Malta won the Eurovision Junior song contest

Malta has won this year Junior Eurovision Song contest that was held in Kiev, Ukraine.

Eleven Gaia Casanova scored points 130 with his ballad, The Start, which it also helped to compose and write.

She beat 11 other countries to win the trophy, with the Ukraine and Belarus, finishing second and third.

It is that the first time Malta won the competition, after the return to competition after a break of three years.

Cartwright, who lives in the small rural village of Mgarr, is no stranger to winning artists' performances.

She finished first in the international selection of the Junior from San Remo contest and was honored for an achievement to 2013 Malta Music Awards Award.

She has also had success with a number of performances by artists of Italian television.

The Junior Eurovision Song contest version was launched in 2003.

The United Kingdom has not participated in the competition since 2005.

Other countries that participated this year included Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Netherlands, Sweden, San Marino, Moldova and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Winner of this year's Eurovision contest, Emmélie Forest of the Denmark, also performed during the show. From BBC NEWS