Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
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 Malta
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| Selected entrant | Christina Magrin | |||
| Selected song | "Parachute" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 191 points | |||
| Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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"Parachute" |
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| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry | |
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| Artist(s) |
Christina Magrin
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| Composer(s) |
Florent Boshnjaku
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| Lyricist(s) |
Matt "Muxu" Mercieca, Christina Magrin
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| Appearance chronology | |
| ◄ "Not My Soul" (2015) | |
| Christina Magrin | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 7 June 2003 |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2013–present |
Malta participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 as the host country. The Maltese entrant for the 2016 contest in Valletta was selected through a national final, organised by the Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) on 16 July 2016, while their song was selected internally. Each of the twenty participants performed covers or non-Eurovision candidate songs during the national final. Christina Magrin was declared the winner and her Junior Eurovision song "Parachute" was revealed on 27 October.
Prior to the 2016 Contest, Malta had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eleven times since its first entry in 2003 only opting not to participate at the 2010, 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.
The national final took place on 16 July 2016. The national final consisted of twenty competing acts participating in a televised production. Each of the 20 participants sang a song of their own choice. After all of them had performed, the jury and televoting cast their votes - each juror had a 25% weighting in the final result (so 75% overall), with the televoting also having a 25% share. The contestants were ranked from 1-20, with 1 being the best. Christina Magrin was announced as the winner of the national final.
The jury members were as follow (in alphabetical order):
On 27 October 2016, it was revealed that Christina's song for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was revealed would be entitled "Parachute". The song, which is composed and written by Florent Boshnjaku and Matt ”Muxu” Mercieca, was presented live on TVM news bulletin and it was broadcast simultaneously on tvm.com.mt.
Christina Magrin (born 7 June 2003) is a Maltese singer. She represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valletta, Malta on 20 November 2016 with the song "Parachute".
Christina studies vocal technique under her mother's guidance, who is also a passionate musician and a lecturer by profession. Her first big break was during her rendition of the Albanian Eurovision Song Contest entry from 2012, Suus, where she caught the attention of millions of TV viewers and reached over 400,000 YouTube views in just a few days. The video went viral on Albanian media, capturing the attention of the composer of the song who promised to compose a song and launch it in the Balkans. The promise was kept.
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