The Second Chance Contest 2011

Yohanna

The winner of the Second Chance Contest 2011 is Iceland with Yohanna and her song Nótt. I like the song very much but my favourite was Something In Your Eyes by Jenny Silver from Sweden.

Here are the results of the S.C.C. 2011:

01. Yohanna - Nótt (Iceland) 224
02. Jenny Silver - Something in Your eyes (Sweden) 201
03. Modo con Emma - Arriverà (Italy) 153
04. Le Freak - 25 Hours A Day (Denmark) 136
05. Chen Aharoni - Or (Israel) 119
06. Nikki Ponte - I Don't Wanna Dance (Greece) 106
07. Helene Bøksle - Vardlokk (Norway) 99
08. Lucía Pérez - Abrázame (Spain) 80
09. Lena - Push Forward (Germany) 73
10. April - Ladadidej (Slovenia) 49
11. Rui Andrade - Em Nome Do Amor (Portugal) 36
12. Nikki Kavanagh - Falling (Ireland) 23
12. Saara Alto - Blessed With Love (Finland) 23
14. Trachshittaz feat. Lukas Plöchl - Oida Taunz (Austria) 16
15. Anna Gogola - Ktos Taki Jak Ty (Poland) 13
16. Jacques Houdek - Stotinama Godina (Croatia) 12
17. Gautier Reyz - Addiction (Belgium) 10
18. 3Js - De Stroom (The Netherlands) 8
18. J Anvil - Topsy Turvy (Malta) 8
20. Linas Adomaitis - Floating To You (Lithuania) 3
21. Matin Srbinoski - Ram Tam Tam (F.Y.R. Macedonia) 0

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Junior Eurovision 2011 - Belgium

Femke Verschueren, 11 years old, represents Belgium with the song Een Kusje Meer.

Femke lives in Morkhoven, Antwerp, Belgium. Her passion is music, Femke sings and plays the piano.

The young and happy spirit of Femke inspired music producers Peter Gillis and Vincent Goeminne to write and compose Een Kusje Meer.

Peter Gillis is somewhat the king of Belgian kidspop and has a noted history in the Junior Eurovision Contest. He produced the winning song of the last three Belgian pre-selections.

Vincent Goeminne also has a long history of hit records. He was one of the driving forces behind the success story of The Dinky Toys, a multi-platinum-selling Belgian popband in the early 90s.

Junior Eurovision 2011 - Georgia

The girl-group Candy will represent Georgia with the song Candy Music.

The group consists of Irina, Mariam, Ann, Gvantsa and Irina.

Irina Khechanova was born in Tbilisi, Georgia on December 3, 2000. In 2009, Irina was the winner of the best singer prize of Tbilisi Olympic song contest. She has participated in song contests held in different cities of Turkey. Irina is also the spokesperson of a candy company and jewellery manufacturing company!

Mariam Gvaladze was born in Rustavi, Georgia on February 9, 1997. Since 2007 she has been a participant of numerous music festivals. For example, she is the winner of the New Star 2009 - Republic Estrade Contest.

Ann Khanchaliani was born in Tbilisi, Georgia on May 19, 1996. Starting from 2002 up to present Anna was the student of Zakaria Paliashvili Central Music School (Violin) and Tbilisi Music school #number 2 (Classical Vocal). In 2010 she was the winner of the International Music Contest in FYR Macedonia. In TV program Talent she became the Finalist and Discovery of the year.

Gvantsa Saneblidze was born in Kutaisi, Georgia on October 26, 1997. She has also done very well at many music festivals. Gvantsa speaks - English, Russian and French.

Irina (Ira) Kovalenko was born in Tbilisi Georgia on March 29, 1997. Since 2006 she started taking professional vocal lessons. She is a participant of different song consents, festivals and cultural events both in Georgia and abroad. Ira speaks English, Russian, German and learns Japanese! Outside school hours she is fond of tennis. In 2007 she placed 6th in Tennis Championship of Georgia.

George Kukhianidze is a famous Georgian composer and the author of many songs. His co-wrote the Georgian entry for the Junior ESC in 2007, 2008 and 2010.

He is the author of Candy music, the lyrics of which was written by the girls themselves.

Junior Eurovision 2011 - Sweden

Erik Rapp, 15 years old, represents Sweden with the song Faller.

Erik lives in Leksland, Sweden. He always loved music and started to sing at a choir at the age of 5. At school his interest in music was stimulated by his music teacher. Erik sings and plays flute and saxophone.

Erik wrote his song with help from Johan Jamtberg and Mikael Gunneras.

Junior Eurovision 2011 - Belarus

Lidiya Zablotskaya, 13 years old, represents Belarus with the song Angely Dobra.

Lidiya was born in Mogilev, Belarus. She made her first appearance when she was just 4 years old and She immediately won the audience's love, "The Golden Voice" and "Charming Girl" were her first titles.

In 2010 she already participated in the Belarussian national final for the Junior ESC but she came 4th.

Junior Eurovision 2011 - The Netherlands

Rachel Traets represents The Netherlands with the song Teenager.

Rachel was born on August 16 1998, in Wouw in the Netherlands. During the Dutch pre-selection for the Junior ESC Rachel received the maximum amount of points from the juries and the audience.

Her performance was the first step into the show business and she has changed from an anonymous girl of the south-west of the Netherlands into a very popular young artist. Her song is already a big hit and she has been invited in several Dutch television shows.

Rachel wrote the song herself but got some help from the producers trio The Future Presidents.

Junior Eurovision 2011 - F.Y.R. of Macedonia

Dorjan Dlaka, born on November 6th 1997 in Skopje, represents F.Y.R Macedonia with the song Zimi Ovoj Frak.

Dorjan started performing at the age of 7, on the festival Super Star as a backing vocalist and dancer. Later he participated in many festival all over Europe.

In 2010 he traveled to Belarus as a member of the FYR Macedonian delegation for the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.