Kiev to host 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest Final on November 21, 2009
21.11.2009 20:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On November 1, at 10:15 p.m. Yerevan time, 2009
Junior Eurovision Song Contest Final will be held. The morning of
November 21 started with every participating country, planting their
own tree in front of the Arena, Palace of Sports, in Kyiv. They all
will have name tags by their tree. Participating children can come and
see them in 20 years even and remember the wonderful time they had in
Kiev.

As Eurovision Family of Events’ Communications & Public Relations
Officer Jarmo Siim told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the show will
feature guests and presenters, followed by contest participants’
performances to be concluded by voting and winner announcement. Young
acrobats from Rizoma will perform during the breaks.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be the seventh edition of
Junior Eurovision Song Contest and will take place in Kiev, Ukraine.
It has been scheduled for 21 November. 13 countries have been
confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to compete in the
Contest.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) invited broadcasters to bid for
the rights to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009; three bids
were received from Belarus, Serbia, and Ukraine. TV4 of Sweden had
originally sent in a bid during summer 2007, but soon withdrew its bid
after deciding to completely withdraw from the contest. After
deliberations by the EBU, National Television Company of Ukraine was
granted the rights to the 2009 contest and will host it in Kiev.
Ukraine also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 at the same
venue.

On 12 November 2009 Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Vasiunyk
declared that the contest would not be postponed; (earlier) Party of
Regions member of parliament Anna Herman had called on Prime Minister
Yulia Tymoshenko to cancel the song contest because of the 2009 flu
pandemic in Ukraine.

The EBU announced the complete list of participating countries in the
2009 Contest on 8 June 2009. 13 countries will compete in the contest:
Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, Georgia, Macedonia, Malta,
Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden and Ukraine. Sweden will
return after missing the contest, while Bulgaria, Greece and Lithuania
will withdraw from the Contest.

At Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, Armenia will be represented by
Luara Hayrapetyan, featuring `Barcelona’ song.