[4] Prior to her participation in the Junior Eurovision, Chukunyere participated in various singing competitions including Festival Kanzunetta Indipendenza 2014 in which she placed third with the song "Festa t'Ilwien"; and won the Asterisks Music Festival, and SanRemo Junior in Italy.
[5] On 11 July 2015, Chukunyere won the Maltese national final held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta.
[6] Chukunyere won the live national final with the Aretha Franklin song "Think", enabling her to represent Malta; her Junior Eurovision entry called "Not My Soul" was composed by Elton Zarb and written by Muxu with her involvement.
[7][8] Chukunyere won the contest with 185 points breaking the previous record score set by María Isabel in 2004.
[8] In early 2017, Chukunyere auditioned for series 11 of ITV's Britain's Got Talent singing "Think", by Aretha Franklin, where she was given four yeses.
She has received praise from established music critic Simon Cowell and international renowned tenor Joseph Calleja.
[10] After listening and watching her perform, Cowell told to the rest of the judges that they "have been waiting for someone to come out who ... could be a star, and Destiny may be the one.