The Watchers Guide to Junior Eurovision 2009
In case you haven’t noticed, this week has (partly) been building up to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (the rest of the time I’ve been building a pocket supercomputer the size of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- Introduction to Junior Eurovision.
- What’s different about Junior Eurovision?
- How to watch Junior Eurovision this weekend no matter where you are in the world.
- Download your JESC Scorecard.
Tomorrow of course is the competition, and I’ll have one more article – a quick guide to all the songs – tomorrow. But for now, what do I think are going to be the highlights of the two and a quarter hour long show?
The Little Prince from Russia
After an opening song that could easily represent Sweden in the full contest, it’s time to get the full power of Junior Eurovision with twelve year old Ekaterina Ryabova and a little game of hide and seek.
Roy Castle Lives!
Honestly this song could sit at the bottom of the scoring table all night, or be a real Record Breaker (…sorry). It’s a definite Jazz hands number and if he was American a guest spot on Glee would be beckoning.
The Yodelling Belgian
This song will delight the UK audience watching on the live stream because it’s the perfect Eurovision song… if it was 1975. How this is going to work over Europe will be interesting – can we live with a yodelling chorus and a singer who can switch form that to regular swinging at the drop of a hat?
Ani Lorak in the middle
Ukraine’s Shady Lady, who came second in the regular Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 is the Interval act. Riverdance this isn’t and I suspect the show will be toned down just a little bit for the audience, but expect fireworks and high energy no matter what.
The Scoring and Green Room
Let’s be honest here, it’s unlikely there’s going to be any hidden emotion on the faces of the children as the votes come in. With the green room actually a seated section on the stage, there’s every opportunity to capture the highs and lows as “’ello Kiev, here are the votes of the Belgian jury…” rings out through the auditorium. Every country gets twelve points just for qualifying so there’s no nul points, but someone’s got to come last…
Junior Eurovison starts at 1915 UK time (2015 CET) this Saturday. You can watch the international live stream for free at www.junioreurovision.tv , and I’ll be providing a Twitter commentary via @ewan.
November 20, 2009; Eurovision;
Possibly Related posts:
- It’s Junior Eurovision This Weekend!
- So what’s different in Junior Eurovision (or why nobody ever scores nul points)
- It’s Eurovision Week – in a junior sort of way
- How to watch Junior Eurovision 2009 this weekend
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