Australia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Australian broadcaster ABC was responsible for choosing their entry for the contest. Jael was internally selected to represent Australia in Belarus.
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| Country |  Australia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
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| Selected artist(s) | Jael | |||
| Selected song | "Champion" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | MSquared (Team) | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 3rd, 201 points | |||
| Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Background
editPrior to the 2018 Contest, Australia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times since its debut in 2015, with the song "My Girls" performed by Bella Paige.[1] In 2016, Alexa Curtis represented Australia with the song "We Are", achieving fifth place.[2] In 2017, Isabella Clarke represented Australia with her song "Speak Up" , achieving third place.
Before Junior Eurovision
editOn 1 September 2018, it was announced that Jael had been internally chosen by the broadcaster to represent Australia.[3]
Artist and song information
editJael Wena | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 22 December 2005 Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Jael
editJael Wena (born 22 December 2005) is an Australian singer of Congolese descent[4] who represented Australia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Champion", finishing third.
In 2019, she competed in the season 9 of Australia's Got Talent, and in 2022, she took part in season 11 of Australian edition of The Voice.
Champion
edit"Champion" is a song by Australian singer Jael. It represented Australia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
At Junior Eurovision
editDuring the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Australia was drawn to perform twelfth on 25 November 2018, following Italy and preceding Georgia.[5]
Voting
editThe 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 country had 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.[6]
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 23 November 2018 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 25 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.[7] 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.
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Detailed voting results
edit| Draw | Country | Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded |
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| 01 |  Ukraine
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18 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 18 | |
| 02 |  Portugal
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11 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 19 | |
| 03 |  Kazakhstan
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14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 14 | |
| 04 |  Albania
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6 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 13 | |
| 05 |  Russia
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5 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 06 |  Netherlands
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8 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| 07 |  Azerbaijan
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12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 | |
| 08 |  Belarus
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9 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 09 |  Ireland
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16 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 17 | |
| 10 |  Serbia
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17 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 16 | |
| 11 |  Italy
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15 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | Australia
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| 13 |  Georgia
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3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 14 |  Israel
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19 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 15 | |
| 15 |  France
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4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| 16 |  Macedonia
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13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 17 |  Armenia
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10 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 18 |  Wales
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7 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 12 | |
| 19 |  Malta
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1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 20 |  Poland
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2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
References
edit- ^ Granger, Anthony (8 October 2015). "JESC'15: Australia Debuts, 17 Countries To Compete". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Escudero, Victor M.; Jordan, Paul (20 November 2016). "Georgia wins the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest!". www.junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (1 September 2018). "Jael Wena to represent Australia at Junior Eurovision 2018". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Ususret Dječjem Eurosongu 2018. (1)
- ^ Zwart, Josianne (19 November 2018). "Running order of Junior Eurovision 2018 revealed". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision fans: Cast your vote online!". Junioreurovision.tv. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Minsk 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.