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.
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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.
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Bulgarian national final variant (June 11th).
Maltese national final variant (July 16th).
Belarusian national final variant (August 26th).
Russian national final variant (August 15th).
Ukrainian national final variant (September 10th).
Georgian national final variant (October 30th).
Irish national final variant (November 6th).
Variant seen at the end of 2016 Australian entry videoclip Behind the scenes video.
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