Articles by Ani Shahoyan (Armenia)

Today marks the first day of the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Malta, Valletta. Australia is present for the second time and the same goes for Team ESC Daily. What can you expect from us during this week?

The Israeli song for the 2016 Junior Eurovision has been released. The song titled “Follow My Heart” will be performed by Shir & Tim on 20 November in Valletta.

Estonian broadcaster ERR confirms that a total of 242 songs have been submitted to Eesti Laul 2017. This year’s quantity of songs beat a record. Only 238 songs were submitted to the competition last year.

The Armenian song for the 2016 Junior Eurovision is revealed. Anahit and Mary will sing “Tarber” in Malta on the 20th of November. Music is composed by Nick Egibyan and lyrics are written by Avet Barsegyan. 

The Maltese song for JESC 2016 has been premiered along with its official video clip. Christina Magrin will perform the song “Parachute” in her motherland, Malta on 20 November.

“Water of Life” has been revealed as the Russian song for Junior Eurovision 2016. The song will be performed by Sofia Fisenko along with her girl band The Water of Life Project. Sofia’s girl band was specifically formed for the annual contest.

PBS, the public broadcaster of Malta and host broadcaster of the 2016 Junior Eurovision has revealed the first images of the 2016 stage design. This means we can see how the stage looks for this year’s edition of the contest, to be held on 20 November in Valletta.

Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) has selected 12-year-old Dunja Jeličić to represent their country in Malta for the 2016 Junior Eurovison. Dunja will perform her song “U La La La” on the 20th November.