First dress rehearsal took place in Limassol

In the Spyros Kyprianou Arena, the first dress rehearsal of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place. Giorgos Ioannides, who represented Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest last year, is the star of the opening sequence that switches between kids on stage and kids dancing all around Limassol.
Following the opening act with eighty dancers, the presenters of the show appear on stage. Sophia Paraskeva and Alex Michael appear rising from the floor, looking as if appearing through a fountain of water. The participants enter the hall walking down the stairs through the audience, carrying a large sun shaped flag of their country.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest cooperates with UNICEF and that you will notice throughout the show. UNICEF ambassadors like David Beckham, Shakira, Robbie Williams and Whoopi Goldberg are the first ones to make you aware that not all children in the world live in wealth and peace. When the hosts explained how to vote, it is time to open the televoting and kick off the show with the first participants from Romania.

After the first three countries - Romania, Armenia and Belarus - performed, you can see last year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest Sipke Jan Bousema elaborating on the UNICEF project. Following the performances of Russia and Greece, you can see Sipke Jan in another postcard together with the Junior Eurovision Song Contest participants.

Georgia is next after the short break after which a postcard of the sandy beach introduces Oliver, the Belgian candidate. Bulgaria, Serbia, Malta and the Netherlands. Beckham, Shakira and Robbie promote UNICEF once more and make it possible again for broadcasters to air a commercial break. Sophia Paraskeva and Alex Michael then show up again before the show continues with the last four candidates from Ukraine, Lithuania, Macedonia and Cyprus. With a recap off all songs, the viewers are asked to vote for their favourite participants and to suppurt UNICEF.

Evridiki and Dimitris Korgialas (stand-ins for the moment) take the stage to sing this year's Junior Eurovision theme song Fun In The Sun and dancers form the word FUN on stage. Another recap of the songs is aired for them who couldn't make up their mind yet. Dima Bilan, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest gets introduced.

Following a report on the Lemesos Parade which took place in Limassol last Monday, the candidates all together hand in hand sing the UNICEF song Hand In Hand. Another review on what the candidates did in Cyprus this week, an interview with and performance of Dima Bilan (a stand-in for the moment) later, a video with last years Belarusian winner Alexey and the usual chat with Svante Stockselius, the points can finally be revealed.

Source: http://www.belgovision.com/en/index_f.php?id=4846