The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Kiev, Ukraine. It was scheduled for 21 November. 13 countries were confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to compete in the Contest. The contest was won by Ralf Mackenbach for the Netherlands with the song "Click Clack". At the age of 14, he is the oldest person to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in its 7 year History. Luara Hayrapetyan achieved Armenia another second place. Ekaterina Ryabova also took second place for Russia.
Final
Each country decided their votes through a 50% jury and 50% televoting system which decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. Sweden have only 100% jury.
The rules says that the participants must sing in one of their national languages, however they are permitted to have a few lines in a different language - as seen in the winning entry.
Score sheet
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:
All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This is so no country gets nul points.
International broadcasts
İctimai TV. BHRT. SBS1 Worldwide A live broadcast of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was available worldwide via satellite through European streams such as TVRi, RIK Sat, RTS Sat and MKTV Sat. The official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary via the peer to peer medium Octoshape.
Commentators
- Gohar Gasparyan, Tigran Danirlyan
- Sipke Jan Bousema
- Pavlo Shylko (DJ Pasha) - André Vermeulen (VRT), Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF) - Olga Shelest
Spokespersons
- Elise Mattison
- Philip Masurov
- Razmik Arghajanyan
- Iulia Ciobanu
- Nevena Bozovic
- Ana Davitaia
- Marissa
- Yorgos Ioannides
- Daniel Testa
- Marietta
- Oliver
- Arina Aleshkevich
- Jovana Krstevska
References
Other websites
Junior Eurovision Official Website
ESCKaz Junior Eurovision pages
TIME Magazine, "Junior Eurovision: Schoolyard Crushes with Glitter," November 23, 2009