Once again the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest winner Sandra Kim expresses her discontent with the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Kim, who was 13 when she sang �J�aime la vie� to victory, warns about the terrible consequences for the children.
Flemish newspaper Het Volk has published an interview with Sandra Caldarone, more known as Sandra Kim, concerning �Musicals from the heart� in which she stars. Sandra once again takes the opportunity to point out the danger of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
�No, it�s not good. I am against the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It�s backward. I know what I'm talking about�, Sandra Kim says. �Don�t steal the children�s youth. Such a contest may look sympathetic, but children have to be able to go to school.� When Sandra Kim won the contest, she had to quit school and act like an adult.
Sandra says she is still suffering the consequences of that. �OK, I travelled the world, sang with the biggest stars, but I played the adult while being a child. Psychologically, it�s very tough, and sooner or later you experience the disadvantages of a missed youth.�
