Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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Australia in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Participating broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement date
  • Artist: 1 September 2019
  • Song: 7 October 2019
Competing entry
Song"We Will Rise"
ArtistJordan Anthony
SongwritersJordan Anthony, MSquared
Placement
Final result8th, 121 points
Participation chronology
◄20182019

Australia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which was held in Gliwice, Poland. The Australian broadcaster ABC was responsible for choosing their entry for the contest. Jordan Anthony was internally selected to represent Australia in Poland.

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Background

Prior to the 2019 Contest, Australia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2015. On 1 September 2019, it was announced that Jordan Anthony had been internally chosen by the broadcaster to represent Australia. [1] Rabbone (born 16 December 2004) [2] had previously, at the age of 14, auditioned for the eighth season of The Voice Australia , where he was mentored by Delta Goodrem and finished in fourth place. His song for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was "We Will Rise". He is of Polish descent two of his grandparents originate from Zawiercie. [3]

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Australia was drawn to perform first on 24 November 2019, preceding France. [4]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every participating broadcaster assembled a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [5]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on 24 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [6] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Australian jury: [8]

Detailed voting results from Australia [7]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPoints
01Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
02Flag of France.svg  France 434312210
03Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 121716161015
04Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 13467474
05Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7105515101
06Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1013181365
07Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 211313856
08Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 14181217914
09Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 118178513
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 52941147
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1512291312
12Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 161613121616
13Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 371061783
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 19121112
15Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 81811238
16Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 181514181818
17Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 95710792
18Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 171415141417
19Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 661115611

References

  1. García, Belén (2 September 2019). "Junior Eurovision: It's Jordan Anthony for Australia!". ESCplus. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. Anthony, Jordan [@jordananthonymusic] (15 December 2022). "made it to 18 let the games begin 🫶🏼😉". Perth, Australia . Retrieved 2024-04-08 via Instagram.
  3. Granger, Anthony (22 November 2019). "Australia: Jordan Anthony Visits Zawiercie & Performs "We Will Rise"". Eurovoix. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  4. "This is the Junior Eurovision 2019 running order!". European Broadcasting Union. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  6. "How to vote for your favourites in Junior Eurovision 2019". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 "Results of the Final of Gliwice-Silesia 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  8. Granger, Anthony (28 November 2019). "Australia: Junior Eurovision 2019 Jury Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 6 April 2025.