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Three 'wasps' win junior Eurovision song contest
23/11/2008 13:06

Three happy "wasps" from Georgia won last night this year's junior Eurovision song contest held in southern Cypriot city of Limassol.

The three-kid Georgian group Bzikebi (wasps), all ten years old, got a total of 154 points with their song Bzz..., 19 points ahead of Ukraine in the second place. Lithuania got the third place with103 points.

The best young singers from 15 European countries took part in the final show of the sixth junior Eurovision song contest, which was launched in Denmark in 2003.

Svante Stockselius, executive supervisor of the contest, said all the kids aged from 10 to 15 delivered great performances.

"All of them are extraordinarily talented," Stockselius added.

The contest was broadcast live in all the participating countries. Televoters and jury from each country gave points to their favorites.

All the profits from the televoting process this year will go to the world children's fund UNICEF, said the organizers, to help children all over the world, especially in Africa, who don't have clean water.