Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place at the "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus on 22 November 2008, Cypriot broadcaster CyBC was the host broadcaster for the event.^[2] The motto for the contest was "Fun In The Sun".^[3]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Fun In The Sun
Dates
Final	22 November 2008
Host
Venue	Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol, Cyprus
Presenter(s)	Alex Michael Sophia Paraskeva
Directed by	Klitos Klitou
Executive supervisor	Svante Stockselius
Executive producer	Munro Forbes
Host broadcaster	Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Website	junioreurovision.tv/event/lemesos-2008
Participants
Number of entries	15
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	Portugal  Sweden
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.[1]
Winning song	Georgia "Bzz.."
2007 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2009

Results

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
01	Romania	Mădălina and Andrada	"Salvaţi planeta!"	Romanian	9	58
02	Armenia	Monica	"Im Ergi Hnchyune" ([Իմ Երգի Հնչյունե] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: Ի) (help))	Armenian	8	59
03	Belarus	Dasha, Alina & Karyna	"Serdtse Belarusi" ([Сердце Беларуси] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: С) (help))	Russian, Belarusian[4]	6	86
04	Russia	Mihail Puntov	"Spit angel" ([Спит ангел] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: С) (help))	Russian	7	73
05	Greece	Niki Yiannouchu	"Kapoia nychta" ([Καποια νύχτα] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: Κ) (help))	Greek	14	19
06	Georgia	Bzikebi	"Bzz.."	Imaginary	1	154
07	Belgium	Oliver	"Shut Up"	Dutch	11	45
08	Bulgaria	Krastyana Krasteva	"Edna mechta" ([Една мечта] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: Е) (help))	Bulgarian	15	15
09	Serbia	Maja Mazić	"Uvek kad u nebo pogledam" ([Увек кaд у небо погледaм] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: У) (help))	Serbian	12	37
10	Malta	Daniel Testa	"Junior Swing"	English	4	100
11	Netherlands	Marissa	"1 dag"	Dutch	13	27
12	Ukraine	Viktoria Petryk	"Matrosy" ([Матроси] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: М) (help))	Ukrainian	2	135
13	Lithuania	Eglė Jurgaitytė	"Laiminga diena"	Lithuanian	3	103
14	Macedonia	Bobi Andonov	"Prati mi SMS" ([Прати ми СМС] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: П) (help))	Macedonian	5	93
15	Cyprus	Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva	"Gioupi gia!" ([Γιούπι για!] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: Γ) (help))	Greek	10	46

Score sheet

Bzikebi, Georgia's participants

		Results
	Romania	58		4	2	2	2	2	2	1	5	3	2	4	1	8	8
	Armenia	59	3		5	6	6	8	6	7			3	3
	Belarus	86	5	5		10	4		10	6	7	7	4	5	3	5	3
	Russia	73		10	12		3	5		2	2	6	1	7	8	1	4
	Greece	19															7
	Georgia	154	6	12	8	12	10		12	12	10	8	12	12	12	4	12
	Belgium	45	2	2	1	1		4			3	2	10	2	4	2
	Bulgaria	15														3
	Serbia	37	1	1		3		6	1					1		12
	Malta	100	7	7	4	5	7	7	7	8	1		6	10	7	6	6
	Netherlands	27			3				5			1			5		1
	Ukraine	135	12	8	10	8	8	12	3	10	6	12	7		10	7	10
	Lithuania	103	8		6	7	1	10	8	3	12	10	8	6		10	2
	Macedonia	93	10	6	7	4	5	3	4	5	8	5	5	8	6		5
	Cyprus	46	4	3			12	1		4	4	4			2
The table is ordered by appearance All countries automatically receive 12 points Georgia and Macedonia awarded their points last due to technical problems

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Voting nation
8	Georgia	Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine
3	Ukraine	Georgia, Malta, Romania
1	Lithuania	Serbia
	Russia	Belarus
	Cyprus	Greece
	Serbia	Macedonia

• All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This was so no country got nul points.
• When Cyprus got 12 points from Greece the audience was absolutely crazy about it, even though Cyprus were nowhere near winning the contest and Greece and Cyprus regularly gives each other 12 points.

Commentators

•  Armenia – Gohar Gasparyan (Armenia 1)
•  Belarus – Denis Kuryan (Belarus 1)
•  Belgium – André Vermeulen (VRT), Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF)
•  Bulgaria – Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev (BNT 1)
•  Cyprus – Kyriakos Pastides (CyBC)
•  Georgia – Temo Kvirkvelia (GPB)
•  Greece – Renia Tsitsibikou and George Amyras (ERT)
•  Lithuania – Darius Užkuraitis (LRT)
•  Macedonia – Ivona Bogoevska (MTV 1)
•  Malta – Valerie Vella (TVM)
•  Netherlands – Sipke Jan Bousema (AVRO)
•  Romania – Ioana Isopecu and Alexandru Nagy (TVR)
•  Russia – Olga Shelest
•  Serbia – Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS 2)
•  Ukraine – Timur Miroshnychenko (NTU)