Malta: These are the 12 Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 finalists

Malta: These are the 12 'Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020' finalists
Monday, 31 August 2020

  • The twelve finalists of the Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 that will determine the country's JESC 2020 representative have been unveiled. 

    The Maltese public broadcaster, revealed the acts that made it through to the national final that will select the Maltese Junior Eurovision 2020 entry. A special panel selected from the submissions to PBS  a total of 12 acts that will battle for the ticket to Warsaw next November. 

    The finalists of the Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 along with the songs to be performed are:

     

     

    • Leah Cauchi -Angels
    • Leah Mifsud - Anywhere
    • Isaac Tom - Beside Me
    • Mariah Cefai - Change the Silence
    • Chanel Monseigneur - Chasing Sunsets
    • Yulan Law and Gianluca Cilia - Deck of Cards
    • Kaya Gouder Curmi - Made of Stars
    • Emma Cutajar - Modern-Day Cinderella
    • Anneka Xerri - Moving
    • Zaira Mifsud and Eksenia Sammut - Only Live Once
    • Michela Caruana - Replay
    • Mychael Bartolo Chircop - The Child From Inside

     

    Among the finalists the name of Gianllunca Cilia certainly stands out, as the young act had represented the nation back in 2017 with the entry "Dawra Tond" which came 9th in Tbilisi, Georgia. 

    In the next phase of the national selection, the 12 acts will perform their entries before a jury while their performances will be recorded and broadcast on TVM and the social media in order for the public to cast their votes. The voting will open by Mid-September and the final outcome is expected to be revealed before Semptember ends. 

     

    Malta in Junior Eurovision 

    Malta is one of the most succeful nations in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, having won already twice: in 2013  with Gaia Cauchi and her entry “The Start” , and in 2015 with Destiny Chukunyere singing “Not My Soul,”. The nation debuted in the competition at the first contest back in 2003, and has only missed two editions, in 2011 and 2012. Since then apart from the two victories it has accomplished six times to finish in the top 10 spots on the scorebaoard. 

    In JESC 2019 Eliana Gomez Blanco represented Malta in  Gliwice- Silesia  with “We Are More”, and came 19th with a totlal of 29 points.

     

     

     Source: TVM