The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the tenth edition of the annual

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. It took place at the

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on 1 December 2012. Dutch broadcaster

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was the host broadcaster for the event. For the second time the Netherlands hosted the contest, after hosting the contest in

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. The show was hosted by

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for a second time, this time joined by

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. The motto for the contest was ''"Break The Ice"''. Twelve countries took part in the contest, making it the smallest number of countries participating in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest history, and equalling the number of countries participated in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest held at RAI Congrescentrum.

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and

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, and

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made their debuts at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Whilst nine countries from the previous edition continued their participation in the contest, four countries withdrew: Lithuania, Bulgaria, Latvia and Macedonia. The contest was won by

Anastasiya Petryk Anastasiya Ihorivna "Nastya" Petryk ( uk, Анастасі́я Іго́рівна "Настя" Пе́трик; born 4 May 2002) is a Ukrainian singer. She won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song " Nebo", becoming the first Ukra ...

for Ukraine with the song " Nebo". and finished in second and third place, respectively. This was Ukraine's first Junior Eurovision victory and second Eurovision victory after

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won the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in

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. Ukraine's winning margin of 35 points was also a record.

Location

On 11 October 2011, the

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(EBU) announced that the Dutch broadcaster AVRO had won the right to host next year's event. On 27 February 2012, it was announced that the tenth edition of the contest would take place on 1 December and be held at the

(or commonly abbreviated as HMH) in Amsterdam. The Heineken Music Hall was specially designed for music shows, several artists like

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and

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made shows at the venue. Furthermore, it is often used by the Dutch Entertainment Company

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for the Event-Series ''X-Qlusive'' taking place several times a year. The big hall (also called Black Box) has been used for concerts and boasts a capacity of 5,500 and is 3000 m². After parties are given in a smaller hall, with a capacity of 700.

Participating countries

On 1 September 2012, it was confirmed that twelve countries would be taking part in the contest. This was the lowest number of entries since

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. Débutante countries included,

, and

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and

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withdrew after competing since

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, while

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and Macedonia withdrew after competing in the 2011 edition. Prior to the event, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2012 contest, along with karaoke versions, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by

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on November 2012.

Returning artists

The Russian representative,

Lerika Valeriya Andreyevna Engalycheva (russian: Валерия Андреевна Енгалычева, Romanian language, Romanian: Valeria Engalîceva; born 7 April 1999), known professionally as Lerika (russian: Лерика), is a Russians in Mold ...

, has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest before; she represented Moldova in

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, finishing in 6th place with the song "No, No". This is the second case in the competition to feature a returning artist from previous editions after Katya Ryabova ( Russia 2009 and

Format

Presenters

Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij (JESC 2012)

In January 2012, it was announced that

alongside

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co-host

would present the contest later in the year. Genemans had been involved with the contest for the past two years, having hosted the Dutch national selection for the contest, ''

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'' in 2010 and 2011. In December 2011, Genemans signed a 2 year exclusivity deal with the host broadcaster to present shows only on their station. Dutch entertainer and singer

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reprised her role as host again, after hosting the contest from the Ahoy Arena in 2007 alongside

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Logo and graphic design

The architect was Frits van Dongen. The motto for the contest was announced on 6 September 2012 as "Break The Ice". Tickets for the contest went on sale from 10 September 2012.

Contest overview

The event took place on 1 December 2012 at 20:15 CET. Twelve countries participated, with the running order published on 15 October 2012. All the countries competing were eligible to vote with the jury and televote, as well as a Kids Jury, eligible to vote. Ukraine won with 138 points, with Georgia and Armenia completing the top three. Moldova, Azerbaijan and Albania occupied the bottom three positions. The show was opened with the song "

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" from

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performed by 2011 Dutch representative

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. The interval included

, who specially written "Break the Ice" as the theme song for this contest, performed on stage whilst all the participants sang "We Can Be Heroes" to promote children’s rights worldwide in cooperation with the Dutch charity, KidsRights Foundation and the 2009 winner

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performed also with his winning song "

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Spokespersons

The order in which votes were cast during the 2012 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. #

# Maria Drozdova # Leya Gullström # Leila Hajili #

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# Valentin Sadiki # Maayan Aloni # Keida Dervishi #

Michael Varosyan Armenia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 11 June 2015 it was confirmed that they would use internal selection. Michael Varosyan (Mika) was selected as the Armenian representative on 14 July with his ...

# Kristall # Felcia Genunchi # Lidewei Loot #

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Detailed voting results

Due to technical issues, Georgia was the final country to cast its votes.

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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Other countries

*On 11 June 2012,

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(BNT) confirmed that Bulgaria would not be taking part in the 2012 contest. *The

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(CyBC) confirmed to esckaz.com in Baku that Cyprus would not be returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012. *In mid June 2012,

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isradio (Yle) confirmed to esckaz.com that they would not be debuting at the 2012 contest. They did however say they were open to taking part in the future. *In July 2011, the EBU confirmed that Italian broadcaster

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(RAI) were interested in making a debut at the 2011 contest. But a delay in negotiations meant that this would not be the case, and that Italy would certainly secure a place in 2012, if their desire to participate was still on the agenda. *On 27 June 2012,

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(LTV) confirmed to esckaz.com that Latvia would not be taking part in the 2012 contest. The reason for withdrawal was not given, however it's believed that financial issues caused the withdrawal. *On 27 June 2012,

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(LRT) confirmed to esckaz.com that Lithuania would not be taking part in 2012 contest. The Lithuanian Head of Delegation said, the withdrawal was due to the expense of broadcasting the

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and 2012 UEFA European Football Championship leaving no budget for participation in 2012. *On 13 July 2012,

Macedonian Radio-Television Macedonian Radio Television (MRT; mk, Македонска радио-телевизија (МРТ), Makedonska radio-televizija (MRT)), officially National Radio-Television ( mk, Национална Радиотелевизија, Nacionalna ...

(MKRTV) confirmed to esckaz.com that they would not be taking part in the 2012 contest. They said this was due to issues with the way voting is held and the lack of budget for the contest. *In early June 2012,

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(NRK) confirmed that Norway would not return to the contest, this is due to a rule change that the EBU made in 2006, that allowed professional singers to take part. *In early June 2012,

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(RTP) were approached by the EBU to take part in the 2012 contest. RTP declined due to financial difficulties. *

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had originally planned to debut in the 2011 contest, but later withdrew their application in order to concentrate on their preparation for the

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instead. San Marino RTV has announced on 22 August 2012 that they would not take part in 2012 contest. *When Serbia withdrew from the 2011 contest, the head of delegation said that a one-year break would be okay, for financial reasons and that hopefully they would in 2012, in order to "not disappoint the Serbian kids". However, the country didn't participate. *Website esckaz.com asked Spanish broadcaster

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(TVE) about their participation in future editions. TVE was not able to give an affirmative or negative response on their participation in 2012.

Broadcasts

Each national broadcaster 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.

Notes

References

External links

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