Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

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 processArtist: 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 entrantDestiny Chukunyere
Selected song"Not My Soul"
Finals performance
Final result1st, 185 points
Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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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
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Malta
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