Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol, Cyprus
Presenter(s)
Alex Michael Sophia Paraskeva
Directed by
Klitos Klitou
Executive supervisor
Svante Stockselius
Executive producer
Munro Forbes
Host broadcaster
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Website
junioreurovision.tv/event/lemesos-2008
Participants
Number of entries
15
Debuting countries
None
Returning countries
None
Non-returning countries
Portugal
Sweden
Participation map
Competing countries Countries that participated in the past but not in 2008
Vote
Voting system
Each country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs.[1]
Winning song
Georgia "Bzz.."
2007 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2009
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is the world's largest song contest for children.[2] It was held at the "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus and hosted by Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva. The theme of the event was "Fun in the Sun".[3] It was won by the Georgian trio Bzikebi, with the song "Bzz..". Ukraine took 2nd place and Lithuania finished 3rd.[4] Bzikebi also became the first group act to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
For the contest, various changes to the rules were made. One was that adults could assist children to write the songs submitted to their national broadcaster; previously only children could write the songs, with no assistance from adults. Another change was only six people could be on stage during a performance, instead of eight. The most significant change, however, was only half of the vote was decided by the tele-voters. Before the 2008 contest tele-voters completely decided the whole result. The other half of the result was decided by a jury of adults and children.[5][6]
^"Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
^Quoted from the hosts
^"Get to know the venue, Spiros Kiprianou, Palais Des Sports". Oikotimes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
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