Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
- Broadcasting company
- PBS
- First participation
- 2003
- Number of participations
- 15 (as of 2019)
- Highest ranking
- 1 ( 2013 , 2015 )
- Highest Score
- 191 ( 2016 )
- Lowest Score
- 14 ( 2004 )
- Points average (since first post)
- 72.18 (as of 2015)
- Average points per voting country in the 12-point system
- 4.29 (as of 2015)
This article looks at the history of Malta as a participant in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest .
Preliminary decisions
Preliminary decisions were held from 2003 to 2010, only in 2013, when the decision to participate was made very late, internal voting took place. In 2014, Federica Falzon's contribution was again selected internally. In 2015, for the first time since 2010, a public preliminary decision called Malta Junior took place on July 11, 2015. However, only the performer was selected, the contribution was determined internally.
Participation in the competition
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In 2003 they took part for the first time and since then every year except for 2011 and 2012. The success is manageable, they reached a fourth, a seventh and an eighth place, all other placements are beyond the 10th place. In 2005 they came last and after one penultimate place In 2010, radio withdrew from the competition. In 2013 they returned and achieved their first victory with Gaia Cauchi. In 2014 the event took place in Malta for the first time, where it was possible to achieve fourth place out of sixteen participants. In 2015 Destiny won Chukunyere for Malta in Bulgaria. This means that Malta is now one of three countries alongside Georgia and Belarus to win the competition twice. With 185 points, Malta also holds the point record in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. In 2016, the JESC will again be held in Malta, this time in the capital Valletta. In 2016, Malta only reached sixth place.
List of posts
| year | Interpreter | Title (music / text) |
language | translation | Place participants (total) |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Sarah Harrison |
Like A Star (Sarah Harrison) |
English | Like a star | 7/16 | 56 |
| 2004 | Young Talent Team |
Power Of A Song (Young Talent Team) |
English | Power of a song | 12/18 | 14th |
| 2005 | Thea & Friends |
Make It Right! (Thea & Friends) |
English | Do it right! | 16/16 | 18th |
| 2006 | Sophie Debattista |
Extra Cute (Sophie Debattista) |
English | Super sweet | 11/15 | 48 |
| 2007 | Cute |
Music (Cute) |
English | music | 12/17 | 37 |
| 2008 | Daniel Testa |
Junior Swing (Daniel Testa) |
English | - | 4/15 | 100 |
| 2009 | Francesca & Mikaela |
Double Trouble (Francesca & Mikaela) |
English | Double the trouble | 8/13 | 55 |
| 2010 | Nicole Azzopardi |
Knock! knock! ... boom! Boom! (Nicole Azzopardi) |
English, Maltese | Knock! knock! ... boom! Boom! | 13/14 | 35 |
| 2011 - 2012 | No participation | |||||
| 2013 | Gaia Cauchi |
The Start (Gaia Cauchi, Elton Zarb, Gillian Attard, Matt 'Muxu' Mercieca) |
English | The beginning | 1 /12 | 130 |
| 2014 | Federica Falzon |
Diamonds (Elton Zarb, Matt 'Muxu' Mercieca, Gillian Attard, Federica Falzon) |
English | Diamonds | 4/16 | 116 |
| 2015 | Destiny Chukunyere |
Not My Soul (Elton Zarb, Matt 'Muxu' Mercieca, Maria Abdilla, Roberta Debono, Destiny Chukunyere) |
English | Not my soul | 1 /17 | 185 |
| 2016 | Christina Magrin |
Parachute (Matt 'Muxu' Mercieca / Florent Boshnjaku) |
English | Parachute | 6/17 | 191 |
| 2017 | Gianluca Cilia |
Dawra tond (Gianluca Cilia) |
English, Maltese | Turn around | 9/16 | 107 |
| 2018 | Ela Mangion |
Marchin 'On (Emil Calleja Bayliss / Cyprian Cassar) |
English | March on | 5/20 | 181 |
| 2019 | Eliana Gomez Blanco |
We Are More (Eliana Gomez Blanco) |
English, Maltese | We are more |
Competitions held
| year | city | venue | Moderation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Marsa | Malta shipbuilding | Moira Delia |
| 2016 | Valletta | Mediterranean Conference Center | Ben Camille & Valerie Vella |
Scoring
The following countries received the most points from or gave the most points to Malta:
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Status: 2014