Maltese Eurovision fans have voted Belarus as their favourite entry from 2007, OGAE Malta reported. The official Maltese Eurovision Club held its annual voting on the entries for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.
These votes will be added to those from other clubs within the OGAE Network spread around Europe and a final fans vote result will determine this year's fans favourite entries.
Belarus acheived 128 points. Cyprus came second with 109 points, follwed by Switzerland (108), Denmark (106), Bulgaria (102), Slovenia (100), Greece (99), Serbia (94), Finland (92) and Spain (88).
Malta’s Olivia Lewis was excluded from the voting.
Commenting on Malta's choice, MaltaMedia's founder and creative director Toni Sant said "There's no obvious winner this year. At least one hasn't revealed itself yet, like Lordi did last year. Belarus has one of the better songs this year but to be honest I don't see anything special about it."
Meanwhile Malta’s Eurovision Song Contest entry placed sixth in Eurovision preview event at a Manchester bar where eighty fans voted their 28 semi-final favourites at Spirit Bar,
Manchester Evening News
reported.
The semifinal previews included all the songs which were shown on a large screen. The biggest cheers of the evening were reserved for Bulgaria, Switzerland, Serbia, Norway, Malta, Hungary and Belgium.
The last concert Olivia Lewis will give before leaving for Helsinki in Finland will be held in Qormi on Wednesday from 2000 CET onwards.
The concert is being organised by Olivia Lewis’ relatives in collaboration with the Qormi local council.
Qormi Goes Vertigo will be held at Pjazza Narbona, next to St Sebastian’s Church.
MaltaMedia.com will report live from
Finland
during Eurovision week with Toni Sant present at the Helsinki Arena.
For more detailed information about Malta's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest see EurovisionMalta.com.
