| Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
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| Country |  Malta | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 18 May 2020 Song: 15 March 2021 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Destiny | |||
| Selected song | "Je me casse" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 325 points) | |||
| Final result | 7th, 255 points | |||
| Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Malta participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Je me casse" written by Malin Christin, Amanuel Dermont, Nicklas Eklund and Pete Barringer. The song was performed by Destiny Chukunyere, who was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "All of My Love" before the 2020 event's cancellation. The song Destiny would perform at the Eurovision Song Contest, "Je me casse", was also internally selected and was released to the public on 15 March.
Malta was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2021. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 16, "Je me casse" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Malta placed first out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 325 points. In the final, Malta performed in position 6 and placed seventh out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 255 points.