Malta in EuroMusic Song Contest

Malta is a member of the EBU. Because of that they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. TVM is responsible for the Maltese participation in the contest. They won the contest once.

History
The Maltese broadcaster tried a several years to participate in the contest. TVM announced their début in the fourth edition in Liverpool, were they finnished last. One year later they had more succes. They became fourth, and received three times the highest amount of 12 points. In their next appearance, they became with 60 points sixth. In the seventh edition they were again in the top 10. This time they ended seventh, with 86 points. One edition later, they achieved their best result so far. They finished third, with 96 points. In Gothenborg, they decided for the very first time to perform a song comlpetely in Maltese. However, Malta coudn't finish in the top ten. They became 14th, with one amount of 12 points from Morocco. In Amsterdam, they qualified for the final, where they finished 18th. The next edition, they qualified also.

At the 12th edition in Zurich, Malta was the top favorite to win the contest. They won their semi-final with 149 points. In the final, Malta was in the leading at the first part of the voting, but then the United States came at the first place. At the end of the voting it was claer that Malta reached their best result so far: second. In Tel Aviv, they finished last in their semi final. In Berlin they qualified for the final where they finished at the 8th place. In the fifteenth edition, they were the favorite to win the contest. They won their semi final. During the voting in the final, Malta was in the leading possition after the second voting country. It was the first Maltese victory.

Because of their victory, they got the rights to host the sixteenth edition. They selected Ta' Qali as host city. On their home soil, they finished at the eleventh place. In Cologne, Malta qualified for the grand final where they finished at the sixth place. In the following three editions, they failed to qualify. In Bulgaria they were able to qualify. They finished at the 18th place. In the next editions, they failed to qualify. In Bucharest, Malta was counted as one of the favorites to win the edition. They won their semi final. However in the final they finished at the third place. It was their highest result since their victory in the 15th edition. For the 24th edition, only 28 countries signed up to participate. Because of this, there was only one semi-final. The first eleven countries from the previous edition, like Malta, automatically qualified for the final. Malta finished at the 17th place in the grand final.

The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Malta took part and finished at the 17th place. In the next edition, they did better. They finished at the second place. In Warsaw, they finished at the 18th place. In Baku, they ended at the 17th place. Malta finished at the last place with zerro points in the 29th edition.

Because Malta finished at one of the last three possitions in the previous contest, they had to withdraw from the 30th edition. It was the first time, since their debut, that Malta didn't selected an act to the contest. They returned with a song in the Italian language. They qualified and finished at the 10th place in the grand final. Because of this result, Malta didn't had to take part in the semi final of the 32nd edition. Here, Malta selected Destiny with the song "Je me casse". She was the top-favorite to win the edition, what she did. It was the second victory for Destiny singer. This makes her the first artist to win the contest multiple times.

Malta hosted the 33th edition in Ta' Qali. They finished at the 16th place. Malta qualified for the final in the 34th edition. They opened the grand final and finished at the 11th place. Malta was able to automatically qualify for the final in the 35th edition thanks to their result from last year. Malta, however, could not convince and finished in last place.