Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
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Dates
Final30 November 2013[1]
Host
VenuePalace "Ukraine", Kyiv
Presenter(s)Timur Miroshnychenko,
Zlata Ognevich
Directed bySven Stojanovic
Executive supervisorVladislav Yakovlev
Executive producerVictoria Romanova[2]
Host broadcasterNational Television Company of Ukraine (NTU)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2013 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries12
Debuting countries San Marino
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
  • Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013Belgium in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestCroatia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestCyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestDenmark in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestGreece in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestLatvia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestMacedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013Norway in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestPoland in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestRomania in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSpain in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestFrance in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSwitzerland in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestRussia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSerbia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestUkraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestGeorgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013Lithuania in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestMoldova in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestIsrael in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestAzerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013San Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2013
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song Malta
"The Start"[3]
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 11th edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine on 30 November 2013.[1][4] The venue for the contest was announced on 17 April 2013, as the Palace "Ukraine".[5] Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) was the host broadcaster for the event.[4] It was the second time the contest was held in Kyiv, the first being the 2009 contest. It was also the second time in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that the event took place in last year's winning country, as well as the first time that the event was held in the same city twice. A total of twelve countries participated, with Macedonia and Malta making a return,[6][7] and Albania,[8] Belgium[9] and Israel choosing to withdraw.[10] San Marino made their debut in the contest.[11] Cyprus was originally the thirteenth country to take part but pulled out the last minute.[12]

Gaia Cauchi representing Malta won the contest with the song "The Start". This was Malta's first Junior Eurovision victory as well as their first victory in any Eurovision competition.[3] It also marked the first time in the history of the contest that a winning entry was sung entirely in English. This was also the first contest to introduce a new awards system: The winning country along with the second and third place countries each received a trophy. Sofia Tarasova, representing the host nation Ukraine, took second place and Ilya Volkov singing for Belarus took the third-place trophy.

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  2. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013". European Broadcasting Union. junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b Fisher, Luke James (30 November 2013). "Malta wins Junior Eurovision 2013". Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b Siim, Jamo (7 February 2013). "Ukraine to host Junior 2013". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  5. ^ Siim, Jamo (17 April 2013). "Junior 2013 venue confirmed". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  6. ^ Juhász, Ervin (26 September 2013). "FYR Macedonia: Back in Junior Eurovision after a year's break". escXtra. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  7. ^ Fisher, Luke (25 September 2013). "Malta: PBS in Junior Eurovision return". escXtra. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Albania was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Belgium was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Israel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Granger, Anthony (25 October 2013). "San Marino debuting at Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  12. ^ Granger, Anthony (1 November 2013). "Cyprus: No Return To Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 November 2013.