Lilla Melodifestivalen is back in use for SVT after two years and Sweden will selects its representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 through that show. Submissions due on April 2 and 24 acts will proceed to the auditions. Eight finalists will be chosen while the broadcaster and professionals will help the kids prepare their song, act, stage presentation. The final takes place on early June and the decision for the winner will be 100% jury voting.
JESC 2012 HOSTS ALREADY ANNOUNCED
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
The hosts of Junior Eurovision 2012, that will take place in December, in the Netherlands, have been revealed. Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij will host the show. Ewout has hosted the past two JESC NFs in the Netherlands, while Kim-Lian already hosted JESC in 2007 alongside Sipke Jan...
RACHEL (2011) SIGNS WITH RECORD LA...
posted by MARKUS (GERMANY)
With a second place in the Junior Eurovision 2011, just five points of Georgia, representative of the Netherlands, Rachel, has signed a record deal with Cloud 9 Music, which also include part of the trio who represented the country in 2007, Lisa, Amy & Shelley. “I hope I have my...
RUSSIAN JESC 2011 ENTRY IN ALBANIA...
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
Donika, a 12 year old Albanian singer, has released the Albanian version of the song “Romeo an Juliet” wich was sung by Ekaterina Ryabova on the JESC stage in 2011, representing Russia. The version sung by Donika Nuhiu is called “Romeo Dhe Zhuljeta”. Donika is well known in Albania...
INSIGHT THE JUNIOR EUROVISION 2011
posted by SUBMITTED
2011 saw the ninth Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in Yerevan, Armenia. ESC Insight was there, and now Ewan Spence tells his story of that amazing week in… “It’s Cold and there are Children Singing: Adventures in Armenia and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011.” Now...
EVERYONE HAPPY WITH ARMENIAN ORGAN...
posted by ANOTHER SOURCE
European broadcasting group is satisfied with “Junior Eurovision 2011”. Press service of “Junior Eurovision 2011 Armenia” informs about this. Remind that Junior Eurovision 2011 was held in Yerevan on December 3rd. Armenian Public Television applied to the European broadcasting group...
AVRO BEGINS JESC 2012 SELECTION
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
The Netherlands are already a very busy Eurovision country as they are preparing for the senior selection, the got the hosting of the 2012 Junior Eurovision edition therefore they have to begin also the selection for next year’s entry. Here are some basic rules for the submissions: The...
JESC 2011 WINNERS, CANDY
RETURN HOME
posted by ANOTHER SOURCE
Winners of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 have already returned to Georgia. They were welcomed at the airport by families, journalists and fans. This was Georgia’s second win at the Junior Eurovision. The CANDY earned the second victory for Georgia with a total of 108 points. Today members of the CANDY group were hosted by the Director General of the Georgian Public Television. “When we received 10 points from Russia and then 12 points from Armenia, we were confident the CANDY would win. When the winner was announced, it was a great joy,” said Mamuka Akhvlediani, Vice-President of the Tbilisi City Council. “When it was...
JESC 2011 REVIEWS BY ALEX SPARROW
posted by TEAM
The team of oikotimes.com, the first website publishing video previews of Eurovision and Junior Eurovision, is launching the JESC 2011 video reviews on November 14. This year oikotimes.com has the honor to host the text reviews of Alexey Vorobyov (Alex Sparrow) who represented Russia in the...
ERIK RAPP ILL
BUT READY FOR YEREVAN
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Swedish representative in the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Erik Rapp, published through his blog, that he is very sick this week with nose running and boring bed time in order to get well. But this will not stop the favorite participant in this year’s JESC edition from preparations. Next week the song “Faller” will be digitally released along with an English version. Erik and his dancers Max Matulessy Gullstrom, Julia Walensteen, Gustaf Groning and Agnes Berg as well as the rest of Swedish team will be departing to Yerevan on Saturday. Also on Saturday, part two of “Before JESC” documentary will be...
HALF A MILLION THE LOSS FROM
JESC 2011
posted by SUBMITTED
The Public Television of Armenia established the “Junior Eurovision 2011 Yerevan” Fund, which will organize the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 to be held in the capital Yerevan, on December 2 and 3. Τhe Contest’s revenue and spending estimations are already posted on the Government’s official website. In line with this assessment, the revenues are expected to be around US$ 1.4 million, whereas the expenditures, $1.85 million. That is, Junior Eurovision 2011’s budget deficit is approximately $450 thousand, and this deficit will be covered by Armenia’s State Budget. Incidentally, ticket prices for the December 2 concert...
SVT REVEALS JESC 2011 FINALISTS
posted by GREG (GREECE)
You can listen the 8 songs that didn’t manage to take the ticket for Junior Eurovision 2011. Despite the very strange selection that the Swedish boradcaster did this year for the Swedish representative in the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, a few hours ago, they announced the other...
JESC 2011: TO COMMENT & TO VO...
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Despite keeping the participating countries number to 13 this year, the commentators for the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Yerevan, Armenia will be just few. Most national broadcasters will commentate the event through their regional studios. The show will ba also aired in Bosnia...
WATCH SVT’S SPECIAL FOR JESC...
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Swedish national broadcaster seems to be more than ever excited for this edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, as their entry with Erik Rapp is the top favorite this year and has a great draw spot. SVT launched a series of special shows titled “Infor Junior Eurovision” the...
SPECIAL FIREWORK SHOW FOR
JESC 2011 OPENING
posted by ANOTHER SOURCE
Organizers of Junior Eurovision 2011 are preparing surprise for participants and guests, one of them is a great firework in the sport complex where the contest will take place. Spokesperson for the Armenian delegation Artak Vardanyan told journalists that a firework show will be presented on December 3 prepared with the participation of experts from Ukraine. The opening ceremony will feature famous Armenian singers, among them singer Sirusho and winner of last year’s Junior Eurovision Vladimir Arzumanyan. Head of the Armenian delegation Gohar Gasparyan said Armenia has chances to win this year’s contest as well. She said that a big stage...
SIRUSHO ANNOUNCED AS JESC 2011 GUE...
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
While ARMTV announced yesterday the hosts for the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – read here the article – oikotimes.com said a month ago, one more expected news came out today. The 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entrant for Armenia, Sirusho is going on the Eurovision stage as...