Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is the world's largest song contest for children.[2] It was held at the "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus and hosted by Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva. The theme of the event was "Fun in the Sun".[3] It was won by the Georgian trio Bzikebi, with the song "Bzz..". Ukraine took 2nd place and Lithuania finished 3rd.[4] Bzikebi also became the first group act to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | |
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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 |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 15 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | None |
Non-returning countries | |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs.[1] |
Winning song | Georgia "Bzz.." |
2007 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2009 |
For the contest, various changes to the rules were made. One was that adults could assist children to write the songs submitted to their national broadcaster; previously only children could write the songs, with no assistance from adults. Another change was only six people could be on stage during a performance, instead of eight. The most significant change, however, was only half of the vote was decided by the tele-voters. Before the 2008 contest tele-voters completely decided the whole result. The other half of the result was decided by a jury of adults and children.[5][6]