The Malta Independent 5 May 2025, Monday
View E-Paper

Georgia wins Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Malta in sixth place

Gabriel Schembri Sunday, 20 November 2016, 19:01 Last update: about 9 years ago

Mariam Mamadashvili from Georgia won this year’s edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which was hosted by Malta at the Mediterranean Conference Centre.

Mariam's song is called Mzeo which means Sun.

It's the third time that Georgia won the competition, setting a new record for Junior Eurovision. Georgia scored a total of 239 points from the international expert and the kids’ juries plus the result from the Expert Panel. 

ADVERTISEMENT

Photos above Domenic Aquilina

Armenia's Anahit and Mary finished second with 232 points with Italy's Fiamma Boccia finished third place with 209 points.

Malta’s Christina Magrin finished in sixth place with her song Parachute, picking up 191 votes. Seventeen countries took part.

  • don't miss