Among the selected competing artists was former Maltese Eurovision entrant Ira Losco who represented Malta in the 2002 contest . Daniel Testa represented Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 . Among the songwriters , Elton Zarb , Muxu , Paul Abela , Gerard James Borg and Philip Vella were all past writers of Maltese Eurovision entries . Paul Giordimaina represented Malta in the 1991 edition and together with Fleur Balzan co-wrote the Maltese entry in 2011 ; Dimitri Stassos co-wrote the Spanish entry in 2009 and the Greek entry in 2012 ; Jonas Gladnikoff co-wrote the Irish entries in 2009 , 2010 and 2014
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016