Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Minsk, Belarus. It was held on 20 November 2010. The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan from Armenia with the song Mama. This gave Armenia its first Junior Eurovision victory and its first victory in any Eurovision contest.
Location
The European Broadcasting Union invited broadcasters to bid for the rights to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Belarus broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus won the rights to organise the contest over bids from Russia and Malta. Under construction through 2009, the 15,000-spectator Minsk-Arena hosted the event. Belarus has twice previously won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is, according to EBU Executive Supervisor Svante Stockselius, "one of Belarus' most popular television shows."Visual design
The theme art for the contest was revealed on 8 April 2010, consisting of multi-coloured circles, symbolising "different people, cultures and countries," that form the shape of wings, that symbolise "freedom, ease of flying, creative inspiration and rising above."On 8 September, the mascots of the show were presented, being a bear and a wisent.
The stage, by Swedish stage designer Ulf Mårtensson, was unveiled on 15 July 2010, featuring five constructions in the shapes of wings. The hosts were also involved with each performance on their own dedicated section of the stage.
Theme art was also incorporated in the promotional billboards and posters featuring 11 "faces of Junior Eurovision" selected through casting procedure. Results of castings were revealed on 20 July 2010 and the 11 chosen ones were Belarus TV personalities Denis Kourian, Olga Barabanschikova, Irina Kazantseva, Andrey Bibikov, former JESC entrants Alexey Zhigalkovich, Ksenia Sitnik, Yuriy Demidovich, Alina Molosh, Daria Nadina as well as non-professionals Yulia Brazhinskaya and Ilya Ilmursky.
Participants
On 28 July 2010, the EBU announced the competing countries for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010. A total of 14 countries competed, with Moldova making its début and Latvia and Lithuania returning. Cyprus and Romania withdrew from the contest. Sweden returned to the contest through Sveriges Television after TV4 withdrew. The EBU's coordinator of the contest, Svante Stockselius, labelled SVT's return to the contest as a big achievement in terms of negotiations with possible participants and expressed hope that other Scandinavian broadcasters may also return to the show.The show also featured all winners of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003-2009 Dino Jelusić, María Isabel, Ksenia Sitnik, The Tolmachevy Twins, Alexey Zhigalkovich, Bzikebi and Ralf Mackenbach, who performed remix-medley of their winning entries and presented the trophy to the winner of 2010 edition. Also, a special documentary "Kids of Eurovision" was filmed by BTRC about them.
Final
Each country gave their votes through a 50% jury and 50% televoting system, which decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
| 01 | Bartas | "Oki Doki" | Lithuanian | 6 | 67 | |
| 02 | Ștefan Roșcovan | "Ali Baba" | Romanian, English | 8 | 54 | |
| 03 | Anna and Senna | "My Family" | Dutch, English | 9 | 52 | |
| 04 | Sonja Škorić | "Čarobna noć" | Serbian | 3 | 113 | |
| 05 | Yulia Gurska | "Miy litak" | Ukrainian | 14 | 28 | |
| 06 | Josefine Ridell | "Allt jag vill ha" | Swedish | 11 | 48 | |
| 07 | Sasha Lazin and Liza Drozd | "Boy and Girl" | Russian | 2 | 119 | |
| 08 | Šarlote Lēnmane | "Viva la Dance " | Latvian | 10 | 51 | |
| 09 | Jill and Lauren | "Get Up!" | Dutch, English | 7 | 61 | |
| 10 | Vladimir Arzumanyan | "Mama" | Armenian | 1 | 120 | |
| 11 | Nicole Azzopardi | "Knock Knock!....Boom! Boom!" | English, Maltese | 13 | 35 | |
| 12 | Daniil Kozlov | "Muzyki svet" | Russian | 5 | 85 | |
| 13 | Mariam Kakhelishvili | "Mari Dari" | Imaginary | 4 | 109 | |
| 14 | Anja Veterova | "Еооо, Еооо" | Macedonian | 12 | 38 |
Score sheet
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:| N. | Contestant | Voting nation |
| 4 | Armenia | Belgium, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine |
| 3 | Russia | Armenia, Belarus, Malta |
| 2 | Serbia | Macedonia, Moldova |
| 2 | Belarus | Georgia, Latvia |
| 1 | Belgium | Netherlands |
| 1 | Georgia | Lithuania |
| 1 | Macedonia | Serbia |
- All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting. This was so no country got nul points.
- As a joke, the Executive Supervisor of the contest, Svante Stockselius, was given 12 points before the voting.
International broadcasts and voting
Voting and spokespersons
The order in which votes were cast during the 2010 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.- – Bernadras Garbaciauskas
- – Paula Paraschiv
- – Bram
- – Maja Mazic
- – Elizabeth Arfush
- – Robin Ridell
- – Philip Mazurov
- – Ralfs Eilands
- – Laura Omloop
- – Nadia Sargsyan
- – Francesca Zarb
- – Anastasiya Butyugina
- – Giorgi Toradze
- – Sara Markoska
Commentators
Participating countries
- – Gohar Gasparyan and Artak Vandanyan
- – Pavel Lozovik
- – Kristien Maes and Tom De Cock
- – Temo Kvirkvelia
- – Valters Frīdenbergs
- – Darius Užkuraitis
- – Toni Drenkovski and Monika Todorovska
- – Eileen Montesin
- – Rusalina Rusu
- – Sipke Jan Bousema
- – Olga Shelest
- – Duška Vučinić-Lučić
- – Edward af Sillén and Malin Olsson
- – Timur Miroshnychenko
Non-participating countries
- – No commentator
- – N/A
- – TBC
- – Unknown
Official album