Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
CountryFlag of Malta.svg  Malta
National selection
Selection process
  • Artist: Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
  • Song: Internal Selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 20 August 2019
  • Song: 12 October 2019
Selected entrantEliana Gomez Blanco
Selected song"We Are More"
Selected songwriter(s)Jonas Thander
Rachel Suter
Kevin Lee
Joe Julian Farrugia
Finals performance
Final result19th (last), 29 points
Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Malta participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 held in Gliwice, Poland. Their entrant was selected through a national selection, organised by the Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) on 20 August 2019.

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Background

Prior to the 2019 Contest, Malta had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fourteen 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. In the 2018 contest, Ela Mangion represented her country in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Marchin' On". She ended 5th out of 20 entries with 181 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

The winner was determined by a combination of jury voting and public televoting. For the public vote, voting commenced on 3 August 2019 and closed on 13 August 2019, and the winner was announced on 20 August 2019. [1] The jury consisted of Claudia Faniello (singer, represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017), Ela Mangion (singer, represented Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018) and Deo Grech (head of INFE Malta). [2]

Final – 20 August 2019
ArtistSong (Original artist)Place
Aiden Aquilina Cohen"Loved Either Way" (Original song)—
Amy Pace"Rise Up" (Andra Day)—
Eksensia Sammut"Always Remember Us This Way" (Lady Gaga)—
Eliana Gomez Blanco"Sto male" (Ornella Vanoni)1
Francesca Borg"Seven Nation Army" (The White Stripes)—
Kristy Spiteri"Never Enough" (Loren Allred)—
Leah Cauchi"Illejla" (Original song)2
Martina Cutajar"Dynasty" (Miia)3
Maya Cauchi"Creep (Postmodern Jukebox)" (Radiohead)—
Shania Cauchi"O mio babbino caro" (Florence Easton)—
Yarin Coleiro"The Power of Love" (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)—
Yulan Law"Speechless" (Naomi Scott)—

Artist and song information

Eliana Gomez Blanco
Born (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)
Malta
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2011–present
Flag of Malta.svg "We Are More"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Eliana Gomez Blanco
Languages
English, Maltese
Composer(s)
Jonas Thander, Rachel Suter
Lyricist(s)
Jonas Thander, Rachel Suter, Kevin Lee, Joe Julian Farrugia
Finals performance
Final result
19
Final points
29
Entry chronology
◄ "Marchin' On" (2018)
"Chasing Sunsets" (2020) ►

Eliana Gomez Blanco

Eliana Gomez Blanco (born 3 January 2005) is a Maltese singer. She represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "We Are More". [3] On November 21, 2022, Malta announced the 40 artists of MESC 2023. Eliana Gomez Blanco was on the list with the song "Guess What". [4] She received 20 points, placing eighth out of the 16 acts in the final. [5] [6] She also participated in MESC 2024 with the song "There's Only Flowers", however she did not qualify from the semi finals. [7]

We Are More

"We Are More" is a song by Maltese singer Eliana Gomez Blanco. It represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Malta was drawn to perform eighth on 24 November 2019, following Belarus and preceding Wales. [8]

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. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children 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. [9]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 24 November at 15:59 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 minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [10] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Malta [11]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 6362438
02Flag of France.svg  France 8735156
03Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12101491613
04Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 12532112
05Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4996374
06Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 14810718101
07Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1516711683
08Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
09Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 171711121517
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2544747
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 71119210
12Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 13118141112
13Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 111515131216
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 34210565
15Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1661381392
16Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 181818181418
17Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 101312151015
18Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 51216161711
19Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 9141717814

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