Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Participating broadcaster	Public Broadcasting Services (PBS)
Country	Malta
Selection process	The Voice Kids 2
Selection date	18 October 2025
Competing entry
Artist	Eliza Borg
Participation chronology
◄2024 • 2025

Malta is set to be represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Maltese participating broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), used The Voice Kids 2 in order to select its entry for the contest. The selected artist was Eliza Borg.

Background

Main article: Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2025 contest, Malta had participated in the contest twenty times since its first entry in the inaugural 2003 contest. Since then, Malta has won the contest on two occasions: in 2013 with "The Start" performed by Gaia Cauchi, and in 2015 with "Not My Soul" performed by Destiny Chukunyere. The nation opted not to take part in the contest in 2011 and 2012. ^[1] In 2024, Ramires Sciberras competed for Malta with the song "Stilla ċkejkna", which ended up in 5th place out of 17 entries with 153 points. ^[2]

Before Junior Eurovision

The Voice Kids 2

Main article: The Voice Kids (Maltese TV series) season 2

PBS confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest on 23 June 2025, also revealing that it would use the second season of the talent show The Voice Kids, co-produced with Greatt Company Limited and hosted by Maxine Pace, to select its entry, and opened the submission process for interested artists aged between eight and fourteen. ^{[3] [4]} All submissions also required participants to enter an original song, which would be used as potential Junior Eurovision entry. ^[3] The coaches were Destiny, Gianluca Bezzina and Sarah Bonnici, all past Eurovision representatives for Malta. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Final

The final took place on 19 October 2025. The winner was selected through two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, three artists were selected to proceed to the second round by their respective coaches, i.e. one from each team. In the second round, the public vote selected Eliza Borg of team Destiny as the winner. The titles of the original songs performed in the second round were not disclosed. ^[8]

Key:   Winner

Final –First round –19 October 2025

Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Eliza Borg	"Clown"	Advanced
2	Mia Lanzon	"You Don't Own Me"	Eliminated
3	Rachele Maria Nistica	"My Way"	Advanced
4	Marie Emeh Camilleri	"Listen"	Eliminated
5	Carly Cachia Arpa	"Creep"	Advanced
6	Oliver Zammit Attard	"Fought & Lost"	Eliminated

Final –Second round –19 October 2025

Artist	Draw	Song	Draw	Song
Rachele Maria Nistica	1	"A Million Dreams"	4	N/A
Carly Cachia Arpa	2	"Slipping Through My Fingers"	5
Eliza Borg	3	"When You Believe"	6

References

1. "Malta". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
2. "Final of Madrid 2024 –Eurovision Song Contest". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
3. Farren, Neil (23 June 2025). "🇲🇹 Malta: The Voice Kids Malta to Select Junior Eurovision 2025 Representative". Eurovoix. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
4. "The Voice Kids Is Back! Apply Now". Public Broadcasting Services . Retrieved 3 October 2025. This year's winner will represent Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest!
5. Granger, Anthony (8 September 2025). "🇲🇹 Malta: Destiny Announced as Coach for The Voice Kids Malta". Eurovoix. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
6. Granger, Anthony (9 September 2025). "🇲🇹 Malta: Gianluca Bezzina Joins The Voice Kids Malta as Coach". Eurovoix. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
7. Granger, Anthony (10 September 2025). "🇲🇹 Malta: Sarah Bonnici Revealed as The Voice Kids Malta Coach". Eurovoix. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
8. Farren, Neil (18 October 2025). "🇲🇹 Malta: Eliza Borg to Junior Eurovision 2025". Eurovoix. Retrieved 18 October 2025.