Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Australia
Member station	SBS
National selection events	Internal selection
Participation summary
Appearances	2
First appearance	2015
Best result	5th: 2016
Worst result	8th: 2015
External links
SBS page
Australia's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

The participation of Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began in in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have been responsible for the selection process of their participants, since their debut in 2015. The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2015 contest was Bella Paige with the song "My Girls", which finished in eighth place out of seventeen participating entries, achieving a score of sixty-four points. Australia continued their participation at the 2016 contest, having internally selected Alexa Curtis with her song "We Are", which finished in fifth place, scoring 202 points; their best result to date. SBS previously broadcast every edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest on a broadcast delay. As of Junior Eurovision 2016, Australia have awarded the most points to Malta, and received the most points from Georgia.

On 7 October 2015, the Australian national broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) announced that they would be making their Junior Eurovision debut at the 2015 contest, in Sofia, Bulgaria, following on from their success at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. SBS internally selected Bella Paige as their debut representative, with the song "My Girls". At the running order draw which took place on 15 November 2015, Australia were drawn to perform sixth on 21 November 2015, following Netherlands and preceding Ireland, were she finished in eighth place scoring 64 points. This was Australia's worst result in their contest history.

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