• Dates – Grand Final: Sunday, 20 November 2016 – 16:00 CET
• Host – Venue & Location: The Mediterranean Conference Centre – MCC (Dar il-Mediterran għall-Konferenzi), Valletta, 🇲🇹 Malta
• Presenter (s): Ben Camille & Valerie Vella
• Director: Gordon Bonello
• Executive Producer: Charles Dalli
• Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
• Multicamera Director: Gordon Bonello
• Host broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Services (PBS)
• Website: www.junioreurovision.tv/event/valletta-2016
• Motto: ‘Embrace’ ()
• Opening Act – 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)”.
• Participants – Number of entries: 17 [🇮🇪 Ireland (2ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (10ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (3ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (11ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (12ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (5ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (12ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (3ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (14ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (11ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (3ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (8ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (2ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (2ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (14ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (8ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (10ª)]
• Debuting countries: —
• Return: 🇨🇾 Cyprus (8ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (3ª),🇮🇱 Israel (2ª)
• Non-returning countries: 🇸🇲 San Marino (3ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (2ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (2ª)
• Vote – Voting system: Ognuno dei paesi in gara assegna 12, 10, 8 e dal 7 all’1, punti per le proprie dieci canzoni preferite.
• Winning song: “Mzeo” (მზეო) – Mariam Mamadashvili (მარიამ მამადაშვილი), Georgia (3ª)

Overview/About. The 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Valletta, Malta, on Sunday 20 November following Destiny Chukunyere’s victory the year before in Sofia, Bulgaria.

17 countries participated in the 2016 contest which had the slogan ‘Embrace’. Poli Genova, who presented Junior Eurovision the year before and finished fourth in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest performed during the show, as did Jedward from Ireland. The 2016 contest took place on a Sunday afternoon for the first time which was deemed more suitable for the target audience. 

The winner was decided by a combination of jury and votes from a professional panel. Mariam Mamadashvili from Georgia won the contest with her song “Mzeo”, leaving Armenia in second and Italy in third place. In doing so, Georgia became the first country to win Junior Eurovision three times.

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	🇮🇪 Ireland	Zena Donnelly	“Bríce ar Bhríce” (Brick by brick)	122	10
2	🇦🇲 Armenia	Anahit and Mary (Անահիտ և Մերի; Anahit Adamyan and Mary Vardanyan, Մերի Վարդանյանն ու Անահիտ Ադամյանը)	“Tarber” (Տարբեր, Different)	232	02
3	🇦🇱 Albania	Klesta Qehaja	“Besoj” (I Believe)	038	13
4	🇷🇺 Russia	The Water of Life Project (Sofia Fisenko, Aleksandra Abrameytseva, Kristina Abramova and Madonna Abramova; Софья Фисенко, Саша Абрамейцева, Кристина Абрамовы, Мадонна Абрамовы)	“Water of Life” (Zhivaya voda, Живая Вода)	202	04
5	🇲🇹 Malta	Christina Magrin	“Parachute”	191	06
6	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Lidia Ganeva (Лидия Ганева)	“Magical Day (Valsheben den)” (Magical Day (Вълшебен ден))	161	09
7	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	Martija Stanojković (Мартија Станојковиќ)	“Love Will Lead Our Way (Ljubovta ne vodi)” (Љубовта не води)	041	12
8	🇵🇱 Poland	Olivia Wieczorek	“Nie zapomnij” (Don’t forget)	060	11
9	🇧🇾 Belarus	Alexander Minyonok (Аляксандр Мінёнак, Александр Минёнок; Аляксандр Ігаравіч Мінёнак) (with dance band Sensation (шоў-балета «Сенсацыя»): Karyna, Valeriya, Vlad and Kiryl; Kyril Myakhovsky, Vladyslav Bashmetov, Valeria Ilchenko e Karina Vasilevskaya, Кірыл Мяхоўскі, Уладзіслаў Башметаў, Валерыя Ільчанка і Карына Васілеўская)	“Musyka moikh pobed (Music Is My Only Way)” (Музыка моих побед, Музыка маіх перамог; Music of my victories)	177	07
10	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Sofia Rol (Софія Роль)	“Planet Craves for Love”	030	14
11	🇮🇹 Italy	Fiamma Boccia	“Cara mamma (Dear Mom)” (Cara mamma)	209	03
12	🇷🇸 Serbia	Dunja Jeličić (Дуња Јеличић)	“U la la la” (У ла ла ла)	014	17
13	🇮🇱 Israel	Shir and Tim (פריימן בת וסניקוב בן; Shira Frieman (שירה פרימן), TimoTi Sannikov (טימוטי סניקוב))	“Follow My Heart” (לעקוב אחר ליבי)	027	15
14	🇦🇺 Australia	Alexa Curtis	“We Are”	202	05
15	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Kisses (Kymora Sade, Stefania Liberakakis (Stefnia, Στεφανία Λυμπερακάκη), Sterre Koning)	“Kisses and Dancin'”	174	08
16	🇨🇾 Cyprus	George Michaelides (Γιώργος Μιχαηλίδης)	“Dance Floor”	027	16
17	🇬🇪 Georgia	Mariam Mamadashvili (მარიამ მამადაშვილი)	“Mzeo” (მზეო, Sun)	239	01

Missed participation

• Sofia Fisenko (Софья Фисенко) – “Zhivaya Voda” (Живая Вода). On 6 October 2016, the Russian organisation team announced that Sofia Fisenko would now perform her winning entry along with Aleksandra Abrameytseva, Kristina Abramova and Madonna Abramova under the stage name Water of Life Project, with the title of the song “Zhivaya voda” (Живая Вода) also changing to “Water of Life”, gaining an English final chorus. Carousel later reported Sofia Fisenko herself initiated the proposal to create The Water of Life Project, stating: “I sang and saw the eyes of all the children in the hall, my close friends sang along with me in the front row, and then I clearly realized that the “Water of Life” is us, the children, this is the energy and strength that spills with our voices around the planet. I believe that with this power, purity, we can change a lot”.

Participants

JESC 2016 Scoreboard Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

Valletta 2016		Total score	Adult jury score	Expert jury score	Kids jury score	🇮🇪	🇦🇲	🇦🇱	🇷🇺	🇲🇹	🇧🇬	🇲🇰	🇵🇱	🇧🇾	🇺🇦	🇮🇹	🇷🇸	🇮🇱	🇦🇺	🇳🇱	🇨🇾	🇬🇪
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇮🇪 Ireland	122	56	9	57	–	–	1	1	12	3	–	–	–	10	12	6	–	8	–	3	–
	🇦🇲 Armenia	232	99	23	110	4	–	–	7	10	8	10	–	10	2	–	12	10	4	7	7	8
	🇦🇱 Albania	38	23	2	13	–	–	–	2	4	–	–	–	2	–	5	7	–	1	–	2	–
	🇷🇺 Russia	202	68	29	105	7	6	4	–	–	1	8	7	7	4	2	5	5	2	3	4	3
	🇲🇹 Malta	191	80	6	105	1	4	7	3	–	5	6	1	8	5	10	–	1	12	–	10	7
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	161	78	15	68	3	8	6	–	6	–	7	12	5	3	7	1	–	7	6	1	6
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	41	17	0	24	–	–	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	2	5	2	–	–
	🇵🇱 Poland	60	21	3	36	–	2	–	4	1	–	2	–	1	–	6	–	4	–	–	–	1
	🇧🇾 Belarus	177	92	20	65	8	7	–	12	5	10	3	5	–	–	–	–	12	10	10	8	2
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	30	18	0	12	–	3	–	–	–	2	–	4	–	–	–	–	3	–	1	–	5
	🇮🇹 Italy	209	84	22	103	10	1	8	5	–	6	12	6	4	6	–	2	7	–	8	5	4
	🇷🇸 Serbia	14	5	0	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	🇮🇱 Israel	27	6	1	20	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	🇦🇺 Australia	202	86	17	99	5	5	10	6	8	4	1	10	6	7	8	–	–	–	4	–	12
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	174	94	15	65	6	10	5	8	7	7	4	3	3	8	4	4	6	3	–	6	10
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	27	15	0	12	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	5	–	–
	🇬🇪 Georgia	239	144	12	83	12	12	12	10	3	12		8	12	12	3	10	8	6	12	12	–

Valletta 2016		Total score	Adult jury score	Expert jury score	Kids jury score	🇮🇪	🇦🇲	🇦🇱	🇷🇺	🇲🇹	🇧🇬	🇲🇰	🇵🇱	🇧🇾	🇺🇦	🇮🇹	🇷🇸	🇮🇱	🇦🇺	🇳🇱	🇨🇾	🇬🇪
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇮🇪 Ireland	122	56	9	57	–	–	8	1	10	–	–	7	2	7	8	–	1	6	2	5	–
	🇦🇲 Armenia	232	99	23	110	7	–	6	10	7	12	8	–	12	5	10	10	–	5	6	4	8
	🇦🇱 Albania	38	23	2	13	–	4	–	–	–	–	1	4	–	1	–	–	–	2	1	–	–
	🇷🇺 Russia	202	68	29	105	8	3	–	–	2	10	12	6	10	8	6	12	6	–	10	6	6
	🇲🇹 Malta	191	80	6	105	5	6	12	8	–	5	10	10	5	3	12	4	–	10	3	7	5
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	161	78	15	68	6	5	5	3	5	–	6	1	8	2	3	3	8	3	7	3	–
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	41	17	0	24	–	–	7	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	3	–	8	–	1
	🇵🇱 Poland	60	21	3	36	–	12	1	–	4	2	–	–	7	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–
	🇧🇾 Belarus	177	92	20	65	–	8	–	12	–	8	–	–	–	6	5	7	5	7	–	–	7
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	30	18	0	12	–	–	–	–	3	4	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	🇮🇹 Italy	209	84	22	103	10	1	10	2	12	7	7	12	6	–	–	5	7	8	4	8	4
	🇷🇸 Serbia	14	5	0	9	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2
	🇮🇱 Israel	27	6	1	20	1	–	3	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	4	1	–	4	–	2	–
	🇦🇺 Australia	202	86	17	99	12	–	2	7	8	6	2	8	1	4	7	6	4	–	12	10	10
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	174	94	15	65	4	7	–	6	6	1	4	–	–	10	–	2	12	–	–	1	12
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	27	15	0	12	2	2	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
	🇬🇪 Georgia	239	144	12	83	3	10	4	4	–	–	5	3	3	12	–	8	2	12	5	12	–

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.

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. 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.

The chosen venue was the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, the Maltese capital. The main stage was in the Republic Hall which typically seats up to 1,400 people, while the green room was placed in a hall next to it, the Sacra Infermeria Hall.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 (Gallery):

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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.^[5] 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.

Prior to the event, a digital compilation album featuring all the songs from the 2016 contest, as well as two new songs by 2015 winner Destiny Chukunyere: “Embrace” and “Fast Life”, was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 12 November 2016.

Participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
🇦🇱 Albania	RTSH	Klesta Qehaja	“Besoj“	Albanian, English	Adrian Hila, Pandi Laço
🇦🇲 Armenia	AMPTV	Anahit and Mary	“Tarber” (Տարբեր)	Armenian, English	Avet Barseghyan, Nick Egibyan
🇦🇺 Australia	SBS	Alexa Curtis	“We Are”	English	Boi-1da, Tania Doko, Ali Tamposi
🇧🇾 Belarus	BTRC	Alexander Minyonok	“Musyka moikh pobed (Music Is My Only Way)” (Музыка моих побед)	Russian, English	Kirill Ermakov, Roman Kolodko, Alexander Minyonok
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	BNT	Lidia Ganeva	“Magical Day (Valsheben den)” (Вълшебен ден)	Bulgarian, English	Vladimir “Grafa” Ampov, Iliya Grigorov
🇨🇾 Cyprus	CyBC	George Michaelides	“Dance Floor”	Greek, English	Andreas Anastasiou, George Michaelides
🇬🇪 Georgia	GPB	Mariam Mamadashvili	“Mzeo” (მზეო)	Georgian	Maka Davitaia, Giorgi Kukhianidze
🇮🇪 Ireland	TG4	Zena Donnelly	“Bríce ar Bhríce“	Irish, English	Zena Donnelly
🇮🇱 Israel	IBA	Shir and Tim	“Follow My Heart”	Hebrew, English	Dor Daniel, Noam Horev
🇮🇹 Italy	RAI	Fiamma Boccia	“Cara mamma (Dear Mom)”	Italian, English	Fiamma Boccia, Alessandro Ghironi, Marco Iardella, Francesco Spadoni
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	MRT	Martija Stanojković	“Love Will Lead Our Way (Ljubovta ne vodi)” (Љубовта не води)	Macedonian, English	Aleksandar Masevski, Martija Stanojković
🇲🇹 Malta	PBS	Christina Magrin	“Parachute”	English	Florent Boshnjaku, Christina Magrin, Matt “Muxu” Mercieca
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	AVROTROS	Kisses	“Kisses and Dancin'”	Dutch, English	Joost Griffioen, Stas Swaczyna, Hansen Tomas
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP	Olivia Wieczorek	“Nie zapomnij“	Polish, English	Dominik Grabowski, Piotr Rubik
🇷🇺 Russia	VGTRK	The Water of Life Project	“Water of Life”	Russian, English	Rita Dakota
🇷🇸 Serbia	RTS	Dunja Jeličić	“U la la la” (У ла ла ла)	Serbian	Vladimir Graić, Dunja Jeličić, Leontina Vukomanović
🇺🇦 Ukraine	UA:PBC	Sofia Rol	“Planet Craves for Love”	Ukrainian, English	Sandra Bjurman, Yevgeny Matyushenko, Vitalii Kurovskyi, Ruslan Kvinta, Sofia Rol

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.

Graphic design. 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. 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. Filming took place in various locations, including Hastings Gardens and City Gate.

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

Hosts. On 28 October 2016, it was announced that Valerie Vella and Ben Camille would host the 2016 contest. 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. She presented the Maltese votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and 2005 and commented on the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 and 2010, as well as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest from 2004 to 2009. Camille is also known both as a television presenter and an actor in Malta, notable for having acted in Maltese television show Strada Stretta. He hosted Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and presented the Maltese votes in the Eurovision Song Contest that year.

Voting. During the press conference for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, which was held in Stockholm, as the adult contest was being held there, 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. For the first time, an expert panel from the professional music industry provided feedback on each of the artists performances. The members of the panel were: Christer Björkman, Mads Grimstad, and the 2011 and 2012, participants at the adult version Jedward. 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.

Contest overview. The event took place on 20 November 2016 at 16:00 CET. Seventeen countries participated, with the running order published on 15 November 2016. All the countries competing were eligible to vote with the Adult and the Kids jury vote, as well as an Expert jury, eligible to vote. Georgia won with 239 points, also winning the Adult jury vote. Armenia came second with 232 points and won the Kids jury vote, with Italy, Russia (who won the Expert jury vote), and Australia completing the top five. Albania, Ukraine, Israel, Cyprus, and Serbia occupied the bottom five positions.

The opening of the show featured last year’s winner Destiny Chukunyere performing her winning entry “Not My Soul” followed by the traditional flag parade accompanied by the theme song “Embrace”. The interval acts included Poli Genova performing her Eurovision 2016 entry “If Love Was a Crime” and Jedward performing “Hologram”. All participants then joined on stage for a rendition of the common song, “We Are” (separate song from this year’s Australian entry with the same name).

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇦🇱 Albania	Festivali Mbarëkombëtar i Këngës për Fëmijë 2016, 01-06-2016 (Presentación versión final, 07-11-2016)	Klesta Qehaja – “Besoj“
🇦🇲 Armenia	Presentación canción, 28-10-2016 (cantantes elegidas internamente, 10-08-2016)	Anahit and Mary – “Tarber” (Տարբեր)
🇦🇺 Australia	Presentación canción, 06-10-2016 (cantante elegida internamente, 28-09-2016)	Alexa Curtis – “We Are”
🇧🇾 Belarus	Final nacional, 26-08-2016 (Presentación versión final, 19-10-2016)	Alexander Minyonok – “Musyka moikh pobed (Music Is My Only Way)” (Музыка моих побед)
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Presentación canción, 02-10-2016 (cantante elegida en Final nacional, 11-06-2016)	Lidia Ganeva – “Magical Day (Valsheben den)” (Вълшебен ден)
🇨🇾 Cyprus	Presentación canción, 03-10-2016 (cantante elegido internamente, 17-09-2016)	George Michaelides – “Dance Floor”
🇬🇪 Georgia	Presentación canción, 24-10-2016 (cantante elegida en Final nacional, 30-09-2016)	Mariam Mamadashvili – “Mzeo” (მზეო)
🇮🇪 Ireland	Junior Eurovision Éire 2016, 06-11-2016	Zena Donnelly – “Bríce ar Bhríce“
🇮🇱 Israel	Presentación canción, 08-11-2016 (cantantes y canción elegidos internamente, 26-10-2016)	Shir and Tim – “Follow My Heart”
🇮🇹 Italy	Elección interna, 11-10-2016	Fiamma Boccia – “Cara mamma (Dear Mom)”
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	Presentación canción, 10-10-2016 (cantante elegida internamente, 24-07-2016)	Martija Stanojković – “Love Will Lead Our Way (Ljubovta ne vodi)” (Љубовта не води)
🇲🇹 Malta	Presentación canción, 27-10-2016 (cantante elegida en Final nacional, 16-07-2016)	Christina Magrin – “Parachute”
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Junior Songfestival 2016, 27-05-2016 (Presentación canción, 25-09-2016)	Kisses – “Kisses and Dancin'”
🇵🇱 Poland	Krajowe Eliminacje, 15-10-2016	Olivia Wieczorek – “Nie zapomnij“
🇷🇺 Russia	Final nacional, 16-08-2016 (Presentación versión final, 06-10-2016)	The Water of Life Project – “Water of Life”
🇷🇸 Serbia	Elección interna, 06-10-2016	Dunja Jeličić – “U la la la” (У ла ла ла)
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Final nacional, 10-09-2016 (Presentación versión final, 07-10-2016)	Sofia Rol – “Planet Craves for Love”

Connections:

4.Detailed voting results. 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. 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. Below is a full breakdown of how the votes were cast.

Split results

Place	Combined		Adult Jury		Expert Jury		Kids Jury
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	🇬🇪 Georgia	239	🇬🇪 Georgia	144	🇷🇺 Russia	29	🇦🇲 Armenia	110
2	🇦🇲 Armenia	232	🇦🇲 Armenia	99	🇦🇲 Armenia	23	🇲🇹 Malta	105
3	🇮🇹 Italy	209	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	94	🇮🇹 Italy	22	🇷🇺 Russia	105
4	🇷🇺 Russia	202	🇧🇾 Belarus	92	🇧🇾 Belarus	20	🇮🇹 Italy	103
5	🇦🇺 Australia	202	🇦🇺 Australia	86	🇦🇺 Australia	17	🇦🇺 Australia	99
6	🇲🇹 Malta	191	🇮🇹 Italy	84	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	15	🇬🇪 Georgia	83
7	🇧🇾 Belarus	177	🇲🇹 Malta	80	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	15	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	68
8	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	174	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	78	🇬🇪 Georgia	12	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	65
9	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	161	🇷🇺 Russia	68	🇮🇪 Ireland	9	🇧🇾 Belarus	65
10	🇮🇪 Ireland	122	🇮🇪 Ireland	56	🇲🇹 Malta	6	🇮🇪 Ireland	57
11	🇵🇱 Poland	60	🇦🇱 Albania	23	🇵🇱 Poland	3	🇵🇱 Poland	36
12	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	41	🇵🇱 Poland	21	🇦🇱 Albania	2	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	24
13	🇦🇱 Albania	38	🇺🇦 Ukraine	18	🇮🇱 Israel	1	🇮🇱 Israel	20
14	🇺🇦 Ukraine	30	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	17	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	0	🇦🇱 Albania	13
15	🇮🇱 Israel	27	🇨🇾 Cyprus	15	🇺🇦 Ukraine	0	🇺🇦 Ukraine	12
16	🇨🇾 Cyprus	27	🇮🇱 Israel	6	🇷🇸 Serbia	0	🇨🇾 Cyprus	12
17	🇷🇸 Serbia	14	🇷🇸 Serbia	5	🇨🇾 Cyprus	0	🇷🇸 Serbia	9

Detailed voting results (Adult jury votes)

Voting procedure used: Adult jury, Expert jury, Kids jury		Total score	Adult jury score	Expert jury score	Kids jury score	🇮🇪	🇦🇲	🇦🇱	🇷🇺	🇲🇹	🇧🇬	🇲🇰	🇵🇱	🇧🇾	🇺🇦	🇮🇹	🇷🇸	🇮🇱	🇦🇺	🇳🇱	🇨🇾	🇬🇪
			AJ	EJ	KJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ	AJ
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇮🇪 Ireland	122	56	9	57			1	1	12	3				10	12	6		8		3
	🇦🇲 Armenia	232	99	23	110	4			7	10	8	10		10	2		12	10	4	7	7	8
	🇦🇱 Albania	38	23	2	13				2	4				2		5	7		1		2
	🇷🇺 Russia	202	68	29	105	7	6	4			1	8	7	7	4	2	5	5	2	3	4	3
	🇲🇹 Malta	191	80	6	105	1	4	7	3		5	6	1	8	5	10		1	12		10	7
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	161	78	15	68	3	8	6		6		7	12	5	3	7	1		7	6	1	6
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	41	17	0	24			2		2						1	3	2	5	2
	🇵🇱 Poland	60	21	3	36		2		4	1		2		1		6		4				1
	🇧🇾 Belarus	177	92	20	65	8	7		12	5	10	3	5					12	10	10	8	2
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	30	18	0	12		3				2		4					3		1		5
	🇮🇹 Italy	209	84	22	103	10	1	8	5		6	12	6	4	6		2	7		8	5	4
	🇷🇸 Serbia	14	5	0	9							5
	🇮🇱 Israel	27	6	1	20			3					2		1
	🇦🇺 Australia	202	86	17	99	5	5	10	6	8	4	1	10	6	7	8				4		12
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	174	94	15	65	6	10	5	8	7	7	4	3	3	8	4	4	6	3		6	10
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	27	15	0	12	2											8			5
	🇬🇪 Georgia	239	144	12	83	12	12	12	10	3	12		8	12	12	3	10	8	6	12	12

Detailed voting results (Expert jury votes)

Voting procedure used:   Adult jury   Expert jury   Kids jury		Total score	Adult jury score	Expert jury score	Kids jury score	Mads Grimstad	Christer Björkman	Jedward
			AJ	EJ	KJ	EJ	EJ	EJ
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇮🇪 Ireland	122	56	9	57	4		5
	🇦🇲 Armenia	232	99	23	110	5	8	10
	🇦🇱 Albania	38	23	2	13		2
	🇷🇺 Russia	202	68	29	105	10	7	12
	🇲🇹 Malta	191	80	6	105	2		4
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	161	78	15	68	8	6	1
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	41	17	0	24
	🇵🇱 Poland	60	21	3	36			3
	🇧🇾 Belarus	177	92	20	65	6	12	2
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	30	18	0	12
	🇮🇹 Italy	209	84	22	103	12	10
	🇷🇸 Serbia	14	5	0	9
	🇮🇱 Israel	27	6	1	20		1
	🇦🇺 Australia	202	86	17	99	7	3	7
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	174	94	15	65	3	4	8
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	27	15	0	12
	🇬🇪 Georgia	239	144	12	83	1	5	6

Detailed voting results (Kids jury vote)

Voting procedure used: Adult jury, Expert jury, Kids jury		Total score	Adult jury score	Expert jury score	Kids jury score	🇮🇪	🇦🇲	🇦🇱	🇷🇺	🇲🇹	🇧🇬	🇲🇰	🇵🇱	🇧🇾	🇺🇦	🇮🇹	🇷🇸	🇮🇱	🇦🇺	🇳🇱	🇨🇾	🇬🇪
			AJ	EJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ	KJ
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇮🇪 Ireland	122	56	9	57			8	1	10			7	2	7	8		1	6	2	5
	🇦🇲 Armenia	232	99	23	110	7		6	10	7	12	8		12	5	10	10		5	6	4	8
	🇦🇱 Albania	38	23	2	13		4					1	4		1				2	1
	🇷🇺 Russia	202	68	29	105	8	3			2	10	12	6	10	8	6	12	6		10	6	6
	🇲🇹 Malta	191	80	6	105	5	6	12	8		5	10	10	5	3	12	4		10	3	7	5
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	161	78	15	68	6	5	5	3	5		6	1	8	2	3	3	8	3	7	3
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	41	17	0	24			7		1			2			2		3		8		1
	🇵🇱 Poland	60	21	3	36		12	1		4	2			7				10
	🇧🇾 Belarus	177	92	20	65		8		12		8				6	5	7	5	7			7
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	30	18	0	12					3	4			4					1
	🇮🇹 Italy	209	84	22	103	10	1	10	2	12	7	7	12	6			5	7	8	4	8	4
	🇷🇸 Serbia	14	5	0	9						3	3				1						2
	🇮🇱 Israel	27	6	1	20	1		3					5			4	1		4		2
	🇦🇺 Australia	202	86	17	99	12		2	7	8	6	2	8	1	4	7	6	4		12	10	10
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	174	94	15	65	4	7		6	6	1	4			10		2	12			1	12
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	27	15	0	12	2	2		5													3
	🇬🇪 Georgia	239	144	12	83	3	10	4	4			5	3	3	12		8	2	12	5	12

12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country’s adult and kids jury. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from the adult and kids jury) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by adult juries

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
8	🇬🇪 Georgia	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
2	🇧🇾 Belarus	🇮🇱 Israel, 🇷🇺 Russia
	🇮🇪 Ireland	🇮🇹 Italy, 🇲🇹 Malta
1	🇦🇲 Armenia	🇷🇸 Serbia
	🇦🇺 Australia	🇬🇪 Georgia
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	🇵🇱 Poland
	🇮🇹 Italy	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia
	🇲🇹 Malta	🇦🇺 Australia

12 points awarded by the expert juries

N.	Contestant	Juror(s) giving 12 points
1	🇧🇾 Belarus	Christer Björkman
	🇮🇹 Italy	Mads Grimstad
	🇷🇺 Russia	Jedward

12 points awarded by the kids juries

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
3	🇬🇪 Georgia	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
2	🇦🇲 Armenia	🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
	🇦🇺 Australia	🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
	🇮🇹 Italy	🇲🇹 Malta, 🇵🇱 Poland
	🇲🇹 Malta	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇮🇹 Italy
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇮🇱 Israel
	🇷🇺 Russia	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia, 🇷🇸 Serbia
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). It is unknown whether the EBU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest. 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. 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.

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”.
• 🇫🇷 France – On 18 November 2015, it was reported that the French broadcaster France Télévisions was interested in returning to the contest. 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. 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. RTVSLO still broadcast the 2016 contest.
• 🇨🇭 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.

Broadcasts.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)
🇦🇱 Albania	TVSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana	Andri Xhahu
🇦🇲 Armenia	Armenia 1	Avet Barseghyan
🇦🇺 Australia	SBS One	No commentary
🇧🇾 Belarus	Belarus 1, Belarus 24	Julia Pertsova
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	BNT 1, BNT HD, BNT World	Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev
🇨🇾 Cyprus	CyBC 2	Kyriacos Pastides
🇬🇪 Georgia	GPB 1TV	Demetre Ergemlidze
🇮🇪 Ireland	TG4	Eoghan McDermott
🇮🇱 Israel	Channel 1	No commentary
🇮🇹 Italy	Rai Gulp	Simone Lijoi and Laura Carusino Vignera
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	MRT 1	Eli Tanaskovska
🇲🇹 Malta	TVM	No commentary
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	NPO Zapp	Jan Smit
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP1 and TVP Polonia	Artur Orzech
🇷🇺 Russia	Carousel	Olga Shelest
🇷🇸 Serbia	RTS2, RTS Sat	Silvana Grujić
🇺🇦 Ukraine	UA:Pershyi	Timur Miroshnychenko

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)
🇩🇪 Germany	NDR website	Thomas Mohr
New Zealand	World FM 88.2	Ewan Spence, Lisa-Jayne Lewis, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson
Singapore	247 Disco Heaven	Ewan Spence, Lisa-Jayne Lewis, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson
🇸🇮 Slovenia	TV SLO 2	Andrej Hofer
🇬🇧 United Kindom	Radio Six International, Fun Kids, 103 The Eye	Ewan Spence, Lisa-Jayne Lewis, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson
United States	KCGW-LP, KLZY-LP, KMJY-LP, WCGD-LP	Ewan Spence, Lisa-Jayne Lewis, Sharleen Wright and Ben Robertson

Spokespersons. 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 juries were announced as a total in order of the fewest to the greatest number of points received by each country. The spokespersons are shown below alongside each participating country.

Other awards. 

Official album. 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 November 2016. The album features all the songs from the 2016 contest, along with karaoke versions.