Today rehearsals for Junior Eurovision 2024 continue in Madrid. Countries rehearsing on Day 2 include France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and San Marino. The seventh country to rehearse today is Malta’s Ramires Sciberras.
What did we learn about Ramires’ staging?
Disclaimer: Please note that the EBU has not released footage from the first rehearsals, and that the description detailed in this article is mainly based from the pictures and if available footage from the delegations themselves.
We see Ramires all alone on stage and wearing a dark outfit. We see that the performance will involve the use of fake snow, and smoke, with the LED background having the sun, and even a picture of Ramires with his parents, as we seen on the music video.
If you are interested in seeing more pictures from Ramires Sciberras’ first rehearsal today, you can look through them right here.
Who is Ramires Sciberras?
Ramires Sciberras is a 12-year-old singer and pianist. He was adopted from Cambodia by Maltese parents. He is a longtime Junior Eurovision viewer and remembers watching Destiny win in 2015 with his family. Sciberras has been receiving music lessons since the age of eight. Last year, he traveled to Riga, Latvia to participate in the Riga Symphony’s International Young Singer contest. Outside of music, he loves singing, traveling, reading, and playing Roblox.
Ramires Sciberras beat out thirteen other performers at Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024. His song, “Stilla Ċkejkna” (“Young Star”), is sung entirely in Maltese–a departure from Malta’s usual habit in Junior Eurovision of sending songs in English. This was intentional, and an English-language revamp is unlikely. The song is about Sciberras’ experience of being adopted.
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 2023, where they were represented by Yulan performing “Stronger”. In Nice she scored a total of 94 points, finishing 10th.
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Photo Credit: Corinne Cumming/EBU
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