Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	Public Broadcasting Services (PBS)
Participation summary
Appearances	20
First appearance	2003
Highest placement	1st: 2013, 2015
Host	2014, 2016
	Participation history 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024; ;
External links
	Malta's page at JuniorEurovision.tv
	For the most recent participation see; Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Malta has entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twenty times since debuting at the first contest in 2003. Maltese broadcaster PBS has been responsible for the country's participation, and organises a televised national final to select the country's entrant. Malta did not participate in 2011 and 2012, and selected the entrant internally instead of using a national final in 2013 and 2014.

Malta has won the contest twice: in 2013 when Gaia Cauchi won with the song "The Start", and again in 2015 when Destiny Chukunyere won with "Not My Soul" with 185 points. Following those wins, Malta hosted the contest in 2014 and 2016. Malta finished last three times; in 2005, 2019, and 2022.

History

On 16 July 2011, PBS announced its withdrawal from the ninth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest; the first time Malta was absent. Malta did not participate in 2011 and 2012, and decided to return in 2013. In 2013, PBS 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.

Because Malta has multiple official languages, entrants can sing in Maltese and English.

Participation overview

Table key
1	First place
◁	Last place

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
2003	Sarah Harrison	"Like a Star"	English	7	56
2004	Young Talent Team	"Power of a Song"	English	12	14
2005	Thea and Friends	"Make It Right!"	English	16 ◁	18
2006	Sophie Debattista	"Extra Cute"	English	11	48
2007	Cute	"Music"	English	12	37
2008	Daniel Testa	"Junior Swing"	English	4	100
2009	Francesca and Mikaela	"Double Trouble"	English	8	55
2010	Nicole Azzopardi	"Knock Knock!… Boom! Boom!"	English, Maltese	13	35
2013	Gaia Cauchi	"The Start"	English	1	130
2014	Federica Falzon	"Diamonds"	English	4	116
2015	Destiny Chukunyere	"Not My Soul"	English	1	185
2016	Christina Magrin	"Parachute"	English	6	191
2017	Gianluca Cilia	"Dawra tond"	English, Maltese	9	107
2018	Ela	"Marchin' On"	English	5	181
2019	Eliana Gomez Blanco	"We Are More"	English, Maltese	19 ◁	29
2020	Chanel Monseigneur	"Chasing Sunsets"	English	8	100
2021	Ike and Kaya	"My Home"	English	12	97
2022	Gaia Gambuzza	"Diamonds in the Skies"	English	16 ◁	43
2023	Yulan	"Stronger"	English	10	94
2024	Ramires Sciberras	"Stilla ċkejkna"	Maltese	5	153

Photogallery

Gaia Cauchi in Kyiv (2013)
Destiny Chukunyere in Sofia (2015)
Christina Magrin in Valletta (2016)
Ela Mangion in Minsk (2018)

Awards

Winners of the press vote

Year	Song	Artist	Place	Points	Host city
2015	"Not My Soul"	Destiny Chukunyere	1	185	Sofia

Commentators and spokespersons

Year	Commentator	Spokesperson
2003	Unknown
2004	Valerie Vella^[1]	Thea Saliba
2005		Stephanie Bason
2006		Jack Curtis
2007		Sophie DeBattista
2008		Francesca Zarb
2009		Daniel Testa
2010	Eileen Montesin	Francesca Zarb
2011	No broadcast	Did not participate
2012	No broadcast	Did not participate
2013	Corazon Mizzi and Daniel Chircop	Maxine Pace
2014	Daniel Chircop	Julian Pulis
2015	Corazon Mizzi	Federica Falzon
2016	No commentary	Gaia Cauchi
2017		Mariam Andghuladze
2018		Milana Borodko
2019		Paula^[2]
2020		Leah Mifsud
2021		Eden
2022		Gaia Cauchi
2023		Gaia Gambuzza
2024		Yulan Law

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenter(s)
2014	Marsa^[3]	Malta Shipbuilding	Moira Delia
2016	Valletta^[4]	Mediterranean Conference Centre^[5]	Ben Camille and Valerie Vella^[6]

References

^ "Ben Camille, Valerie Vella to present JESC 2016". www.tvm.com.mt. TVM. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ Filippidou, Ifigeneia (24 November 2019). "These are the Junior Eurovision 2019 spokespersons". esc-plus.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ Burdon, Norman (1 December 2013). "Confirmed: Malta to host JESC 2014!". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
^ "Malta to host the 14th Junior Eurovision Song Contest!". eurovision.tv. eurovision. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
^ "Malta to host Junior Eurovision on 20 November at Mediterranean Conference Centre". TVM. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ Granger, Anthony (27 October 2016). "JESC'16: Ben Camille & Valerie Vella To Host". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

[1] "Ben Camille, Valerie Vella to present JESC 2016". www.tvm.com.mt. TVM. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[2] Filippidou, Ifigeneia (24 November 2019). "These are the Junior Eurovision 2019 spokespersons". esc-plus.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[Malta_Host-3] Burdon, Norman (1 December 2013). "Confirmed: Malta to host JESC 2014!". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.

[4] "Malta to host the 14th Junior Eurovision Song Contest!". eurovision.tv. eurovision. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

[5] "Malta to host Junior Eurovision on 20 November at Mediterranean Conference Centre". TVM. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[6] Granger, Anthony (27 October 2016). "JESC'16: Ben Camille & Valerie Vella To Host". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

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