- Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 22 November 2008 – 20:15 CET
- Host – Venue & Location: Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center / Spyros Kyprianou Sports Centre, Αθλητικό Κέντρο “Σπύρος Κυπριανού”; Palais des sports), Lemesos, 🇨🇾 Cyprus
- Presenter (s): Alex Michael & Sophia Paraskeva
- Director: Klitos Klitou
- Executive Producer: Munro Forbes
- Executive Supervisor: Svante Stockselius
- Multicamera Director: —
- Host broadcaster: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
- Website: junioreurovision
.tv /event /lemesos-2008 - Motto: ‘Fun in the sun’
- Opening Act – Interval Act: Dance act featuring Yiorgos Ioannides and Mariam Venizelou – Dima Bilan, Evridiki & Dimitris Korgialas, all JESC 2008 participants singing “Hand in Hand“.
- Participants – Number of entries: 15 [🇬🇪 Georgia (2ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (6ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (21ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (4ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (3ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (6ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (1ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (3ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (6ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (6ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (3ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (6ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (6ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (2ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (6ª)]
- Debuting countries: —
- Return: —
- Non-returning countries: 🇵🇹 Portugal (2ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (5ª),
- 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:
“Bzz…” – Bzikebi, 🇬🇪 Georgia (1ª)
Overview/About. The 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held on Saturday 22 November in Lemesos, Cyprus.
15 countries took part in total and it was the first contest where there were no debuting participants. The theme for the show was ‘Fun In The Sun’. Dima Bilan, who had won the Eurovision Song Contest earlier that year for Russia, performed during the interval alongside previous Cypriot Eurovision representative Evridiki.
In a change to the rule, only six performers were allowed on stage instead of the previous limit of eight. A jury made up of both children and adults was introduced which accounted for 50% of the overall score. The other 50% was decided by televoting.
Georgia won Junior Eurovision for the first time with the song “Bzz” performed by Bzikebi. Ukraine finished second with Lithuania in third.
| R/O | Country | ARTIST | Song | Points | PLACE | |
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| 1 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | Monica (Monika Manucharova, Մոնիկա Մանուչարովա) | “Im ergi hnchyune” (Իմ երգի հնչյունը, Melody Of My Song) | 058 | 09 | |
| 2 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | Dasha, Alina and Karina (Дар’я, Аліна, Карына) | “Serdtse Belarusi” (Сердце Беларуси, Heart Of Blearus) | 086 | 06 | |
| 3 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | Oliver (Oliver Symons) | “Shut Up | 045 | 11 | |
| 4 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | Krastyana Krasteva (Крастиана Крастева) | “Edna mechta” (Една мечта, One Dream) | 015 | 15 | |
| 5 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva (Έλενα Μαννούρη και Χάρις Σάββα) | “Gioupi gia!” (Γιούπι για!, Whoopee Yia!) | 046 | 10 | |
| 6 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | Bzikebi (ბზიკები) | “Bzz..” | 154 | 01 | |
| 7 | 🇬🇷 Greece | Niki Yiannouchu (Νίκη Γιαννούτσου) | “Kapoia nychta” (Καποια νύχτα, Some Night) | 019 | 14 | |
| 8 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | Eglė Jurgaitytė | “Laiminga diena” (Happy Day) | 103 | 03 | |
| 9 | 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | Bobi Andonov (Боби Андонов, BOBI) | “Prati mi SMS” (Прати ми СМС, Send Me An SMS) | 093 | 05 | |
| 10 | 🇲🇹 Malta | Daniel Testa | “Junior Swing” | 100 | 04 | |
| 11 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | Marissa (Marissa Grasdijk) | “1 dag” (1 Day) | 027 | 13 | |
| 12 | 🇷🇴 Romania | Mădălina and Andrada (Mădălina și Andrada) | “Salvați planeta!” (Save The Planet!) | 058 | 09 | |
| 13 | 🇷🇺 Russia | Mihail Puntov (Миxаил Пунтов) | “Spit angel” (Спит ангел, Sleeping Angel) | 073 | 07 | |
| 14 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | Maja Mazić (Маја Мазић) | “Uvek kad u nebo pogledam” (Увек кaд у небо погледaм, Whenever I Look At The Sky) | 037 | 12 | |
| 15 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | Viktoria Petryk (Вікто́рія Пе́трик) | “Matrosy” (Матроси, Sailors) | 135 | 02 |
Missed participation
Participants
JESC 2008 Scoreboard Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:
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| 🇦🇲 Armenia | 59 | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | 8 | – | |
| 🇧🇾 Belarus | 86 | 5 | 5 | – | 10 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | – | 5 | |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | 73 | – | 10 | 12 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | 154 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | – | 4 | |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | 45 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | 2 | |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | 37 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 6 | 12 | |
| 🇲🇹 Malta | 100 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | – | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |
| 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 27 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 135 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 7 | – | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 103 | 8 | – | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | 10 | |
| 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | 93 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | – | |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 46 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 12 | – | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is the world’s largest song contest for children. It was held at the “Spyros Kyprianou” Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus and hosted by Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva. The theme of the event was “Fun in the Sun”. It was won by the Georgian trio Bzikebi, with the song “Bzz..”. Ukraine took 2nd place and Lithuania finished 3rd. Bzikebi also became the first group act to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
For the contest, various changes to the rules were made. One was that adults could assist children to write the songs submitted to their national broadcaster; previously only children could write the songs, with no assistance from adults. Another change was only six people could be on stage during a performance, instead of eight. The most significant change, however, was only half of the vote was decided by the tele-voters. Before the 2008 contest tele-voters completely decided the whole result. The other half of the result was decided by a jury of adults and children.
Location.
Bidding phase and host selection. On 27 May 2007, the Eurovision Steering Group decided to award CyBC of Cyprus the rights to host the 2008 contest, over bids from TV4 of Sweden and NTU of Ukraine, the latter of which would later host the 2009 edition. RTP of Portugal had also submitted a bid, however it was withdrawn at an early stage, and the country went on to withdraw from the competition altogether.
Venue. The Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center (Greek: Αθλητικό Κέντρο “Σπύρος Κυπριανού”), also known as Palais des Sports, is the largest multi-purpose indoor athletics arena in Cyprus. It is named after the late president of Cyprus Spyros Kyprianou. The shuttle of the centre can host more than 6,255 spectators and at least 42 wheelchair spots. Moreover, the centre is used especially for the sport events of local schools in Limassol greater area.
Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 (Gallery):
Participating countries. Fifteen countries took part in the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Macedonia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine. Portugal, which had taken part twice since 2006 announced that it was no longer interested in the contest and withdrew along with Sweden, a founding country in 2003, which left because of other broadcasting plans during the time of the event. Portugal would return in 2017 after winning the adult contest for the first time that same year.
On the other hand, Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina announced their intention to participate, but decided both to withdraw before the contest. Welsh language broadcaster S4C considered the possibility of participation, but in the end it was decided they would not to participate in the competition, because their debut was rejected because Wales isn’t a sovereign state. Only the BBC has the exclusive right to represent the United Kingdom. Wales later debuted in the 2018 contest.
Azerbaijan announced its intention to take part also, but withdrew from the contest in early October. According to İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti, the network was unable to select and prepare children for such a high scale event without proper help from other governmental structures and bodies. The broadcaster also confirmed payment of a fine to the EBU due to its late withdrawal. Poland had also considered participation but decided that it would not take part this year. The 2008 contest was the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest to have no debuting countries
Prior to the event, a compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2008 contest, along with karaoke versions, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 10 October 2008.
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
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| 🇦🇲 Armenia | AMPTV | Monica | “Im ergi hnchyune” (Իմ երգի հնչյունը) | Armenian |
Monica Manucharova, Meri Mnjoyan |
| 🇧🇾 Belarus | BTRC | Dasha, Alina and Karina | “Serdtse Belarusi” (Сердце Беларуси) | Russian[a] | Dasha Nadina |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | VRT | Oliver | “Shut Up” | Dutch | Oliver Symons |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | BNT | Krastyana Krasteva | “Edna mechta” (Една мечта) | Bulgarian | Krastyana Krasteva |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | CyBC | Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva | “Gioupi gia!” (Γιούπι για!) | Greek |
Andreas Georgallis, Elena Mannouri, Charis Savva |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | GPB | Bzikebi | “Bzz..” | Imaginary |
Mariam Kikuashvili, Mariam Talulashvili, Giorgi Shiolashvili |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | ERT | Niki Yiannouchu | “Kapoia nychta” (Καποια νύχτα) | Greek | Niki Yiannouchu |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | LRT | Eglė Jurgaitytė | “Laiminga diena“ | Lithuanian | Eglė Jurgaitytė |
| 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | MRT | Bobi Andonov | “Prati mi SMS” (Прати ми СМС) | Macedonian | Bobi Andonov |
| 🇲🇹 Malta | PBS | Daniel Testa | “Junior Swing” | English | Daniel Testa |
| 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | AVRO | Marissa | “1 dag“ | Dutch | Marissa Grasdijk |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | TVR | Mădălina and Andrada | “Salvați planeta!“ | Romanian |
Mădălina Lefter, Andrada Popa |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | VGTRK | Mihail Puntov | “Spit angel” (Спит ангел) | Russian |
Mikhail Puntov, Vsevolod Tarasov |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | RTS | Maja Mazić | “Uvek kad u nebo pogledam” (Увек кaд у небо погледaм) | Serbian | Maja Mazić |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | NTU | Viktoria Petryk | “Matrosy” (Матроси) | Ukrainian | Viktoria Petryk |
Format.
Visual design. The stage, which was designed by George Papadopoulos, was nominated for the prestigious international “Live Design Excellence Awards”. The design is an abstract composition and consists of a round stage representing the island of Cyprus, real water along the front of the stage, two jetties, the waves breaking and moving away from the island and five sailing boats with oars. During the competitive performances, a beach ball with the design of the performer’s national flag would be floating in the on-stage pond while they were performing.
The stage was constructed between 30 October 2008 and 14 November 2008.
Presenters. On 10 September 2008, the hosts were announced as Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva; both presenters with Cypriot backgrounds.
Running order. On 13 October 2008, the draw of the running order took place live on CyBC 1. This involved drawing the first and last countries and performers, and then drawing countries into various ‘pots’ to decide when they would perform. The full running order was announced on 14 October 2008.
Voting. As in all previous Eurovision Song Contests each country gave their top 10 countries songs points from 1 point for their 10th favourite song up until 8 points for their 3rd favourite song. Then 10 and 12 points were given for the second favorite and favorite respectively. However, the difference between this contest and other past contests is this is the first Eurovision Song Contest that implements a jury vote that counts for half of each countries vote. Profits made from the televoting was donated to UNICEF.
Contest overview. The event took place on 22 November 2008 at 21:15 EET (20:15 CET).Fifteen countries participated, with the running order published on 14 October 2008. For the first time, all the countries competing were eligible to vote through a 50% jury and 50% televoting system.[b] Georgia won with 121 points, with Ukraine, Lithuania, Malta, and Macedonia completing the top five. Belgium, Serbia, the Netherlands, Greece, and Bulgaria occupied the bottom five positions.
The opening of the show featured a dance act featuring Yiorgos Ioannides and Mariam Venizelou. During the interval, Eurovision 2008 winner Dima Bilan performed two songs during the interval, alongside Evridiki and her husband Dimitris Korgialas who performed the theme song of the contest, “Fun in the Sun”. Closing the interval, all participants performed the song “Hand in Hand”, which was written especially for UNICEF and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that year.
| R/O | Country | Language | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
| 01 | 🇷🇴 Romania TVR | Romanian | Mădălina & Andrada (Mădălina Lefter & Andrada Popa, Mădălina Lefter (Lefter Madalina Ioana) şi Andrada Popa (Popa Andrada Ioana)) | “Salvaţi Planeta!” (Save the planet!) | 09 | 058 |
| 02 | 🇦🇲 Armenia AMPTV | Armenian | Monika Manucharova (Monica Manucharova, Մոնիկա Մանուչարովա) | “Im Ergi Hnchyune” (Իմ Երգի Հնչյունե, Melody of my Song) | 08 | 059 |
| 03 | 🇧🇾 Belarus BTRC | Russian[a] | Dasha Nadina, Alina Molash & Karyna Zhuykovich (Dasha, Alina & Karina, Trio Daria Nadina: Darya Nadina (Dasha Nadina), Karina Zhukovich, Alina Molosh – Надзіна Дар’я, Жуковіч Карына і Молаш Аліна (трыо) / (Надина Дарья, Жукович Карина и Молош Алина (трио)) (Надзіна Дар’я (Даша Надзіна), Жуковіч Карына (Карына Жуковіч) і Молаш Аліна (Аліна Молаш) (трыо)) (With Group Vegas: Masha, Yulia and Diana)) |
“Sertse Belarusi” (Serdtse Belarusi, Сердце Беларуси, Heart of Belarus) | 06 | 086 |
| 04 | 🇷🇺 Russia RTR | Russian | Mihail Puntov (Mikhail Puntov, Миxаил Пунтов) | “Spit Angel” (Спит ангел, Sleeping angel) | 07 | 073 |
| 05 | 🇬🇷 Greece ERT | Greek | Niki Yiannouchu (Niki Giannoutsou, Nikόλα ΓιανόΠouλo, Νίκη Γιανούτσου ) | “Kapoia Nychta” (Kapia Nichta, Καποια νύχτα, Some night) | 14 | 019 |
| 06 | 🇬🇪 Georgia GPB | Imaginary | Bzikebi (ბზიკები, wasps; Giorgi Shiolashvili (გიორგი შიოლაშვილი), Mariam Kikuashvili (მარიამ კიკუაშვილი) & Mariam Tatulashvili (მარიამ თათულაშვილის) | “Bzz…” (ბზზზ.., Bzzz) | 01 | 154 |
| 07 | 🇧🇪 Belgium VRT | Dutch | Oliver (Oliver Symons) | “Shut Up!” (Zwijg!), Taisez-vous!) | 11 | 045 |
| 08 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria BNT | Bulgarian | Krestiana Kresteva “Krissi” (Крастиана Крастева, Krastyana Krasteva) | “Edna Mechta” (Една мечта, One dream) | 15 | 015 |
| 09 | 🇷🇸 Serbia RTS | Serbian | Maja Mazić (Маја Мазић) | “Uvek Kad U Nebo Pogledam” (Увек кaд у небо погледaм, Whenever I look at the sky) | 12 | 037 |
| 10 | 🇲🇹 Malta PBS | English | Daniel Testa | “Junior Swing“ | 04 | 100 |
| 11 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands AVRO | Dutch | Marissa (Marissa Grasdijk) | “1 Dag” (One day, 1 dag is veel te kort, One day, One Day Is Way Too Short) | 13 | 027 |
| 12 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine NTU | Ukrainian | Victoria Petryk (Viktoria Ihorivna “Vika” Petryk, Вікто́рія Іго́рівна “Віка” Пе́трик) | “Matrosy” (Матроси, Sailors) | 02 | 135 |
| 13 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania LRT | Lithuanian | Eglė Jurgaitytė | “Laiminga Diena” (Happy day) | 03 | 103 |
| 14 | 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia MKRTV | Macedonian | Bobi Andonov (Боби Андонов) | “Prati Mi SMS” (Прати ми СМС, Send me an SMS) | 05 | 093 |
| 15 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus CyBC | Greek | Elena Mannouri & Charis Savva (Έλενα Μαννούρη και Χάρις Σάββα) | “Gioupi Gia!” (Yioupi Yia, Γιούπι για, Whoopee gia!) | 10 | 046 |
All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2008:
• National Selections • Internal Selections in 2008:
| COUNTRY | EVENT | WINNER |
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| 🇦🇲 Armenia | Final nacional, 11 de julio de 2008 | Monica – “Im ergi hnchyune” (Իմ երգի հնչյունը) |
| 🇧🇾 Belarus | Song for Eurovision, 12 de septiembre de 2008 | Dasha, Alina and Karina – “Serdtse Belarusi” (Сердце Беларуси) |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | Junior Eurosong, 27 de septiembre de 2008 | Oliver – “Shut Up” |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | Final nacional, 18 de septiembre de 2008 | Krastyana Krasteva – “Edna mechta” (Една мечта) |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | Final nacional, 28 de junio de 2008 | Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva – “Gioupi gia!” (Γιούπι για!) |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | Final nacional, 4 de octubre de 2008 | Bzikebi – “Bzz..” |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | Final nacional, 27 de septiembre de 2008 | Niki Yiannouchu – “Kapoia nychta” (Καποια νύχτα) |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | Vaikų Eurovizija, 05-10-08 | Eglė Jurgaitytė – “Laiminga diena” |
| 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | Final nacional, 20 de septiembre de 2008 | Bobi Andonov – “Prati mi SMS” (Прати ми СМС) |
| 🇲🇹 Malta | Junior Eurosong, 13 de septiembre de 2008 | Daniel Tes ta – “Junior Swing” |
| 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | Junior Songfestival, 4 de octubre de 2008 | Marissa – “1 dag“ |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | Selecţia Naţională, 1 de junio de 2008 | Mădălina and Andrada – “Salvați planeta!“ |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | Final nacional, 1 de julio de 2008 | Mihail Puntov – “Spit angel” (Спит ангел) |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | Final nacional, 21 de septiembre de 2008 | Maja Mazić – “Uvek kad u nebo pogledam” (Увек кaд у небо погледaм) |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | Final nacional, 21 de septiembre de 2008 | Viktoria Petryk – “Matrosy” (Матроси) |
Connections:
4.Detailed voting results. Georgia and Macedonia awarded their points last due to technical problems.
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| 🇦🇲 Armenia | 59 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| 🇧🇾 Belarus | 86 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 🇷🇺 Russia | 73 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 19 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | 154 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | 45 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 15 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | 37 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
| 🇲🇹 Malta | 100 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 135 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 103 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | 93 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 46 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
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 |
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| 8 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| 3 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇷🇴 Romania |
| 1 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 🇷🇸 Serbia |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 🇬🇷 Greece | |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia |
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.
Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan was originally going to participate but withdrew on 15 October 2008, due to the lack of participants signed up for the national final.
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Bosnia and Herzegovina were also set to participate but later withdrew. Bosnia and Herzegovina also unsuccessfully attempted to participate in 2007. They did, however, broadcast the contest live.
Broadcasts. A live broadcast of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was available worldwide via satellite through European streams such as TVRi, ERT World, ARMTV, RTS Sat and MKTV Sat. The official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary via the peer-to-peer medium Octoshape.
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | . |
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| 🇦🇲 Armenia | Armenia 1 | Gohar Gasparyan | |
| 🇧🇾 Belarus | Belarus 1 | Denis Kurian | |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | VRT | Kristien Maes and Ben Roelants | |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | BNT 1 | Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev | |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | CyBC | Kyriakos Pastides | |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | GPB | Temo Kvirkvelia | |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | ERT | Renia Tsitsibikou and George Amyras | |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | LRT | Darius Užkuraitis | |
| 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | MTV 1 | Ivona Bogoevska | |
| 🇲🇹 Malta | TVM | Valerie Vella | |
| 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | AVRO | Sipke Jan Bousema | |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | TVR | Ioana Isopescu and Alexandru Nagy | |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | RTR | Olga Shelest | |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | RTS2 | Duška Vučinić-Lučić | |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | NTU | Timur Miroshnychenko |
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Australia | SBS (13 May 2009) | Unknown | |
| 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | İctimai TV | Unknown | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BHT 1 | Dejan Kukrić |
Spokespersons.
- 🇷🇴 Romania – Iulia Ciobanu
- 🇦🇲 Armenia – Mary Sahakyan
- 🇧🇾 Belarus – Anjelica Misevich
- 🇷🇺 Russia – Sarina
- 🇬🇷 Greece – Stefani Trepekli
- 🇬🇪 Georgia– Ana Davitaia
- 🇧🇪 Belgium – Chloé Ditlefsen
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Marina Baltadzi
- 🇷🇸 Serbia – Anđelija Erić
- 🇲🇹 Malta – Francesca Zarb
- 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Famke Rauch
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Marietta
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania – Lina Joy
- 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia – Marija Zafirovska
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Christina Christofi
Official album. Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Lemesos 2008, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on November 2008. The album features all the songs from the 2008 contest, along with karaoke versions.
| JUNIOR EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: LEMESOS 2008 | |
|---|---|
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| COMPILATION ALBUM BY JUNIOR EUROVISION SONG CONTEST | |
| RELEASED | – |
| GENRE | Pop |
| LENGTH | – |
| LABEL | – |
Notes.
- a^ At the start of the song, the backing vocals are in Belarusian.
- b^ The only country that did not use this system was Ukraine who calculated their vote using a jury. Ukrainian broadcaster NTU opted not to broadcast the contest live, but to air it deferred on Sunday 23 November as Saturday 22 November was Holodomor Remembrance Day in the country.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
| JESC: Rotterdam 2007 → JESC: Lemesos 2008 → • JESC: Kiev 2009 → | |
| Countries (in order of appearance) | |
| Final | Romania ⦁ Armenia ⦁ Belarus ⦁ Russia ⦁ Greece ⦁ Georgia (winner) ⦁ Belgium ⦁ Bulgaria ⦁ Serbia ⦁ Malta ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ Ukraine ⦁ Lithuania ⦁ FYRO Macedonia ⦁ Cyprus |
| Artists (in order of appearance) | |
| Final | Mădălina and Andrada (Mădălina și Andrada) ⦁ Monica (Monica Manucharova, Մոնիկա Մանուչարովա) ⦁ Dasha, Alina and Karina (Daria Nadina, Alina Molosh, Karina Zhukovich / Дар’я Надзіна, Аліна Молаш, Карына Жуковіч) ⦁ Mihail Puntov (Михаил Пунтов) ⦁ Niki Yiannouchu (Νίκη Γιαννούτσου) ⦁ Bzikebi (ბზიკები) (winner) ⦁ Oliver (Oliver Symons) ⦁ Krastyana Krasteva (Кристиана Кръстева) ⦁ Maja Mazić (Маја Мазић) ⦁ Daniel Testa ⦁ Marissa ⦁ Viktoria Petryk (Вікто́рія Пе́трик) ⦁ Eglė Jurgaitytė ⦁ Bobi Andonov (Боби Андонов, BOBI) ⦁ Elena Mannouri and Charis Savva (Έλενα Μαννούρη και Χάρις Σάββα) |
| Songs (in order of appearance) | |
| Final | “Salvați planeta!” ⦁ “Im ergi hnchyune” (Իմ երգի հնչյունը) ⦁ “Serdtse Belarusi” (Сердце Беларуси, Сэрца Беларусі) ⦁ “Spit angel” (Спит ангел) ⦁ “Kapoia nychta” (Καποια νύχτα) ⦁ “Bzz..” (ბზზზ..) ⦁ “Shut Up” ⦁ “Edna mechta” (Една мечта) • “Uvek kad u nebo pogledam” (Увек кaд у небо погледaм) ⦁ “Junior Swing” ⦁ “1 dag” ⦁ “Matrosy” (Матроси) ⦁ “Laiminga diena” ⦁ “Kapou berdeftika” (Καποu μπερδεύτηκα) ⦁ “Prati mi SMS” (Прати ми СМС) ⦁ “Gioupi gia!” (Γιούπι για!) |
| Non-participating entries: – | |
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