Malta was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "I Believe", written by Destiny Chukunyere, Elton Zarb and Matthew Mercieca, and performed by Eliza Borg. The Maltese participating broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), used the second season of The Voice Kids in order to select its entry for the contest.
Prior to the 2025 contest, Malta had participated in the contest twenty times since its first entry in the inaugural . Since then, Malta has won the contest on two occasions: in with "The Start" performed by Gaia Cauchi, and in with "Not My Soul" performed by Destiny Chukunyere. The nation opted not to take part in the contest in and . In , Ramires Sciberras competed for Malta with the song "", which ended up in 5th place out of 17 entries with 153 points.
PBS confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest on 23 June 2025, also revealing that it would use the second season of the talent show The Voice Kids, co-produced with Company Limited and hosted by Maxine Pace, to select its entry, and opened the submission process for interested artists aged between eight and fourteen. All submissions also required participants to enter an original song, which would be used as their Junior Eurovision entry. The coaches were Destiny, Gianluca Bezzina and Sarah Bonnici, all past Eurovision representatives for Malta.
The final took place on 18 October 2025. The winner was selected through two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, three artists were selected to proceed to the second round by their respective coaches, i.e. one from each team. In the second round, the public vote selected Eliza Borg of team Destiny as the winner. The titles of the original songs performed in the second round were not disclosed.
Key: Winner
The music video of "I Believe" was met with criticism from fans and local creatives due to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its production. More than 220 artists and organisations signed an open letter accusing PBS of "sidelining local talent and disregarding earlier warnings about the unregulated use of AI in cultural production" amid concerns previously raised by and the Malta Entertainment Industry and Arts Association, with its signatories claiming the broadcaster had ignored their invitation to engage in a discussion about the issue. PBS responded that it had commissioned Hamrun-based agency Space Studios to produce the video, noting that AI models had become "an integral part of modern creative and production workflows" and expressing support for "responsible use of AI as an emerging creative tool".
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City in Tbilisi, Georgia on 13 December 2025. On 4 November 2025, an allocation draw was held to determine the running order of the contest, ahead of which each song was classified into a different category based on its musical style and tempo. Malta was drawn to open the event in position 1, preceding the entry from the .
At the end of the show, Malta received 54 points from juries and 38 points from online voting, placing 11th.
The following members comprised the Maltese jury: