Europe has decided on the best children's composition of the outgoing season. Millions of music lovers followed the musical passions in Tbilisi. The winner was Polina Bogusevich from Russia. For the first time in the history of the TV project, viewers posted their scores via the Internet, and for the first time each of the participating countries received the right to vote for their delegate. The 14-year-old Minsker performed with dignity and became the leader of alternative ratings of fan sites.
Belarusians will be able to vote for Helena Meraai at Junior Eurovision this year
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The European Broadcasting Union has made changes to the rules of the International Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Now Belarusians will be able to support the participant from their country and vote for him on the Internet. Open voting will begin on Friday, November 24, on the official website of the European Song Forum.
To participate in the selection of the winner, you will need to watch a short video of the performances of all 16 artists on the Junior Eurovision website www.junioreurovision.tv from November 24 and choose from three to five favorites of the show that you liked the most.
You can support young artists online from any stationary or mobile device: computer, tablet, mobile phone.
The winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will be determined by the results of voting by a professional jury and TV viewers. The votes of the audience will make up half of the result, while the jury will add the other half at the end of the competition. The song with the most points will be the winner of the song forum.
Helena Meraai will represent Belarus at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Belarus at the International Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017, which will be held on November 26 in Tbilisi (Georgia), will be represented by Helena Meraai.
The name of the winner was announced late in the evening on August 25 live on TV channels "Belarus 1" and "Belarus 24". The online broadcast of the finals of the national qualifying round was also conducted by the official website of the main media holding of the country www.site.
Eight solo performers, a quartet and a duet of young performers competed for the right to enter the international stage of Junior Eurovision 2017. The final show was hosted by Theo and Olga Ryzhikova.
The organization of the national selection and preparation for the International Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is traditionally carried out by Belteleradiocompany as the only member of the European Broadcasting Union in Belarus.
Online conference with Helena Meraai, representative of Belarus at Junior Eurovision 2017
Helena Meraai: "In The Fault in Our Stars, I borrowed a favorite phrase with which I now go through life:" The world is not a wish-fulfilling factory, but if you want something, you will achieve everything yourself.
Self-confidence is important. I was the first number on the stage, and I gave so much energy to the guys who are in the hall, because for me it was the main thing that I was standing on this stage at all. The rest doesn't matter. But when they announced that I was the winner, I did not immediately understand what had happened. I look into the hall, I see Olya Drozdova (it was impossible not to notice her), I see my mother, these happy eyes, I see the guys from the support group, and I was so happy, you can’t imagine! Everything inside me just lifts, and now I understand that I have such a big responsibility."
The order of performances of the finalists of the national selection for Junior Eurovision-2017 has been determined
The draw for the finalists of the national selection for Junior Eurovision 2017 took place at Belteleradiocompany. This year there are 10 contestants - 8 soloists, 1 quartet and 1 duet. Participants drew lots in alphabetical order. Especially for the ceremony, the organizers made forfeits in the shape of a circle with the Eurovision logo of this year.
According to the results of the draw, the contestants will take the stage in the following order:
1. Helena Meraai (Minsk);
2. Anastasia Timofeevich (Brest);
3. Ruslana Panchishina (Minsk);
4. Elina Mataras (Minsk);
5. Yaroslav Sokolikov (Minsk);
6. Stefania Sokolova (Minsk);
7. Duet of Arina Pekhtereva and Anastasia Dmitrachkova (Mogilev);
8. Quartet of the National Center for Children's Creativity. V. Mulyavina: Maxim Tsuprikov, Angelina Lomako, Stefania Kruglaya and Stefania Sokolova (Minsk);
9. Maria Zhilina (Minsk);
10. Anastasia Zhabko (Minsk).
It is in this sequence that the vocalists will perform at the final show, which will take place on August 25. The national preselection will be broadcast by Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 TV channels.
To filming the Belteleradiocompany team will start in the first week of August. The video will precede the performance of the finalists at the gala concert. Participants were also shown the stage design project. Large-scale scenery with giant screens will be installed in the 600 meters studio.
The finalists of the national qualifying round of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 have been determined
On July 7, the composition of the participants in the final of the national qualifying round of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 became known. The top ten finalists were chosen by a professional jury based on the results of the audition.
The professional jury included: composer, People's Artist of Belarus, first deputy chairman of the board of the public association "Belarusian Union of Composers" Eduard Zaritsky (chairman of the jury), deputy chief director of the TV channel "Belarus 1" Olga Salamakha, composer, arranger Gennady Markevich, singer, official representative of Belarus at the international song contest "Eurovision-2015" Yuzari, popular singer Iskui Abalyan, consultant of the professional art department of the arts department of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus Tatiana Parkhamovich, PR manager Sergei Andrianov.
Recall that the organizers allowed to audition all applicants whose applications were issued in accordance with the requirements specified in the regulation, and these are 45 participants, of which 37 are solo performers and 8 are vocal groups.
The audition took place at the largest television platform of the media holding - in the studio "600 meters".
According to the results of the audition, the finalists of the qualifying round were:
- Ruslana Panchishina (Minsk),
- Helena Meraai (Minsk),
- Stefania Sokolova (Minsk),
- Anastasia Zhabko (Minsk),
- Quartet National Center for Children's Creativity. V. Mulyavina: Maxim Tsuprikov, Angelina Lomako, Stefania Kruglaya and Stefania Sokolova (Minsk),
- Maria Zhilina (Minsk),
- Duet of Arina Pekhtereva and Anastasia Dmitrachkova (Mogilev),
- Yaroslav Sokolikov (Minsk),
- Anastasia Timofeevich (Brest),
- Elina Mataras (Minsk).
The final show in the form of a gala concert live on TV channels "Belarus 1" and "Belarus 24" will take place no later than September 16.
The winner of the national qualifying round will represent Belarus at Junior Eurovision 2017 on November 26 in Tbilisi (Georgia).
All rights related to the selection process belong exclusively to the organizer - Belteleradiocompany. The Belarus 1 TV channel is traditionally the exclusive broadcaster of both the national qualifying round and the international Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017.
A dress rehearsal of the performances of all participants of the Junior Eurovision took place in Tbilisi today. After evaluating the competition performances, a BelTA correspondent asked Anton Samsonov, president of the OGAE Russia club (a Russian club of fans of the competition), head of the Escrus project, who watches children's and adult music competitions almost every year, to analyze each number. Here are the highlights of the conversation.
No. 1. Cyprus
The show will be opened by Nicole Nikolaou from Cyprus. According to Anton Samsonov, the first rehearsal showed that the contestant needed to work on her breathing. Then the problem was dealt with. Now, according to the critic, there is another drawback - in the television picture (at least today), the girl looked somewhat frightened. Perhaps, at the rehearsal, she saved her strength and worked at half strength, and already in the final she will show all the possibilities.
No. 2. Poland
The representative of Poland will speak second. Alicia Rega is perfect in everything: she has a well-written song, she is a professional vocalist. An essential point that can prevent the contestant from taking the top line of the rating is that against the background of younger children, she looks too adult.
Number 3. Netherlands
Group Fource from the Netherlands will represent their country under the third number. As far as this country is concerned, the boys consider themselves stars. However, due to age, according to the critic, the guys have some roughness in their performance. Only one guy out of the four had a voice breakdown, so he has a low tempo and really good vocals.
No. 4. Armenia
Misha (Mikael Grigoryan) from Armenia will perform fourth. At the first rehearsal, he showed the maximum of his abilities, and it sounded very good. Then the boy began to save energy. In general, according to Anton Samsonov, this is a national feature of Armenia. In this regard, he remembered not the best rehearsals of the same Sirusho at the adult Eurovision 2008, which performed the song "Qele Qele". Despite this, the singer reached the final and took 4th place. A typical example at Junior Eurovision is Dalita, a contestant in 2011. At all rehearsals, she held back, but then she gave her maximum in front of the jury and the audience.
No. 5. Belarus
The representative of Belarus Helena Meraai will perform under the fifth number. “From the point of view of vocals, it’s impossible to find fault with anything at all. She works perfectly. And what impresses me very much is that she doesn’t scream,” said Anton Samsonov. Now there is a general tendency in teaching vocals - this is the American style, when they try to give out something in a pseudo-jazz style, as a result of which they just scream. Helena doesn't. "She sings her note, but does not go for sharper vibrations. And due to this, the voice goes very well with the music," the critic added.
A negative point that can affect Helena's result is the neighborhood of younger contestants. An Armenian boy who works in the so-called junior group is speaking in front of her. She is also followed by a very small contestant. And Helena has an adult song, in principle, she is already an accomplished artist, her song is at the level of an adult competition. Nevertheless, Helena looks much more advantageous than all the "age" contestants.
Anton Samsonov admitted that Helena conquered him with her seriousness. Being at a press conference, he asked her what the diminutive form of her name sounds like. The contestant listed the options, but noted that she prefers to be called Helena. Such a formal approach at her age indicates that a person is preparing himself for the big stage.
No. 6. Portugal
Marianna Venancio from Portugal will perform sixth. This is a small child with a charming charisma. She shows an absolutely childish number. In this case, this plays to her advantage, because in a children's competition, the performance usually wins, in which the amount of positive and directly childishness is very large. In Portugal, it's all just rolls over. The girl herself is excellent on stage, works great on camera.
No. 7. Ireland
Seventh - Murenne McDonnell from Ireland. According to the age parameter, the contestant was between the group of adult girls, which includes Belarus, and the younger group, which includes Portugal and Malta. Ireland is a hostage of the image: a girl with a guitar is standing on the stage. For the listener, the composition may seem incomprehensible and unusual.
From myself, I’ll add that this number seemed very interesting to me, and the composition itself will definitely appear in my playlist.
No. 8. Macedonia
Mina Blazhev from Macedonia is eighth. As for the representative of this country, she is also included in the group of adult girls. Mina is very mature on stage and tries to show a teenage number. In terms of vocals, she is very stable. She has a very interesting production, oversaturated with special effects. This number is entirely in the spirit of adult Eurovision.
No. 9. Georgia
The second half is opened by the incomparable representative of the host country Grigol Kipshidze, who will perform ninth. Everything about him is great both in terms of music and vocals. In principle, Georgia has never performed poorly. Why you can love Belarus and Georgia - they are a kind of quality mark. And they always know how to choose the right song.
No. 10. Albania
Ana Kodra from Albania is tenth. Albanian showed progress at rehearsals, the critic believes. She eschewed harsh moments in the chorus, jazz improvisation, which is very difficult for a child's voice and can have consequences. Now the girl began to sound softer and more pleasant. The disadvantage of the contestant is that she can get lost against the background of charismatic children. The representative of Portugal, for example, has much brighter charisma, she smiles more interestingly, conveys emotions, looks direct. Albania has the most serious text that does not fit with a small child.
№11.Ukraine
Next, in turn, Anastasia Baginskaya from Ukraine will speak. The girl at the rehearsals, most likely, did not give all her best. In addition, at the first rehearsals, a very small girl, because of the makeup, looked the same age as Helena.
No. 12. Malta
Gianluca Chilia from Malta takes charisma. He was vocally perfect from the very first run. The contestant does a great job on camera. Malta has every chance to win a third time.
No. 13. Russia
Polina Bogusevich from Russia is the strongest vocalist in the competition. The delegation did everything in its power to make the number look deliberately serious, complex, with a social message. It has a sophisticated dramaturgy. The choreography is good, the arrangement is worked out to the maximum. Polina is an accomplished adult artist, she sings about super-serious things. This may affect its result.
No. 14. Serbia
Irina Brodich and Jana Paunovic from Serbia play their uncomplicated number perfectly. They are very pleasant to look at. In fan tops, they are closer to the end, but as a result, they will not be there. Such performances in viewers evoke emotions, they say, what a charm. And people will vote.
Well, tomorrow we will know the name of the winner.
Svetlana VASILEVSKAYA,
PHOTO by Gennady ZHINKOV,
On November 26, the final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will be held in the capital of Georgia. The competition will begin at 19:00 (18:00 Moscow time) at the Tbilisi Sports Palace. Russia is represented by 14-year-old Polina Bogusevich, she will perform at number 13 with the song "Wings". The slogan of Junior Eurovision 2017 is Shine bright or "Shine bright".
Georgia won the right to host the fifteenth contest after the victory of ten-year-old singer Mariam Mamadashvili at Eurovision 2016. With the song "Mzeo" (sun - translated from Georgian), the Georgian was ahead of representatives of 17 countries, gaining 239 points.
Junior Eurovision 2017: live online broadcast
The fact that Georgia is ready to host Eurovision in 2017 was reported to the organizers of the contest immediately after the victory. However, as you know, unlike the adult Eurovision, the winning country does not automatically receive the right to host the contest next year. As a result, the European Broadcasting Union made the final decision to hold the show in Georgia some time later.
For the first time in the history of the international song contest, which is held for the 15th time, the audience will be able to participate in the selection of winners. Online voting started on the official website of Junior Eurovision on November 24th. Before the final show, it will close, and after the performance of all the contestants, the audience will vote for another 15 minutes. The final decision on the winner of the competition will be made on the basis of the audience voting and the opinion of the jury members, and both "scores" are equal in strength and are important for the overall victory. This year, the National Jury of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest included vocal teacher Valeria Araskina, popular Russian theater and film artist Alexander Oleshko and Tina Kuznetsova, composer, songwriter and performer.
The live TV broadcast of the final show will be shown by the children's channel "Carousel"
Junior Eurovision 2017 - participants and countries
Georgia, Russia, Australia, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Macedonia, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and Ukraine take part in the 2017 competition. There are 16 countries in total.
The draw for the countries participating in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 took place on November 20 at the official opening ceremony of the event at the Tbilisi National Parliamentary Library.
The order of performances of the participants is as follows:
3. Netherlands
4. Armenia
5. Belarus 6. Portugal 7. Ireland 8. Macedonia 9. Georgia 10. Albania 11. Ukraine 12. Malta 13. Russia 14. Serbia 15. Australia 16. Italy
Win Predictions
Bookmakers and music critics made their predictions for the winner. Thus, wiwibloggs.com, which specializes in Eurovision reviews, news and diaries, according to the results of a survey on its portal, predicts the victory of Helena Meraai from Belarus.
The top 5 winners, as noted, also included Georgia, Armenia, Russia and the Netherlands.
1. Belarus: Helena Meraai 28.84% (10386 votes)
7. Malta: Gianluca Chilia 2.9% (1045 votes) 8. Ukraine: Anastasia Baginskaya 2.22% (801 votes) 9. Poland: Alicia Rega 2.15% (773 votes) 10. Macedonia: Mina Blazhev 2.1% (757 votes) 11. Cyprus: Nicole Nicolaou 1.62% (582 votes) 12. Australia: Isabella Clarke 1.54% (555 votes) 13. Albania: Ana Kodra 1.06% (383 votes) 14. Ireland: Murren McDonnell 1% (360 votes) 15. Portugal: Marianna Venancio 0.91% (328 votes) 16. Italy: Maria Iside Fiore 0.9% (323 votes)
Russian contestant - Polina Bogusevich
Polina Bogusevich is a student of the Igor Krutoy Academy of Popular Music. In 2012, she participated in the international art festival "Jezerski Biseri" in Macedonia, in the same year she took part in the TV projects "Window to Paris" and "School of Music".
In 2014, Bogusevich took part in the first season of the popular show "Voice. Children", where she performed in the team of Dima Bilan. A year later, she received a diploma of the first degree of the international vocal competition "San Remo" for children and teenagers.
Polina Bogusevich - Wings
Junior Eurovision 2018 will be held in Minsk
The European Broadcasting Union has already decided that the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Minsk. Belarus will host the contest for the second time
The song contest was first held in the capital of Belarus in 2010.
Belarus has participated in all Eurovision contests since 2003, when it was founded. Representatives of the country won the competition twice - Ksenia Sitnik in 2005 and Aleksey Zhigalkovich in 2007.
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The Russian woman performed the composition "Wings", which scored a total of 188 points and took the first line of the competitive table.
The second place with 185 points was taken by the representative of Georgia, 12-year-old Grigol Kipshidze, the third place was taken by the Australian Isabella Clark, who scored 172 points.
Ukraine was represented by 12-year-old Anastasia Baginskaya with the song "Do not stop" ("Do not stop"). She finished seventh.
Representatives from 16 countries (Ukraine, Australia, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Macedonia, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Serbia) competed for the victory in the children's song contest this year. UA: FIRST". The participant from Ukraine entered the stage at number 11.
The slogan for this year's Junior Eurovision is "Shine Bright".
The second stage of voting started immediately after the last performance in the final of the competition. It lasted 15 minutes. The results of the audience online voting amounted to 50% of the total result of the contestants. The participants received the second half of the points from a professional jury.
According to the Russian TASS agency, Polina Bogusevich is a student of the Igor Krutoy Academy of Popular Music. In 2012, she participated in the international art festival "Jezerski Biseri" in Macedonia, in the same year she took part in the TV projects "Window to Paris" and "School of Music".
In 2014, Bogusevich took part in the first season of the show "Voice. Children", where she performed in the team of Dima Bilan. In 2015, she received a diploma of the first degree of the international vocal competition "San Remo" for children and teenagers.
It is worth noting that, unlike the adult Eurovision, the winning country in the children's contest does not automatically receive the right to host it next year. The location is decided by the European Broadcasting Union. Thus, Georgia hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, although representatives of this country won the competition three times: in 2008, 2011 and 2016.
It is already known that Eurovision 2018 will be held in Belarus.
- On August 26, it became known that Anastasia Baginskaya with the song "Don't Stop" became the winner of the national selection for Junior Eurovision 2017. The winner was chosen by a mixed vote of the audience and the jury. TV viewers could send SMS for their favorites. The members of the jury, which included music and sound producer Vadim Lisitsa, singer Irina Shvaydak, singer and actor EL Kravchuk, singer and composer Svetlana Tarabarova, as well as singer and musician ROZHDEN, gave their marks.
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TBILISI, November 26 - Sputnik. The long-awaited final of the fifteenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place today, November 26, 2017, at the Tbilisi Olympic Palace.
The competition will start at 19:00, the first channel of the Georgian Public Broadcaster will be broadcast live.
Why in Georgia
Georgia won the right to host the fifteenth contest after the victory of the ten-year-old singer Mariam Mamadashvili at Eurovision 2016. With the song "Mzeo" (sun - translated from Georgian), the Georgian was ahead of representatives of 17 countries, gaining 239 points.
The fact that Georgia is ready to host Eurovision in 2017 was reported to the organizers of the contest immediately after the victory. However, as you know, unlike the adult Eurovision, the winning country does not automatically receive the right to host the contest next year. As a result, the European Broadcasting Union made the final decision to hold the show in Georgia some time later.
Georgia won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the third time - this is the best result in the history of the song contest. For 14 years it has been won twice by Malta and Belarus. In 2008, the Georgian quartet "Bzikebi" won the Eurovision Song Contest, in 2011 - the group Candy. Georgia's third victory was brought by Mariam Mamadashvili.
The representative of Georgia, 12-year-old Grigol Kipshidze will perform at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Voice of the Heart".
Speaking order
Georgia, Russia, Australia, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Macedonia, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and Ukraine take part in the 2017 competition. There are 16 countries in total.
The draw for the countries participating in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 took place on November 20 at the official opening ceremony of the event at the Tbilisi National Parliamentary Library.
The representative of Georgia, Grigol Kipshidze, will perform in the final at number nine. The show will be opened by Nicole Nicolaou, a performer from Cyprus, and the representative of Italy, Maria Iside Fiore, will finish.
The order of performances of the participants is as follows:
3. Netherlands
4. Armenia
5. Belarus
6. Portugal
7. Ireland
8. Macedonia
10. Albania
11. Ukraine
12. Malta
13. Russia
14. Serbia
15. Australia
16. Italy
Win Predictions
Bookmakers and music critics made their predictions for the winner. Thus, wiwibloggs.com, which specializes in Eurovision reviews, news and diaries, according to the results of a survey on its portal, predicts the victory of Helena Meraai from Belarus.
The top 5 winners, as noted, also included Georgia, Armenia, Russia and the Netherlands.
1. Belarus: Helena Meraai 28.84% (10386 votes)
8. Ukraine: Anastasia Baginskaya 2.22% (801 votes)
12. Australia: Isabella Clark 1.54% (555 votes)
15. Portugal: Marianna Venancio 0.91% (328 votes)
Where will the next contest take place?
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the capital of Belarus for the second time, according to a message on the website (EBU).
The European Broadcasting Union has already decided that the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Minsk. Belarus will host the contest for the second time
The song contest was first held in the capital of Belarus in 2010.
Belarus has participated in all Eurovision contests since 2003, when it was founded. Representatives of the country won the competition twice - Ksenia Sitnik in 2005 and Alexei Zhigalkovich in 2007.
