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    TIME Magazine
    Dec 4 2011

    Junior Eurovision: Georgia Wins the World's Largest Song Contest for Kids

    By William Lee Adams


    Their winning song, entitled `Candy Music,' set their love of sugar to
    a disco beat. `Who loves sweet caramel? Wow, jellies and lollipops,
    fruits and nuts and bonbons!' they crooned in Georgian during
    Saturday's contest in Yerevan, Armenia. `We've got plenty here, can
    you hear?' Plenty of candy indeed, as it was even plastered on their
    outfits. The girls, who range in age from 11 to 15, wore leggings
    patterned with candy canes, shoulder pads shaped like dollops of
    frosting and at least one tutu that resembled cotton candy. En route
    to victory, they defeated an Armenian dressed as an air hostess, and a
    Latvian crooning about her dog.

    (MORE: Baby Gaga and Tributes to Mama at Junior Eurovision)

    Throughout Eastern Europe, communism has given way to competition -
    and at Junior Eurovision, it's usually doused in glitter and sequins.
    Broadcast live to 30 million viewers in Australia and much of Europe,
    it's the world's biggest song contest for kids aged 10 to 15. It's
    also a miniaturized version of Eurovision, the European singing
    competition that helped launch the careers of musical icons like Abba
    and Celine Dion. For little contestants from small countries, Junior
    Eurovision offers a platform for some very big dreams. As the head of
    the Maltese delegation told TIME last year: `Kids look at it as an
    opening to Europe. Maybe they can make contacts with producers. You
    don't know who is watching.'


    Courtesy of the European Broadcasting Union / Junior Eurovision
    Candy, winners of the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song ContestContestants
    write and compose their own songs, providing a unique window into
    childhood. This year's songs covered everything from teenage rebellion
    to superheroes. But, as always, the overwhelming theme was love. The
    singer representing Russia compared her unrequited love to the tragedy
    of Romeo and Juliet. The Belgian entry pleaded with her wayward beau
    for `just one more kiss.' And the 15-year old Swedish contestant
    sounded more like a forlorn divorcee than a kid: `Silly me, standing
    at your door/When nothing is like yesterday/Breathe, breathe/You're
    ignoring me...You have to know I'm falling.'

    It may sound surprising, but Georgia's sugar-coated ode to sweets
    actually represents a move toward understatement. In 2008 the nation
    won the contest with a trio of kids dressed as bees singing in an
    imaginary bee language. And last year Georgia placed fourth with an
    outrageous act (and pink wigs and rhinestones) that earned its singer
    the nickname Baby Gaga.

    http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/03/junior-eurovision-georgia-wins-the-worlds-largest-song-contest-for-kids/



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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