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Hello Kiev, This is the Internet calling – let’s vote for our Junior Eurovision 2009 favourite!

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Just a bit of fun, you understand; as The Internet doesn’t have an entry in Junior Eurovision (JESC), we can’t have an official vote. So I’ve set this one up for people following the fun on Twitter to join in. There’s no influence on the final vote, there’s no feedback to the main team here, it’s purely to see what would happen if there was an Internet jury. [poll id=”3″] Poll will close as the official voting lines close

The Watchers Guide to Junior Eurovision 2009

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In case you haven’t noticed, this week has (partly) been building up to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (the rest of the time I’ve been building a pocket supercomputer the size of Jonathan Livingston Seagull … honestly). A quick recap on the week’s articles… Introduction to Junior Eurovision. What’s different about Junior Eurovision? How to watch Junior Eurovision this weekend no matter where you are in the world. Download your JESC Scorecard. Tomorrow of course is the competition, and I’ll have one more article – a quick guide to all the songs – tomorrow. But for now, what do I

Download your Junior Eurovision scorecard

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Ever wondered what the biggest search term is around Eurovision leading up to any of the contests? So would I! What I do know from my logs is that many people are looking for a scorecard they can print out and fill in as the contest progresses. In previous years I’ve just pointed to the BBC for people to get their card, but as they’re not taking part in Junior Eurovision (boo!!!) I’ll just have to do it myself.  Download your Junior Eurovision 2009 Scorecard Laid out in the running order for Saturday’s final, you’ve got a handy picture of

So what’s different in Junior Eurovision (or why nobody ever scores nul points)

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With Junior Eurovision on this weekend, I thought I’d take some time each day this week to build up to one of the biggest children’s singing contest in the world. Today… what’s different between this Eurovision and the ‘Adult’ Eurovision that happens in May each year. Who can sing? Given the name of the contest it’s a children’s song competition, so they need to be between the age of 10 and 15. Those singing the song must also have written the song (but from last year adults can help them a little bit). Each song must have been selected through

It’s Eurovision Week – in a junior sort of way

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It’s time for the annual shot of methadone for addicts of the Eurovision Song Contest… yes it’s time for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest! Set roughly between the grown-ups version, Junior Eurovision (JESC) sees children between the ages of 12 and 15 representing their country by performing songs they have written themselves to an international audience.   Knowing the UK readers of this blog, I’m sure it won’t be long before someone pops up and mentions Minipops, but I’ll point to Hollie Steel if we get into an argument… deal? All the trappings of Eurovision are here, there’s national pride