Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Australia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 which took place on 20 November 2016, in Valletta, Malta. Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Alexa Curtis was internally selected to represent Australia with the song "We Are".

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Country	Australia
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 29 September 2016 Song: 7 October 2016
Selected artist(s)	Alexa Curtis
Selected song	"We Are"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ali Tamposi Tania Doko Boi-1da
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 202 points
Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Background

Main article: Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2016 Contest, Australia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest once since its debut in 2015, with the song "My Girls" performed by Bella Paige.^[1]

Before Junior Eurovision

The Australian broadcaster announced on 12 September 2016, that they would be participating at the contest to be held in Valletta, Malta.^[2] On 29 September 2016, it was announced that Alexa Curtis had been internally chosen by the broadcaster to represent Australia.^[3] Curtis will perform the song "We Are", which was premiered on 7 October 2016.^[4]

Artist and song information

Alexa Curtis
Background information
Born	(2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 20) Gold Coast, Australia
Origin	Brisbane, Australia
Genres	Pop
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Universal Music
Website	alexacurtis.com

"We Are"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry
Country	Australia
Artist(s)	Alexa Curtis
Languages	English
Composer(s)	Ali Tamposi, Tania Doko, Boi-1da
Lyricist(s)	Ali Tamposi, Tania Doko, Boi-1da
Finals performance
Final result	5th
Final points	202
Entry chronology
◄ "My Girls" (2015)

Alexa Curtis

Main article: Alexa Curtis (singer)

Alexa Curtis (born 4 January 2004) is an Australian singer who won The Voice Kids Australia in 2014. She won through Team Delta and is now signed to Universal Music Australia. She will represent Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "We Are".

In 2012, Alexa appeared in a production of Oliver! alongside her brother, Aidan. She appeared twice in the 2014 Schools Spectacular, first performing with her Voice Kids co-stars, then duetting with The Voice winner Anja Nissen. In 2014, she performed with a small group of The Voice Kids at Vision Australia's Carols by Candlelight. In 2015, she performed at the IGA Lord Mayor's Christmas Carols appearing twice, once as a solo performer, then duetting with Napoleon 'Polo' Cummings. In March 2016, she sang the opening theme song for six episodes of The Powerpuff Girls on Cartoon Network Australia.

We Are

"We Are" represented Australia during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016. It was composed and written by Ali Tamposi, Tania Doko and Boi-1da.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 14 November 2016, Australia was drawn to perform fourteenth on 20 November 2016, following Israel and preceding the Netherlands.^[5]

The final will be broadcast in Australia on SBS One.

Final

Voting

During the press conference for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, held in Stockholm, the Reference Group announced several changes to the voting format for the 2016 contest. Previously, points had been awarded based on a combination of 50% National juries and 50% televoting, with one more set of points also given out by a 'Kids' Jury'. However, this year, points will be awarded based on a 50/50 combination of each country's Adult and Kids' Jury, to be announced by a spokesperson. For the first time since the inauguration of the contest the voting procedure will not include a public televote.^[6] Following these results, three expert jurors will also announce their points from 1–8, 10, and 12. These professional jurors are: Christer Björkman, Mads Grimstad, and Jedward.^[7]

Points awarded to Australia[8][9][10] Score Adult and expert juries Kids juries 12 points  Georgia  Ireland  Netherlands 10 points  Albania  Poland  Cyprus  Georgia 8 points  Italy  Malta  Malta  Poland 7 points  Mads Grimstad  Jedward  Ukraine  Italy  Russia 6 points  Belarus  Russia  Bulgaria  Serbia 5 points  Armenia  Ireland 4 points  Bulgaria  Netherlands  Ukraine  Israel 3 points  Christer Björkman 2 points  Albania  Macedonia 1 point  Macedonia  Belarus

Points awarded by Australia[8][9][10] Score Adult jury Kids jury 12 points  Malta  Georgia 10 points  Belarus  Malta 8 points  Ireland  Italy 7 points  Bulgaria  Belarus 6 points  Georgia  Ireland 5 points  Macedonia  Armenia 4 points  Armenia  Israel 3 points  Netherlands  Bulgaria 2 points  Russia  Albania 1 point  Albania  Ukraine

References

1. Granger, Anthony (8 October 2015). "JESC'15: Australia Debuts, 17 Countries To Compete". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
2. Dwyer, Genevieve (12 September 2016). "Australia to compete in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
3. Jordan, Paul (30 September 2016). "Alexa Curtis to represent Australia in Valletta". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
4. Jordan, Paul (6 October 2016). "Premiere of 'We Are' – Australia's song for Junior Eurovision!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
5. Jordan, Paul (15 November 2016). "Final running order revealed!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
6. Jordan, Paul (13 May 2016). "Format changes for the Junior Eurovision 2016". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
7. Jordan, Paul (13 May 2016). "Jedward to appear at Junior Eurovision 2016!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
8. "Results of the Final of Valletta 2016". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
9. "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 - Complete scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
10. "Whizz-kids, let's dive into the results!". www.junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 20 November 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.