Who would have thought that? Georgia bounces away from Yerevan as the winner of this years Junior Eurovision Song Contest. In a field where, honestly, not one of the singers put in a poor performance, Candy took a five point lead into this final round, and that was enough to hold off The Netherlands for the win.
The roar of enthusiasm around the Karen Demirchuan Sports Complex could be heard all over Yerevan, Armenia as Georgia won their second Junior Eurovision, equaling Belarus in winning the competition twice.
Every single one of the performers who took to the stage tonight can be proud. They represented their country well, they performed in front of one of the largest TV audiences for a song contest, and they all had fun!
Do you know the best bit? As the credits rolled over the traditional reprise, all the children took to the stage to sing the final song. Back in 1955, Marcel Bezencon had a vision of a Contest that would bring together the nations and the people of Europe through music. We here at ESC Insight can’t think of better expression of the goals of Eurovision than tonight’s contest. Twenty years after his death, his legacy burns bright in a new generation.
And now, to the Netherlands for the 2012 Contest. Via Baku.
Thank you BMI for their support, which has allowed the ESC Insight team to cover Junior Eurovision and fly out to Yerevan.
Agreed! I enjoyed watching it. Maybe it’s just me, but JESC seems more of a proper contest now, it didnt seem right at all to start with . but I suppose as it’s become more familiar we have grown to accept it and, perhaps some of us have even begun to like it!
Thanks for all the coverage.
Congratulations Georgia. I really liked this song, though not my favorite and wasn’t my favorite on the night, it was a song that kids really would enjoy.
Thanks for all the coverage. I won’t know what to do without it.
On a separate note does anyone (like Paul) know why there is a frequent exchange of points between Georgia and Lithuania? This seem to exchange high points a lot in both ESC and JESC, (Just something to think about)
What an amazing show. I kind of wish it had been total crap so I wouldn’t be so jealous that I wasn’t there!!
Georgia was my least favourite before last night, but I have to say they were pretty amazing. Not as amazing as Rachel though *tear*
Jasmin B – I think Ewan will deduct douze poiints from your score for saying ‘amazing’ three times! :-))
This isn’t “Just a Minute”… now David, over to you, 45 seconds on Eurovision.
Oops. It’s amazing how many times you can say amazing in one sentence sometimes.
Seán, I asked one of my Lithuanian friends about this and she said she was not sure at all why, but there is just this “sense” between Lithuania and Georgia that they are friends, and as a result I guess they give each other points?
Liam,
Thanks for looking into it. That idea may be true. (I was wondering if there was some major political/economic tie I did not know about).
Looking at Ireland, despite having very few ties with Scandinavia, does have a similar relationship to Scandinavian countries. This relates to the Viking heritage and history that exists back through the years (though not as strong nor as visible as the Celtic heritage).