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El 15 de noviembre de 2003 se dieron cita en Copenhague (Dinamarca) 16 países que a través de sus jóvenes representantes intentaron hacerse con la primera victoria en el Festival de Eurovisión Junior. El requisito fundamental de este joven festival es que todos los concursantes deben tener entre 8 y 15 años de edad. Además, tienen que haber escrito y compuesto las canciones por sí mismos sin ayuda profesional y no se admiten cantantes que ya hayan publicado algún disco. El resultado se decide por votación telefónica. El I Festival de Eurovisión Junior fue una gran fiesta de la música presentada por en la que actuaron artistas como Robbie Williams, Britney Spears o Justin Timberlake. Los daneses Camilla Ottesen y Remee fueron la pareja encargada de presentar la gran gala. El periodista y presentador Fernando Argenta fue el comentarista español, mientras que el joven Jimmy Castro del programa Zona Disney (TVE), dio los votos españoles. El ganador del Festival grabará un disco con la EMI/Virgin Records, que será distribuido por toda Europa. Además, la gala será editada en DVD. El próximo festival se hará en el Reino Unido. Los rivales de España: Bélgica: X!nk - De vriendschapsband Bielorrusia: Volha Satsuk - Tantsui Croacia: Dino - Ti si moja prva ljubav Chipre: Theodora Rafti - Mia eyhi Dinamarca: Anne - Arabian Dream Grecia: Nikolas Ganopoulos - Friends for ever Holanda: Roel - Mijn ogen zeggen alles Letonia: Dzintars Cica - Tu esi vasara (Eres mi verano) Macedonia F.Y.R: Marija & Victorija - Ti ne me poznavas Malta: Sarah Harrison - Like a star (Como una estrella Noruega: 2U - Sinnsykt gal forelsket Polonia: Kasia Zurawik - Cos mnie nosi Reino Unido: Tom Morley - My Song for the World (Mi canción para el mundo) Rumanía: Bubu - Muzika Suecia: The Honeypies - Stoppa mig! | |
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Winner - Dino (Croatia)  Runner-Up - Sergio (Spain)   pictures - junioreurovision.tv |
 Final scorecard:Croatia - 134 points, Spain - 125 points, United Kingdom - 118 points, Belarus - 103 points, Denmark - 93 points, Belgium - 83 points, Malta - 56 points, Greece - 53 points, Latvia - 37 points, Romania - 35 points, The Netherlands - 23 points, FYR Macedonia - 19 points, Norway - 18 points, Cyprus - 16 points, Sweden - 12 points, Poland - 3 points |
| This year for the very first time Junior ESC or ESC for Kids will take place. Though this event is not in main course of this site, there were many requests that we should do some reviews of it. So this page appeared. So, on November, 15, 2003 in Copnhagen, Denmark, the first edition of Junior ESC will take its place. As it was reported interest to the participation in the event was so high that EBU had to make a draw to determine what countries will participate. So this 15 countries appeared to be winners of that draw: Belgium (VRT/RTBF), Croatia (HRT), Denmark (DR), Germany (ARD/NDR), Greece (ERT), Latvia (LTV), FYR Macedonia (MKRTV), Malta (MT/PBS), Netherlands (NPB/AVRO), Norway (NRK), Romania (RO/TVR), Slovakia (SK/STV), Spain (TVE), Sweden (SE/SVT), and United Kingdom (UKIB/ITV). Cyprus was then added as 16th country. There is also information that Slovakia lately withdrew from the event, Germany was invited next, but declined participation, so final place will go to Belarus. Prototype of Junior ESC was Nordic Junior Song Contest, that is taking place in Denmark, that's why this country was selected to host European-scale event. Venue will be Copenhagen Forum, with 8000 seats. Hosts of the first contest will be Camilla Ottesen and Remee. Previous report suggested that this role should go to Ronan Keating, who also hosted Adult ESC in 1997. Also as Guest Stars were invited such singers like Robbie Williams, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, but none of them confirmed participation and instead of them performed Busted (without Charlie Simpson) with Crushed The Wedding and Sugababes with Hole in the Head. Rules of the contest are almost same with senour Eurovision ones. All participants should not be older than 15 years. Questionable moment is that same limitations are applied to authors of the song too. Second edition will take place in London, UK, on November, 20, 2004. Now let's introduce you participants of this year (now list is sorted in order of presentation): Full list of participants in National finals and some lyrics of winning songs are available at this page. Official site of the contest where you can find multimedia files is www.junioreurovision.tv, official Danish site ESC DK (in Danish). |
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Greece |
Nikolas Ganopoulos |
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Fili gia panta (Friends for ever) |
10 songs in final. Nikos is youngest of ESC junior participants, he is 8 years old. | Rather average bouncy tune, but we must take age into consideration. 5/10 |
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Croatia |
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11year old winner listen to different music from rock to classics but prefer Bon Jovi. Song is already recorded in Croatian and English versions | Very interesting rock-ballad. 9/10 |
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11year old Theodora won in internal selection with about 30 entries. She was born in London. | Pleasant ballad 7/10 |
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Belarus |
Volha Satsiuk |
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Tantsuy (Dance) |
This 10 year old singer perform songs at 5 languages: Belarus, Russian, Ukranian, Polish and English | Nice happy song. Good debut in EBU music contests. 7/10 |
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Latvia |
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10 contestants in final, the youngest of them 10 year old Dzintars won. | This one can be saved only by participant's age 4/10 |
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One of singers Victorija Loba has Russian origin. Both she and Marija Arsovska (25/12/98) are 15 years old. | Typical Balcan-pop 7/10 |
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Poland |
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12 year old singer already has experience of winning number of festivals in Eastern Europe. | Довольно сильная танцевально- балладная песня 8\10 |
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Norway |
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2U are Charlot Daysh (05/05/92) & Joakim Harestad Haukaas (02/03/92). 10 songs took part in preselection. |
Song is mix of pop and r-n-b. 6/10 | |
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Spain |
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12 year old Sergio devoted his song to his mother, that recently passed away. | Good pop ballad. 7/10 |
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Romania |
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9 years old Bubu (Andrei Mihai Cernea) was born in Netherlands. | May be among participants below 10 years old this song is OK. 6/10 |
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Belgium |
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Punk band composed of Jonas Meukens (15/12/89), Niels Meukens (02/05/91), Philip Valkiers (19/06/93), Thomas Valkiers (07/10/91). Preselection was made of2 semifinals and final with 5 songs in each. |
Punk culture reached Junior ESC in no time. Nothing special in song itself. 4/10 |
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United Kingdom |
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10 year old Tom won preselection of 8 finalists. | Nice pop tune 7/10 |
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Denmark |
Anne |
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Arabiens drom (Arabian dream, Арабская мечта) |
Song of 11 year old singer was written under impressions of Aladdin story. | Interesting, good dance tune. 7/10 |
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Sweden |
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10 contestants took part in preselection. Winners are duet of Rebecca Laakso (20/12/92) and Julia Urban (22/06/92) | Nothing special can be said about this song. Typical pop tune. 5/10 |
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Malta |
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13 year old Sarah is living and studying in London and will appear in next Harry Potter film. | Song is average, but singer is cute!! 6/10 |
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Song of 14 year old Roel is about paralized man, whose connection with the world are only his eyes. 9 participants in final. |
Only good reviews to this excellent song. 8/10 |