Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Australia

Australia

Member station SBS
National selection events Internal selection
Appearances
Appearances 2
First appearance 2015
Best result 5th: 2016
Worst result 8th: 2015
External links
SBS page
Australia's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Australia made their debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Australian broadcaster, Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), was responsible for the selection of their first participant.[1] SBS have previously broadcast every edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest on a broadcast delay.

Participation

Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place 

Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2015 Bella Paige "My Girls" English 8 64
2016 Alexa Curtis "We Are" English 5 202

Broadcasts and voting

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[2] The Australian broadcaster, SBS, send their own commentary team to each contest in order to provide commentary in the English language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Australia. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Year(s) Commentator Spokesperson
2003 No commentator Australia not allowed to compete
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 Andre Nookadu and Georgia McCarthy
2014
2015 Ash London and Toby Truslove[3] Ellie Blackwell
2016 No Commentary Sebastian Hill

Voting history

The tables below shows Australia's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in 2015:

Most points given
Rank Points Country
1 24  Malta
2 17  Belarus
3 14  Armenia
4 13  Ireland
5 9  Albania
Most points received
Rank Points Country
1 29  Georgia
2 26  Malta
3 19  Ireland
3 19  Netherlands
5 17  Albania

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fisher, Luke James (7 October 2015). "Australia joins to make it 'Super 17' at Junior Eurovision in Sofia!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Granger, Anthony (11 November 2015). "JESC '15: Further Australian Details". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 November 2015.

External links

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