Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020


Malta was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, held in Warsaw, Poland. Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services was responsible for the country's participation in the contest, and organised a national final to select the Maltese entry. Malta was represented in the contest by the song "Chasing Sunsets", written by Peter Borg, Aleandro Spiteri Monseigneur, Joe Roscoe and Emil Calleja Bayliss, and performed by Chanel Monseigneur. She achieved 8th place with 100 points.

Background

Prior to the contest, Malta had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since their first participation in the inaugural contest. Malta had participated in every contest with the exception of the and contests. Malta has won the contest twice: in with "The Start" performed by Gaia Cauchi, and in with "Not My Soul" performed by Destiny Chukunyere. In the contest, Malta was represented by the song "We Are More" performed by Eliana Gomez Blanco. The song placed last out of 19 entries with 29 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

''Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020''

Malta's participation in the contest was confirmed in July 2020. PBS organised the national final Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 to select the Maltese entry.

Competing entries

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 22 July and 23 August 2020, and the competing entries were announced on 31 August 2020. The songs were broadcast on 19 September 2020, and the show was hosted by Amber Bondin and Dorian Casar. After the show, an online vote was open until 26 September 2020. The winner was revealed on 1 October 2020. Gianluca Cilla had previously represented Malta in 2017.
ArtistSongSongwriter
Anneka Xerri"Moving"Marco Debono, Rita Pace
Chanel Monseigneur"Chasing Sunsets"Peter Borg, Aleandro Spiteri Monseigneur, Joe Roscoe, Emil Calleja Bayliss
Emma Cutajar"Modern-Day Cinderella"Kaya, Gerard James Borg
Isaac Tom"Beside Me"Isaac Tom, Emil Calleja Bayliss
Kaya Gouder Curmi"Made of Stars"Gillian Attard, Matthew Muxu Mercieca
Leah Cauchi"Anġli"Cyprian Cassar, Emil Calleja Bayliss
Leah Mifsud"Anywhere"Aidan Cassar
Mariah Cefai"Change the Silence"Gillian Attard, Matthew Muxu Mercieca
Michela Caruana"Replay"Cyprian Cassar, Matthew Muxu Mercieca
Mychael Bartolo Chircop"The Child From Inside"Kaya, Yaron Malachi Sharon
Yulan Law & Gianluca Cilia"Deck of Cards"Philip Vella, Emil Calleja Bayliss
Zaira Mifsud & Eksenia Sammut"Only Live Once"Cyprian Cassar, Emil Calleja Bayliss

Final

The songs were presented on 19 September 2020 at 18:15 CET. The running order was announced on 3 September 2020. The presentation consisted of pre-recorded performances of the twelve competing songs, and the winner was selected by an equal combination of jury votes and online votes from the public. The jury members in the final were: Eliana Gomez Blanco, Michela Pace and Dominic Cini.
DrawArtistSongPlace
1Leah Cauchi"Anġli"—
2Michela Caruana"Replay"—
3Emma Cutajar"Modern-Day Cinderella"—
4Mariah Cefai"Change the Silence"—
5Chanel Monseigneur"Chasing Sunsets"1
6Anneka Xerri"Moving"—
7Mychael Bartolo Chircop"The Child From Inside"3
8Yulan Law & Gianluca Cilia"Deck of Cards"—
9Leah Mifsud"Anywhere"2
10Kaya Gouder Curmi"Made of Stars"—
11Isaac Tom"Beside Me"—
12Zaira Mifsud & Eksenia Sammut"Only Live Once"—

Artist and song information

Chanel Monseigneur

Chanel Monseigneur is a Maltese singer. She represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Chasing Sunsets".

Chasing Sunsets

"Chasing Sunsets" is a song by Maltese singer Chanel Monseigneur. It represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 23 November 2020, it was announced that Malta would perform in eighth position in the final, following Georgia and preceding Russia.

Performance

Chanel Monseigneur was accompanied with a cartoon video during her performance.

Voting

ScoreCountry
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

Detailed voting results

Every participating country had national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPoints
0110676665
0212322210
035425856
0487891092
053347347
066553138
0711111085101
08
097894983
10410611774
119911101111
1221114112