013 with The Start . The host broadcaster was PBS .

Italy won the competition for the first time with Vincenzo Cantiello and the song Tu primo grande amore .

venue

On December 18, 2013, the hosting television broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that Malta would host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The event will not be held in a specific city, but on the island of Malta. Malta hosted one of the Eurovision events for the first time .

In the former shipyard there were around 800 standing places and up to 4500 seats.

Attendees

Marsa

Venue of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Countries that participated in 2014

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2014

The design of the logo, similar to a tangram , can be converted into human-looking figures. It also contains elements of the Maltese coat of arms, called the Maltese cross .

According to a rule change, from this year the contributions could not be published before May 1st of the respective year. In addition, it was agreed that not, as in 2013, places 1–3, but only the winner will receive his trophy on stage. Second and third place will then be honored at the press conference after the show. Online voting was also planned, but this should not have any influence on the result of the JESC. Due to the high usage of the voting page, it was overloaded and the online voting could not take place.

For the first time in the history of the JESC, there was no host city in the true sense of the word, but a host island , i.e. all of Malta.

Children from 16 different schools were involved in the event. Each school was responsible for a participating country.

With Moira Delia, a well-known TV personality presented the show. She was the first solo presenter in JESC history.

After its last participation in 2009, Cyprus participated again in 2014, as did Bulgaria, which last participated in 2011, and Serbia, which returned after a three-year break. Croatia returned to the competition as the very first JESC winner in seven years. All four countries did not take part in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest for financial reasons . Italy took part for the first time after its small neighbor San Marino made its debut in 2013. The Balkan states of Montenegro and Slovenia also made their JESC debut in Marsa.

After finishing last in 2013, Macedonia canceled its participation for 2014. Azerbaijan and Moldova did not want to return either. The following sixteen countries took part in the competition:

space	Start number	country	language	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Approximate meaning in German	Points
01.	11	Italy	Italian , English	Vincenzo Cantiello	Tu primo grande amore M: Alterisio Paoletti, Fabrizio Berlincioni, Leonardo De Amicis; T: Fabrizio Berlincioni, Vincenzo Cantiello, Francesca Giuliano	You, first great love	159
02.	02	Bulgaria	Bulgarian	Krisia , Hasan & Ibrahim Крисия, Хасан и Ибрагим	Planetata na detsata (Планетата на децата) M: Ku-Ku band; T: Ivailo Valtchew, Krisiya Todorowa	Children's planet	147
03.	12	Armenia	Armenian , English	Betty Բեթթի	People Of The Sun M / T: Elizabeth Danieljan, Mane Hakobjan, Avet Barseghjan	People of the sun	146
04th	15th	Malta	English	Federica Falzon	Diamonds M / T: Elton Zarb, Matt Muxu Mercieca, Gillian Attard, Federica Falzon	Diamonds	116
05.	13	Russia	Russian , English	Alisa Kashaikina Алиса Кожикина	Dreamer M: Maxim Fadjew, Alisa Kashaikina; T: Olga Serjabkina, Alisa Kashaikina	dreamer	096
06th	08th	Ukraine	Ukrainian , English	Sympho-Nick	Prijde wesna (Прийде весна) M: Mikhail Nekrasow; T: Evgeny Matyuschenko	The spring comes	075
07th	01	Belarus	Belarusian	Nadsjesda Missjakowa Надежда Мисякова	Sokal (Сокaл) M: Nadseja Missjakowa, Uzari ; T: Nadseja Missjakowa	Falcon	071
08th.	16	Netherlands	Dutch , English	Julia	Around M / T: Julia van Bergen	All around	070
09.	05	Cyprus	Greek , English	Sophia Patsalides Σοφία Πατσαλίδου	I pio omorfi mera (Η πιο όμορφη μέρα) M: Alexandros Panagis ; T: Stavros Stavrou, Sophia Patsalides, Alexandros Panagis	The most beautiful day	069
010.	14th	Serbia	Serbian	Emilija Đonin Емилија Ђонин	Svet u mojim očima (Свет у мојим очима) M: Emilija Đonin, Dragan Ilić; T: Nikola Čuturilo	The world in my eyes	061
011.	06th	Georgia	Georgian	Lizi Pop ლიზი პოპი	Happy Day M / T: Giorgi Kukhianidze	Happy day	054
012.	09	Slovenia	Slovenian , English	Ula Ložar	Nisi sam M: Ula Ložar, Raay, Marjetka Vovk; T: Erika Mager, Lucienne Lonchina, Raay	You're not alone	029
013.	07th	Sweden	Swedish , English	Julia Kedhammar	Du är inte ensam M / T: Julia Kedhammar, Thomas G: son	You're not alone	028
014th	10	Montenegro	Montenegrin , English	Maša Vujadinović & Lejla Vulić Маша Вујадиновић и Лејла Вулић	Budi dijete na jedan dan (Буди дијете на један дан) M: Slaven Knezović; T: Sanja Perić, Lejla Vulić	Be a child for a day	024
015th	03	San Marino	Italian, English	The peppermints	Breaking My Heart M: Luca Medri, Chris Lapolla; T: Antonello Carozza, L. Medri, C. Lapolla, The Peppermints	(You break my heart	021st
016.	04th	Croatia	Croatian , English	Josie	Game Over M / T: Josephine Ida Zec	game over	013

Distribution of points

KJ = Kid's Jury

		Result
		Pt.	KJ	BY	BG	SM	MR	CY	GE	SE	UA	SI	ME	IT	AT THE	RU	RS	MT	NL
country	Belarus	71	8th		1	3	2	1	6th	5	6th	2		1	3	8th		6th	7th
	Bulgaria	147	4th	7th			12	12	8th	10	8th	10	8th	10	7th	7th	12	8th	12
	San Marino	21st												8th				1
	Croatia	13				1
	Cyprus	69	6th	3	8th				4th	6th		4th	4th	5		3			6th
	Georgia	54	1	4th	2	2	1	3			2				12	5	1	7th	2
	Sweden	28						2	1		3			4th	1				5
	Ukraine	74		6th	4th		7th	4th	7th			1	10	3	4th	4th	5	4th	3
	Slovenia	29		1			3			2			3		2		2		4th
	Montenegro	24										3					4th	5
	Italy	159	12	2	10	12	10	10	10	7th	10	12	12		8th	6th	8th	10	8th
	Armenia	146	7th	12	12	7th	6th	6th	12	8th	12	8th	2	2		12	6th	12	10
	Russia	96	5	10	7th	5	5	8th	3	1	5	7th	5		10		10	3
	Serbia	61	3		6th	6th	8th			3	4th	5	7th	6th		1
	Malta	116	10	8th	5	10		7th	5	4th	7th	6th	6th	12	6th	10	7th		1
	Netherlands	70	2	5	3	4th	4th	5	2	12	1		1	7th	5	2	3	2
	Each country automatically receives 12 points.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
6th	Armenia	Bulgaria , Georgia , Malta , Russia , Ukraine , Belarus
4th	Bulgaria	Croatia , Netherlands , Serbia , Cyprus
	Italy	Kid′s jury, Montenegro , San Marino , Slovenia
1	Georgia	Armenia
	Malta	Italy
	Netherlands	Sweden

• All countries received 12 points at the beginning, which is why no country could achieve 0 points. Vladislav Yakovlev, the Executive Supervisor of the JESC, awarded these ratings.

Split results between jury and televoting

The following results would have been obtained from a pure jury or audience vote:

space	Televoting	Points	jury	Points
1	Bulgaria	143	Italy	143
2	Armenia	124	Armenia	114
3	Italy	100	Malta	113
4th	Ukraine	100	Bulgaria	086
5	Russia	089	Cyprus	073
6th	Netherlands	069	Russia	072
7th	Malta	064	Serbia	065
8th	Belarus	058	Belarus	062
9	Cyprus	042	Netherlands	044
10	Georgia	041	Georgia	044
11	Slovenia	039	Sweden	039
12	Serbia	034	Ukraine	024
13	San Marino	011	Montenegro	021st
14th	Montenegro	010	Slovenia	014th
15th	Sweden	003	San Marino	011
16	Croatia	001	Croatia	003

Scoring

In contrast to previous years, points were awarded like the ESC itself. Points 1–7 were presented at once, the three highest scores (8, 10 and 12) announced by the point speakers. The transmission time of two and a half hours should therefore not be exceeded. The following people announced the points in the following order:

•  Kid′s jury : Gaia Cauchi (winner at JESC 2013 )
•  Belarus : Katerina Taperkina
•  Bulgaria : Ina Angelowa
•  San Marino : Clara
•  Croatia : Sarah
•  Cyprus : Paris Nicolaou
•  Georgia : Mariam Khunjgurua
•  Sweden : Elias Elffors Elfström (Swedish participant at JESC 2013 )
•  Ukraine : Sofija Tarasova (Ukrainian participant at JESC 2013 )
•  Slovenia : Gal Fajon
•  Montenegro : Alejandra
•  Italy : Geordie
•  Armenia : Monika Awanesjan (Armenian participant at JESC 2013 )
•  Russia : Marija Karjewa
•  Serbia : Tamara Vasović
•  Malta : Julian Falzon (brother of Federica Falzon )
•  Netherlands : Mylène & Rosanne Wallewijn (Dutch participants at JESC 2013 )

transmission

The following commentators spoke during the competition, in brackets is the respective TV station that broadcast the program live on television:

•  Armenia : Avet Barseghjan ( Armenia 1 ) (moderator at JESC 2011 )
•  Bulgaria : Georgi Kushvaliew and Elena Rosberg ( BNT )
•  Georgia : GPB 1
•  Italy : Simone Lijoi and Antonella Clerici ( Rai Gulp )
•  Croatia : Ivan Planinić and Aljoša Šerić ( HRT 2 )
•  Malta : TVM
•  Montenegro : RTCG 2
•  Netherlands : Jan Smit ( NPO 3 )
•  Russia : Olga Shelest ( Karousel )
•  San Marino : Lia Fiorio and Gilberto Gattei ( SMRTV )
•  Sweden : Edward af Sillén and Ylva Hällen (SVT Barnkanalen)
•  Serbia : Silvana Grujić ( RTS 2 )
•  Slovenia : Bernarda Žarn ( TV Slovenia 1 )
•  Ukraine : Timur Miroschnytschenko ( NTU ) (moderator at JESC 2009 and JESC 2013 )
•  Belarus : Anatolij Lipetskij ( Belarus 1 & 24 )
•  Cyprus : Kyriacos Pastides ( CyBC 2 )

In addition, several countries that did not participate broadcast the competition on radio or TV:

•  Argentina : Victor Barrera for Radio WU (radio)
•  Australia : Georgia McCarthy and Andre Nookadu for SBS 2 (TV)
•  England : 103 The Eye (radio)
•  Ireland : 92.5 Phoenix FM (radio)
•  New Zealand : World FM (radio)
•  Peru : Diego Du Pont for Du Pont's Radio (online radio)
•  Scotland : K107, Radio Six International & Shore Radio (radio)
•  Singapore : 247 Music Radio (online radio)
•  United States : KCGW - Williams Life Radio & WXDR - Delgado's Dolphin Radio (Radio)
•  Wales : Oystermouth Radio (radio)

The competition could also be followed via live stream on junioreurovision.tv .

Cancel

•  Azerbaijan : Azerbaijan did not participate in JESC 2014. No reason was given.
•  Belgium : On December 20, 2013, the Flemish broadcaster Ketnet , which is operated by the Belgian broadcaster VRT and which is responsible for hosting the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Belgium, confirmed that it was no longer interested in the Junior Eurovision. RTBF will not participate either.
•  Denmark : The Danish broadcaster DR also confirmed on the same day that they would not participate in the JESC in the near future.
•  Germany : On May 24, 2014, Norddeutsche Rundfunk announced that after 2013 Germany would not take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 either.
•  Finland : On July 10, 2014, Finnish television YLE also canceled the JESC 2014.
•  Greece : The new Greek broadcaster NERIT first announced that Greece would return to the competition after a five-year hiatus. The interim broadcaster DT had already broadcast the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 . However, on July 7th, it was announced that they would not participate. An explicit reason was not given.
•  Ireland : On July 2nd Irish television TG4 announced that it would not be participating in the JESC.
•  Iceland : On July 1st, the Icelandic broadcaster RÚV announced that it would not participate in the JESC.
•  Israel : After its only participation in 2012, the IBA did not return in 2014 either.
•  Latvia : Latvia's LTV television did not return to JESC. The country has not participated since 2011.
•  Lithuania : The Lithuanian television LRT did not return to JESC in 2014 either. The country has not participated since 2011.
•  Moldova : Moldova did not participate in JESC 2014. No reason was given.
•  North Macedonia : On September 4, the TV station in charge confirmed that Macedonia would not participate in 2014.
•  Austria : Despite winning the Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision Young Musicians, ORF will not make its debut in 2014 either.
•  Poland : Polish television TVP did not participate in 2014.
•  Portugal : Despite an initial commitment to return to the JESC at the end of July, the Portuguese television RTP canceled on September 4th and did not return to the competition.
•  Romania : The Romanian television TVR did not return to the JESC in 2014 due to a lack of audience interest, but is considering a return in 2015.
•  Spain : Although a private television broadcaster was interested in Spain participating in the JESC in Malta, at least in 2014 it did not participate. The EBU has postponed the decision on the possibility of admitting non-EBU broadcasters to the competition until after JESC 2014.
•  Czech Republic : The Czech television company ČT did not participate.
•  Hungary : At first Hungary seemed interested in participating, but canceled on July 9th. In 2013, the country sent a delegate to the JESC 2013 in Kiev.
•  United Kingdom : On May 23, 2014, the British broadcaster ITV announced that it was not interested in a return in 2014 either.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Junior Eurovision: Tickets On Sale Next Month, July 7, 2014 (English)
2. ↑ JESC'14: 16 Maltese Schools To Be Involved In JESC, July 10, 2014 (English)
3. ↑ junioreurovision.tv
4. ↑ Sensational sixteen to line up in Malta, September 30, 2014 (English)
5. ↑ Belgium: Ketnet No Longer Interested In Junior Eurovision, December 20, 2013 (English)
6. ↑ eurofestivaleuropeo.blogspot.de ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Denmark: DR Has No Plans To Return To JESC, December 20, 2013 (English)
8. ↑ Germany: Will Not Take Part in JESC 2014 (English)
9. ↑ Finland: YLE Will Not Take Part In JESC 2014 (English)
10. ↑ eurovoix.com
11. ↑ Ireland: Will Not Take Part in JESC 2014 (English)
12. ↑ Iceland: Will Not Take Part in JESC 2014 (English)
13. ↑ Israel no volverá a Eurovisión Junior 2014, September 2, 2014 ( Memento of the original of September 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)  
14. ↑ JESC'14: Czech Republic, Austria & Latvia Will Not Take Part, July 17, 2014 (English)
15. ↑ Lithuania: Will Not Participate In JESC 2014, June 18, 2014 (English)
16. ↑ Sensational sixteen to line up in Malta, September 30, 2014 (English)
17. ↑ FYR Macedonia will not take part in JESC 2014
18. ↑ JESC'14: Czech Republic, Austria & Latvia Will Not Take Part, July 17, 2014 (English)
19. ↑ esc-plus.com
20. ↑ escportugal2.blogspot.pt
21. ↑ oikotimes.com
22. ↑ España finalmente no regresa a Eurovisión Junior 2014, September 25, 2014 ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)  
23. ↑ twitter.com
24. ↑ eurovoix.com
25. ↑ United Kingdom: ITV Will Not Return To Junior Eurovision, May 23, 2014 (English)