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Georgia won the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

23. November 2008, 02:25

Televoters and juries from 15 countries all over Europe have decided: Georgia won this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest! Congratulations!!

After a wonderful show held in Lemesos, Cyprus, Georgia's Bzikibi won with their song Bzz...! They got a total of 154 points, 19 points ahead of Ukraine's young star Victoria Petryk! Lithuania's Eglė Jurgaitytė got the third place with 103 points.

The winner video as well as all other videos are here.

It was a thrilling show with the best young singers all over Europe! Each and every one of them did a fantastic job on the stage and deserves a round of applause once again!

"Congratulations to the winner, and to the other 14 contestants who all delivered great performances. All of them are extraordinarily talented," said Svante Stockselius, Executive Supervisor of the contest.

The polls were proved to be wrong - AGAIN! According to the latest poll results, this year's favourites Macedonia, Serbia and Cyprus ended as 5th, 10th and 12th.

FINAL RANK
1. Georgia 154
2. Ukraine 135
3. Lithuania 103
4. Malta 100
5. Macedonia 93
6. Belarus 86
7. Russia 73
8. Armenia 59
9. Romania 58
10. Cyprus 46
11. Belgium 45
12. Serbia 37
13. The Netherlands 27
14. Greece 19
15. Bulgaria 15


The next Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Kiev, Ukraine.


(junioreurovision.tv)