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Eurovision Young Musicians 2008

Eurovision Young Musicians 2008
Dates
Semi-final 1 4 May 2008
Semi-final 2 5 May 2008
Final 9 May 2008
Host
Venue Rathausplatz, Vienna, Austria
Presenter(s) Lidia Baich
Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz
Conductor Aleksandar Markovic
Director Heidelinde Haschek
Executive supervisor Tal Barnea
Executive producer Michael Heinzl
Host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Interval act Angelika Kirchschlager performing "One Life to Live" alone and "We dream together" with the Wiener Sängerknaben (Vienna Boys' Choir)
Participants
Number of entries 16 (7 qualified)
Debuting countries
Returning countries  Germany
Withdrawing countries
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Vote
Voting system Each juror awarded a mark from 1–10 to each performer
Winning song  Greece
Dionysios Grammenos

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2008 was the fourteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Rathausplatz in Vienna, Austria on 9 May 2008. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. This was the first time that the competition was held on a open air stage and was the beginning of the annual Vienna Festival. Austria and broadcaster ORF previously hosted the contest in 1990, 1998 and 2006.

A total of sixteen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held at the Theater an der Wien on 4 and 5 May 2008. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Aleksandar Markovic.Serbia and Ukraine made their début while Germany returned. Five countries withdrew to the contest, they were Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Serbia and Montenegro and Switzerland.

Dionysios Grammenos of Greece won the contest, with Finland and Norway placing second and third respectively. Grammenos is the first woodwind player to win the competition (previous winners have played piano, violin or cello). A new feature in 2008 was the audience prize, voted for by television viewers in the host country via SMS. The third prize winning Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing was the winner of this public vote.

Rathausplatz, a square outside the Wiener Rathaus city hall of Vienna, was the host location for the 2008 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians final. The Theater an der Wien, a theatre in Vienna, Austria, hosted the semi-final round.


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