Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Break The Ice
Dates
Final	1 December 2012[1]
Host
Venue	Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam[1]
Presenter(s)	Ewout Genemans, Kim-Lian van der Meij[2]
Directed by	David Grifhorst
Executive supervisor	Sietse Bakker
Executive producer	Ronald Kok
Host broadcaster	Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO)
Opening act	"Euphoria" by Rachel Traets Leslie de Koning
Interval act	We Can Be Heros by All contenders of the JESC Ralf Mackenbach Kim-Lian van der Meij
Participants
Number of entries	12[3]
Debuting countries	Albania  Azerbaijan  Israel
Returning countries	None
Withdrawing countries	Bulgaria[4]  Latvia[5]  Lithuania[5]  Macedonia[4]
Participation map      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2012
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song	Ukraine "Nebo"
← 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 →

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the tenth edition of the contest. It took place at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 1 December 2012.^[1][6] Dutch broadcaster AVRO was the host broadcaster for the event.^[7] For the second time the Netherlands hosted the contest, after hosting the contest in 2007 in Rotterdam. The motto for the contest was "Break The Ice".^[8]

The show was hosted by Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij. The show was opened with the song Euphoria from Loreen performed by Rachel. The song "Break the Ice" by Kim-Lian van der Meij which was specially written for this contest and the 2009 winner Ralf Mackenbach performed also.^[2] 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. Israel, Albania and Azerbaijan made their debuts at the Junior Contest.^[3] 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 for Ukraine with the song "Nebo". This is Ukraine's first Junior Eurovision victory and second Eurovision victory since Ruslana won in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul. Ukraine's winning margin of 35 points was also a record.

Contents

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  1 Location
  


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  2 Format
  
  
  
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    2.1 Logo and graphic design
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Participating countries
  
  
  
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    3.1 Returning artists
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Result
  


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  5 Scoreboard
  
  
  
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    5.1 12 points
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Other countries
  


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  7 International broadcasts and voting
  
  
  
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    7.1 Commentators
    
  
  
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    7.2 Spokespersons
    
  
  
  
  


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  8 Official album
  


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  9 See also
  


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  10 References
  


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  11 External links
  

Location

Further information on the host city: Amsterdam

Heineken Music Hall, in Amsterdam. Venue for the 2012 Junior Eurovision.

On 27 February 2012, it was announced that the Heineken Music Hall (or commonly abbreviated as HMH) would be the venue for the tenth edition of the contest. 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. The Heineken Music Hall was specially designed for music shows, several artists like Madonna and Kylie Minogue made shows at the venue. Furthermore, it is often used by the Dutch Entertainment Company Q-dance for the Event-Series X-Qlusive taking place several times a year.

Format

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".^[8] Tickets for the contest went on sale from 10 September 2012.^[6]

Participating countries

On 1 September 2012, the EBU announced that twelve countries would take part in the 2012 contest.^[3]Albania, Azerbaijan, and Israel made their debut at the 10th edition, while Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, and Macedonia withdrew from participation.^[4][5]

Returning artists

One confirmed representative had been announced as returning to the contest for a second time. Lerika who participated for Moldova in 2011 finishing in 6th place with the song "No, No", has represented Russia this time around, and got the 4th place.^[9][10]

Result

Draw[11]	Country[3]	Artist[12]	Song[12]	Language	Place	Points
01	Belarus	Egor Zheshko	"A more-more" (А море-море)	Russian	9	56
02	Sweden	Lova Sönnerbo	"Mitt mod"	Swedish	6	70
03	Azerbaijan	Omar and Suada	"Girls and Boys" (Dünya Sənindir)	Azerbaijani, English	11	49
04	Belgium	Fabian	"Abracadabra"	Dutch	5	72
05	Russia	Lerika	"Sensation"	Russian, English	4	88
06	Israel	Kids.il	"Let the Music Win"	Hebrew1	8	68
07	Albania	Igzidora Gjeta	"Kam një këngë vetëm për ju"	Albanian	12	35
08	Armenia	Compass Band	"Sweetie Baby"	Armenian, English	3	98
09	Ukraine	Anastasiya Petryk	"Nebo" (Небо)	Ukrainian, English	1	138
10	Georgia	Funkids	"Funky Lemonade"	Georgian, English	2	103
11	Moldova	Denis Midone	"Toate vor fi"	Romanian, English	10	52
12	Netherlands	Femke	"Tik Tak Tik"	Dutch	7	69

1.^ Contains several lines in English, Russian, and French.

Scoreboard

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

		Results
	Belarus	56	1		1	7	2	4	1	2	7	10	7	2
	Sweden	70	6	7		1	5	5	7	12	2	2		7	4
	Azerbaijan	49	2	2	3		1	3		10		5	8		3
	Belgium	72	3	3	7	3		7	6	7	5	1	4	6	8
	Russia	88	8	10	8	2	8		4		8	6	6	10	6
	Israel	68	4	5	4	5	4	8		1	6	8	3	1	7
	Albania	35				12			3		1		1	4	2
	Armenia	98	5	8	6		7	10	10	3		12	12	3	10
	Ukraine	138	10	12	12	4	12	12	12	6	12		10	12	12
	Georgia	103	12	6	10	8	6	6	8	5	10	7		8	5
	Moldova	52		4	2	10	3	2	5	4	3	4	2		1
	Netherlands	69	7	1	5	6	10	1	2	8	4	3	5	5
	All countries automatically receive 12 points

12 points

N.	Contestant	Voting nation
8	Ukraine	Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Israel, Moldova, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden
2	Armenia	Georgia, Ukraine
1	Albania	Azerbaijan
	Georgia	Kids Jury
	Sweden	Albania

• All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This was so no country got nul points.

Other countries

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   Bulgaria – On 11 June 2012, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) confirmed that Bulgaria would not be taking part in the 2012 contest.^[13]
  


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   Cyprus – The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) confirmed to esckaz.com in Baku that Cyprus would not be returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012.^[14]
  


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   Finland – In mid June 2012, Yleisradio (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.^[15]
  


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   Italy – In July 2011, the EBU confirmed that Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (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.^[16]
  


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   Latvia – On 27 June 2012, Latvijas Televīzija (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.^[17]
  


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   Lithuania – On 27 June 2012, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (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 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 UEFA European Football Championship leaving no budget for participation in 2012.^[17]
  


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   Macedonia – On 13 July 2012, Macedonian Radio-Television (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.^[4]
  


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   Malta – Malta withdrew from the competition after a series of bad results including 2010.


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   Norway – In early June 2012, Norsk rikskringkasting (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.^[13]
  


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   Portugal – In early June 2012, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) were approached by the EBU to take part in the 2012 contest. RTP declined due to financial difficulties.^[18]
  


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   San Marino – San Marino RTV had originally planned to debut in the 2011 contest, but later withdrew their application in order to concentrate on their preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 instead. San Marino RTV has announced on 22 August 2012 that they would not take part in 2012 contest.^[19]
  


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   Serbia – 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".^[20] However, the country didn't participate.


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   Spain – Website esckaz.com asked Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) about their participation in future editions. TVE was not able to give an affirmative or negative response on their participation in 2012.^[21]
  

International broadcasts and voting

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. 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.

Commentators

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   Albania – Andri Xhahu (RTVSH)


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   Armenia – Gohar Gasparyan (Armenia 1)


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   Azerbaijan – Konul Arifkizi (Ictimai TV)


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   Belarus – Pavel Lazorik (Belarus 1)


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   Belgium – Astrid Demeure and Tom De Cock (Eén)


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   Georgia – Temo Kvirkvelia (GPB)


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   Israel – No commentator (IBA)


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   Moldova – Rusalina Rusu (TRM)


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   Netherlands – Marcel Kuijer (Nederland 3)


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   Russia – Olga Shelest (Russia-1)


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   Sweden – Edward af Sillen and Ylva Hällen (SVT2)


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   Ukraine – Timur Miroshnychenko (NTU)

Spokespersons

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  Kids Jury – Ralf Mackenbach
  


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   Belarus – Maria Drozdova


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   Sweden – Leya Gullström


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   Azerbaijan – Leila Hajili


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   Belgium – Femke Verschueren (Represented Belgium in 2011)
  


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   Russia – Valentin Sadiki


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   Israel – Maayan Aloni


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   Albania – Keida Dervishi


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   Armenia – Michael Varosyan (Armenian representative in the 2015 contest)
  


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   Ukraine – Kristall (Represented Ukraine in 2011)
  


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   Georgia – Candy (Winners of the 2011 contest)
  


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   Moldova – Felcia Genunchi


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   The Netherlands – Lidewei Loot

Official album

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012: Amsterdam
Compilation album by Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Released	November 2012
Genre	Pop
Length	33:09 (CD 1) 33:09 (CD 2)
Label	Universal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011: Yerevan (2011) Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012: Amsterdam (2012) Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013: Kyiv (2013)

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012: Amsterdam, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on November 2012. The album features all the songs from the 2012 contest, along with karaoke versions.^[22]

CD 1
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"A more-more"	Egor Zheshko (Belarus)	2:47
2.	"Mitt mod"	Lova Sönnerbo (Sweden)	2:45
3.	"Girls and Boys (Dünya Sənindir)"	Omar & Suada (Azerbaijan)	2:45
4.	"Abracadabra"	Fabian (Belgium)	2:42
5.	"Sensation"	Lerika (Russia)	2:46
6.	"Let The Music Win"	Kids.il (Israel)	2:51
7.	"Kam një këngë vetëm për ju"	Igzidora Gjeta (Albania)	2:47
8.	"Sweetie Baby"	Compass Band (Armenia)	2:43
9.	"Nebo"	Anastasiya Petryk (Ukraine)	2:36
10.	"Funky Lemonade"	Funkids (Georgia)	2:48
11.	"Toate vor fi"	Denis Midone (Moldova)	2:41
12.	"Tik Tak Tik"	Femke (Netherlands)	2:58
Total length:			33:09

CD 2
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"A more-more" (Karaoke version)	Egor Zheshko (Belarus)	2:47
2.	"Mitt mod" (Karaoke version)	Lova Sönnerbo (Sweden)	2:45
3.	"Girls and Boys (Dünya Sənindir)" (Karaoke version)	Omar & Suada (Azerbaijan)	2:45
4.	"Abracadabra" (Karaoke version)	Fabian (Belgium)	2:42
5.	"Sensation" (Karaoke version)	Lerika (Russia)	2:46
6.	"Let The Music Win" (Karaoke version)	Kids.il (Israel)	2:51
7.	"Kam një këngë vetëm për ju" (Karaoke version)	Igzidora Gjeta (Albania)	2:47
8.	"Sweetie Baby" (Karaoke version)	Compass Band (Armenia)	2:43
9.	"Nebo" (Karaoke version)	Anastasiya Petryk (Ukraine)	2:36
10.	"Funky Lemonade" (Karaoke version)	Funkids (Georgia)	2:48
11.	"Toate vor fi" (Karaoke version)	Denis Midone (Moldova)	2:41
12.	"Tik Tak Tik" (Karaoke version)	Femke (Netherlands)	2:58
Total length:			33:09

See also

• ABU Radio Song Festival 2012


• ABU TV Song Festival 2012


• Eurovision Song Contest 2012


• Eurovision Young Musicians 2012

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Countries Final (by final results) Ukraine (winner) Georgia Armenia Russia Belgium Sweden Netherlands Israel Belarus Moldova Azerbaijan Albania
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Songs Final (by final results) "Nebo" "Funky Lemonade" "Sweetie Baby" "Sensatsiya" "Abracadabra" "Mitt mod" "Tik Tak Tik" "Let the Music Win" "A more-more" "Toate vor fi" "Girls and Boys" "Kam një këngë vetëm për ju"
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