25th May 2010
The semi-finalists for the Russian pre-selection are:
1. Gabdulin Zulfat (s Pestretzy, Tatarstan)
2. Popova, Ekaterina (City Carpet, Vladimir region)
3. Zaikina Maria (Orenburg)
4. Kolesnikova Anastasia (p Rostoshi, Orenburg Oblast)
5. Khairullina Olga (Kazan)
6. Suchkova Anastasia (city Kursk)
7. Gubarev Jaroslav (Novokuybyshevsk, Samara region)
8. Tkachuk Darya (Yekaterinburg)
9. Hripushin Nikita (Voronezh)
10. Show-group "Delfin" (Izhevsk)
11. Aitova Regina (Izhevsk)
12. Quartet Polyanka (Krasnogorsk)
13. Lukasz Darya (city Kursk)
14. Onofre Elena (city Aprelivka)
15. Drozd Lasinio Elizabeth and Alexander (Krasnoyarsk)
16. Chuchin Klimkina Maria and Anna (Moscow city)
17. Kochetkova Xenia (Odintsovo, Moscow Region)
18. With "These children" (in Novosibirsk)
19. Agafonova Anna (Kazan)
20. Duet "Ducky" (Moscow city)
21. With "Simple stuff" (the city of Moscow)
22. Shagidullin Camilla (Kazan)
23. Strizhak Varvara (Saint Petersburg)
24. Korotkov Vlad (the city of Moscow)
25. Narcy Dmitry (Togliatti)
26. Shaikhutdinova Regina (city Kamyshin, Volgograd region)
27. Kuito Catherine (city Kohma, Ivanovo region)
The final will be held on the 30th May at 21:05 Moscow time. |
 24th May 2010
ESC WEEK, ESC WEEK, ESC WEEK! Let’s take a break from the excitement of looming semi-final one for some news about Junior Eurovision 2010!
In November all the delegations will be descending on Minsk, Belarus… but just how many countries will be there? Esckaz, coming to you live from Oslo, has some rather exciting news. And guess what, busy as they are with Eurovision, we get to tell you all first!
According to esckaz, THREE new countries have subscribed to JESC for 2010, all three being new to the contest! Unfortunately this indicates no Lithuania, who must lack the finance (as does Bosnia). The sources say – one of the three is a Western country, one broadcaster has never entered JESC or ESC before, and one is a very tentative entry (likely Moldova). Look out for Hungary being one of the three. Azerbaijan is apparently so intimidated by the success of Armenia in the competition that they refused entry so as not to risk losing to them. Shame that.
We must remember, the countries could still pull out (until June 14th), as happened in 2008. For now though, celebrate JESC lovers, and hope Lithuania can find a sponsor!
The hosts are looking to be Denis Kuryan and Olga Barabanschikova (tennis player), after Maria Isabel’s management rejected the offer for her to host. Kseniya Sitnik’s English skills are not sufficient for the job apparently.
Coming up this weekend is the Russian national final, so more on that later (but I will say, they are rushing to choose a new contestant, after realizing that Katya Ryabova cannot in fact, enter again).
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 4th May 2010
Ukraine has kicked off their national selection round for JESC 2010! All applicants were invited to the studio and a jury selected the best. The jury was:
Efimenko Natalia (with vocal instructor), Dmitry Kadnay (singer), Zhuravska Irene (Miss Ukraine 2008), Kolyadenko Dmitry (showman) Mihay Allen (composer , Honored Worker of Ukraine), Shanis (singer), Vlad Baginskiy (MOT director of music and entertainment programs), Walid Arfush (jury chairman, deputy director of NTU), Andranik Aleksanyan (Ukraine representative 2009) and Victoria Petrik (Ukraine 2008).
According to Natalia Nikitina, press for NTU, this year they are focusing on sending a childish, fun song. "The child has to remain a child and should not rush to mature." The finalists are:
1. Roman Bendarskyy
2. Duet "Uncle Slava + Inna affairs"
3. Victoria Litvinchuk (well known singer, entered in 2009)
4. Tatiana Markovska
5. Alicia Kalashnikova
6. Li Nguyen (entered in 2008 & 2009)
7. Valentine Danilyuk (entered in 2009)
8. Daniela Yakobchuk (entered in 2009)
9. Anna Priymak (performer but not at JESC)
10. Julia Gorska
11. Christine Tkachuk (entered in 2009)
12. Dmitri Borodin (JESC 2009 green room host & entered NFs previously)
13. Nikita Ishchenko (entered in 2009)
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 4th May 2010
Terrible news, worse than my mounting pile of neglected schoolwork! Cyprus has dropped out of Junior Eurovision. That is another original country down, only Malta, The Netherlands, Belgium, Belarus, Macedonia, Romania and potentially Sweden (although they skipped 2008). The news was confirmed to esckaz by the Cypriot delegation today.
Moldova will not be entering in 2010 due to high participation costs, they did want to enter.
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4th May 2010
The 2008 competitors are having a lot of success two years on. Charis Savva (Cyprus 2008) competed in "Get on Stage" and Eglė Jurgaitytė on "Choir Wars [Choru Karai]". Now, Bobby Andonov who represented Macedonia, is appearing in Australia's Got Talent (hosted by Danni Minogue, Kyle Sandilands and Brian McFadden). Bobby sang Hallelujah, impressing all three judges and sailing through to the next round. Currently it's still auditions in Australia but I will keep you all posted. Victoria Petrik who represented Ukraine is also on Got Talent, the Ukrainian version! She is appearing with her sister Nastya. They are also through, and Victoria is looking a lot older now! |
12 April 2010
Belarus has selected their national finalists for 2010, and as the host country we can be assured it will be a good entry! It works like that, honestly!
This top 11 were selected out of 55 entries (which isn't very many considering JESC is big in Belarus and the Netherlands gets thousands, but perhaps in Belarus you need to be more professional)
1. Evelina Lashuk (23/ 09/2000) - Grandpa's Hit - Minsk
2. Daniel Kozlov (7/04/1997) - Music Light - Brest Region, Zhlobin
Daniel Kozlov - a graduate of children's pop studio Allegro Nova, directed by an experienced teacher musician Nelly Dukov, teacher Zhabinka arts school. Studies in Daniel 7 class school. Last year he won first place at the national competition "Young Talents of Belarus" and received the Grand Prix International Competition "Golden Bee". Lyrics "Music of Light" Daniel wrote himself, and the music he helped create the composer of Kobrin Yuri Davidyuk.
3. Kristina Svetlichnaya (28/08/1998) - Sing! - Minsk
She has entered New Wave contest with a song called "A Bird". She plays piano, writes music and likes roller skating. She wants to be an actress.
4. Yuliya Atroschenko (20/08/1999) – Kupala - Gomel Region, Mozyr
Julia won first prize at the VI Festival of Young Talents "Land Under White Wings" in 2009.
5. Yegor Sharankov (31/07/1997) - Want to Dance So Much! - Gomel Region, Svetlogorsk
A SVETLANA STUDENT! (Kseniya Sitnik's mother)
6. Kristina Soiko (09/09/1996) - Do It like Me - Grodno
7. Lidia Zablotskaya (15/01/1998) – Hi - Mogilev
8. Alexandra Stelmah (28/08/1996) - You and Me - Grodno
She has entered before in 2008 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTMJGjcuPYY
9. Magammed Aslanov (20/02/1998) - Let’s Round Up Friends - Grodno
He entered in 2009 with "Tik Tak"
10. Yana Konoplyanik (28/02/1997) - Colors Of Summer - Minsk
11. Egor Chernov (17/04/1997) - Lady Spring - Mogilev
Just for fun, let's take early guesses at the winner. I guess... Kristina Svetlichnava. Why? She has lots of experience and is known already.
No Diana Gromova, or Zlata, or Polina. Upsetting.. In good news, a lot of Russian speaking news outlets have been reporting just on the list of finalists!
The final of the national contest will take place in September in the form of a gala concert. The winner of the national contest, who will represent Belarus at Junior Eurovision Contest 2010, will be decided following the results of telephone voting and voting of the professional jury. |
12th April 2010
 According to the Belarusian Telegraph Agency, the possible candidates to host JESC 2010 are Denis Kuryan (TV-presenter and author of the Belarus JESC diaries in 2009) and, in what will excite you all, Maria Isabel, the winner of JESC 2004! Alexander Martynenko (the head of the Belarussian delegation and man in charge of this years Junior Eurovision), said -
"It is not the final decision yet, but the show in Minsk may be hosted by several pairs of presenters. Amon g the candidates are renowned First TV Channel presenter Denis Kuryan and Maria Isabel". He has not ruled out that the entertainment program and contest slogan may be altered.
Instead of partnering with UNICEF in 2010 Junior Eurovision will aim to raise awareness of childhood disabilities and televoting funds will go towards such an organisation.
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(source of logo - esckaz)
9th April 2010
The logo for the 2010 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been released. It follows along with the 2008 and 2009 trend, and features rainbow wings, symbolising the connection of different cultures and countries. The wings are a symbol of freedom, of creative inspiration and ascent. The young stars will feel the joy of flying in Minsk! See below "the wings"!
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 31st March 2010
Just a quick note for any Australian readers, or anyone that has access to Aussie television - Junior Eurovision 2009 will be aired on SBS on Wednesday, April 14th at 1pm. Hopefully, in high definition! Very exciting news.. for me anyway ;)
Check out the venue guide under the 2010 menu by the way.
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