SBS has secured the opportunity for a young artist to represent Australia.
The artist and the song they will be performing will be announced on Friday.
SBS Managing Director Michael Edeid said Eurovision was a landmark program for the station.
“We’re so proud to be part of an event which brings people together to celebrate creativity and diverse cultures through music,” he said.
“We’re delighted to have secured another opportunity to showcase Australia’s amazing vocal and song writing talent to the world, this time through an incredibly talented young artist.
“We look forward to giving Australian audiences a surprise second dose of Eurovision fun this year.”
The competition is open to 10 to 15 year olds from across Europe and will be broadcast on SBS at 7.30pm on November 28.
Eurovision fans can also tune in to SBS’s live coverage of the contest from Sofia, Bulgaria, at 4.30am Sunday, 22 November.
Junior Eurovision Executive Supervisor Vladislav Yakovlev said they were “thrilled” to be able to welcome Australia to Bulgaria in November.
“Junior Eurovision has always strived for inclusion and collaboration,” he said.
“Having Australia as part of our event shows their commitment to celebrating young and future singing talent and we welcome them to our enthusiastic and growing international group of performers, delegates, media and team members.”
Director of Blink TV, SBS’s Eurovision production partner, Paul Clarke said Eurovision fans would love the artist and song.
“I can say that the song is co-written by one of our greatest Australian artists, and will really do us proud at Junior Eurovision in Sofia,” he said.
Like the grown-up version, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest winner is chosen by a combined vote of the official jury panel, together with the ranking points handed out by viewers in each participating country.
While live televoting will not be open to the Australian public, Australia will again be playing its part in determining the overall winner of Junior Eurovision via an official jury, comprised of music industry professionals who will vote live.
Details of the Australian jury members will be announced soon.
The performer who takes out the title this year is given the opportunity to perform as a guest in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden.
Seventeen countries will take part in the 13th Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the highest number since 2004. Competing in this year’s contest are: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, The Netherlands, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Russia, Ukraine.
SBS has been broadcasting Eurovision for over 30 years, and Junior Eurovision since it began in 2003.
Participation in Junior Eurovision builds on the success of Australia’s first time in the competition as part of the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest earlier this year, where Guy Sebastian captivated Europe, finishing in fifth place.
