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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Let The Music Play
JESC06logo.PNG
Dates
Final 2 December 2006
Host
Venue Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s) Andreea Marin Bănică,
Ioana Ivan
Director Dan Manoliu
Executive supervisor
Executive producer Irina Radu
Host broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR)
Opening act Various circus style dancers and performers including an appearance by Mihai Trăistariu
Interval act Ksenia Sitnik,
Break-dancing + traditional Romanian dancing and a remix of the last 3 Romanian participants at JESC.
Participants
Number of entries 15
Debuting countries  Portugal
 Serbia
 Ukraine
Returning countries  Cyprus
Withdrawing countries  Denmark
 Latvia
 Norway
 Serbia and Montenegro
 United Kingdom
Vote
Voting system Each country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points None
Winning song  Russia
"Vesenniy Jazz"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Bucharest 2006
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Compilation album by Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Released November 2006
Genre Pop
Length
  • 36:05 (CD 1)
  • 36:05 (CD 2)
Label Universal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
JESC: Hasselt 2005
(2005)
JESC: Bucharest 2006
(2006)
JESC: Rotterdam 2007
(2007)

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the fourth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 2 December 2006, the contest was broadcast live from Bucharest, Romania making it the second time the contest had been held in a capital city. It was organised by the Romanian national broadcaster, Romanian Television (TVR), in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). TVR won the rights of hosting the contest over AVRO of the Netherlands (who hosted the next contest).Croatia also expressed an interest in hosting this contest.

The show was broadcast live in the competing countries, as well as Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Australian television channel Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) that acquired the rights for broadcasting the show, which was broadcast on 1 January 2007. This was Serbia's first Eurovision event as an Independent nation. The contest was won by The Tolmachevy Twins from Russia with the song "Vesenniy Jazz".

Polyvalent Hall from Bucharest (Romanian: Sala Polivalentă din București) is a multi-purpose hall in Bucharest, Romania, located in the Tineretului Park. It is used for concerts, indoor sports such as tennis, gymnastics, dance, handball, volleyball, basketball, weightlifting, combat sports and professional wrestling. The hall was opened in 1974 but has since been renovated. It has a maximum seating capacity of 12,000 for concerts and 6,000 for handball.


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