On the lead up to the 2025 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Tbilisi, we will be taking a look back at participating countries past and present, while we will also look at the top three Acts to ‘Shine Bright’ from all the previous Contests. Today we are looking at the Valletta Contest from 2016. The top three Acts to ‘Shine Bright’ at Valletta 2016 were:

Georgia, 1st: Mariam Mamadashvili, “Mzeo” (239 points)

Armenia, 2nd: Anahit & Mary, “Tarber” (232 points)

Italy, 3rd: Fiamma Boccia, “Cara mamma (Dear Mom)” (209 points)

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovision Ireland & YouTube/EBU