Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country	Malta
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015; 3/4 Jury; 1/4 Televoting; Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 11 July 2015; Song: 24 October 2015
Selected entrant	Destiny Chukunyere
Selected song	"Not My Soul"
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 185 points
Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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.

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

At 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]

Points awarded to Malta

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
EBU Albania Armenia Australia Bulgaria Kids Jury San Marino Serbia Slovenia	Belarus Georgia Ireland Italy Montenegro Netherlands			Russia Ukraine
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Macedonia

Points awarded by Malta

12 points	Italy
10 points	Australia
8 points	Bulgaria
7 points	Armenia
6 points	Ireland
5 points	Montenegro
4 points	Belarus
3 points	Slovenia
2 points	Albania
1 point	Georgia

Split voting results

The following five members comprise the Maltese jury:

Amber Bondin (Maltese representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015)
Georgina Abela
Christabelle Borg
Dorian Cassar
Deborah Cassar

Split Voting Results from Malta
Draw	Country	A. Bondin	G. Abela	C. Borg	D. Cassar	D. Cassar	Average Jury Points	Televoting Points	Points Awarded
01	Serbia	5	1					1
02	Georgia	12		8	6	5	6		1
03	Slovenia	1		1		2		6	3
04	Italy	8	8	5	8	12	12	8	12
05	Netherlands	3	4	4	4		4
06	Australia	6	10	7	10	1	7	10	10
07	Ireland		5		1	6	3	7	6
08	Russia			6		3
09	Macedonia			2
10	Belarus	7	3	12		8	5	2	4
11	Armenia		12	3	12	10	8	5	7
12	Ukraine				2
13	Bulgaria	4	6				1	12	8
14	San Marino				5	4		3
15	Malta
16	Albania	2	2		7		2	4	2
17	Montenegro	10	7	10	3	7	10		5

References

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.

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[Finalists-1] Leakey, Hana (26 June 2015). "Malta: Junior Eurovision Hopefuls Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

[NationalFinal1-2] Granger, Anthony (29 May 2015). "Malta: JESC'15 Selection Final July 11". Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

[NationalFinal2-3] Granger, Anthony (1 June 2015). "Malta: More JESC'15 Selection Details". Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

[Songs-4] ’Anastasi, Daniel (11 July 2015). "Malta selects the 2015 JESC artist tonight". TVM. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

[5] James-Fisher, Luke (15 November 2015). "Running order for Junior Eurovision 2015". junioreurovision,tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 November 2015.