Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 |
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| "For The Joy Of People" | |
| Dates | |
| Final | 21 November 2009 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine |
| Presenter(s) | Ani Lorak Timur Miroshnichenko Dmytro Borodin (Green Room) |
| Directed by | Sven Stojanovic |
| Executive supervisor | Svante Stockselius |
| Host broadcaster | National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 13 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |  Sweden |
| Non-returning countries |  Bulgaria Greece Lithuania |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Citizens of each participating country vote by telephone and SMS message, which counts for 50%. Each country's 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points based on the number of votes. Results 1-5 are automatically displayed on-screen, then each country announces 6-8, 10 and 12 points. A jury in each country also has a 50% say in the outcome. |
| Winning song |  Netherlands"Click Clack" |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh time this exciting music competition happened. It took place in Kiev, Ukraine, on November 21st.
Thirteen countries joined the contest, organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The winner was Ralf Mackenbach from the Netherlands with his song "Click Clack". At 14 years old, Ralf was the oldest winner in the contest's history at that time. Both Luara Hayrapetyan from Armenia and Ekaterina Ryabova from Russia tied for second place.
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The Grand Final
In the final, each country decided their votes using two methods: 50% from a special jury and 50% from public votes (televoting). They gave points to their top ten favorite songs: 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. Sweden was the only country that used only a jury to decide its votes.
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Sweden |
Swedish | Mimmi Sandén | "Du" | You | 6 | 68 |
| 02 |  Russia |
Russian | Ekaterina Ryabova | "Malenkiy prints" (Маленький принц) | The little prince | 2 | 116 |
| 03 |  Armenia |
Armenian | Luara Hayrapetyan | "Barcelona" (Բարսելոնա) | - | 2 | 116 |
| 04 |  Romania |
Romanian | Ioana Anuța | "Ai puterea în mâna ta" | You got the power in hand | 13 | 19 |
| 05 |  Serbia |
Serbian | Ništa Lično | "Onaj pravi" (Онаj pravi) | The right one | 10 | 34 |
| 06 |  Georgia |
Georgian | Group Princesses | "Lurji prinveli" (ლურჯი ფრინველი) | The blue bird | 6 | 68 |
| 07 | Netherlands |
Dutch, English | Ralf Mackenbach | "Click Clack" | - | 1 | 121 |
| 08 |  Cyprus |
Greek | Rafaella Kosta | "Thalassa, ilios, aeras, fotia" (Θάλασσα, ήλιος, αέρας, φωτιά) |
Sea, sun, air, fire | 11 | 32 |
| 09 |  Malta |
English | Francesca & Mikaela | "Double Trouble" | - | 8 | 55 |
| 10 |  Ukraine |
Ukrainian | Andranik Alexanyan | "Try topoli, try surmy" (Три тополі, три сурmy) | Three poplars, three trumpets | 5 | 89 |
| 11 |  Belgium |
Dutch | Laura Omloop | "Zo verliefd (Yodelo)" | So in love | 4 | 113 |
| 12 |  Belarus |
Russian | Yuriy Demidovich | "Volshebniy krolik" (Волшебный кролик) | The magic rabbit | 9 | 48 |
| 13 |  Macedonia |
Macedonian | Sara Markovska | "Za ljubovta" (За љубовта) | For love | 12 | 31 |
The rules say that participants must sing mostly in one of their country's national languages. However, they are allowed to include a few lines in a different language. This was seen in the winning song from the Netherlands.
How the Points Were Given
Each country started with 12 points automatically. This rule makes sure that no country ends up with zero points. Below you can see how each country voted for the others.
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| Contestants | Sweden | 68 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Russia | 116 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| Armenia | 116 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Romania | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Serbia | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Georgia | 68 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Netherlands | 121 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| Cyprus | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Malta | 55 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Ukraine | 89 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | ||||
| Belgium | 113 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Belarus | 48 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| Macedonia | 31 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| All countries automatically receive 12 points | |||||||||||||||||
Who Gave 12 Points?
Here's a quick look at which countries gave out the highest score of 12 points:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 4 | Belgium |
Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Serbia |
| 3 | Netherlands |
Belgium, Romania, Sweden |
| Armenia |
Cyprus, Georgia, Russia | |
| 2 | Russia |
Belarus, Ukraine |
| 1 | Ukraine |
Armenia |
People Behind the Scenes
These are some of the people who helped make the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 happen.
Commentators
- Armenia - Gohar Gasparyan, Tigran Danirlyan
- Netherlands - Sipke Jan Bousema
- Ukraine - Pavlo Shylko (DJ Pasha)
- Belgium - André Vermeulen (VRT), Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF)
- Russia - Olga Shelest
Spokespersons
These people announced the votes from their countries.
- Sweden - Elise Mattison
- Russia - Philip Masurov
- Armenia - Razmik Arghajanyan
- Romania - Iulia Ciobanu
- Serbia - Nevena Bozovic
- Georgia - Ana Davitaia
- Netherlands - Marissa
- Cyprus - Yorgos Ioannides
- Malta - Daniel Testa
- Ukraine - Marietta
- Belgium - Oliver
- Belarus - Arina Aleshkevich
- Macedonia - Jovana Krstevska
Images for kids
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Cover art of the official album
See also
In Spanish: Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión Junior 2009 para niños
