JESC 2009

[Lowland]

I've written quite a bit about MGP, but it's worth noting that the Junior
Eurovision Song Contest for 2009 will be held this Saturday, November 21,
in Kiev, Ukraine.

http://www.junioreurovision.tv/

There are 13 nations participating this year, but unfortunately, only
three acts are boys; all solos. They are...

The Netherlands: Ralf Mackenbach
14-year-old Ralf performs his tribute to tap dancing, "Click Clack".

http://www.junioreurovision.tv/event/artistdetail?song=24813&event=1483
Ralf in the Dutch Final: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgCDeXkz6Rc
Interview with Ralf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdK_Nxj9Dxw

Ukraine: Andranik Aleksanyan
11-year-old Andranik performs "Try Topoli, Try Surmy"
Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43fYlcVge5g

Belarus: Yury Demidovich
I can't seem to find Yuri's age. He looks about 10 or 11. He does this
thing called "Volshebnyi Krolik". I wouldn't exactly call it "singing a
song"; it's more like a weird piece of performance art. Very trippy. If
you remember the buzzing bees from last year, this is weirder.

Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuvjTtpP8Pc

The live final is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 21 at
20:15 CET, 1915 UTC, which is 1:15 PM EST. I haven't yet worked out how
to watch it live, but I'm pretty sure some of the 13 national
broadcasters will have live streams running.

[Lowland]

>
> The live final is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 21 at
> 20:15 CET, 1915 UTC, which is 1:15 PM EST. I haven't yet worked out
> how to watch it live, but I'm pretty sure some of the 13 national
> broadcasters will have live streams running.
>

I've found at least one possible live stream for tomorrow's Junior
Eurovision Song Contest:

http://www.1tv.com.ua/jesc/live.php

It's from the Ukraine, and the quality isn't great. As I post this,
they're streaming live backstage from the second dress rehearsal.

[Lowland]

>
>
> The live final is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 21 at
> 20:15 CET, 1915 UTC, which is 1:15 PM EST. I haven't yet worked out
> how to watch it live, but I'm pretty sure some of the 13 national
> broadcasters will have live streams running.
>

I miscalculated the time zone difference; the actual start time is 2:15 pm
Eastern.

Additional possible live stream from Belarus:
http://www.tvr.by/liveair/btv.asx
(Windows Media Player)

[Tony Calguire]

"Mediajock" <mediaj...@hotmail.comantispam> wrote in news:4b086945$0
$5350$bbae...@news.suddenlink.net:

> x-no-archive: yes
>
> Did you know they also have a Youtube channel? (Looks like the official
> one.)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/user/JuniorEurovisionJESC
>
>
>

I believe their official channel is http://www.youtube.com/junioreurovision
.

That other one is a fan site. But, as usual, the fan sites have way more
stuff posted!

[Lowland]

The winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for 2009 is...

RALF! From The Netherlands.

And I have to say, Ralf kicked ass! A great song, a great performance.
The crowd loved it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BNctWIkqAU

(Sorry, but it was the only Youtube video I could actually find.)

Other performances...

Ukraine: Andranik Aleksanyan (5th place)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA2p0JMxWxM

The hometown boy makes a respectable finish. I'm not sure a folk song is
the way to win this competition, but he sure has a booming voice to make up
for his lack of stature.

Belarus: Yury Demidovich (9th place)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t04dL4-71E

Happy birthday, Yury! Apparently, his birthday was a couple days before
the competition.

I would have thought this would have been voted higher based on weirdness
alone. But he sure seemed to be enjoying himself. It wasn't really much
of a song, though.

Russia and Armenia tied for second; I didn't think much of either of their
songs. Belgium was fourth; I liked her song. Sweden took sixth; I liked
her and thought she should have placed higher. Malta should have been dead
last; that big girl looked like she was about 24!