Jessika Muscat
{{short description|Maltese singer and actress}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jessika
| image = BlueCarpet2018-113-San-Marino3-EuroVisionary (Jessika).jpg
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| caption = Muscat in 2018
| birth_name = Jessica Muscat
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|02|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Mosta, Malta{{cite web|url=http://jessikamusic.com/biography/|title=Jessika - Bio|access-date=4 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218232022/http://jessikamusic.com/biography/|archive-date=18 December 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/blog/read?id=114362|title=Malta National Final - Jessica Muscat|date=20 January 2012|access-date=4 March 2018|last1=d'Anastasi|first1=Daniel}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| origin =
| genre = pop
| occupation = Singer, actress
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = 2009-present
| label =
| associated_acts = Jenifer Brening
| website =
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Jessica Muscat (born 27 February 1989 in Mosta, Malta), more commonly known as Jessika is a Maltese singer and actress. She represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Who We Are", alongside Jenifer Brening.{{Cite web|url=http://wiwibloggs.com/2018/03/03/san-marino-jessika-wins-1-in-360-with-who-we-are/218942|title=San Marino: Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening win 1 in 360 with "Who We Are"|date=3 March 2018|access-date=4 March 2018|first1=Sebastian|last1=Diaz|archive-date=16 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516164230/https://wiwibloggs.com/2018/03/03/san-marino-jessika-wins-1-in-360-with-who-we-are/218942/|url-status=live}} She had previously attempted to represent her home country every year from 2008 to 2017 and in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Precious Time". As an actress, she plays the character of Emma on daily Maltese soap opera Ħbieb u Għedewwa.
Eurovision attempts
=Junior Eurovision Song Contest=
;Maltese national selection
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| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Place |
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| scope="row"| 2004
| "Precious Time" | 16th |
=Eurovision Song Contest=
;Maltese national selection
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| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Place |
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| scope="row"| 2006
| "Let Me Dream" | {{Abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}} |
| scope="row"| 2008
| "Tangled" | {{Abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}} |
| scope="row"| 2009
| "Smoke-screen" | {{Abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}} |
| scope="row"| 2010
| "Fake" | {{Abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}} |
| scope="row"| 2011
| "Down Down Down" | 15th |
| scope="row"| 2012
| "Dance Romance" | {{Abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}} |
| scope="row"| 2013
| "Ultraviolet" | 8th |
| scope="row"| 2014
| "Hypnotica" | 8th |
| scope="row"| 2015
| "Fandango" | 9th |
| scope="row"| 2016
| "The Flame" | 7th |
| scope="row"| 2017
| {{N/A|Multiple}}{{efn|In 2017, Muscat reached multiple entries to the Maltese national selection: "Edge of Tomorrow", "Immortal" and "Let There Be Light". However, none of them qualified from the preliminary round.}} | {{Abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}} |
| scope="row"| 2022
| "Kaleidoscope" | 17th |
| scope="row"| 2023
| "Unapologetic" | {{Abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}} |
;Sammarinese national selection
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| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Place |
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! scope="row"| 2018 | "Who We Are" | 1st |
Discography
=Singles=
Notes
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References
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{{succession box
| before=Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson
with "Spirit of the Night"
| title=San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest
| years=with Jenifer Brening
2018
| after=Serhat
with "Say Na Na Na"
}}
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Category:21st-century Maltese women singers
Category:21st-century Maltese singers
Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants
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