The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is now only a few months away. A lot of the participating countries are revealing their plans for the contest. Malta is the latest country to talk about their plans for Junior Eurovision 2022. This year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place on December 11th in Yerevan – the capital city or Armenia, who won last year’s contest.
Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022
After opening the submissions for MJESC earlier this summer, PBS has assessed the submitted entries and have now revealed the artists and song titles for their national final. You can see the artists and titles here:
| Artist | Song Title |
| Emma Kate Formosa | “Bounce” |
| Gaia Gambuzza | “Diamonds in the Skies” |
| Shanzay Mangion | “Heartbeat” |
| Kaylyn Mallia | “Here I Am” |
| Aaliyah Cassar | “Infinity” |
| Rih and Bri | “Karma” |
| Cassidy Gauci | “Light Up” |
| Naomi Busuttil | “Little Cheeky” |
| Cesca Galea | “See The Invisible” |
| Kayleen Mercicea | “Shooting Star” |
| Andrea Camilleri | “Spark” |
| Ma Girlz | “Stereo” |
| Charelle Micallef | “The Extra Miles” |
| Kensley Ciappara | “Tliet Xadini” (Three monkeys) |
| Isis Jade Miller | “Unbreakable” |
| Geneve Dimech | “With You By My Side” |
MJESC 2022 will take place on the 2nd of October, the winner will be decided by 75% jury voting and 25% televoting. Only the top 3 will be made public to the viewers, if there was a tie in the scores, the jury will take priority in deciding Malta’s Junior Eurovision 2022 representative.
Malta’s Junior Eurovision Journey
In 2003, Malta was one of the countries to participate in the inaugural edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Sarah Harrison and the song “Like A Star”, which placed 7th. The Mediterranean nation participated until 2010, where it took a break and returned in 2013 with Gaia Cauchi and “The Start”, which was their first win in the competition. It wasn’t long until they achieved their second win in 2015, where Destiny Chukunyere won with her song “Not My Soul”. Destiny went on to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021 with “Je Me Casse”, where she placed seventh.
Malta’s most recent participation was in 2021, where they were represented by Ike and Kaya performing “My Home”. In Paris they scored a total 97 points, finishing 12th.
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News Source: PBS
Photo Credit: EBU/Andres Putting
