So here are my rankings at the moment:

 

01 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Cyprus.png Cyprus

02 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia

03 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belarus.png Belarus

04 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Serbia.png Serbia

05 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png The Netherlands

06 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Malta.png Malta

07 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ukraine.png Ukraine

08 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Sweden.png Sweden

09 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Bulgaria.png Bulgaria

10 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Italy.png Italy

11 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia

12 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Georgia.png Georgia

13 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Slovenia.png Slovenia

14 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Montenegro.png Montenegro

15 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/San_Marino.png San Marino

16 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Croatia.png Croatia

 

Very high quality, my top 3 are especially fantastic! Belarus stands out to me as a likely winner, Russia would do too except there does seem to be quite a few similar ballads to it such as those from Serbia, Bulgaria and Slovenia and therefore the votes may be split.

I've edited the final line-up and my rankings with the Maltese entry now that it has premiered. If Federica can pull 'Diamonds' off live, Malta could definitely be up there once again as it is going to stand out so much!

Very rare thing, when I love JESC song, but Sweden did the right choice in this year.

 

 

JESC need to have more participants from Northern and Western Europe.

Edited October 27, 201410 yr by Outcast

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The official album is available to buy on iTunes now (including the UK!). :kink: I do love the artwork. :wub:

Also, online voting for non-participating countries has been announced with the song getting the most votes being presented with an Online Award trophy after the show. Details can be found here.

 

Finally, the 2014 theme song '#together' has been released and it is sung by last year's winner Gaia Cauchi. Al participants will perform this during the final in a couple of weeks time.

 

 

:dance:

Rehearsals began today and the running order was revealed yesterday. Malta's position as well as first and last position were drawn randomly while the rest drew halves and the producers decided the order from that. The draw is as follows:

 

01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belarus.png Belarus // Nadezhda Misyakova - Sokal (Falcon)

02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Bulgaria.png Bulgaria // Krisia, Hasan and Ibrahim - Planet Of The Children

03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/San_Marino.png San Marino // The Peppermints - Breaking My Heart

04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Croatia.png Croatia // Josie - Game Over

05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Cyprus.png Cyprus // Sophia Patsalides - I pio omorfi mera - The Most Beautiful Day

06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Georgia.png Georgia // Lizi Pop - Happy Day

07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Sweden.png Sweden // Julia Kedhammar - Du är inte ensam

08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ukraine.png Ukraine // Sympho-Nick - Spring Will Come

09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Slovenia.png Slovenia // Ula Ložar - Nisi sam / Your Light

10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Montenegro.png Montenegro // Maša Vujadinovic & Lejla Vulić - Budi dijete na jedan dan

11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Italy.png Italy // Vincenzo Cantiello - Tu primo grande amore

12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia // Betty - People Of The Sun

13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia // Alisa Kozhikina - Dreamer

14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Serbia.png Serbia // Emilija Djonin - Svet u mojim očima / World In My Eyes

15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Malta.png Malta // Federica Falzon - Diamonds

16 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png The Netherlands // Julia - Around

 

From what I gather reading fan forums, Cyprus and Bulgaria seem to be the fan favourites. Bulgaria is definitely an interesting case as from what I've read, Krisia is a massive star there and they are putting everything into this contest - I've seen comparison's to the effort Azerbaijan put in to Safura's 'Drip Drop'. Therefore it's very unfortunate - and shocking to the forums - that the producers have shoved Bulgaria into slot two, especially seeing as it is likely their result in this will determine if they will hurry back to adult Eurovision or not. Bulgarian TV even showed the opening ceremony apparently - the only broadcaster along with Malta to do so.

 

In terms of who seem to be the favourites now the draw is out, Malta are looking very good for a second win in a row with the other biggest contenders possibly being Armenia, Russia and The Netherlands. Bulgaria seem to have been ruled out due to the draw and despite being my tip for the win, Belarus seem to have no hype at all and a horrible running order draw as well. I also wouldn't rule out Italy seeing as Vincenzo is the only male singer in the entire contest.

 

Lots of dramatic events today, with the first dress rehearsal earlier today having numerous problems with lighting, LED screens and pyrotechnics that affected nearly all performances apparently. And now, the jury dress rehearsal is underway (still) and has been for over three hours due to the shipyard's only power generator failing during the second performance of Bulgaria which halted the show for around an hour! It has since been reported that due to the events of tonight, the jury will no longer vote tonight and will do so tomorrow instead - but this has yet to be confirmed.

 

It was all looking so good for Malta with their fantastic stage, hopefully they can get things sorted tomorrow!

 

Power failure at dress rehearsal

Malta - During tonight's dress rehearsal, a power failure interrupted the show for approximately 60 minutes.

 

At the beginning of “Planet of the children”, the Bulgarian entry, a power failure caused the stage to go dark. Behind the scenes, the technical crew investigated the problem and found it to be a power failure for the LEDs and lighting.

 

“This was unfortunate, but it does show the reality of live broadcasts and the importance of rehearsals – not just for the participants, but also for all technical aspects of the show. I have been assured by PBS, the host broadcaster, that all issues will be rectified in time for tomorrow night's televised final, as well as the the technical rehearsal tomorrow morning,” said Executive Supervisor Vladislav Yakovlev.

 

Anton Attard, Executive Producer, said later in the evening that extra generators were being brought in to be fully prepared for tomorrow night's final. He also apologised to all delegations, members of the audience, and the European Broadcasting Union for the power failure.

 

http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?i...dress_rehearsal

Just over half an hour to go! :dance: Here's a quick set of predictions from me for tonight's result:

 

01 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia

02 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Malta.png Malta

03 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Georgia.png Georgia

04 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia

05 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belarus.png Belarus

06 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png The Netherlands

07 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ukraine.png Ukraine

08 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Italy.png Italy

09 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Bulgaria.png Bulgaria

10 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Slovenia.png Slovenia

11 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Cyprus.png Cyprus

12 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Serbia.png Serbia

13 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Sweden.png Sweden

14 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Croatia.png Croatia

15 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Montenegro.png Montenegro

16 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/San_Marino.png San Marino

 

It's wide open though, very excited!

 

Federica just gave one of the most incredible performances I've ever seen!

I can't believe this is an actual thing.

Congratulations to the winners Italy! :cheer: Bulgaria, Armenia, Malta and Russia completed the top 5!

 

Fantastic show and I'll post more later :D

Sweden is very underrated :snif:

So here are the full results!

 

01 | 159 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Italy.png Italy // Vincenzo Cantiello - Tu primo grande amore

02 | 147 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Bulgaria.png Bulgaria // Krisia, Hasan and Ibrahim - Planet Of The Children

03 | 146 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia // Betty - People Of The Sun

04 | 116 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Malta.png Malta // Federica Falzon - Diamonds

05 | 096 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia // Alisa Kozhikina - Dreamer

06 | 074 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ukraine.png Ukraine // Sympho-Nick - Spring Will Come

07 | 071 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belarus.png Belarus // Nadezhda Misyakova - Sokal (Falcon)

08 | 070 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png The Netherlands // Julia - Around

09 | 069 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Cyprus.png Cyprus // Sophia Patsalides - I pio omorfi mera - The Most Beautiful Day

10 | 061 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Serbia.png Serbia // Emilija Djonin - Svet u mojim očima / World In My Eyes

11 | 054 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Georgia.png Georgia // Lizi Pop - Happy Day

12 | 029 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Slovenia.png Slovenia // Ula Ložar - Nisi sam / Your Light

13 | 028 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Sweden.png Sweden // Julia Kedhammar - Du är inte ensam

14 | 024 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Montenegro.png Montenegro // Maša Vujadinovic & Lejla Vulić - Budi dijete na jedan dan

15 | 021 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/San_Marino.png San Marino // The Peppermints - Breaking My Heart

16 | 013 | http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Croatia.png Croatia // Josie - Game Over

 

So this was the first Junior contest I'd properly got into since 2005 - most recently I'd just watched the shows with no prior listening or not even watched at all in the mid 2000s once the UK had withdrawn. The overall quality was outstanding - many songs would fit easily into the adult contest, and the overall show was fantastically produced and presented by Malta despite the slight hiccup in the jury rehearsal. You could tell the massive enthusiasm Malta have for Eurovision throughout the show and its so great to see a country so excited by a Eurovision contest. If you haven't tuned into a junior contest since the early years, I'd definitely give it a try once again as the allowance of adults to co-write and produce the song has seen an incredible increase in song quality.

 

The results were all just about right too, the only songs massively out of position in my opinion were Malta (who should've won), Cyprus (were my pre-contest favourites although they did actually do better than I expected but should've been even higher) and Slovenia (who should've been in the top half at least). I guess the biggest question is could Bulgaria have won had they not performed in the second position? Nevertheless this should hopefully give Bulgaria the result they wanted considering the massive effort they put in, and hopefully will push them towards the adult contest again. Croatia on the other hand, unfortunately I wouldn't be surprised to see them stay away from both contests for a while now. But as I said it was a brilliant show and Junior Eurovision is definitely back on track with the increased participation numbers and the fantastic song quality - many people say it was the best ever.

 

Here is the performance by eventual winner Vincenzo from Italy:

 

 

And here is the sensational Federica from Malta, this performance is just outstanding. The massive Maltese support in the crowd makes this such a moment, just incredible! :wub:

 

at least moves like jagger didn't win

 

malta's vocals are quite eh in some places

 

bulgaria by far the best out of the few songs I heard

 

italy... no hunni no

The winner of this is utterly INTOLERABLE!

But in its defence, the whole contest kind of is

This actually turned out far better than I anticipated (which isn't exactly a compliment but still). I can take or leave that winner, Italy is essentially the 'fetch' of Eurovision but I don't actively dislike it so small mercies and all that.

The full jury and televoting details have now been revealed and you can view individual voting results from each country here! I haven't looked at them yet but it'll be interesting to see if there are any naughty juries in this contest with similar/same rankings!

 

Here are the results if only televoting was used:

 

1. Bulgaria - 143 points

2. Armenia - 124 points

3. Ukraine - 100 points

4. Italy - 100 points

5. Russia - 89 points

6. The Netherlands - 69 points

7. Malta - 64 points

8. Belarus - 58 points

9. Cyprus - 42 points

10. Georgia - 41 points

11. Slovenia - 39 points

12. Serbia - 34 points

13. San Marino - 11 points

14. Montenegro - 10 points

15. Sweden - 3 points

16. Croatia - 1 point

 

And if only jury voting was used:

 

1. Italy - 143 points

2. Armenia - 114 points

3. Malta - 113 points

4. Bulgaria - 86 points

5. Cyprus - 73 points

6. Russia - 72 points

7. Serbia - 65 points

8. Belarus - 62 points

9. The Netherlands - 44 points

10. Georgia - 44 points

11. Sweden - 39 points

12. Ukraine - 24 points

13. Montenegro - 21 points

14. Slovenia - 14 points

15. San Marino - 11 points

16. Croatia - 3 points

 

Bulgaria winning the televoting easily from second in the running order! :o Italy only coming fourth in the televote! Other big surprises are Slovenia struggling so much with the juries with a well-sung ballad and Ukraine getting such a different result to their televote.