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Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country Malta
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 18 May 2020
Song: 15 March 2021
Selected artist(s)Destiny
Selected song"Je me casse"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Malin Christin
  • Amanuel Dermont
  • Nicklas Eklund
  • Pete Barringer
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (1st, 325 points)
Final result7th, 255 points
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2020 • 2021 • 2022►

Malta participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Je me casse" written by Malin Christin, Amanuel Dermont, Nicklas Eklund and Pete Barringer. The song was performed by Destiny Chukunyere, who was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "All of My Love" before the 2020 event's cancellation. The song Destiny would perform at the Eurovision Song Contest, "Je me casse", was also internally selected and was released to the public on 15 March.

Malta was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2021. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 16, "Je me casse" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Malta placed first out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 325 points. In the final, Malta performed in position 6 and placed seventh out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 255 points.

Background

Main article: Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2021 contest, Malta had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-two times since the country's first entry in 1971. Malta briefly competed in the Eurovision Song Contest in the 1970s before withdrawing for sixteen years. The country had, to this point, competed in every contest since returning in 1991. Malta's best placing in the contest thus far was second, which it achieved on two occasions: in 2002 with the song "7th Wonder" performed by Ira Losco and in the 2005 contest with the song "Angel" performed by Chiara.[1] In the 2019 edition, Malta qualified to the final and placed 14th with the song "Chameleon" performed by Michela Pace.

For the 2021 contest, the Maltese national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), broadcast the event within Malta and organised the selection process for the nation's entry. PBS confirmed their intentions to participate at it on 18 May 2020.[2] For their 2019 and 2020 participations, PBS utilised the talent show format X Factor Malta which resulted in the selection of a winning performer that would subsequently be given an internally selected song to perform at Eurovision.[3]

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 18 May 2020, PBS confirmed that Destiny Chukunyere was reselected as Malta's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[2] Following the announcement of Destiny as the selected artist, PBS announced a public call which songwriters and composers were able to express their interest in submitting a song for the singer to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest between 26 and 30 October 2020.[4][5]

On 15 March 2021, PBS announced that Destiny would perform the song "Je me casse" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. "Je me casse" was written by Malin Christin, Amanuel Dermont, Nicklas Eklund and Pete Barringer. A&Rs of the song were Kevin Lee and Greig Watts with publishing by WiiBii Music, DWB Music and StarLab Publishing.[6] The release of the song and official music video was made available online on the broadcaster's website tvm.com.mt and the official Eurovision Song Contest website Eurovision.tv.[7][8]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, will be used. Malta was placed into the first semi-final, which was held on 18 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[9]

The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Malta on TVM.[10] The Maltese spokesperson, who announced the points awarded by the Maltese jury during the final, was presenter Stephanie Spiteri.

Semi-final

Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Malta was set to perform last in position 16, following the entry from Ukraine.[11] At the end of the show, Malta was announced as having finished in the top 10 and consequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Malta placed first in the semi-final, receiving a total of 325 points: 151 points from the televoting and 174 points from the juries.

Final

Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Malta was subsequently placed to perform in position 6, following the entry from Russia and before the entry from Portugal. Being considered by bookmakers as a favourite to win the contest, Malta placed seventh in the final at the end of the show, scoring 255 points: 47 points from the televoting and 208 points from the juries.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[12] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members.[13] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[14][15]

Points awarded to Malta

Points awarded by Malta

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Maltese jury:[14][15]

Detailed voting results from Malta (Semi-final 1)[16]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Lithuania 14 4 4 6 15 7 4 4 7
02  Slovenia 6 13 1 9 7 6 5 15
03  Russia 7 11 5 5 14 10 1 9 2
04  Sweden 9 2 14 4 1 2 10 2 10
05  Australia 10 14 12 3 9 12 12
06  North Macedonia 15 5 7 10 11 14 11
07  Ireland 5 15 13 13 2 9 2 10 1
08  Cyprus 8 6 15 1 3 3 8 1 12
09  Norway 3 12 9 12 10 11 5 6
10  Croatia 11 7 8 7 4 8 3 14
11  Belgium 4 8 10 14 12 13 13
12  Israel 12 9 6 11 13 15 6 5
13  Romania 1 10 3 2 5 1 12 8 3
14  Azerbaijan 13 3 2 8 6 5 6 3 8
15  Ukraine 2 1 11 15 8 4 7 7 4
16  Malta
Detailed voting results from Malta (Final)[17]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Cyprus 16 21 2 6 7 7 4 9 2
02  Albania 3 22 3 3 19 1 12 18
03  Israel 14 20 17 17 13 24 21
04  Belgium 11 18 18 18 14 21 22
05  Russia 13 16 21 14 16 23 16
06  Malta
07  Portugal 22 1 19 12 2 4 7 15
08  Serbia 6 17 25 20 9 18 7 4
09  United Kingdom 12 3 23 11 20 15 14
10  Greece 20 11 4 1 11 5 6 17
11   Switzerland 1 6 14 25 4 2 10 13
12  Iceland 2 19 16 9 18 12 6 5
13  Spain 24 10 20 21 24 25 23
14  Moldova 15 14 22 2 12 13 24
15  Germany 8 25 24 19 23 22 19
16  Finland 5 2 11 22 22 9 2 4 7
17  Bulgaria 25 7 6 16 10 16 11
18  Lithuania 19 8 7 13 15 17 5 6
19  Ukraine 9 4 10 24 3 6 5 10 1
20  France 23 12 1 15 6 8 3 8 3
21  Azerbaijan 10 23 12 7 5 14 12
22  Norway 7 24 15 8 25 19 2 10
23  Netherlands 17 13 8 10 21 20 25
24  Italy 18 9 13 4 8 11 1 12
25  Sweden 21 15 5 5 1 3 8 3 8
26  San Marino 4 5 9 23 17 10 1 20

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  3. ^ "XFactor winner will again represent Malta in Eurovision Song Contest". tvm.com.mt. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. ^ Granger, Anthony (26 October 2020). "Malta: PBS Makes Call For Interested Songwriters & Composers For Destiny's Eurovision 2021 Entry". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  5. ^ Demicoli, Keith (26 October 2020). "Eurovision to return in May – An opportunity for composers and songwriters to produce a song". PBS. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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