The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of the annual

Junior Eurovision Song Contest The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...

and took place in

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. It was held on 20 November 2010. The contest was won by

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from

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with the song

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. This gave

its first Junior Eurovision victory and its first victory in any Eurovision contest.

Location

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) invited broadcasters to bid for the rights to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Belarus broadcaster

National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus The National State TV and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Нацыянальная дзяржаўная тэлерадыёкампанія Рэспублікі Беларусь; russian: Национальная государст ...

(BRTC) won the rights to organise the contest over bids from Russia and Malta. Under construction through 2009, the 15,000-spectator Minsk-Arena hosted the event. Belarus has twice previously won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is, according to EBU Executive Supervisor Svante Stockselius, "one of Belarus' most popular television shows."

Format

Visual design

The theme art for the contest was revealed on 8 April 2010, consisting of multi-coloured circles, symbolising "different people, cultures and countries," that form the shape of wings, that symbolise "freedom, ease of flying, creative inspiration and rising above." On 8 September, the mascots of the show were presented, being a bear and a

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. The stage, by

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stage designer

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, was unveiled on 15 July 2010, featuring five constructions in the shapes of wings. The hosts were also involved with each performance on their own dedicated section of the stage. Theme art was also incorporated in the promotional billboards and posters featuring 11 "faces of Junior Eurovision" selected through casting procedure. Results of castings were revealed on 20 July 2010 and the 11 chosen ones were Belarus TV personalities

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Olga Barabanschikova Olga Barabanschikova ( be, Вольга Барабаншчыкава; russian: Ольга Барабанщикова; born 2 November 1979) is a former professional Belarusian tennis player. Barabanschikova's highest WTA singles ranking is 49t ...

, Irina Kazantseva, Andrey Bibikov, former JESC entrants

Alexey Zhigalkovich Alexey Alexandrovich Zhigalkovich ( be, Аляксей Аляксандравіч Жыгалковіч; born 18 April 1996 in Minsk) is a Belarusian singer. He participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and won with one point more t ...

Ksenia Sitnik Ksenia Mikhailovna Sitnik, translit. ''Ksienija Michajlaŭna Sitnik''; russian: Ксения Михайловна Ситник, translit. ''Kseniya Mikhaylovna Sitnik'' (born 15 May 1995), sometimes also transliterated as Kseniya Sitnik or Xen ...

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as well as non-professionals Yulia Brazhinskaya and Ilya Ilmursky.

Presenters

On 6 September 2010, it was announced that

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and

Leila Ismailava Leila Ryzvanauna Ismailova ( be, Лейла́ Рызва́наўна Ісмаілава, az, Leyla Rizvan qızı İsmayılova; born 28 July 1991) is a Belarusian journalist leading music TV programs, model of Azerbaijani ancestry. In particula ...

would host the eighth edition of the contest.

Opening and interval acts

The show was opened with "Hello, Eurovision" performed by former Belarusian winners

and

. The interval acts included "Europe's Skies" performed by

Alexander Rybak Alexander Igorevich Rybak (russian: Александр Игоревич Рыбак) or Alyaxandr Iharavich Rybak ( be, Аляксандр Ігаравіч Рыбак; born 13 May 1986) is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pian ...

, all participants and

Dmitry Koldun Dmitry Aleksandrovich Koldun ( be, Дзмітры Аляксандравіч Калдун, Dzmitry Kaldun; russian: link=no, Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Колду́н; born 11 June 1985) is a Belarusian pop singer. Koldun ros ...

performing the specially-commissioned

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song "A Day Without War", and all winners of

at the time:

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María Isabel María Isabel López Rodríguez (born 4 January 1995), known professionally as María Isabel, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. She is best known for winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Antes muerta que sencilla". ...

The Tolmachevy Twins Anastasiya Andreyevna Tolmacheva and Maria Andreyevna Tolmacheva (born 14 January 1997, Kursk), known as the Tolmachevy Sisters (), are identical twin singers and actresses from Kursk, Russia. Aged nine, they won the Junior Eurovision Song Conte ...

, Bzikebi and

Ralf Mackenbach Ralf J. J. Mackenbach (born 4 October 1995) is a Dutch plasma physicist, artist and former child singer, best known for winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Click Clack". He is the first and so far only Dutch winner of t ...

, who performed a remixed medley of their winning entries and later presented the trophy to the winner at the end of the show.

Participants and results

On 28 July 2010, the EBU announced the competing countries for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010. A total of 14 countries competed, with

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making its début and Latvia and Lithuania returning.

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and

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withdrew from the contest. Sweden returned to the contest through Sveriges Television (SVT) after

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withdrew. The EBU's coordinator of the contest, Svante Stockselius, labelled SVT's return to the contest as a big achievement in terms of negotiations with possible participants and expressed hope that other Scandinavian broadcasters may also return to the show. Also, a special documentary "Kids of Eurovision" was filmed by BTRC about them.

Detailed voting results

Each country gave their votes through a 50% jury and 50% televoting system, which decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.

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

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Spokespersons

The order in which votes were cast during the 2010 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. # Bernadras Garbaciauskas # Paula Paraschiv # Bram # # Elizabeth Arfush # Robin Ridell # Philip Mazurov #

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Laura Omloop Laura Omloop (born 18 May 1999) is a Belgian pop singer who represented her country in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kyiv, Ukraine, finishing in fourth place. Omloop sang the song "Zo verliefd", which contains yodeling. This was B ...

# Nadia Sargsyan # Francesca Zarb # Anastasiya Butyugina # Giorgi Toradze #

Sara Markoska Sara Markoska ( mk, Сара Маркоска; born 27 June 1995) is a Macedonian singer. She represented North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Za ljubovta" (За љубовта), ranking 12th with 31 points. ...

Broadcasts

Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.

Official album

''Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010'' is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by

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on 19 November 2010. The album features all the songs from the 2010 contest, along with karaoke versions.

Notes

References

External links

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