 Kiev to host 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest Final on November 21, 2009November 21, 2009 - 20:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 1, at 10:15 p.m. Yerevan time, 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest Final will be held. The morning of November 21 started with every participating country, planting their own tree in front of the Arena, Palace of Sports, in Kyiv. They all will have name tags by their tree. Participating children can come and see them in 20 years even and remember the wonderful time they had in Kiev.As Eurovision Family of Events' Communications & Public Relations Officer Jarmo Siim told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the show will feature guests and presenters, followed by contest participants' performances to be concluded by voting and winner announcement. Young acrobats from Rizoma will perform during the breaks. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be the seventh edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest and will take place in Kiev, Ukraine. It has been scheduled for 21 November. 13 countries have been confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to compete in the Contest. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) invited broadcasters to bid for the rights to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009; three bids were received from Belarus, Serbia, and Ukraine. TV4 of Sweden had originally sent in a bid during summer 2007, but soon withdrew its bid after deciding to completely withdraw from the contest. After deliberations by the EBU, National Television Company of Ukraine was granted the rights to the 2009 contest and will host it in Kiev. Ukraine also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 at the same venue. On 12 November 2009 Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Vasiunyk declared that the contest would not be postponed; (earlier) Party of Regions member of parliament Anna Herman had called on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to cancel the song contest because of the 2009 flu pandemic in Ukraine. The EBU announced the complete list of participating countries in the 2009 Contest on 8 June 2009. 13 countries will compete in the contest: Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, Georgia, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden and Ukraine. Sweden will return after missing the contest, while Bulgaria, Greece and Lithuania will withdraw from the Contest. At Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, Armenia will be represented by Luara Hayrapetyan, featuring "Barcelona" song.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush provinceNarek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28.Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia.Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |
