Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | |
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Let The Music Play | |
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 | |||
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Label | Universal | |||
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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.