Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 8 points for their 3rd favourite song. Then 10 and 12 points were given for the second favorite and favorite respectively. But, the difference between this contest and other past contests is this is the first Eurovision Song Contest that implements a jury vote that counts for half of each countries vote. Fifteen countries took part in the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Macedonia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine. , which had taken part twice since 2006 announced that it was no longer interested in the contest and withdrew along
Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 composed the Macedonian entry in 2007 "Mojot svet". An English version of the song was also recorded, under the title "Never Forget That I Love You". It went on to represent Montenegro at the first semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2008 on 20 May 2008, in Belgrade. However the entry failed to achieve enough votes in order to qualify for the final of the contest, finishing 14th. The six candidates were: Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 RTCG chose the Montenegrin entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with help from public votes. During a special show that aired