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Live: the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007!
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The show has satarted! At the beginning, we are introduced to the main theme of the evening: Water. You can enjoy the performance of One world by all participants. A very nice opening! The countries' performers enter the stage one after another and are introduced individually... we haven't seen this in the adult competition since 1983! Interesting outfits the hosts are wearing.
The lines will be opened as soon as the first song starts to be performed.
1. Georgia: Mari Romelashvili - Odelia Ranuni
The singer and her background dancers are dressed all in red and white - the country's colours. The choreography looks very professional and the song is undeniably catchy. A good opening act for the 2007 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
2. Belgium: Trust - Anders
The song of Belgium is very authentic for the age the performers are of. The vocals are very good while the performance is simple bit effective. The outfits are very 1980s - a surprising choice for a Junior competition.
3. Armenia: Arevik - Erazanq
Well, it's hard to understand why the girls of Arevik are wearing these military-like marine outfits. The vocals are very good and the performance is energetic. One of the favourites tonight according to the web polls.
4. Cyprus: Yiorgos Ioannides - I musiki dini ftera
The performers are all dressed in black, blue and silver. It's a song with a disco beat while the performance is more hip-hop inspired. The vocals are less impressive than those of the first three performers but still good regarding the age of the performer.
5. Portugal: Jorge Leiria - Só quero é cantar
It's the first ballad of the evening. Jorge seems to play the role of a sad clown (maybe because of the rather strange outfit?) and the whole performance seems not to work too well for his age. The song has no obvious hook but is still kind of catchy.
6. Russia: Alexandra Golovchenko - Otlichnitsa
No need telling that the song is very similar to lasat year's winner. At least the red-white strawberry dress from the national final has been changed... Alexandra is wearing a suit of black velvet with a ruffeled white blouse. There is some break dancing in the backgorund and the overall performance is very entertaining. Very good vocals again!
7. Romania: 4Kids - Sha la la
Red and white again! The versus of the song is hip-hop inspired while the hookline reminds of the song Mandoline from the 2006 Slovenian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. The performance is very professional and the four kids seem to try to look older than they actually are (which is, of course, unnecessary, since it's a Junior contest).
8. Bulgaria: BonBon - Bonboladiya
The main coulours on stage are blayk, grey and beige which is a surprise as most people have probably expected something more collourful from the land of candy. This is really a song made for children and therefore it fits very well in the competition.
9. Serbia: Nevena Božović - Piši mi
One of the favourites tonight and definitely one that could also be in the actual Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Nevena looks like a 1950s French Chansonnier with her hat and her coat. The performance includes two fairies in the background and is very professional and so are the vocals.
10. Netherlands: Lisa, Amy & Shelly - Adem in, adem uit
The biggest applause so far tells us that it's time for the host country to perform. A catchy up-tempo song, children will definitely like this one. The performance is ok, but not the best one so far.
11. F.Y.R. Macedonia: Rosica Kulakova & Dimitar Stojmenovski - Ding ding dong
A very modern song! The main colours are black and red and the performance is very professional even if a bit chaotic. F.Y.R. Macedonia came last in 2006 but they probably can expect a better result tonight.
There is a short video with highlights of five years of Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
12. Ukraine: Ilona Halytska - Urok hlamuru
A roleplay: Ilona is the teacher (a strict one according to her glasses!) and her backgorund dancers are her pupils. The performance is very energetic but partly somehow over-the-top. Nervertheless very entertaining.
13. Sweden: Frida Sandén - Nu eller aldrig
Frida's sister Molly has achieved Sweden's best result so far last year. The performance is very professional and the song is catchy... this could have been in the adult contest. But why are the outifts so 1980s again?
14. Malta: Cute - Music
The only song in English tonight comes from Malta, a country that hasn't done very well in recent years. The outfits are in blue, yellow and orange. The whole performance is a bit synthetic and doesn't make the hookline I love to dance, I love to sing seem very believable.
15. Greece: Made in Greece - Kapou mperdeftika
The five girls are dressed in white wedding gowns (are children allowed to get married in Greece?). Well, these dresses are torn down to turn the the singers in a real rock band. The song is an up-tempo song with a very long bridge part.
16. Lithuania: Lina Jurevičiūtė - Kai miestas snaudžia
The last debuting country tonight is Lithunia. This song is hip-hop for children and it works very well on stage. A smooth, professional but still authentic performance.
17. Belarus: Alexey Zhigalkovich - S druzyami
The 2005 winning country presents a smooth pop song. The performance is full-blown and looks very good on stage. There is some artistic dancing, a stylistic device often used in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
There is a recap of all 17 songs tonight. The singers tell the televoters to call because the money will be donated to Unicef.
Katie Melua now performs the first interval act. She sings one of the songs from her latest album Pictures.
The lines are closed! Now you can enjoy a performance by Ch!pz. Something military again... interesting since it's a Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Finally, it's time for the voting!
Two countries voted, Armenia in the lead.
We're half way through and Armenia is still on top, F.Y.R. Macedonia second.
Two countries to go!
Belarus in the lead now!
Belarus won with 137 points, just one point ahead of Armenia!
THE FULL SCOREBOARD:
- 137 Belarus
- 136 Armenia
- 120 Serbia
- 116 Georgia
- 111 FYR Macedonia
- 105 Russia
- 86 Bulgaria
- 83 Sweden
- 56 Ukraine
- 54 Romania
- 39 Netherlands
- 37 Malta
- 33 Lithuania
- 29 Cyprus
- 19 Belgium
- 15 Portugal
- 14 Greece
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Armenians should feel a bit unlucky but it was their debut entry and it was so successful! they should get revenge in 2008 
We love Armenia! :-)
C U in the beautiful mediterranean island of Cyprus next year!
So people what a crazy night 
Belarus won again!
I don't think much of JESC, I only watched the voting
Ukraine's music style reminded me of Verka Serduchka!
Let's agree to disagree then and hope the best song wins in Belgrade WHEREVER it comes from!
Congrats to the Netherlands for the show :-) Liked it a lot. Nice arena and stage. :-) And their entry was very good comparing to the winning entry for example.
C U in Cyprus next year! (it'd be great to see a mediterranean island hosting the show!)
Whatever Daniel obviously we have different views and could never mutually agree on something.
Sweden had really great song ... it should've gotten a higher position
Delphia
OMG Belarus won in 2005! ur right. what the heck!
imagine if belarus had to host the show..!
my top 3 is Armenia,Macedonia and Sweden
this countrys song is best 
Candy,
Kalli should have won in 2005, best song and performance but look who ended up winning
Its never about the song, if that was the case we wouldnt have half the winners weve had in history. There are other countries just as bad as Turkey. So you admit turkey only has success nowadays because of the voting, so bascially all thats saying is that Turkey has sent nothing but horrible entries since it started, sertab was lucky, and the others were just because of the voting. I think these past years is just time for some countries to do well after constantly failing years before and some to do bad that dominated before. I think thats why Italy and Luxembourg left originally, cause of countries like Ireland, UK, and Sweden who dominated, and most of their victories i still dont understand.
kalli was a godess back in 2005. Underrated though but we all know that many good songs are underrated in (j)ESC history
John, why I use Turkey as an example is because it gets 12 or 10 points from all the countries that have large Turkish minorities in Europe and that is the only reason it is now successful in the contest. It's supposed to be about the best song!
so the last place is reserved for Balkan countries.
2006 FYROM
2007 GREECE
Well Deserved for both songs.
Firstly i have no attitude people have made their point about the voting, but its annoying to hear it constantly popping up everywhere. Secondly this voitng is ruining it mainly for countries who dominated the contest in the past. This year I felt that the eastern countries had better songs. The year before i though both sides gave a good effort. Why do you have to use Turkey as an example, i may be turkish cypriot, but that does not mean im very nationalisitic towards them. I was born in America and still live here so i cant vote and if i did my points would have went to Slovenia and Cyprus(Semi) this year. Keep in mind there are also countries who DONT vote for other countries. This contest has always been political, as its sole basis is political. It may be more obvious now, but this contest was and always will be political regardless of the type of voting.
more Greek sings are great but this song is really cheap
Greece recieved 0 points in the Europe
Kalli?? oh that pretty girl with an incredible voice singing "Tora Ine I Sira Mas".. one of the best jESC songs (wow Greece has one of the worst & one of the best songs in jESC history LOL)
Bobby,
I will keep that *Hallelujah* phrase of yours concerning Greece and Cyprus vote and give it back to you the day that all ex-Yugoslavian countries stop sharing their 12 points between yourselves in ESC, no matter the song. (actually not only your 12's, but all your votes from 7 points to 12 points, they are all reserved between you
although it is a nice song, elarus won because it was the last country to preform...armenia had a nice stage performance...serbia came third with a ballad which is far fom being "balcanic"
Daniel
Thanks for you nice words
I should know Delphia, I just love Greece - the country! ...and the songs if they are good ;0)
The best thing that happened this night (except that Belarus won) Cyprus giving only 2 points to Greece ... hallelujah finally, it's about time
Bobby,
I said we were *3* times in top 10, not one 
But one can't always do well, and this year we didn't deserve to do well.
Cyprus giving only 2 points to Greece
i'm shocked
Daniel,
You are correct about Greece, just to put things straight
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