Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Fun in the Sun
Dates
Final22 November 2008
Host
VenueSpyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol, Cyprus
Presenter(s)Alex Michael
Sophia Paraskeva
Directed byKlitos Klitou
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Executive producerMunro Forbes
Host broadcasterCyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/lemesos-2008 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries15
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
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         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2008
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs.[1]
Winning song Georgia
"Bzz.."
2007 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2009

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is the world's largest song contest for children.[2] It was held at the "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus and hosted by Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva. The theme of the event was "Fun in the Sun".[3] It was won by the Georgian trio Bzikebi, with the song "Bzz..". Ukraine took 2nd place and Lithuania finished 3rd.[4] Bzikebi also became the first group act to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

For the contest, various changes to the rules were made. One was that adults could assist children to write the songs submitted to their national broadcaster; previously only children could write the songs, with no assistance from adults. Another change was only six people could be on stage during a performance, instead of eight. The most significant change, however, was only half of the vote was decided by the tele-voters. Before the 2008 contest tele-voters completely decided the whole result. The other half of the result was decided by a jury of adults and children.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  2. ^ Quoted from the hosts
  3. ^ "Get to know the venue, Spiros Kiprianou, Palais Des Sports". Oikotimes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  4. ^ "CONGRATULATIONS GEORGIA!". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  5. ^ "Changes to Junior Eurovision confirmed". oikotimes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  6. ^ "Junior: Minor format changes introduced". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.