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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Belgium
National selection
Selection process	Eurosong for Kids 2006
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals:; 17 September 2006; 24 September 2006; Final:; 1 October 2006
Selected artist(s)	Thor!
Selected song	"Een tocht door het donker"
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 71 points
Belgium in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Belgium chose their Junior Eurovision entry for 2006 through Eurosong for Kids, a national final consisting of 10 songs competing over two semi-finals and a final. The winner of Junior Eurosong was Thor!, with the song "Een tocht door het donker".^[1]

Before Eurovision

Eurosong for Kids 2006

Eurosong for Kids was the national final for Belgium at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, organised by Belgian broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT).

Format

The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. In all shows, the results were based on the votes from a three-member adult "expert" jury, a kids jury, Radio 2 jury, Radio Donna jury and televoting. The televote counted for 1/3 of the overall vote, with the other 4 juries counting for 1/6. The members of the "expert" jury were Els De Schepper, Heidi Lenaerts and Ronny Mosuse.^[2] The winning song from each semi-final qualified for the final along with the 3 overall best scoring non-winners.

Semi-final

The first semi-final took place on 17 September 2006. Thor! advanced directly for the final, winning the semi-final with 70 points. Lizz@xy and Attic also qualified as two of the three overall best scoring non-winners with 67 and 60 points respectively.^[3]

Semi-final 1 – 17 September 2006
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Kristel	"Zal je ooit"	34	18	52	4
2	Attic	"Ik doe alle dingen"	40	20	60	3
3	Suzanne	"Zeg het mij"	35	16	51	5
4	Lizz@xy	"Ik doe wat ik wil"	45	22	67	2
5	Thor!	"Een tocht door het donker"	46	24	70	1

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Expert Jury	Kids Jury	Radio 2	Radio Donna	Total
1	"Zal je ooit"	8	8	9	9	34
2	"Ik doe alle dingen"	9	10	10	11	40
3	"Zeg het mij"	10	9	8	8	35
4	"Ik doe wat ik wil"	12	11	12	10	45
5	"Een tocht door het donker"	11	12	11	12	46

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 24 September 2006. The Fireflies advanced directly for the final, winning the semi-final with 71 points. Nicolas also qualified as one of the three overall best scoring non-winners with 62 points.^[4]

Semi-final 2 – 24 September 2006
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Nikkie	"Echte vrienden"	39	16	55	4
2	Nicolas	"Ik wil je nooit meer kwijt"	40	22	62	2
3	Arlieke	"Waarom liet je mij daar staan"	36	18	54	5
4	Melissa	"Hé jij"	37	20	57	3
5	The Fireflies	"Waarom?"	47	24	71	1

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Expert Jury	Kids Jury	Radio 2	Radio Donna	Total
1	"Echte vrienden"	11	9	9	10	39
2	"Ik wil je nooit meer kwijt"	10	10	12	9	40
3	"Waarom liet je mij daar staan"	9	11	8	8	36
4	"Hé jij"	8	8	10	11	37
5	"Waarom?"	12	12	11	12	47

Final

The final was held on 1 October 2006. The winner was "Een tocht door het donker" performed by Thor!.^[1]

Final – 1 October 2006
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Thor!	"Een tocht door het donker"	47	24	71	1
2	The Fireflies	"Waarom?"	39	20	59	2
3	Lizz@xy	"Ik doe wat ik wil"	35	22	57	3
4	Attic	"Ik doe alle dingen"	39	18	57	3
5	Nicolas	"Ik wil je nooit meer kwijt"	40	16	56	5

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Expert Jury	Kids Jury	Radio 2	Radio Donna	Total
1	"Een tocht door het donker"	12	12	12	11	47
2	"Waarom?"	11	10	9	9	30
3	"Ik doe wat ik wil"	8	11	8	8	35
4	"Ik doe alle dingen"	9	9	11	10	39
5	"Ik wil je nooit meer kwijt"	10	8	10	12	40

At Eurovision

At Junior Eurovision, Belgium performed in thirteenth position, before Croatia and after Belarus.^[5] Belgium placed in 7th position with 71 points; the highest of which was 10 points, which came from Croatia.^[6]^[7]

Voting

Points awarded to Belgium^[8]
Score	Country
12 points^[a]
10 points	Croatia
8 points	Netherlands
7 points
6 points	Malta Romania
5 points	Spain
4 points	Belarus Portugal Russia
3 points	Cyprus Ukraine
2 points	Greece Serbia
1 point	Macedonia Sweden

Points awarded by Belgium^[8]
Score	Country
12 points	Russia
10 points	Sweden
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	Spain
6 points	Belarus
5 points	Serbia
4 points	Malta
3 points	Greece
2 points	Romania
1 point	Ukraine

Notes

^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References

^ ^a ^b West-Soley, Richard (October 2, 2006). "Belgium sends Thor! to Bucharest". Esctoday.
^ "Belgium 2006". Archived from the original on 2007-11-07.
^ West-Soley, Richard (September 18, 2006). "Thor! wins first Belgian semi". Esctoday.
^ Roxburgh, Gordon (September 28, 2006). "The Fireflies win Belgian semifinal". Esctoday. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16.
^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006". Junior Eurovision Song Contest History. European Broadcasting Union. 22 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01.
^ "Thor!". junioreurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 2019-05-18.
^ "Final of Bucharest 2006". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Bucharest 2006". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.