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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Let's Get Loud
JESC 2005 logo.svg
Dates
Final 26 November 2005
Host
Venue Ethias Arena, Hasselt, Belgium
Presenter(s) Marcel Vanthilt
Maureen Louys
Director Yves Podevyn
Ludovic Beun
Executive supervisor
Executive producer Ludo Porrez
Host broadcaster
Interval act Cirque du Soleil,
María Isabel performing "Antes muerta que sencilla",
"Pues va a ser que no"
Participants
Number of entries 16
Debuting countries  Russia
 Serbia and Montenegro
Returning countries None
Withdrawing countries  Cyprus
 France
 Poland
  Switzerland
Vote
Voting system Each country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points None
Winning song  Belarus
"My vmeste"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Hasselt 2005
JESC 2005 album cover.jpg
Compilation album by Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Released November 2005
Genre Pop
Length 38:52
Label Universal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
JESC: Lillehammer 2004
(2004)
JESC: Hasselt 2005
(2005)
JESC: Bucharest 2006
(2006)

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 26 November 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a joint effort by the national broadcasters Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) and Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF), in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union. Belgium won the right to hold the contest over five other countries including Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) of Croatia and AVRO of the Netherlands.Marcel Vanthilt and Maureen Louys hosted the event.

The show was not only broadcast live in the competing countries, it was also available on satellite worldwide and the Australian television channel SBS who acquired the rights to broadcast the show one month later. The theme of the show was Let's Get Loud, standing for the new generation on the stage. The show was watched by 8,500 people in the arena, including the Belgian Prince Laurent and 20–25 million people around Europe.

Belarus was the winner of this edition, with 10-year-old Ksenia Sitnik singing her song "My vmeste".


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