Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Shir & Tim
Background information
Origin	Israel
Genres	Pop
Years active	2016
Members	Shira Frieman TimoTi Sannikov

Shira Frieman (Hebrew: שירה פרימן; born 4 April 2003) is an Israeli child singer who, prior to representing Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, has participated in "The Music School", a music competition for children. Besides singing, Frieman plays the saxophone and dances to jazz music.

TimoTi Sannikov (Hebrew: טימוטי סניקוב; born 20 August 2003) is an Israeli child singer who has participated in several music festivals, including Being a Star and Slavic Bazaar. He also plays the role of Michael in the Israeli production of Billy Elliot the Musical. In 2016, he participated in The Voice Kids Ukraine and represented Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.^[9]

"Follow My Heart"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry
Country	Israel
Artists	Shira Frieman and TimoTi Sannikov
As	Shir & Tim
Languages	Hebrew, English
Composer	Dor Daniel
Lyricist	Noam Horev
Finals performance
Final result	15th
Final points	27
Entry chronology
◄ "Let the Music Win" (2012)
"Children Like These" (2018) ►

"Follow My Heart" is a song by Israeli singers Shira Frieman and TimoTi Sannikov. It represented Israel during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016. It is composed and written by Dor Daniel and Noam Horev. It ended in 15th place with 27 points.

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 14 November 2016, Israel was drawn to perform thirteenth on 20 November 2015, following Serbia and preceding Australia.^[10]

Tim sung the first verse and chorus from stage-left. The beginning of the second verse was sung by Shir from centre-stage. Tim joined Shir at centre-stage and the duo completed the song in unison against a backdrop of a moving cluster of stars.

During the press conference for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, held in Stockholm, the Reference Group announced several changes to the voting format for the 2016 contest. Previously, points had been awarded based on a combination of 50% National juries and 50% televoting, with one more set of points also given out by a 'Kids' Jury'. However, this year, points will be awarded based on a 50/50 combination of each country's Adult and Kids' Jury, to be announced by a spokesperson. For the first time since the inauguration of the contest the voting procedure will not include a public televote.^[11] Following these results, three expert jurors will also announce their points from 1–8, 10, and 12. These professional jurors are: Christer Björkman, Mads Grimstad, and Jedward.^[12]

Points awarded to Israel[13][14][15] Score Adult and expert juries Kids juries 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points  Poland 4 points  Australia  Italy 3 points  Albania  Albania 2 points  Poland  Cyprus 1 point  Christer Björkman  Ukraine  Ireland  Serbia

Points awarded by Israel[13][14][15] Score Adult jury Kids jury 12 points  Belarus  Netherlands 10 points  Armenia  Poland 8 points  Georgia  Bulgaria 7 points  Italy  Italy 6 points  Netherlands  Russia 5 points  Russia  Belarus 4 points  Poland  Australia 3 points  Ukraine  Macedonia 2 points  Macedonia  Georgia 1 point  Malta  Ireland