Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 explained

Contest:Junior
Year:2015
Country:Malta
Preselection:Artist: Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Song: Internal selection
Preselection Date:Artist: 11 July 2015
Song: 24 October 2015
Entrant:Destiny Chukunyere
Song:Not My Soul
Final Result:1st, 185 points

Malta selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 artist through a national selection on 11 July 2015, while their song was selected internally. The twenty acts competing to represent Malta were released on 26 June 2015.[1] They performed covers or non-Eurovision candidate songs during the national final, and the winner's Junior Eurovision song was revealed at a later date.[2] [3] Destiny Chukunyere represented Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria with the song, Not My Soul. Malta won the competition with a record of 185 points, breaking the previous record held by Spain in the 2004 contest.

National final

Each of the 20 participants sang a song of their own choice. After all of them had performed, the jury and televoting cast their votes - each juror had a 25% weighting in the final result (so 75% overall), with the televoting also having a 25% share. The contestants were ranked from 1-20, with 1 being the best. Destiny Chukunyere was announced as the winner of the national final.

DrawArtistSong[4] Place
1Nicole Frendo"I'm Not the Only One"
2Raisa Marie Micallef"Wishing You Were Here Somehow Again"
3Sarah Micallef"Respect"
4Nicole Sciberras"I Will Be"
5Veronica Rotin"Mamma Knows Best"2
6Ilenia Camilleri"One Night Only"
7Francesca Dimech"Blank Space"
8Aidan Cassar"Kemm hu sabiħ"
9Christina Magrin"I Surrender"3
10Thea Aquilina"That's Life"
11Andy Shaw"Breakeven"
12Sarah Farrugia"Skinny Love"
13Kelsey Farrugia"Strange Birds"
14Destiny Chukunyere"Think"1
15Gabrielle Portelli"I Could Have Danced All Night"
16Haley Azzopardi"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
17Amy Marie Borg"Wishing You Were Here Somehow Again"
18Rebecca Scicluna Rizzo"Yours"
19Isaac Mercieca"Mama"
20Victoria Sciberras"Feeling Good"

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 15 November 2015, Malta were drawn to perform fifteenth on 21 November 2015, following and preceding .[5] [6]

Voting

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Maltese jury:

+
DrawCountryAverage Jury PointsTelevoting PointsPoints Awarded
01511
021286561
0311263
0488581212812
0534444
06610710171010
07516376
0863
092
1073128524
111231210857
122
13461128
14543
15
16227242
171071037105

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leakey. Hana. Malta: Junior Eurovision Hopefuls Announced. Eurovoix. 26 June 2015. 26 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Malta: JESC'15 Selection Final July 11. Eurovoix. 26 June 2015. 29 May 2015.
  3. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Malta: More JESC'15 Selection Details. Eurovoix. 26 June 2015. 1 June 2015.
  4. Web site: d’Anastasi. Daniel. Malta selects the 2015 JESC artist tonight. TVM. 11 July 2015. 11 July 2015.
  5. Web site: James-Fisher. Luke. Running order for Junior Eurovision 2015. junioreurovision,tv. European Broadcasting Union. 15 November 2015. 15 November 2015.
  6. Web site: Final of Sofia 2015 . European Broadcasting Union . 31 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210531065839/https://junioreurovision.tv/event/sofia-2015/final . 31 May 2021 . live.
  7. Web site: Results of the Final of Sofia 2015 . European Broadcasting Union . 31 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210531074036/https://junioreurovision.tv/event/sofia-2015/final/results/malta . 31 May 2021 . live.