Malta in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest

Malta is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. Malta was invited to participate in the first edition. They won the contest twice.

History
Malta debuted in the first edition. The national broadcaster, TVM, was invited. They announced that they would send a song in the Maltese language. They finished at the 8th place in Amsterdam. Valletta was choosen as host city for the second edition. They finished there at the fifth place. In the following two editions, they finished at the 14th and 13th place.

Malta finished at the tenth place in Antwerp. In Nicosia, they finished at the 13th place.

The Maltese broadcaster announced that Malta would not take part in this edition. They also said that they were hoping for a return in the near future. When the EBU published the official list of participating countries for the 8th edition. It was clear that Malta would return. They obtained their best result so far: the fourth place.

Malta selected for the ninth in Moscow a song in both the English and Maltese language. However the very high expectations, Malta could only receive 50 points and came at the tenth place. The next edition, they finished at the 13th place. Malta selected the song "Marchin' on" for the eleventh edition in Varna. They won this edition with 115 points. It was the first time that a song won that was fully in the English language. They selected a Maltese song for the 12th edition, where they finished at the ninth place.

When the EBU announced that the Junior EuroMusic Song Contest would return after a break, the Maltese broadcaster announced that they were interested to take part in this 14th edition. Because of their huge interests, they got offered to host the contest, what the broadcaster agreed to. They later selected Marsa as host city. Janice Mangion finished in Malta at the ninth place. The next edition was a huge success for the nation. They won the contest for the second time. However Malta finished at the fifth place in the online voting and third with the national jury, they reached the second place in the 16th edition.