Malta was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Maltese entrant for the 2018 contest was selected through a national final, organised by the Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) on 8 September 2018. A total of 16 finalists performed original songs for the first time since 2010. Ela Mangion was chosen to represent the island nation with the song "Marchin' On".
Background
Prior to the 2018 Contest, Malta had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times since its first entry in 2003 only opting not to participate at the 2011 and 2012 contests. Malta has won on two occasions: in 2013 when Gaia Cauchi won with the song "The Start", and again in 2015 when Destiny Chukunyere came first with "Not My Soul" when it won the contest with 185 points, breaking the previous record held by Spain for the most points ever given to a winner.
Before Junior Eurovision Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Competing entries ArtistSongSongwriter(s)Aiden Aquilina Cohen"Wherever You Go"Muxu, Cyprian CassarAlbert-Lauren Agius"Paper Boats"Emil Calleja Bayliss, Cyprian Cassar, Albert-Lauren AgiusEla Mangion"Marchin’ On"Emil Calleja Bayliss, Cyprian Cassar, Ela MangionEliana Gomez Blanco"Music Takes Control"Muxu, Cyprian CassarGiorgia Borg"10"Muxu, Gillian Camenzuli KerrIsaac Tom"Bonfire Nights"Emil Calleja Bayliss, Dario Bezzina, Isaac TomJahel Cardona"Home"Muxu, Cyprian CassarKatryna Borg & Rihanna Azzopardi"The Puppet and the Clown"Christopher Azzopardi, Kaya, Katryna Borg, Rihana AzzopardiKristy Spiteri"Nann"Ritienne Frendo, Cyprian Cassar, Mark SciclunaKylie Meilak"Crystals"Muxu, Elton ZarbLora Grech"Finish Line"Muxu, Elton ZarbLuana Schembri"No Rest for the Wicked"Emil Calleja Bayliss, Philip Vella, Luana SchembriRiona Degiorgio"Infinity"Muxu, Dominic CiniThea Aquilina"Back to My Freedom"Bruce Robert Francis Smith, Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Rickard Bondel TruumeelYarin Coleiro"Can You Be the One"Muxu, Cyprian CassarZaira Mifsud"Shout Now"Muxu, Cyprian Cassar
Final The national final was held on 8 September 2018.
+Final – 8 September 2018Draw Artist SongPlace 1 Giorgia Borg "10"3 2 Thea Aquilina "Back to My Freedom"— 3 Isaac Tom "Bonfire Nights"— 4 Yarin Coleiro "Can You Be the One"— 5 Kylie Meilak "Crystals"— 6 Lora Grech "Finish Line"— 7 Jahel Cardona "Home"— 8 Riona Degiorgio "Infinity" — Ela Mangion "Marchin’ On"1 10 Eliana Gomez Blanco "Music Takes Control"— 11 Kristy Spiteri "Nann"— 12 Luana Schembri "No Rest for the Wicked"— 13 Albert-Lauren Agius "Paper Boats"— 14 Zaira Mifsud "Shout Now"— 15 Katryna Borg & Rihanna Azzopardi "The Puppet and the Clown"2 16 Aiden Aquilina Cohen "Wherever You Go"—
Artist and song information
Ela Mangion Ela Mangion (born 6 January 2006) is a Maltese child singer. She represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Marchin' On". This is not to be confused with the OneRepublic song with the same name.
Marchin' On "Marchin' On" is a song by Maltese child singer Ela Mangion. It represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus.
At Junior Eurovision During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Malta was drawn to perform nineteenth on 25 November 2018, following Wales and preceding Poland.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Malta Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Malta received 43 points from the online vote
+ Points awarded by Malta Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 12 3 7 8 7 7 4 02 17 19 17 13 19 19 03 6 8 3 11 6 5 6 04 9 10 4 14 3 6 5 05 4 7 6 19 8 9 2 06 15 13 11 9 10 13 07 5 11 5 7 11 10 1 08 3 4 2 5 12 2 10 09 18 16 13 16 14 17 10 13 14 15 10 13 15 11 1 6 9 15 2 3 8 12 10 5 18 6 15 11 13 7 12 8 18 16 14 14 16 15 10 2 4 8 3 15 2 1 1 1 1 1 12 16 19 18 12 4 18 16 17 11 2 14 3 5 4 7 18 14 17 16 17 17 18 19 20 8 9 19 12 9 12
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