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...

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...

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...

FYR Macedonian national broadcaster keeps the trend of releasing an English version for the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest entry. This is happening again this year with Dorijan Dlaka’s bid for Armenia’s JESC 2011 edition “Zimi Ovoj Frak”, translated to “Til the End of Time”. 14 year old Dorijan is a fan of Tose Proeski. He started very early to sing and participant in various festivals also reaching second place in the JESC final of 2008. YOU CAN SUPPORT FYR MACEDONIA IN JUNIOR EUROPREDICTION...