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.
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Malta | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Song: Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 11 July 2015 Song: 24 October 2015 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Destiny Chukunyere | |||
| Selected song | "Not My Soul" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 185 points | |||
| Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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National final
editEach 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.
| Draw | Artist[1] | Song[4] | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicole Frendo | "I'm Not the Only One" | |
| 2 | Raisa Marie Micallef | "Wishing You Were Here Somehow Again" | |
| 3 | Sarah Micallef | "Respect" | |
| 4 | Nicole Sciberras | "I Will Be" | |
| 5 | Veronica Rotin | "Mamma Knows Best" | 2 |
| 6 | Ilenia Camilleri | "One Night Only" | |
| 7 | Francesca Dimech | "Blank Space" | |
| 8 | Aidan Cassar | "Kemm hu sabiħ" | |
| 9 | Christina Magrin | "I Surrender" | 3 |
| 10 | Thea Aquilina | "That's Life" | |
| 11 | Andy Shaw | "Breakeven" | |
| 12 | Sarah Farrugia | "Skinny Love" | |
| 13 | Kelsey Farrugia | "Strange Birds" | |
| 14 | Destiny Chukunyere | "Think" | 1 |
| 15 | Gabrielle Portelli | "I Could Have Danced All Night" | |
| 16 | Haley Azzopardi | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | |
| 17 | Amy Marie Borg | "Wishing You Were Here Somehow Again" | |
| 18 | Rebecca Scicluna Rizzo | "Yours" | |
| 19 | Isaac Mercieca | "Mama" | |
| 20 | Victoria Sciberras | "Feeling Good" |
At Junior Eurovision
editAt the running order draw which took place on 15 November 2015, Malta were drawn to perform fifteenth on 21 November 2015, following San Marino and preceding Albania.[5][6]
Voting
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Detailed voting results
editThe following members comprised the Maltese jury:[8]
- Amber Bondin
- Georgina Abela
- Christabelle Borg
- Dorian Cassar
- Deborah Cassar
| Draw | Country | A. Bondin | G. Abela | C. Borg | D. Cassar | D. Cassar | Average Jury Points | Televoting Points | Points Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Serbia
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5 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 02 |  Georgia
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12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 03 |  Slovenia
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1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 04 |  Italy
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8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 |
| 05 |  Netherlands
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3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 06 |  Australia
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6 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| 07 |  Ireland
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5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 08 |  Russia
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6 | 3 | ||||||
| 09 |  Macedonia
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2 | |||||||
| 10 |  Belarus
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7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 11 |  Armenia
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12 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | |
| 12 |  Ukraine
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2 | |||||||
| 13 |  Bulgaria
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4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 14 |  San Marino
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5 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 15 | Malta
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| 16 |  Albania
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2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 17 |  Montenegro
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10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
Notes
edit- ^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.
References
edit- ^ a b Leakey, Hana (26 June 2015). "Malta: Junior Eurovision Hopefuls Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (29 May 2015). "Malta: JESC'15 Selection Final July 11". Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (1 June 2015). "Malta: More JESC'15 Selection Details". Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ d’Anastasi, Daniel (11 July 2015). "Malta selects the 2015 JESC artist tonight". TVM. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ James-Fisher, Luke (15 November 2015). "Running order for Junior Eurovision 2015". junioreurovision,tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Final of Sofia 2015". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Sofia 2015". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Detailed Voting Result | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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