Destiny from Malta wins Junior Eurovision 2015
Destiny Chukunyere wins Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Not My Soul". It is the second time Malta wins Junior Eurovision
Tonight Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 took place in Sofia, Bulgaria. 11,000 spectators saw Malta and Destiny Chukunyere win Junior Eurovision 2015 live in Arena Armeec. 17 countries participates in the 13th edition of Junior Eurovision. Just like the "real" Eurovision, the winner was decided by a 50/50 combination of national juries and televoting.
Junior Eurovision 2015 – Result
Junior Eurovision 2015
- Date: 21 November 2015
- Time: 19:30 CET
- Place: Sofia, Bulgaria
- Arena: Arena Armeec
- Broadcaster: Bulgarian National Television (BNT)
Back in 2000 the Danish broadcaster Denmark's Radio (DR) held a song contest for children, and in 2002 the "MGP Nordic" was held together with Sweden and Norway. EBU picked up the idea for a song contest featuring children, and the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held in 2003 in Copenhagen, with 16 participating countries.
Junior Eurovision is only open for children aged 10 to 15, and the children have to write the songs themselves, allowed assistant from adults.
Winners of Junior Eurovision
- 2003: Croatia (Dino Jelusić: "Ti si moja prva ljubav")
- 2004: Spain (María Isabel: "Antes muerta que sencilla")
- 2005: Belarus (Ksenia Sitnik: "My vmeste")
- 2006: Russia (Tolmachevy Sisters: "Vesenniy Jazz")
- 2007: Belarus (Alexey Zhigalkovich: "S druz'yami")
- 2008: Georgia (Bzikebi: "Bzz..")
- 2009: Netherlands (Ralf Mackenbach: "Click Clack")
- 2010: Armenia (Vladimir Arzumanyan: "Mama")
- 2011: Georgia (Candy: "Candy Music")
- 2012: Ukraine (Anastasiya Petryk: "Nebo")
- 2013: Malta (Gaia Cauchi: "The Start")
- 2014: Italy (Vincenzo Cantiello: "Tu primo grande amore")
- 2015: Malta (Destiny Chukunyere: "Not My Soul")