Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Malta participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, to be held in Warsaw, Poland. Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) was responsible for the country's participation in the contest, and organised a national final to select the Maltese entry.[1] 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.[2]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country Malta
National selection
Selection processMalta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Selection date(s)1 October 2020
Selected entrantChanel Monseigneur
Selected song"Chasing Sunsets"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Peter Borg
  • Aleandro Spiteri Monseigneur
  • Joe Roscoe
  • Emil Calleja Bayliss
Finals performance
Final result8th, 100 points
Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 • 2020

Background
Main article: Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2020 contest, Malta had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since their first participation in the inaugural 2003 contest. Malta had participated in every contest with the exception of the 2011 and 2012 contests. Malta has won the contest twice: in 2013 with "The Start" performed by Gaia Cauchi, and in 2015 with "Not My Soul" performed by Destiny Chukunyere.[3] In the 2019 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.[4]

Before Junior Eurovision

Malta's participation in the contest was confirmed in July 2020.[5]

Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

PBS organised the national final Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 to select the Maltese entry. Artists were able to submit their entries between 22 July and 23 August 2020, and the competing entries were announced on 31 August 2020.[1][6] The songs were broadcast on 19 September 2020, and the show was hosted by Amber Bondin and Dorian Casar.[7] After the show, an online vote was open until 26 September 2020. The winner was revealed on 1 October 2020.[8]

Final

The songs were presented on 19 September 2020 at 18:15 CET. The running order was announced on 3 September 2020.[9] 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.[10]

The jury members in the final were:[11]

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s)[12] Place[11]
1
 Leah Cauchi "Anġli" Cyprian Cassar, Emil Calleja Bayliss
2
 Michela Caruana "Replay" Cyprian Cassar, Matthew Muxu Mercieca
3
 Emma Cutajar "Modern-Day Cinderella" Kaya, Gerard James Borg
4
 Mariah Cefai "Change the Silence" Gillian Attard, Matthew Muxu Mercieca
5
 Chanel Monseigneur "Chasing Sunsets" Peter Borg, Aleandro Spiteri Monseigneur, Joe Roscoe, Emil Calleja Bayliss
1
6
 Anneka Xerri "Moving" Marco Debono, Rita Pace
7
 Mychael Bartolo Chircop "The Child From Inside" Kaya, Yaron Malachi Sharon
3
8
 Yulan Law & Gianluca Cilia "Deck of Cards" Philip Vella, Emil Calleja Bayliss
9
 Leah Mifsud "Anywhere" Aidan Cassar
2
10
 Kaya Gouder Curmi "Made of Stars" Gillian Attard, Matthew Muxu Mercieca
11
 Isaac Tom "Beside Me" Isaac Tom, Emil Calleja Bayliss
12
 Zaira Mifsud & Eksenia Sammut "Only Live Once" Cyprian Cassar, Emil Calleja Bayliss

Artist and song information
Chanel Monseigneur
Born (2011-01-02) January 2, 2011
OriginMosta, Malta[13]
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrumentsvocals, piano
Years active2017–present
"Chasing Sunsets"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Chanel Monseigneur
Languages
English
Composer(s)
  • Aleandro Spiteri Monseigneur
  • Peter Borg
  • Joe Roscoe
Lyricist(s)
  • Emil Calleja Bayliss
Entry chronology
◄ "We Are More" (2019)   

Chanel Monseigneur

Chanel Monseigneur (born 2 January 2011)[14] is a Maltese singer. She will represent 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 will represent 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.[15]

Performance

Chanel Monseigneur was accompanied with a cartoon video during her performance.[16]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting.[17] The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 27 November 2020 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 29 November at 16:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a maximum of three songs.[18] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which was determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.

During the live show, Malta received 49 points from online voting, out of 697 total.[19]

Points awarded to Malta
Jury
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Malta

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.[20]

12 points France
10 points Kazakhstan
8 points Poland
7 points Belarus
6 points Netherlands
5 points Germany
4 points Spain
3 points Russia
2 points Serbia
1 point Georgia

Split voting results
Split voting results from Malta
Draw Country Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Average Rank Points
01  Germany 10 6 7 6 6 6 5
02  Kazakhstan 1 2 3 2 2 2 10
03  Netherlands 5 4 2 5 8 5 6
04  Serbia 8 7 8 9 10 9 2
05  Belarus 3 3 4 7 3 4 7
06  Poland 6 5 5 3 1 3 8
07  Georgia 11 11 10 8 5 10 1
08  Malta
09  Russia 7 8 9 4 9 8 3
10  Spain 4 10 6 11 7 7 4
11  Ukraine 9 9 11 10 11 11
12  France 2 1 1 1 4 1 12

See also

References
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