Malta: Destiny Chukunyere to fly the flag in Eurovision 2021!

Malta: Destiny Chukunyere to fly the flag in Eurovision 2021!
Saturday, 16 May 2020

  • The news today come from Malta, as the mediterranean insular country is opting for Destiny Chukunyere to represent the nation in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. 

    Malta is joining the list of countries that will continue with the same act in Eurovision 2021 aftert this year's unprecedent cancellation. Destiny Chukunyere will defend the Maltese colors in Rotterdam at next year's edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. 

    After the Eurovision 2020 cancellation and EBU’s decision not to allow this year’s entries to compete in the 2021 edition, the countries are progressively unveiling their intentions and plans regarding next year's contest and whether they will stick with their ESC 2020 hopefuls or select new ones. 

    Once the Eurovision song contest was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic the question that arouse was what will happen with this year’s unlucky contestants that didn’t eventually were deprived the right to complete their Eurovision 2020 journey in Rotterdam. The EBU through a clear statement outruled the ESC 2020 songs ,by not allowing the  ESC 2020 entries to compete in 2021. Therefore the broadcasters were left to decide whether they will return with the same acts or not.

    The x-factor Malta winner confirmed the good news herself on her instagram account expressing her gratittude for all the support and declaring her intention to do her best in order to make the country proud.

    The 18 year old act won on February 9 the X-factor Malta talent show and earned the right to represent the country in the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Destiny’s entry “All Of My Love” is written by the Symphonix International team, Bernarda Brunovic, Borislav Milanov, Sebastian Arman, Dag Lundberg, Joacim Persson and Cesar Sampson. Cesar Sampson had represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2018 and finished third while  this is Borislav Milanov’s third entry at this year’s contest.

    However, the young talented act saw her Eurovision 2020 journey interrupted by the covid- 19 pandemic as the contest was cancelled. Now she will have a second chance to complete that journey in next year's edition. 

     

    A few words about Destiny

    Destiny is a Maltese singer from Birkirkara, Malta. At Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, she brought the trophy home representing the country with the entry “Not My Soul”. In 2017, she took part in series 11 of Britain’s Got Talent and finished 6th in the Semi-Final and thus was eliminated. In 2019, Chukunyere appeared on the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 stage in Tel Aviv, Israel as Michela Pace’s backing vocalist for her song, “Chameleon”. The song qualified for the final, finishing in 14th place with 107 points. In February this year she won the X-factor Malta talent show as a contestant in the Girls category, mentored by Ira Losco. 

     

    Malta in Eurovision 

    Malta participated in Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1971 and has participated 31 times until now. Since 1991 it hasn't missed out any edtion of the competition. The mediterranean country has not been victorious until now but holds two second places in its record (2002 Ira Losco, Seventh Wonder) and (2005 Chiara Angel). Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, it has failed to qualify six times.

    In 2018 Christabelle, winner of MESC 2018, represented Malta with her entry Taboo. Despite her energetic performance she failed to reach the final finishing 13rd in the 2nd semi final in Lisbon last May. This year x-factor winner Michela Pace won the right to represent the country in Tel Aviv with her entry “Chameleon” which eventually came 14th in the grand final.