Eurovision America » junior eurovision http://www.eurovisionamerica.com Eurovision America - Your Source for American Commentary on the Eurovision Song Contest Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:17:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Junior Eurovision Song Contest http://www.eurovisionamerica.com/2009/11/21/junior-eurovision-song-contest/ http://www.eurovisionamerica.com/2009/11/21/junior-eurovision-song-contest/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:16:22 +0000 Michael Gordon http://www.eurovisionamerica.com/2009/11/21/junior-eurovision-song-contest/ I happened by coincidence to catch most of this year’s JESC. I’m not a particularly big fan of the Junior contest but I was rather impressed by some of the acts. It was a fun, quick show.

 

I found Belgium’s entry impressive, especially for a ten-year-old to be singing:

And the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s entry I think, with a little polishing, would have done quite well in the real contest. I don’t personally like it as much FYR Macedonia’s ESC entry this year, Nešto što kje ostane, but I think the song, with the right singer, could have done better. Maybe it would have made the final.

Malta staged a Chiara look-alike, which was quite interesting to watch. The Chiara look-alike didn’t have a voice anywhere close to Chiara’s, which I think was at its best in Angel in 2005 (interestingly, also in Kyiv)

Also appearing on stage in Kyiv tonight was Ani Lorak, Ukraine’s second place finisher in 2008, and yes, she performed “Shady Lady.”

The Netherlands ended up winning. Enjoy their promo video.

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