LEMESOS 2008 - OIKOTIMES

In 2008 Cyprus national broadcaster hosted for the first time a Eurovision event at the Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center, a newly made venue which was fully equipped for such an event. Junior Eurovision took place on November 22nd hosted by Alex Michael & Sophia Paraskeva. 15 countries took part and viewers of each participating country vote by telephone and SMS, which counts for 50%. Each country’s 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points based on the number of vote. A jury in each country also has a 50% say in the outcome. Fun In The Sun was the motto of the event and Georgia won the contest with an absolute favourite song. Azerbaijan was suppose to debut but withdrawn the very last moment.

VOTING GRID: FINAL

	COUNTRY	PERFORMER(S)	SONG TITLE	PTS	RANK
01	Romania	Mădălina & Andrada	Salvaţi Planeta	058	09
02	Armenia	Monika Manucharova	Im Ergi Hnchyune	059	08
03	Belarus	Dasha, Alina & Karina	Sertse Belarusi	086	06
04	Russia	Mihail Puntov	Spit Angel	073	07
05	Greece	Niki Yiannouchu	Kapoia Nychta	019	14
06	Georgia	Bzikebi	Bzz…	154	01
07	Belgium	Oliver	Shut Up	045	11
08	Bulgaria	Krestiana Kresteva	Edna Mechta	015	15
09	Serbia	Maja Mazić	Uvek Kad U Nebo Pogledam	037	12
10	Malta	Daniel Testa	Junior Swing	100	04
11	Netherlands	Marissa	1 Dag	027	13
12	Ukraine	Victoria Petryk	Matrosy	135	02
13	Lithuania	Eglė Jurgaitytė	Laiminga Diena	103	03
14	Macedonia	Bobi Andonov	Prati Mi SMS	093	05
15	Cyprus	Elena Mannouri & Charis Savva	Gioupi Gia!	046	10