Aleandro Spiteri Monsigneur, better known as Monsigneur, has been announced as the second coach for the Maltese selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Aleandro Spiteri Monsigneur is the second coach to be announced for The Voice Kids, the Maltese selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. He is a musician, composer and arranger and has worked with artists, filmakers and producers for TV, stage and more. He has past links to Junior Eurovision having worked on “Stilla Ċkejkna”, Ramires Sciberras song for Junior Eurovision 2024.

He joins returning coach Destiny, who first represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, winning the competition in Sofia with “Not My Soul”. She later returned to the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam in 2021, finishing seventh with “Je me casse” on 255 points.

PBS has confirmed that The Voice Kids Malta will commence on 7 September, with the series serving as Malta’s selection process for Junior Eurovision 2026 in Ta’ Qali. The broadcaster has yet to reveal how many episodes will be broadcast or when the final will take place.

Applications for the competition opened earlier this year and closed in mid-June. Young singers were invited to submit an original song as part of their application. However, the finalists selected for the live shows will take part in a songwriting camp, where songs for the competition will be created.

Malta is one of three countries using The Voice Kids format to select its representative for Junior Eurovision 2026, with Poland and Portugal also opting to use the programme as part of their national selection processes.

At the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Malta was represented by Eliza Borg with “I Believe”. She placed 11th in Madrid, scoring 92 points.

Source: TVM

Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest+

Malta debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 and has gone on to win the contest twice. In 2013, on their return to the competition in Kyiv, Gaia Cauchi won the contest with “The Start”. She was the first winner of a Eurovision event for Malta. In 2015, Destiny Chukunyere took victory in Sofia with the song “Not My Soul”. The country has hosted the contest in 2014 and 2016, and will host again in 2026. This will make Malta the first country to host Junior Eurovision three times.