Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the fourteenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which took place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, in Valletta, Malta. This was the second time that Malta have hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, their first being in 2014. Jon Ola Sand was appointed as the Executive Supervisor for the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, following the dismissal of the former supervisor, Vladislav Yakovlev.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Embrace
Dates
Grand final	20 November 2016
Host
Venue	Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, Malta
Presenter(s)	Ben Camille Valerie Vella
Directed by	Gordon Bonello
Executive supervisor	Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer	Charles Dalli[1]
Host broadcaster	Public Broadcasting Services (PBS)
Interval act	Poli Genova with "If Love Was a Crime", Destiny Chukunyere with "Not My Soul" and "Fast Life", Jedward with "Hologram", All participants with "We Are (United)"
Website	www.junioreurovision.tv/event/valletta-2016
Participants
Number of entries	17
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Cyprus  Israel  Poland
Non-returning countries	Montenegro  San Marino  Slovenia
Participation map      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2016
Vote
Voting system	Each country's adult & kid juries, as well as three expert jurors, award 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winning song	Georgia "Mzeo"

Seventeen countries participated in the contest with Montenegro and Slovenia both withdrawing from the competition after two contests, and San Marino withdrawing after three, whilst Cyprus returned after a one-year break, Israel returned after a three-year break and Poland returned to the contest after a record eleven-year break. For the first time since the inauguration of the contest the voting procedure did not include a public televote. The overall results were determined by combination of professional and young jurors.

The winner of the contest was Mariam Mamadashvili, who represented Georgia with the song "Mzeo", marking the third time Georgia has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (following 2008 and 2011 respectively), making Georgia the first country to win the competition three times. Armenia and Italy finished in second and third place, respectively.

Location

The Mediterranean Conference Centre, venue for 2016.

During a press conference interview on 21 November 2015, a representative from the EBU stated that they had already begun approaching several broadcasters in regards to being the host country for the 2016 contest. On 13 April 2016, it was confirmed that Malta would host the contest. This was the second time that the country hosted the contest, having previously done so in 2014.[2]

The contest took place in the Republic Hall of the Mediterranean Conference Centre, in the Maltese capital, Valletta. The Republic Hall is typically capable of seating 1,400 people.[3]

Format

Executive supervisor dismissal

An announcement was made in December 2015, regarding the contract termination of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor Vladislav Yakovlev. Yakovlev was fired without any clear reasons after three contests, and was replaced by Jon Ola Sand who has been Executive Supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest since 2011.[4]

Graphic design

Stage design of the contest during Bulgarian performance

During a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden on 13 May 2016, the logo and slogan of the contest were released, intending to represent the contest's values: connectivity, diversity, creativity and respect.[5][6][7] The slogan for the contest was "Embrace". On 10 September 2016, it was revealed that each of the postcards preceding the participants' performances would showcase Malta.[8] Filming took place in various locations, including Hastings Gardens and City Gate.[9]

On 8 October 2016, PBS released details regarding the proposed stage design for the contest.[10] The design included a circular stage with an LED backdrop and a spiral structure.[11]

Hosts

Vella and Camille during a rehearsal

On 28 October 2016, it was announced that Valerie Vella and Ben Camille would host the 2016 contest.[12] Vella is known in Malta as a television presenter, having hosted the Maltese national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2002, 2009 and 2011.[13][14][15] She presented the Maltese votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and 2005[16] and commented on the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 and 2010,[17][18] as well as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest from 2004 to 2009.[19] Camille is also known both as a television presenter and an actor in Malta, notable for having acted in Maltese television show Strada Stretta.[20] He hosted Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and presented the Maltese votes in the Eurovision Song Contest that year.[21]

Voting

During the press conference for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, held in Stockholm, the steering 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, from each country with one more set of points also given out by a 'Kids' Jury'. The new voting system would be an adaptation of the new system used in the adult festival, but instead of the televoting, which was removed, a children's jury would be used by each country. In 2016, 1-8, 10, and 12 points were awarded based on a 50/50 combination of each country’s Adult and Kids' Jury, announced by a spokesperson. This brought an end to the use of televoting for the first time.[22] For the first time, an expert panel from the professional music industry provided feedback on each of the artists performances.[23] The members of the panel were: Christer Björkman, Mads Grimstad, and the 2011 and 2012, participants at the adult version Jedward.[24] Also for the first time since 2005 the starting 12 points were dropped. In 2005 these were added to make sure nobody would receive no points.

Interval acts

Jedward performed "Hologram" during the interval

It was announced on 3 November 2016 that last year's Junior Eurovision winner, Destiny Chukunyere, would be part of the interval act during the show. Poli Genova who represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 and 2016 and also hosted the last´s year contest, would also be a part of the interval acts, performing the song "If Love Was a Crime".[25][26] On 16 November 2016, along the experts juries, it was announced that Jedward would join the interval act by performing a new song entitled "Hologram".[27]

During the final, the participants of the contest performed the song "We Are", not to be confused with the Australian entry with the same name.[28]

Participating countries

On 28 September 2016, it was confirmed that seventeen countries would take part in the contest. Cyprus, Israel, and Poland all returned after a one-year, three-year and eleven-year breaks respectively. Montenegro and Slovenia both withdrew from the competition after two contests, and San Marino withdrew after competing in the past three editions.[29] TVM, the Maltese television network operated by the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), initially expected that a total of eighteen countries would participate in the 2016 contest.[30][31]

Results

Draw[32]	Country[33]	Artist[33]	Song[33]	Language(s)	Place[34]	Points[34]
01	Ireland	Zena Donnelly	"Bríce ar Bhríce"	Irish, English	10	122
02	Armenia	Anahit & Mary	"Tarber" (Տարբեր)	Armenian, English	2	232
03	Albania	Klesta Qehaja	"Besoj"	Albanian, English	13	38
04	Russia	The Water of Life Project	"Water of Life"	Russian, English	4	202
05	Malta	Christina Magrin	"Parachute"	English	6	191
06	Bulgaria	Lidia Ganeva	"Magical Day (Valsheben den)" (Вълшебен ден)	Bulgarian, English	9	161
07	Macedonia	Martija Stanojković	"Love Will Lead Our Way (Ljubovta ne vodi)" (Љубовта не води)	Macedonian, English	12	41
08	Poland	Olivia Wieczorek	"Nie zapomnij"	Polish, English	11	60
09	Belarus	Alexander Minyonok	"Musyka moikh pobed (Music is My Only Way)" (Музыка моих побед)	Russian, English	7	177
10	Ukraine	Sofia Rol	"Planet Craves for Love"	Ukrainian, English	14	30
11	Italy	Fiamma Boccia	"Cara Mamma - Dear Mom"	Italian, English	3	209
12	Serbia	Dunja Jeličić	"U la la la" (У ла ла ла)	Serbian	17	14
13	Israel	Shir & Tim	"Follow My Heart"	Hebrew, English	15	27
14	Australia	Alexa Curtis	"We Are"	English	5	202
15	Netherlands	Kisses	"Kisses and Dancin'"	Dutch, English	8	174
16	Cyprus	George Michaelides	"Dance Floor"	Greek, English	16	27
17	Georgia	Mariam Mamadashvili	"Mzeo" (მზეო)	Georgian	1	239

Scoreboard

The votes of the adult jury and the kids jury were cast after the second dress rehearsal, whereas the votes of the expert jury were cast after the performances at the final.[35] Mariam Mamadashvili who represented Georgia with the song "Mzeo", was declared the winner after all the votes had been announced from all of the seventeen participating countries and the expert juries.[36] Below is a full breakdown of how the votes were cast.[34][37]

Split jury results
Place	Adult jury	Points	Kids jury	Points	Expert jury	Points
1	Georgia	144	Armenia	110	Russia	29
2	Armenia	99	Malta	105	Armenia	23
3	Netherlands	94	Russia	105	Italy	22
4	Belarus	92	Italy	103	Belarus	20
5	Australia	86	Australia	99	Australia	17
6	Italy	84	Georgia	83	Bulgaria	15
7	Malta	80	Bulgaria	68	Netherlands	15
8	Bulgaria	78	Netherlands	65	Georgia	12
9	Russia	68	Belarus	65	Ireland	9
10	Ireland	56	Ireland	57	Malta	6
11	Albania	23	Poland	36	Poland	3
12	Poland	21	Macedonia	24	Albania	2
13	Ukraine	18	Israel	20	Israel	1
14	Macedonia	17	Albania	13	Macedonia	0
15	Cyprus	15	Ukraine	12	Ukraine	0
16	Israel	6	Cyprus	12	Serbia	0
17	Serbia	5	Serbia	9	Cyprus	0

Adult jury

Voting procedure used:   Adult jury   Kids jury   Expert jury		Voting results (adult jury)
		Total score	Kids jury score	Ireland	Armenia	Albania	Russia	Malta	Bulgaria	Macedonia	Poland	Belarus	Ukraine	Italy	Serbia	Israel	Australia	Netherlands	Cyprus	Georgia	Christer Björkman	Mads Grimstad	Jedward
Contestants	Ireland	122	57			1	1	12	3				10	12	6		8		3			4	5
	Armenia	232	110	4			7	10	8	10		10	2		12	10	4	7	7	8	8	5	10
	Albania	38	13				2	4				2		5	7		1		2		2
	Russia	202	105	7	6	4			1	8	7	7	4	2	5	5	2	3	4	3	7	10	12
	Malta	191	105	1	4	7	3		5	6	1	8	5	10		1	12		10	7		2	4
	Bulgaria	161	68	3	8	6		6		7	12	5	3	7	1		7	6	1	6	6	8	1
	Macedonia	41	24			2		2						1	3	2	5	2
	Poland	60	36		2		4	1		2		1		6		4				1			3
	Belarus	177	65	8	7		12	5	10	3	5					12	10	10	8	2	12	6	2
	Ukraine	30	12		3				2		4					3		1		5
	Italy	209	103	10	1	8	5		6	12	6	4	6		2	7		8	5	4	10	12
	Serbia	14	9							5
	Israel	27	20			3					2		1								1
	Australia	202	99	5	5	10	6	8	4	1	10	6	7	8				4		12	3	7	7
	Netherlands	174	65	6	10	5	8	7	7	4	3	3	8	4	4	6	3		6	10	4	3	8
	Cyprus	27	12	2											8			5
	Georgia	239	83	12	12	12	10	3	12		8	12	12	3	10	8	6	12	12		5	1	6

12 points

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 8  Georgia  Albania  Armenia  Belarus  Bulgaria  Cyprus  Ireland  Netherlands  Ukraine 2  Belarus  Israel  Russia  Ireland  Italy  Malta

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 1  Armenia  Serbia  Australia  Georgia  Bulgaria  Poland  Italy  Macedonia  Malta  Australia

Kids jury

Voting procedure used:   Adult jury   Kids jury   Expert jury		Voting results (kids jury)
		Total score	Adult jury score	Ireland	Armenia	Albania	Russia	Malta	Bulgaria	Macedonia	Poland	Belarus	Ukraine	Italy	Serbia	Israel	Australia	Netherlands	Cyprus	Georgia	Christer Björkman	Mads Grimstad	Jedward
Contestants	Ireland	122	56			8	1	10			7	2	7	8		1	6	2	5			4	5
	Armenia	232	99	7		6	10	7	12	8		12	5	10	10		5	6	4	8	8	5	10
	Albania	38	23		4					1	4		1				2	1			2
	Russia	202	68	8	3			2	10	12	6	10	8	6	12	6		10	6	6	7	10	12
	Malta	191	80	5	6	12	8		5	10	10	5	3	12	4		10	3	7	5		2	4
	Bulgaria	161	78	6	5	5	3	5		6	1	8	2	3	3	8	3	7	3		6	8	1
	Macedonia	41	17			7		1			2			2		3		8		1
	Poland	60	21		12	1		4	2			7				10							3
	Belarus	177	92		8		12		8				6	5	7	5	7			7	12	6	2
	Ukraine	30	18					3	4			4					1
	Italy	209	84	10	1	10	2	12	7	7	12	6			5	7	8	4	8	4	10	12
	Serbia	14	5						3	3				1						2
	Israel	27	6	1		3					5			4	1		4		2		1
	Australia	202	86	12		2	7	8	6	2	8	1	4	7	6	4		12	10	10	3	7	7
	Netherlands	174	94	4	7		6	6	1	4			10		2	12			1	12	4	3	8
	Cyprus	27	15	2	2		5													3
	Georgia	239	144	3	10	4	4			5	3	3	12		8	2	12	5	12		5	1	6

12 points

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 3  Georgia  Australia  Cyprus  Ukraine 2  Armenia  Belarus  Bulgaria  Australia  Ireland  Netherlands  Italy  Malta  Poland  Malta  Albania  Italy  Netherlands  Georgia  Israel  Russia  Macedonia  Russia 1  Belarus  Russia  Poland  Armenia

Other countries

For a country to be eligible for potential participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, it needs to be an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).[38] It is unknown whether the EBU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest.[38] At a press conference held during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, the former contest Executive Supervisor, Vladislav Yakovlev, announced that broadcasters in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania had expressed interest in participation.[39] Additionally, during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest press conference held in Stockholm during the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Jon Ola Sand confirmed that the EBU was in contact with a number of broadcasters regarding participation including Belgium, France, Germany and Spain.[40]

The EBU Active Members, listed below, had made the following announcements in regards to their decisions:

Active EBU members

•  Denmark – Right after the 2015 edition, Denmark's national broadcaster DR announced that they would "no longer" participate in further editions of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Jan Lagermand Lundme, the Entertainment President of DR, stated that the reason behind this decision was because the competition had become too much of a copy of the main Eurovision Song Contest and that the contest had strayed from its core idea—"the joy, the humor and the play".[41]
•  France – On 18 November 2015, it was reported that the French broadcaster France Télévisions was interested in returning to the contest.[42] Edoardo Grassi, the Head of Delegation for France in the Eurovision Song Contest, was one of the jury members at the Maltese national selection for the 2016 Junior Eurovision, and was introduced by the hosts of the show as being the Head of Delegation for France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[43] The broadcaster was ultimately not among the participants for the 2016 edition.
•  Slovenia – On 24 May 2016, the Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) announced that they would withdraw from the contest for the first time since their debut in the 2014 edition of the contest. The broadcaster explained that the decision was made based on changes to the contest rules by the EBU, although not specifying which rule changes influenced their decision to withdraw from the competition.[44]
•   Switzerland – Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI) confirmed on 5 July 2016 that they would not return to the contest in 2016 due to the cost of the participation.[45]

The following broadcasters publicly declined to participate in the contest without providing any further explanations:

•  Belgium – Ketnet[46]
•  Croatia – HRT[47]
•  Czech Republic – ČT[45]
•  Germany – ARD[48]
•  Greece – ERT[49]
•  Latvia – LTV[50]
•  Moldova – TRM[51]
•  Montenegro – RTCG[52]
•  Norway – NRK[53]
•  San Marino – SMRTV[54]
•  Sweden – SVT[55]
•  United Kingdom – ITV[56]

International broadcasts and voting

The first votes to be announced were those of the professional music industry jury, announced in the order of performance. The expert juries then announced their votes which had been cast live at the contest. Finally, the points awarded by the Kids' Jury were announced as a total in order of the fewest to the greatest number of points received by each country.[57] The spokespersons are shown below alongside each participating country.

Voting and spokespersons

1.  Ireland – Andrea Leddy[58]
2.  Armenia – Mika (Armenian representative in the 2015 contest)[59]
3.  Albania – Juna Dizdari[58]
4.  Russia – Mikhail Smirnov (Russian representative in the 2015 contest)[60]
5.  Malta – Gaia Cauchi (Maltese representative and winner of the 2013 contest)[61]
6.  Bulgaria – Milen Pavlov[58]
7.  Macedonia – Antonija Dimitrijevska[58]
8.  Poland – Nicoletta Włodarczyk[58]
9.  Belarus – Ruslan Aslanov (Belarusian representative in the 2015 contest)[62]
10.  Ukraine – Anna Trincher (Ukrainian representative in the 2015 contest)[63]
11.  Italy – Jade Scicluna[64]
12.  Serbia – Tomislav Radojević[58]
13.  Israel – Itay Limor[65]
14.  Australia – Sebastian Hill[58]
15.  Netherlands – Anneloes[58]
16.  Cyprus – Loucas Demetriou[58]
17.  Georgia – Elene Sturua[66]
18. Expert Jury – Christer Björkman, Mads Grimstad and Jedward

Participating countries

•  Albania – Andri Xhahu (TVSH, RTSH Muzikë and Radio Tirana)[67]
•  Armenia – Avet Barseghyan (Armenia 1)[68]
•  Australia – No commentary (SBS One)
•  Belarus – Julia Pertsova (Belarus 1 and Belarus 24)[62]
•  Bulgaria – Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev (BNT 1, BNT HD, BNT World)
•  Cyprus – Kyriacos Pastides (CyBC 2)[69]
•  Georgia – Demetre Ergemlidze (GPB 1TV)[70]
•  Ireland – Eoghan McDermott (TG4)
•  Israel – No commentary (Channel 1)[71]
•  Italy – Simone Lijoi and Laura Carusino Vignera (Rai Gulp)[72]
•  Macedonia – Eli Tanaskovska (MRT 1)
•  Malta – No commentary (TVM1)
•  Netherlands – Jan Smit (NPO Zapp)[73]
•  Poland – Artur Orzech (TVP1 and TVP Polonia)[74]
•  Russia - Olga Shelest (Carousel)
•  Serbia – Silvana Grujić (RTS2, RTS Sat)[75]
•  Ukraine – Timur Miroshnychenko (UA:Pershyi)[76]

Non-participating countries

•  Germany – Thomas Mohr (NDR website)[77]
•  New Zealand – Ewan Spence, Lisa-Jayne Lewis, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson (World FM 88.2)[78]
•  Singapore – Ewan Spence, Lisa-Jayne Lewis, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson (247 Disco Heaven)[78]
•  Slovenia – Andrej Hofer (TV SLO 2)[79]
•  United Kingdom – Ewan Spence, Lisa-Jayne Lewis, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson (Radio Six International, Fun Kids and 103 The Eye)[78][80]
•  United States – Ewan Spence, Lisa-Jayne Lewis, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson (KCGW 107.1, WCGD 90.5, KLZY 99.3 and KMJY 88.1)[78]

Official album

Junior Eurovision Song Contest Valletta 2016
Compilation album by Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Released	11 November 2016
Genre	Pop
Length	57:37
Label	Universal
Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Junior Eurovision Song Contest Bulgaria 2015 (2015) Junior Eurovision Song Contest Valletta 2016 (2016) Junior Eurovision Song Contest Tbilisi 2017 (2017)

Junior Eurovision Song Contest Valletta 2016, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on 11 November 2016. The album features all the songs from the 2016 contest, as well as two new songs by 2015 winner Destiny Chukunyere: "Embrace" and "Fast Life".[81]

See also

• ABU Radio Song Festival 2016
• ABU TV Song Festival 2016
• Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2016
• Eurovision Young Musicians 2016
• Eurovision Song Contest 2016
• Turkvision Song Contest 2016

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