Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

"We Are"
"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
Alexa Curtis
Background information
Born	4 January 2004 (age 21); Gold Coast, Australia
Origin	Brisbane, Australia
Genres	Pop
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Universal Music
Website	alexacurtis.com

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016
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

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".

Background

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

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

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