Ksenia Sitnik wins Junior Eurovision 2005

28.11.2005

Press release It featured 16 European participants, aged under 15. The lyrics of a Eurovision song must necessarily be in a native language and its author must be present at the stage. Ksenia Sitnik had the last, 16th number of stage performance.


Press release


It featured 16 European participants, aged under 15. The lyrics of a Eurovision song must necessarily be in a native language and its author must be present at the stage. Ksenia Sitnik had the last, 16th number of stage performance.
The intrigue lasted till the last moments of the vote. Spain kept the leading position during the whole vote but at the end suddenly yielded to the Belarusian performer. Ksenia Sitnik scored 149 points and Antonio Jose 146.
Belarus received the highest grades from Russia, Latvia and Malta. The audience of Croatia, Romania, Norway, UK and Spain gave Ksenia 10 points. Greece and Serbia and Montenegro gave 8 points, Macedonia and Cyprus 7 points, Denmark and Sweden 6 points, Belgium 5 and Holland 4.
Young Spaniard Antonio Jose ranked 2nd with 146 points and blonde Malin from Norway took the 3rd position (123).
The victorious song “We are Together” was composed by Ksenia herself and arranged by Sergey Zhdanovich. Polina Zhdanovich, 10, and Vasily Rainchik Jr., 8, helped Ksenia on the stage.
“I didn’t expect such a result and didn’t even think of the first place”, said Ksenia Sitnik at a spontaneous press-conference after the victory. “I’d like to thank everybody, who voted for me. I want friendship to unite all the nations of Europe. And this is what my song is about. I thought that there should be more friendship in the world and that is why I wrote such lyrics. We can do much, when we are together. Lets’ laugh, smile and sing more”, concluded Ksenia, using the words from her song.