Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Date(s)	26 November 2005
Presenter(s)	Marcel Vanthilt Maureen Louys
Host broadcaster	RTBF, VRT
Venue	Ethias Arena, Hasselt, Belgium
Winning song	Belarus "My Vmeste"
Voting system	Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries	16
Debuting countries	Russia  Serbia and Montenegro
Returning countries	None
Withdrawing countries	Cyprus  France  Poland  Switzerland
Null points	None
Interval act	María Isabel

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On November 26, 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a joint effort by the national broadcasters VRT and RTBF, in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union. Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys hosted the event.Belgium wins the bid of this contest over Romania and Netherlands Image File history File links The logo of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005. ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... RTBF official logo RTBF or Radio télévision belge de la communauté française is the national broadcasting organisation of the government of the French-speaking southern part of Belgium, the counterpart to the Dutch-speaking VRT in the northern part of the country. ... VRT official logo The communications tower at the headquarters of VRT in Brussels. ... Ethias Arena is a multipurpose arena in Hasselt, Belgium used for music concerts, sports (tennis, indoor cycling, jumping, etc) and other large venues. ... Hasselt municipality and district in the province Limburg Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cyprus. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... María Isabel López Rodríguez (4 July 1995, ) is a Spanish singer and the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 // Biography Maria Isabel demonstrated an interest in dancing and singing since from a very young age. ... The singing girl, who features in all Junior Eurovision Song Contest logos. ... A singer is a musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ethias Arena is a multipurpose arena in Hasselt, Belgium used for music concerts, sports (tennis, indoor cycling, jumping, etc) and other large venues. ... Hasselt municipality and district in the province Limburg Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg. ... VRT official logo The communications tower at the headquarters of VRT in Brussels. ... RTBF official logo RTBF or Radio télévision belge de la communauté française is the national broadcasting organisation of the government of the French-speaking southern part of Belgium, the counterpart to the Dutch-speaking VRT in the northern part of the country. ... The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: , and unrelated to the European Union) was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organisations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the coastal resort of Torquay in Devon, UK. In 1993, the International Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT), an equivalent...

The show was not only broadcast live in the competing countries, it was also available on satellite worldwide and the Australian television channel SBS acquired the rights to broadcast the show one month later. The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is one of two government funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ...

Originally, seventeen countries had applied to compete, but on October 13, Cypriot broadcaster CyBC announced their withdrawal for internal reasons (complaints were being sent to the broadcaster stating that the song they had chosen appeared to be plagiarism). This did not affect their ability to take part in the voting. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου) or CyBC (ΡΙΚ) is Cyprus public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels. ... Plagiarism (from Latin plagiare to kidnap) is the practice of claiming, or implying, original authorship or incorporating material from someone elses written or creative work, in whole or in part, into ones own without adequate acknowledgement. ... Televoting or televote is the telephone voting in the Eurovision Song Contest. ...

The public broadcasters of Switzerland and Poland didn't send candidates for financial reasons. France didn't join because of restructuring within the channel. Russia and Serbia and Montenegro made their debut in the competition this year.

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 Prince Laurent of Belgium (Laurent Benoît Baudouin Marie Wettin) was born on October 19, 1963, in Brussels, Belgium, to King Albert II and Queen Paola of the Belgians (the then Prince and Princess of Liège). ... World map showing the location of Europe. ...

Belarus was the winner of this edition, with 10-year old Ksenia Sitnik singing her song 'My Vmeste'. Ksenia Sitnik (Ксенія Сітнік in Cyrillic, sometimes also transliterated as Kseniya Sitnik), representing Belarus, was the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005, with the song My Vmeste (We Are Together), written by herself. ...

Acts

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As surprise act the young Vladik Myagkostupov from the famous Cirque du Soleil showed his juggling abilities in a 4 minute performance while people were voting during the interval. While the votes were being counted, the Spanish María Isabel, performed a medley from the song with which she won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and some of the numbers from the album she had recently released. She also presented the trophy to the winner. Cirque du Soleil (French for Circus of the Sun) is an entertainment empire based in Montréal, Québec Canada and founded in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. ... María Isabel López Rodríguez (4 July 1995, ) is a Spanish singer and the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 // Biography Maria Isabel demonstrated an interest in dancing and singing since from a very young age. ... The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. ...

Participants

	Country	Language	Artist	Song	Translation	Place	Points
01	Greece	Greek	Alexandros and Kalli	Tora Einai I Seira Mas	It's Our Turn Now	06	88
02	Denmark	Danish	Nicolai	Shake Shake Shake	-	04	121
03	Croatia	Croatian	Lorena Jelusić	Rock Baby	-	12	36
04	Romania	Romanian	Alina Eremia	Tzooray	Hey	05	89
05	United Kingdom	English	Joni Fuller	How Does It Feel?	-	14	28
06	Sweden	Swedish	M+	Gränslös Kärlek	Borderless Love	15	22
07	Russia	Russian	Vladislav Krutskikh	Doroga K Solntsu	Path To The Sun	09	66
08	FYR Macedonia	Macedonian	Denis Dimoski	Rodendenski Baknež	Birthday Kiss	08	68
09	Netherlands	Dutch	Tess	Stupid	-	07	82
10	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbian	Filip Vučić	Ljubav Pa Fudbal	First Love Then Football	13	29
11	Latvia	Latvian	Kids4Rock	Es Esmu Maza Jauka Meitene	I'm A Little Lovely Girl	11	50
12	Belgium	French	Lindsay	Mes Rêves	My Dreams	10	63
13	Malta	English	Thea & Friends	Make It Right!	-	16	18
14	Norway	Norwegian	Malin	Sommer og Skolefri[1]	Summer And School Free	03	123
15	Spain	Spanish	Antonio José	Te Traigo Flores	I Bring You Flowers	02	146
16	Belarus	Russian	Ksenia Sitnik	My Vmeste	We Are Together	01	149
—	Cyprus	Greek	Rena Kiriakidi	Tsirko	Circus	Withdrew

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Voting structure

Televote 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. The presenters started off by giving all contestants 12 points.

Score sheet

		Voters
	Greece	12	X	7	12	6	6	5	7	3	6	4	-	6	-	-	2	-
	Denmark	6	7	X	8	3	1	10	6	12	7	5	6	8	7	12	7	4
	Croatia	-	-	2	X	-	-	3	-	8	2	6	-	-	-	3	-	-
	Romania	10	10	-	2	X	3	4	3	4	5	7	3	4	-	7	12	3
	United Kingdom	-	-	3	-	-	X	-	1	-	1	-	2	2	5	-	-	2
	Sweden	-	-	8	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
	Russia	3	5	1	-	4	2	-	X	1	-	1	10	3	1	5	6	12
	FYR of Macedonia	-	-	-	4	8	4	1	10	X	3	10	4	1	2	-	1	8
	Netherlands	2	4	10	-	2	7	7	4	-	X	-	1	12	8	4	4	5
	Serbia & Montenegro	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	10	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Latvia	-	3	-	5	1	5	2	5	2	-	2	X	-	3	1	3	6
	Belgium	4	2	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	12	-	7	X	4	8	5	1
	Malta	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-
	Norway	5	6	12	3	5	8	12	2	5	10	3	8	7	10	X	8	7
	Spain	8	12	4	7	12	12	8	8	6	8	12	5	10	6	6	X	10
	Belarus	7	8	6	10	10	10	6	12	7	4	8	12	5	12	10	10	X
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Junior Europrediction 2005

Before the contest, people all over the world could vote in a prediction poll run by www.oikotimes.com to make an educated guess as to which country would win. The votes, 2717 in number, were split into 18 country groups (the sixteen participants, Cyprus, and votes from other countries), and points were cast in traditional Eurovision style. The eventual winner was Romania, with 169 points, closely followed by Spain, with 167. Eventual Junior Eurovision winner Belarus came last with no points. The term Eurovision has several meanings: technically, the Eurovision Network created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). ...

Results

Country	Points
Romania	169
Spain	167
Netherlands	120
Greece	109
Sweden	101
United Kingdom	98
Belgium	64
Croatia	57
Malta	44
Denmark	41
Serbia and Montenegro	23
Republic of Macedonia	21
Russia	16
Norway	12
Latvia	2
Belarus	0

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Viewers

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Country		Broadcaster		Viewers
Belgium		VRT		1,014,079
		RTBF		238,900
Croatia		HRT		642,681
Cyprus		CyBC		37,142
Denmark		DR		865,000
Greece		ERT		865,000
Latvia		LTV		300,900
Netherlands		AVRO		1,031,000
Norway		NRK		930,000
Romania		TVR		2,458,000
Russia		Channel 1		4,083,400
Spain		TVE		5,744,000
Sweden		SVT		1,020,000
United Kingdom		ITV plc	ITV2	171,000
			ITV[2]	700,000

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Facts

• Lorena Jelusić, the Croatian entrant, is the sister of Dino Jelusić, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003.
• Tess lives in Belgium but is able to compete for the Netherlands because she has a Dutch nationality.
• Greece opened the show, and Sweden came in fifteenth place, both for the third time in a row.
• Spain maintained their record of never finishing below the top 2, having now finished 2nd in 2003 and 2005 and 1st in 2004.
• For the third year in a row,Malta received their highest set of points from Denmark.

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Footnotes

1. ^ The Norwegian song was written in a dialect of Norwegian, and originally had the title stated above (Sommer å Skolefri), however, when the Norwegian broadcaster submitted the song to the European Broadcasting Union, they gave the song title in the standard Norwegian form, Sommer og Skolefri, which is how it was displayed on screen.
2. ^ ITV broadcast the contest live on ITV2, and then repeated it in a shortened version the following day on ITV. They also broadcast the contest this way for the 2004 contest.

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External links

• Official site
• Site of VRT

Artists' sites

• Denis Dimoski Official site
• Kysenia Official site