On Saturday evening the public will choose the winner of this year’s Malta Song for Europe festival, who will then represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Athens, Greece.
18 songs are contesting the Malta Song for Europe festival whose winner will be determined through 100 per cent televoting through landlines and mobile phones via SMS. However the novelty this year lies in the ten minute voting time that has been allocated, contrary to the usual half hour, in a bid to speed up the festival process.
The following are the Song Titles, Performers and respective Televoting/SMS Number
1. You too - J.Anvil - 50043201/50615101
2. Amazing - Anna Belle - 50043202/50615102
3. Only till the morning - Ali and Lis – 50043203/50615103
4. Stay with me – Lara – 50043204/50615104
5. Echoes of Gaia - Natasha and Charlene – 50043205/50615105
6. I promise you – Manuel - 50043206/50615106
7. I do - Fabrizio Faniello – 50043207/50615107
8. Tell me – Eleonor Cassar – 50043208/50615108
9. This heart of mine – Trilogy – 50043209/50615109
10. So good – Andreana – 50043210/50615110
11. Time Paul Giordimaina and Morena – 50043211/50615111
12. Reachin’out - Pamela – 50043212/50615112
13. Stronger - Christian Arding – 50043213/50615113
14. Waves - Nadine Axisa – 50043214/50615114
15. lt just comes natural - Josef and Amanda – 50043215/50615115
16. You’re my dream - Kevin Borg – 50043216/50615116
17. High alert! - Claudia Faniello – 50043217/50615117
18. Spare a moment - Olivia Lewis – 50043218 - 50615118
The festival which will commence at 2030 CEST on TVM, will be presented by Eileen Montesin, Josef Bonello and sarcastically enough, also by Eurovision-proclaimed hater Lou Bondi and will include entertainment by last year’s winner Chiara, a band made up of some well-known personalities, comedian Ray Calleja and others.
Meanwhile, on Friday, all contestants gave the same performance to a very warm and welcoming crowd.
While MaltaMedia founder Toni Sant’s overall impression is that "the festival has finally gone to the dogs," he praises some "excellent pop singers". In fact Toni Sant has listed five acts as his favourites. The five (in no particular order) are Pamela, Christian Arding, Trilogy, Eleonor Cassar and Olivia Lewis.
Anyone wanting to comment on this year’s festival can visit Toni Sant's Blog and post comments directly.
Later this evening, MaltaMedia will also be publishing a special edition podcast in relation to the Malta Song for Europe on Toni Sant’s weekly Mużika Mod Ieħor series.
For more detailed information about Malta's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest see EurovisionMalta.com.
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