Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Malta
Member station	PBS
National selection events	Junior Song For Europe(2003-2007) Junior Eurosong (2008-)
Appearances
Appearances	8
First appearance	2003
Best result	4th; 2008
Worst result	16th (Last); 2005
External links
Malta's page at Eurovision.tv

Malta has entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eight times since debuting at the first contest in 2003. They have since participated in every contest with no interruption.

Entrants for the Contest are selected in the Junior Song For Europe contest, organised by the Maltese broadcaster PBS.

Malta's best placing in the contest was in 2008, when Daniel Testa came 4th with "Junior Swing". The country's worst placing was in 2005, when Thea & Friends came 16th and last in the contest with "Make It Right".

On July 16 2011, Malta has decided to withdraw from the ninth edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest, being the first withdraw for Malta making the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 to be the first one without a song sung in English since Malta s' song was the only song in English after the United Kingdom withdrew in 2006.

Contestants

Year	Artist	Title	Place	Points
2003	Sarah Harrison	"Like a Star"	7	56
2004	Young Talent Team	"Power of a Song"	12	14
2005	Thea & Friends	"Make It Right"	16	18
2006	Sophie Debattista	"Extra Cute"	11	48
2007	Cute	"Music"	12	37
2008	Daniel Testa	"Junior Swing"	4	100
2009	Francesca & Mikaela	"Double Trouble"	8	55
2010	Nicole Azzopardi	"Knock Knock!… Boom! Boom!"	13	35

Voting history

Malta has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Belarus	49
2	Netherlands	30
3	Belgium	28
=	Georgia	28
4	Russia	26
5	Spain	24

Malta has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Netherlands	25
2	Macedonia	22
3	Belgium	19
=	Denmark	19
5	Romania	18

Trivia

• Thea Saliba (2005) and Daniel Testa (2008) are all related to each other. They are descendents from the Sammy & Doreen Galea family of musicians.

• Sophie (2006) is the sister of Charlotte Debattista who took part as a member of the Young Talent Team (2004).

• Francesca and Mikaela (2009) became the first Gozitans to represent Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

• Given the rule that all performers in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest must sing in their national language (or one of their national languages, if there's more than one), Maltese contestants are among the few ones that can perform in English, which is recognized as an official language in Malta, along with Maltese. Since 2006, when the United Kingdom retired from the contest, the Maltese entry has been the only one in the contest which is sung in English.

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