Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Malta

Malta

Member station PBS
National selection events
Appearances
Appearances 11
First appearance 2003
Best result 1st: 2013, 2015
Worst result Last: 2005
External links
Malta's page at Eurovision.tv

Malta has entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest nine times since debuting at the first contest in 2003 with Sarah Harrison. Entrants for the Contest were selected by a national selection, organised by the Maltese broadcaster PBS from 2003 to 2010. In 2013, the country opted for an internal selection since the broadcaster decided to return to the contest at a rather late stage (25 September 2013). PBS chose Gaia Cauchi as the 2013 Maltese representative.

On July 16, 2011, Malta decided to withdraw from the ninth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the first withdrawal for Malta. Even though Maltese is one of the national languages spoken by the people of the island, the young artists representing Malta have always chosen to sing in English hoping that this would grant them a better placing. Malta took a 2-year break (in 2011 and 2012) and decided to return in 2013.

Malta has won the contest twice, in 2013 when Gaia Cauchi won with the song "The Start", and again in 2015 when Destiny Chukunyere came first with "Not My Soul" when it won the contest with 185 points beating the previous record held by Spain for the most points ever given to a winner. The country's worst placing was in 2005, when Thea & Friends came sixteenth and last in the contest with "Make It Right".

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title Place Points
2003 Sarah Harrison English "Like a Star" 7 56
2004 Young Talent Team English "Power of a Song" 12 14
2005 Thea & Friends English "Make It Right" 16 18
2006 Sophie Debattista English "Extra Cute" 11 48
2007 Cute English "Music" 12 37
2008 Daniel Testa English "Junior Swing" 4 100
2009 Francesca & Mikaela English "Double Trouble" 8 55
2010 Nicole Azzopardi English, Maltese "Knock Knock!… Boom! Boom!" 13 35
Did not participate between 2011 and 2012
2013 Gaia Cauchi English "The Start" 1 130
2014 Federica Falzon English "Diamonds" 4 116
2015 Destiny Chukunyere English "Not My Soul" 1 185
2016

Photogallery

Voting history

As of 2015, Malta's voting history is as follows:

Most post given
Rank Country Points
1  Belarus 49
2  Netherlands 37
3  Armenia 32
4  Georgia 28
5  United Kingdom 27
Most post received
Rank Country Points
1  Netherlands 37
2  Macedonia 22
3  Belgium 19
=  Denmark 19
5  Romania 18

Hostings

Year Location Venue Presenter(s)
2014 Marsa[1] Malta Shipbuilding Moira Delia
2016 Valletta[2] Mediterranean Conference Centre[3] TBA

See also

References

  1. ↑ Burdon, Norman (1 December 2013). "Confirmed: Malta to host JESC 2014!". Oikotimes. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Malta to host the 14th Junior Eurovision Song Contest!". eurovision.tv. eurovision. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Malta to host Junior Eurovision on 20 November at Mediterranean Conference Centre". TVM. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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