• Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 26 November 2005 – 20:15 CET
• Host – Venue & Location: Ethias Arena, Hasselt, 🇧🇪 Belgium
• Presenter (s): Marcel Vanthilt & Maureen Louys 
• Director: Yves Podevyn, Ludovic Beun
• Executive Producer: Ludo Porrez
• Executive Supervisor: Svante Stockselius
• Multicamera Director: Yves Podevyn & Ludovic Beun
• Host broadcaster: Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) – Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT)
• Website: junioreurovision.tv/event/hasselt-2005 
• Motto: ‘Let’s get loud!’
• Opening Act – Interval Act: Vladik Myagkostupov (Cirque du Soleil) e María Isabel performing “Antes muerta que sencilla” e “Pues va a ser que no”.
• Participants – Number of entries: 16 [🇬🇷 Greece (3ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (3ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (3ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (3ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (3ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (3ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (1ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (3ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (3ª),  Serbia and Montenegro (1ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (3ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (3ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (3ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (3ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (3ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (3ª)]
• Debuting countries: 🇷🇺 Russia (1ª),  Serbia and Montenegro (1ª)
• Return: —
• Disqualified countries: 🇨🇾 Cyprus (2ª)
• Non-returning countries:  🇫🇷 France (1ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (2ª), 🇨🇭Switzerland (1ª)
• Vote – Voting system: Ognuno dei paesi in gara assegna 12, 10, 8 e dal 7 all’1, punti per le proprie dieci canzoni preferite.
• Winning song: “Мы вместе” – Ksenia Sitnik, 🇧🇾 Belarus (1ª)

Overview/About. The 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place in Hasselt, Belgium on Saturday 26 November.

The 2005 Contest was a joint production between French-language broadcaster RTBF and Flemish broadcaster VRT. A theme was introduced for the show; ‘Let’s Get Loud’.

16 countries took part in Junior Eurovision in 2005. Russia made its debut alongside Serbia & Montenegro, however Cyprus, France, Poland and Switzerland did not participate. Spain’s 2004 winner, María Isabel, performed during the interval.

Belarus won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the first time with “My vmeste” (We Are Together) performed by Ksenia Sitnik. Spain finished second and Norway came third.

R/O		Country	ARTIST	Song	Points	PLACE
1		🇬🇷 Greece	Alexandros and Kalli (Αλέξανδρος & Κάλλη)	“Tora einai i seira mas” (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας, It’s Our Turn Now)	088	06
2		🇩🇰 Denmark	Nicolai (Nicolai Kielstrup)	“Shake – Shake – Shake!”	121	04
3		🇭🇷 Croatia	Lorena Jelusić	“Rock Baby”	036	12
4		🇷🇴 Romania	Alina Eremia	“Țurai!” (Hey!)	089	05
5		🇬🇧 United Kindom	Joni Fuller	“How Does It Feel?”	028	14
6		🇸🇪 Sweden	M+ (Maria Chabo och Maria Josefson)	“Gränslös kärlek” (Borderless Love)	022	15
7		🇷🇺 Russia	Vladislav Krutskikh  (Влад Крутских / Владислав Крутских и Волшебники двора & Street Magic (Vsevolod Tarasov, Daria Gorskaya, Denis Uskov, Maria Pestunova, Vladislav Geshele / Артем Турбин, Владимир Серков, Егор Гоголев, Захар Овчинников, Лев Кочетов, Михаил Беляев, Александр Малахов)	“Doroga k solntsu” (Дорога к солнцу, Path To The Sun)	066	09
8		🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	Denis Dimoski (Денис Димоски)	“Rodendeski baknež” (Родендески бакнеж, Birthday Kiss)	068	08
9		🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Tess (Tess Gaerthé)	“Stupid”	082	07
10		Serbia and Montenegro	Filip Vučić (Филип Вучић)	“Ljubav pa fudbal” (Љубав па фудбал, Ljubav Pa Fudbal)	029	13
11		🇱🇻 Latvia	Kids4Rock (Monta Beļinska Vecums, Daniels Groza Vecums, Edijs Beļinskis Vecums un Zane Ošiņa Vecums)	“Es esmu maza jauka meitene” (I’m A Little Lovely Girl)	050	11
12		🇧🇪 Belgium	Lindsay (Lindsay Daenen)	“Mes rêves” (My Dreams)	063	10
13		🇲🇹 Malta	Thea and Friends	“Make It Right!”	018	16
14		🇳🇴 Norway	Malin (Malin Reitan)	“Sommer og skolefri” (Sommer å Skolefri[a], Summer and no school)	123	03
15		🇪🇸 Spain	Antonio José (Antonio José Sánchez Mazuecos)	“Te traigo flores”(I Bring You Flowers)	146	02
16		🇧🇾 Belarus	Ksenia Sitnik (Ксенія Сітнік)	“My vmeste” (Мы вместе, Мы разам; We Are Together)	149	01

Missed participation

Cyprus was originally going to participate in the 2005 contest, represented by Rena Kiriakidi’s “Tsirko”. However, it was later claimed to be plagiarised, and Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), the national broadcaster, was forced to withdraw. However, they did not lose their broadcast and voting rights and still broadcast the show live.

Participants

JESC 2005 Scoreboard Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

Detailed voting results

Hasselt 2005		Total score	🇨🇾	🇬🇷	🇩🇰	🇭🇷	🇷🇴	🇬🇧	🇸🇪	🇷🇺	🇲🇰	🇳🇱		🇱🇻	🇧🇪	🇲🇹	🇳🇴	🇪🇸	🇧🇾
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇬🇷 Greece	88	12	–	7	12	6	6	5	7	3	6	4	–	6	–	–	2	–
	🇩🇰 Denmark	121	6	7	–	8	3	1	10	6	12	7	5	6	8	7	12	7	4
	🇭🇷 Croatia	36	–	–	2	–	–	–	3	–	8	2	6	–	–	–	3	–	–
	🇷🇴 Romania	89	10	10	–	2	–	3	4	3	4	5	7	3	4	–	7	12	3
	🇬🇧 United Kindom	28	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	2	2	5	–	–	2
	🇸🇪 Sweden	22	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
	🇷🇺 Russia	66	3	5	1	–	4	2	–	–	1	–	1	10	3	1	5	6	12
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	68	–	–	–	4	8	4	1	10	–	3	10	4	1	2	–	1	8
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	82	2	4	10		2	7	7	4	–	–	–	1	12	8	4	4	5
	Serbia and Montenegro	29	1	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	🇱🇻 Latvia	50	–	3	–	5	1	5	2	5	2	–	2	–	–	3	1	3	6
	🇧🇪 Belgium	63	4	2	–	1	7	–	–	–	–	12	–	7	–	4	8	5	1
	🇲🇹 Malta	18	–	1	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	🇳🇴 Norway	123	5	6	12	3	5	8	12	2	5	10	3	8	7	10	–	8	7
	🇪🇸 Spain	146	8	12	4	7	12	12	8	8	6	8	12	5	10	6	6	–	10
	🇧🇾 Belarus	149	7	8	6	10	10	10	6	12	7	4	8	12	5	12	10	10	–

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 26 November 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a joint effort by the national broadcasters Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) and Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF), in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union. Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys hosted the event.

The show was not only broadcast live in the competing countries, it was also available on satellite worldwide and the Australian television channel SBS who acquired the rights to broadcast the show one month later. The theme of the show was Let’s Get Loud, standing for the new generation on the stage. The show was watched by 8,500 people in the arena, including the Belgian Prince Laurent and 20–25 million people around Europe.

Belarus was the winner of this edition, with 10-year-old Ksenia Sitnik singing her song “My vmeste”. Last year’s winner Spain finished in second place, with 2004 hosts Norway coming third.

Location. 

Bidding phase and host selection. Following the hosting problems for the 2004 edition, the location of the subsequent contests were appointed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), following a bidding process with broadcasters from the participating countries. Belgium was therefore the first country to successfully bid for the rights to host the contest in 2005.

In November 2003, there were reports that the competition was to take place in the Netherlands. In the same month, Jeroen Depraetere, coordinator of the show on behalf of the EBU, announced that five countries had expressed their willingness to organise the competition. Belgium won the right to hold the contest in March 2004 over five other countries including Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) of Croatia and AVRO of the Netherlands. 

In November 2004, it was announced that the Flemish city of Hasselt would host the contest at the Ethias Arena. The date of the contest had been confirmed shortly after the 2004 contest in Lillehammer.

Venue. The Ethias Arena is the largest multi-purpose arena in Hasselt, Belgium which is used for music concerts, sports (tennis, indoor cycling, jumping, etc.) and other large events. The arena opened in September 2004 and holds up to 21,600 people depending on the event. The venue is a part of the Grenslandhallen and has a surface of 13,600 square meters (44,619 square feet). In 2015, it hosted the 2015 European Championship in darts, a Professional Darts Corporation event. The venue would later be renamed to Trixxo Arena.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 (Gallery): 

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Participating countries: On May 2005, the EBU released the initial list of participants with 17 competing countries. Russia and Serbia and Montenegro made their debut, France and Switzerland withdrew after debuting in the 2004 contest, while Poland withdrew after debuting in the 2003 contest.

Although initially confirmed as a participating country, Cyprus withdrew from the contest on 13 October 2005 due to internal reasons – allegations of plagiarism regarding the selected song (“Tsirko” by Rena Kiriakidi) had been made. However, Cypriot viewers were able to watch the show and vote.

Prior to the event, a compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2005 contest, along with karaoke versions, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group in November 2005.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
🇧🇾 Belarus	BTRC	Ksenia Sitnik	“My vmeste” (Мы вместе)	Russian	Ksenia Sitnik
🇧🇪 Belgium	RTBF/VRT	Lindsay	“Mes rêves“	French	Lindsay Daenen
🇭🇷 Croatia	HRT	Lorena Jelusić	“Rock Baby”	Croatian	Lorena Jelusić
🇩🇰 Denmark	DR	Nicolai	“Shake Shake Shake”	Danish, English	Nicolai Kielstrup
🇬🇷 Greece	ERT	Alexandros and Kalli	“Tora einai i seira mas” (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας)	Greek	Alexandros Chountas, Kalli Georgelli
🇱🇻 Latvia	LTV	Kids4Rock	“Es esmu maza jauka meitene“	Latvian	Monta Beļinska, Daniēls Groza
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	MRT	Denis Dimoski	“Rodendeski baknež” (Родендески бакнеж)	Macedonian	Stefan Krstevski
🇲🇹 Malta	PBS	Thea and Friends	“Make It Right!”	English	Thea Saliba
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	AVRO	Tess	“Stupid”	Dutch	Tess Gaerthé
🇳🇴 Norway	NRK	Malin	“Sommer og skolefri“[a]	Norwegian	Malin Reitan
🇷🇴 Romania	TVR	Alina Eremia	“Țurai!“	Romanian	Alina Eremia
🇷🇺 Russia	VGTRK	Vladislav Krutskikh	“Doroga k solntsu” (Дорога к солнцу)	Russian	Kim Breitburg, Artyom Kavaleryan, Vladislav Krutskikh
Serbia and Montenegro	UJRT	Filip Vučić	“Ljubav pa fudbal” (Љубав па фудбал)	Montenegrin	Filip Vučić
🇪🇸 Spain	TVE	Antonio José	“Te traigo flores“	Spanish	Antonio José Sánchez Mazuecos
🇸🇪 Sweden	SVT	M+	“Gränslös kärlek“	Swedish	Maria Chabo, Maria Josefson
🇬🇧 United Kindom	ITV	Joni Fuller	“How Does It Feel?”	English	Joni Fuller

Format. 

Presenters. On 13 October 2005, it was revealed during a presentation that Maureen Louys of RTBF and Marcel Vanthilt of VRT would be the hosts of the contest.

Running order. The selection of the running order was conducted in two phases. In the first, which took place at the City Hall of Hasselt, there were three draws: one to select the countries that would perform first and last in the contest; a second to decide on the position of the host country; and a third to divided the 14 remaining countries into two groups of five (for the positions 2–6 and 7–11) and one of three (for the positions 13–15).

The second phase of the selection of the running order was conducted by the JESC Steering Group. The group decided on the final positions of the countries within the three groups, taking into account, for example, that no three ballads or no three songs from one European region should be performed consecutively in the contest. This system was already applied last year for the festival in Lillehammer.

Voting. Voting was the same as the traditional voting system, with each country voting for their 10 favorite songs, with scores of 1–8, 10 and 12. It was the first time points 1 through 5 had automatically appeared on the scoreboard, with spokesmen reporting only points 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12. The presenters started off by giving all contestants 12 points.

Contest overview. The event took place on 26 November 2005 at 20:15 CET. Sixteen countries participated, with the running order published on October 2005. All the countries competing were eligible to vote by televote. Belarus won with 149 points, with Spain, Norway, Denmark, and Romania, completing the top five. Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Malta occupied the bottom five positions.

The show was opened by a fireworks and bungee jumpers performance. The interval act included Vladik Myagkostupov from Cirque du Soleil gave a four-minute circus performance and 2004 winner María Isabel performing a medley of her winning entry “Antes muerta que sencilla” and new single “Pues Va A Ser Que No” from her second album Número 2. Isabel also presented the prize to the winner of the competition.

R/O	Country – Broadcaster	Language	Artist	Song – Translate	Event	Place	Points
01	🇬🇷 Greece ERT	Greek	Alexandros & Kalli (Alexandros and Kalli; Alexandros Chountas & Kalli Georgellis; Αλέξανδρος Χούντας, Κάλλι Γεωργέλλη)	“Tora Einai I Seira Mas” (Tora Ine I Sira Mas,Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας, It’s our turn now)	Eurovision Junior 2005, 30-09-05	06	088
02	🇩🇰 Denmark DR	Danish, English	Nicolai (Nicolai Kielstrup)	“Shake – Shake – Shake!“	MGP 2005 – de ungens melodi grand prix, 17-09-05	04	121
03	🇭🇷 Croatia HRT	Croatian	Lorena Jelusić	“Rock Baby“	Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2005, 03-07-05	12	036
04	🇷🇴 Romania TVR	Romanian	Alina Eremia	“Țurai!” (Tzooray!, Hey!)	Selecţia Naţională Eurovision Junior 2005, 20-08-05	05	089
05	🇬🇧 United Kindom ITV	English	Joni Fuller (Joni Amelia Fuller)	“How Does It Feel?“	Junior Eurovision Song Contest: The British Final 2005, 04-09-05	14	028
06	🇸🇪 Sweden SVT	Swedish	M+ (Maria Josefson & Maria Chabo)	“Gränslös Kärlek” (Borderless love / Bottomless love)	Lilla Melodifestivalen 2005, 07-10-05	15	022
07	🇷🇺 Russia RTR	Russian	Vlad Krutskikh & Street Magic (Vladislav Krutskikh, Vsevolod Tarasov, Daria Gorskaya, Denis Uskov, Maria Pestunova and Vladislav Geshele)	“Doroga K Solntsu” (Дорога к солнцу, Path to the sun)	Elección interna, ??-??-05	09	066
08	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia MKRTV	Macedonian	Denis Dimovski (Denis Dimoski, Денис Димоски)	“Rodendenski Baknež” (Родендески бакнеж, Birthday kiss)	Junior EuroSong 2005	08	068
09	🇳🇱 The Netherlands AVRO	Ducth	Tess (Tess Gaerthé)	“Stupid“ (Vindt hij me leuk?)	Junior Songfestival 2005	07	082
10	Serbia e Montenegro RTCG	Montenegrin	Filip Vučić (Филип Вучић)	“Ljubav Pa Fudbal” (Љубав па фудбал; Love, than football)	Junior Beovizija 2005 / Decija Eurovizija, 29-09-05	13	029
11	🇱🇻 Latvia LTV	Latvian	Kids4Rock (Monta Beļinska, Daniēls Groza, Edijs Beļinskis and Zane Ošiņa)	“Es Esmu Maza, Jauka Meitene“ (I’m a little lovely girl)	Bērnu Eirovīzija 2005,	11	050
12	🇧🇪 Belgium VRT	French	Lindsay (Lindsay Daenen, LindsaY)	“Mes Rêves” (My dreams)	Eurokids 2005, 18 settembre 2005	10	063
13	🇲🇹 Malta PBS	English	Thea & Friends (Thea Salina & Greta, Jolynn, Luanna, Valerie and Yasmeen)	“Make It Right!“	Junior Song For Europe 2005,	16	018
14	🇳🇴 Norway NRK	Norwegian	Malin (Malin Reitan)	“Sommer Og Skolefri!” (Summer and school free)	Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2005,	03	123
15	🇪🇸 Spain TVE	Spanish	Antonio José (Antonio José Sánchez Mazuecos)	“Te Traigo Flores” (I bring you flowers)	Eurojunior 2005, 02-10-05	02	146
16	🇧🇾 Belarus BTRC	Russian	Ksenia Sitnik (Ксенія Сітнік, Kseniya Sitnik, Xenia Sitnik, Ksenia Mikhailovna Sitnik, Ксенія Міхайлаўна Сітнік, Ксения Михайловна Ситник)	“My vmeste” (Мы вместе, We are together)	Song for Eurovision 2005, 24-09-05	01	149
17	🇨🇾 Cyprus CyBC	Greek	Rena Kiriakidi  (Ειρήνη Κυριακίδη)	“Tsirko” (Τσίρκο, Circus)	–	17	000

All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2005: 

• National Selections • Internal Selections in 2005:

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇧🇾 Belarus	Song for Eurovision, 24-09-2005	Ksenia Sitnik – “My vmeste” (Мы вместе)
🇧🇪 Belgium	Eurokids 2005, 18-09-2005	Lindsay – “Mes rêves”
🇭🇷 Croatia	Hrvatski izbor za Dječju pjesmu Eurovizije 2005, 03-07-2005	Lorena Jelusić – “Rock Baby”
🇩🇰 Denmark	MGP 2005 – De ungens Melodi Grand Prix, 17-09-2005	Nicolai – “Shake Shake Shake”
🇪🇸 Spain	Eurojunior 25004, 02-10-2005	Alexandros and Kalli – “Tora einai i seira mas” (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας)
🇬🇷 Greece	National final, 30-09-2005	Kids4Rock – “Es esmu maza jauka meitene”
🇱🇻 Latvia	Bērnu Eirovīzija 2005, 17-09-2005	Denis Dimoski – “Rodendeski baknež” (Родендески бакнеж)
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	National final, 17-09-2005	Thea and Friends – “Make It Right!”
🇲🇹 Malta	Junior Song For Europe 2004, 24-09-2005	Tess – “Stupid”
🇳🇴 Norway	MGP jr., 28-05-2005	Malin – “Sommer og skolefri” (Sommer å Skolefri)
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Junior Songfestival 2004, 24-09-2005	Alina Eremia – “Țurai!”
🇬🇧 United Kindom	-, ??-??-2005	Vladislav Krutskikh – “Doroga k solntsu” (Дорога к солнцу)
🇷🇴 Romania	Selecţia Naţională Eurovision Junior 2004, 20-08-2005	Filip Vučić – “Ljubav pa fudbal” (Љубав па фудбал)
Russia	Internal selection, ??-??-05	Antonio José – “Te traigo flores”
Serbia & Montenegro	Decija Eurovizija, 29-09-2005	M+ – “Gränslös kärlek”
🇸🇪 Sweden	Lilla Melodifestivalen 2004, 09-10-2004	Joni Fuller – “How Does It Feel?”

Detailed voting results

		Total score	🇨🇾	🇬🇷	🇩🇰	🇭🇷	🇷🇴	🇬🇧	🇸🇪	🇷🇺	🇲🇰	🇳🇱		🇱🇻	🇧🇪	🇲🇹	🇳🇴	🇪🇸	🇧🇾
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇬🇷 Greece	88	12		7	12	6	6	5	7	3	6	4		6			2
	🇩🇰 Denmark	121	6	7		8	3	1	10	6	12	7	5	6	8	7	12	7	4
	🇭🇷 Croatia	36			2				3		8	2	6				3
	🇷🇴 Romania	89	10	10		2		3	4	3	4	5	7	3	4		7	12	3
	🇬🇧 United Kindom	28			3					1		1		2	2	5			2
	🇸🇪 Sweden	22			8												2
	🇷🇺 Russia	66	3	5	1		4	2			1		1	10	3	1	5	6	12
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	68				4	8	4	1	10		3	10	4	1	2		1	8
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	82	2	4	10		2	7	7	4				1	12	8	4	4	5
	Serbia and Montenegro	29	1			6					10
	🇱🇻 Latvia	50		3		5	1	5	2	5	2		2			3	1	3	6
	🇧🇪 Belgium	63	4	2		1	7					12		7		4	8	5	1
	🇲🇹 Malta	18		1	5
	🇳🇴 Norway	123	5	6	12	3	5	8	12	2	5	10	3	8	7	10		8	7
	🇪🇸 Spain	146	8	12	4	7	12	12	8	8	6	8	12	5	10	6	6		10
	🇧🇾 Belarus	149	7	8	6	10	10	10	6	12	7	4	8	12	5	12	10	10

12 points: Below is a summary of all 12 points received. All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting to ensure that no country finished with nul points.

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
4	🇪🇸 Spain	🇬🇷 Greece, 🇷🇴 Romania,  Serbia and Montenegro, 🇬🇧 United Kindom
3	🇧🇾 Belarus	🇲🇹 Malta, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇷🇺 Russia
2	🇩🇰 Denmark	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia, 🇳🇴 Norway
	🇬🇷 Greece	🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus
	🇳🇴 Norway	🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇸🇪 Sweden
1	🇧🇪 Belgium	🇳🇱 The Netherlands
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	🇧🇪 Belgium
	🇷🇴 Romania	🇪🇸 Spain
	🇷🇺 Russia	🇧🇾 Belarus

Other countries. For a country to be eligible for potential participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, it needs to be an active member of the EBU. The following active EBU members did not take part:

• 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Cyprus was originally going to participate in the 2005 contest, represented by Rena Kiriakidi’s “Tsirko”. However, it was later claimed to be plagiarised, and Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), the national broadcaster, was forced to withdraw. However, they did not lose their broadcast and voting rights and still broadcast the show live.
• 🇫🇷 France – France, one of two debutants at the previous contest, and broadcaster France 3 turned down the offer to participate due to the following reasons: Programming difficulties and restructuring within the channel, Very low viewing figures the previous year, No motivation to compete, with French Head of Delegation Bruno Berberes stating that “Too much Eurovision kills Eurovision”.
• 🇬🇪 Georgia – Georgia was one of the countries on the preliminary participation list for the 2005 contest. However, at the time, Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB) was not a full member of the EBU and would become a member on the 6th of July, but as this was one week after the participation confirmation deadline, meaning Georgia had to withdraw and to wait out their participation until 2007.
• 🇮🇪 Ireland – Just like the 2004 contest, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) was said to be debuting at the 2005 contest. However, no official statement was released by the broadcaster and they ended up not participating.
• 🇱🇹 Lithuania – Lithuania, like Georgia, was one of the countries on the preliminary list for 2005. But, Lithuania withdrew for unspecified reasons. They would debut in 2007.
•  Monaco – Monaco and Monegasque broadcaster TMC expressed an interest in participating. However, plans never came to fruition due to scheduling problems and harsh citizenship laws and thus they never participated.
• 🇵🇱 Poland – Despite signing a 3-year contract with the EBU, Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) announced they would withdraw due to lack of interest and poor results. They would eventually return in 2016.
• 🇵🇹 Portugal – Even though Portugal did not participate, public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) broadcast the contest delayed and confirmed they would debut in 2006.
• 🇨🇭Switzerland – Switzerland, one of two debutants in 2004, and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster RTSI turned down the offer to participate for the following reasons: Financial difficulties, Lack of interest and financial support from the other multilingual broadcasters of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Ukraine, like Lithuania, was on the preliminary list of participation for 2005. But, they pulled out before the night and had to wait until the next year to debut.

Broadcasts. 

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)
🇧🇾 Belarus	Belarus 1, Belarus 24	Denis Kurian
🇧🇪 Belgium	Eén	Dutch: Ilse Van Hoecke and André Vermeulen
	La Une	French: Jean-Louis Lahaye
🇭🇷 Croatia	HRT 1	Unknown
🇩🇰 Denmark	DR1	Nicolai Molbech
	ERT1, ERT Sat	Unknown
🇱🇻 Latvia	LTV1	Kārlis Streips and Valters Frīdenbergs
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	MTV 1	Milanka Rašik
🇲🇹 Malta	TVM	Valerie Vella
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Nederland 1	Tooske Ragas
🇳🇴 Norway	NRK1	Nadia Hasnaoui
🇷🇴 Romania	TVR1, TVRi	Ioana Isopecu and Alexandru Nagy
🇷🇺 Russia	Russia TV, RTR-Planeta	Yuriy Nikolayev
Serbia and Montenegro	RTS2	Serbian: Duška Vučinić-Lučić
🇪🇸 Spain	TVE1, TVE Internacional	Beatriz Pécker and Lucho
🇸🇪 Sweden	SVT1	Josefine Sundström
🇬🇧 United Kindom	ITV2 (live), ITV1 (delayed)	Michael Underwood

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)
🇦🇱 Albania	RTSH	Unknown
🇦🇺 Australia	SBS	No commentary
🇨🇾 Cyprus	CyBC	Unknown
🇮🇱 Israel	IBA (7 December 2007)	No commentary
🇵🇹 Portugal	RTP1 (10 December 2005)	Eládio Clímaco
🇺🇦 Ukraine	NTU	Timur Miroshnychenko

Spokespersons.

Official album. Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Lillehammer 2004, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on November 2004. The album features all the songs from the 2004 contest.

JUNIOR EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: Hasselt 2005
COMPILATION ALBUM BY JUNIOR EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
RELEASED	November 2005
GENRE	Pop
LENGTH	38:52
LABEL	Universal

Notes.

• ^[a]^ ^a b The Norwegian song was written in a dialect of Norwegian, and originally had the title stated above (Sommer å Skolefri), however, when the Norwegian broadcaster submitted the song to the European Broadcasting Union, they gave the song title in the standard Norwegian form, Sommer og Skolefri, which is how it was displayed on screen.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology

JESC: Lillehammer 2004 → JESC: Hasselt 2005 → • JESC: Bucharest 2006 →
Countries (in order of appearance)
Final	Greece ⦁ Denmark ⦁ Croatia ⦁ Romania ⦁ United Kingdom ⦁ Sweden ⦁ Russia ⦁ FYRO Macedonia ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ Serbia and Montenegro ⦁ Latvia ⦁ Belgium ⦁ Malta ⦁ Norway ⦁ Spain ⦁ Belarus (winner)
Artists (in order of appearance)
Final	Alexandros and Kalli (Αλέξανδρος & Κάλλη) ⦁ Nicolai ⦁ Lorena Jelusić ⦁ Alina Eremia ⦁ Joni Fuller ⦁ M+ ⦁ Vladislav Krutskikh (Владислав Крутских) (feat. Street Magic / Волшебники двора) ⦁ Demis Dimoski (Денис Димоски) ⦁ Tess ⦁ Filip Vučić (Филип Вучић) ⦁ Lindsay ⦁ Thea and Friends ⦁  Malin ⦁ Antonio José ⦁ Ksenia Sitnik (Ксенія Сітнік) (winner)
Songs (in order of appearance)
Final	“Tora einai i seira mas” (Tώρα είναι η σειρά μας) ⦁ “Shake Shake Shake” ⦁ “Rock Baby” ⦁ “Țurai!” ⦁ “How Does It Feel?” ⦁ “Gränslös kärlek” ⦁ “Doroga k solntsu” (Дорога к солнцу) ⦁ “Rodendeski baknež” (Родендески бакнеж) • “Stupid” ⦁ “Ljubav pa fudbal” (Љубав па фудбал) ⦁ “Mes rêves” ⦁ “Make It Right!” ⦁ “Sommer og skolefri” (Sommer å Skolefri) ⦁ “Te traigo flores” ⦁ “My vmeste” (Мы вместе) (winner)
Non-participating entries: Cyprus ⦁ Rena Kiriakidi (Ρένα Κυριακίδη) – “Tsirko” (Τσίρκο)