Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | |
|---|---|
| Let the Music Play | |
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Sala Polivalentă Bucharest, Romania |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Executive supervisor | Svante Stockselius |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | Televiziunea Română (TVR) |
| Director | Dan Manoliu |
| Executive producer | Irina Radu |
| Presenters | Andreea Marin Bănică, Ioana Ivan |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 15 |
| Debuting countries | Portugal Serbia Ukraine |
| Returning countries | Cyprus |
| Non-returning countries | Denmark Latvia Norway Serbia and Montenegro United Kingdom |
Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Winning song | Russia "Vesenniy Jazz" |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the fourth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 2 December 2006 at Sala Polivalentă in Bucharest, Romania, and presented by Andreea Marin Bănică and Ioana Ivan. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR). It was the second time the contest had been held in a capital city.
The show was broadcast live in the competing countries, as well as Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Australian television channel Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) that acquired the rights for broadcasting the show, which was broadcast on 1 January 2007. This was Serbia's first participation in a Eurovision event as an independent nation.
The winner was Russia with the song "Vesenniy Jazz" by The Tolmachevy Twins.