Yesterday evening, the esctoday.com editorial team touched down in Romania in preparation for coverage of the 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, just in time for the official welcome reception at the Bucharest Marriott hotel. At the event, the participants performed their songs and finally go to meet their fellow participants. In true Eurovision spirit, everyone got along very well, singing and dancing along to all of the songs again as the members of the 15 participating delegations, including the performers parents, broadcasters, choreographers, vocal coaches and many more people mingled and got to know one another.
Later today, the rehearsals for the 4th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest begin. Esctoday.com will of course be reporting live from the press centre at the Sala Polivalenta, where the show will be broadcast live on Saturday. The participants of Portugal, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine, Spain, Serbia and Malta will be rehearsing today. The FYR Macedonia, Sweden, Greece, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia and Russia delegations will be taken on an official excursion to see the city of Bucharest.
Today's schedule for rehearsals is:
09.30-10.40 Rehearsal for Portugal
10.40-11.35 Rehearsal for Cyprus
11.35-12.30 Rehearsal for The Netherlands
12.30-12.45 Tehnical preparations
12.45-13.45 Break
13.45-14.40 Rehearsal for Romania
14.40-15.35 Rehearsal for Ukraine
15.35-16.30 Rehearsal for Spain
16.30-16.45 Tehnical preparations
16.45-17.15 Break
17.15-18.10 Rehearsal for Serbia
18.10-19.05 Rehearsal for Malta
- Click here to view all 15 songs competing at the 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest (no membership / forum application required to view the videos)
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- Click here to pre-order your copy of the 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest DVD(released 13th December 2006)
