Destiny Chukunyere is a Maltese singer. She is best known for winning the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Sofia with the song "Not My Soul".
Prior to that, she won multiple music festivals including the Asterisks Music Festival and the 2014 edition of Sanremo Junior.
In 2017, she auditioned for the 11th series of Britain's Got Talent in the United Kingdom. She made it to the live shows, finishing in 6th place in her semifinal.
She provided the offstage backing vocals for Michela Pace at the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv.
On 8 February 2020, Destiny won the second series of X Factor Malta and was to have represented her country at the 2020 contest. With the cancellation of the event, PBS confirmed that she would represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song Je Me Casse. She finished in 7th place in the final, giving Malta its best finish since 2005.
Trivia[]
- Destiny was mentored in X Factor Malta by Ira Losco, who twice represented Malta at Eurovision in 2002 and 2016.
- She is the second Junior Eurovision winner to represent her country at Eurovision, following the Tolmachevy Twins in 2014.
- Coincidentally, both acts placed 7th in the final.
- She is the second-youngest participant of 2021, about three and a half months older than Stefania Liberakakis of Greece.