Eurovision Young Musicians 2008

Eurovision Young Musicians 2008
Dates
Final	9 May 2008
Host
Venue	Rathausplatz, Vienna, Austria
Presenter(s)	Lidia Baich Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz
Conductor	Aleksandar Markovic
Director	Heidelinde Haschek
Executive supervisor	Tal Barnea
Executive producer	Michael Heinzl
Host broadcaster	ORF
Interval act	Angelika Kirchschlager performing "One Life to Live" alone and "We dream together" with the Wiener Sängerknaben (Vienna Boys' Choir)
Participants
Number of entries	16 (7 qualified)
Debuting countries	Serbia Ukraine
Returning countries	Germany
Withdrawing countries	Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Serbia and Montenegro Switzerland
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2008
Vote
Voting system	Each juror awarded a mark from 1–10 to each performer
Winning song	Greece Dionysios Grammenos
Eurovision Young Musicians
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The 14th Eurovision Young Musicians final was held in Vienna, Austria on 9 May 2008, during the annual Wiener Festwochen. Austrian public broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) was the host broadcaster for the event, having previously hosted in 1990, 1998 and 2006.

Candidates representing each participating European Broadcasting Union (EBU) member state participated in the semi-final. The semi-final round was held on 4 and 5 May 2008 at the Theater an der Wien. Out of these candidates the seven best were selected by an international jury to perform live as finalists in the show at the Rathausplatz on 9 May 2008.

Debuting this year in the competition were Serbia and Ukraine, but neither managed to reach the final. The finalists were accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Aleksandar Marković. Hosting the competition were Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz and former winner Lidia Baich.

The 18-year-old Greek clarinetist Dionysios Grammenos received the first prize, taking the title 'Eurovision Young Musician of the Year'. He is the first woodwind player to win the competition (previous winners have played piano, violin or cello). A new feature in 2008 was the audience prize, voted for by television viewers in the host country via SMS. The third prize winning Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing was the winner of this public vote.

Jury

Semi-final

• Jeanette de Boer
• Günter Voglmayr
• Franz Bartolomey
• Ranko Marković
• Kaja Danczowska
• Jerzy Maksymiuk

Final

• Sir Roger Norrington (head)
• Ranko Markovic
• / Jeanette de Boer
• Lars Anders Tomter
• Günter Volgmayr
• Alison Balsom

Semi-final

Part 1 (4 May)

Country	Performer	Instrument	Result
Germany	Kathy Kang	Violin	Failed to qualify
Greece	Dionysios Grammenos	Clarinet	Qualified
Croatia	Marin Maras	Violin	Failed to qualify
Ukraine	Anna Fedorova	Piano	Failed to qualify
Austria	Sol Daniel Kim	Cello	Failed to qualify
Romania	Stefan Besan	Violin	Failed to qualify
United Kingdom	Philip Achille	Harmonica	Qualified
Sweden	Maria Verbaite	Piano	Failed to qualify

Part 2 (5 May)

Country	Performer	Instrument	Result
Cyprus	Orfeas Hiratos	Clarinet	Failed to qualify
Finland	Roope Gröhdahl	Piano	Qualified
Netherlands	Steven Bourne	Cello	Qualified
Norway	Eldbjørg Hemsing	Violin	Qualified
Poland	Marta Kowalczyk	Violin	Failed to qualify
Russia	Anastasia Kobekina	Cello	Qualified
Serbia	Mina Zakic	Cello	Failed to qualify
Slovenia	Jan Gricar	Saxophone	Qualified

Final

The 2008 winner, Dionysios Grammenos from Greece

Awards were given to the top three countries. The table below highlights these using gold, silver, and bronze. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.

Pos	Country	Performer	Instrument
1	Greece	Dionysios Grammenos	Clarinet
2	Finland	Roope Gröndahl	Piano
3	Norway	Eldbjørg Hemsing	Violin
-	Netherlands	Steven Bourne	Cello
-	Russia	Anastasia Kobekina	Cello
-	Slovenia	Jan Gricar	Saxophone
-	United Kingdom	Philip Achille	Harmonica

See also

• European Broadcasting Union
• Eurovision Song Contest 2008
• Eurovision Young Musicians
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

External links

• Eurovision Young Musicians 2008
• Pictures from the Eurovision Young Musicians 2008 Finale in Vienna