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Claudia Faniello/Breathlessly

SURPRISE FOR CLAUDIA FANIELLO at the BERLIN weekend

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Eurovision South Africa and ESCCovers made it possible that an Afrikaans cover of Breathlessly was recorded by JOLANDA BECKER and sent to Germany in time to play to Claudia Faniello during the Berlin weekend.

We got a report today from Germany by Manfred , the producer of the original Eurovision entry of Malta and owner of CAP records.

I am back home after a fantastic Berlin weekend and they did the surprise yesterday at the Sunday Club Brunch during the Interview talk and it was perfect. Claudia really loved the Afrikaans version of her song Brearthlessly and was really touched and close to tears..

JP from Radio International recorded a video and will send it to Manfred who in turn will make it available to ESCCOvers and JP will play the song too in one of his next radio shows.

The Afrikaans cover is called ASEMLOOS (so the same title as the original). The song will be available to buy on Itunes and we will soon make a link available.

Here is the cover of the Afrikaans version

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COMPETITION TIME – MALTA

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Today is the 4th and last of our ESCCovers competitions. We just filled a gap between the voting shock/surprises which took a short break but will be back from tomorrow. Today’s competition is about Malta and hopefully you are not Breathless by now and have time to enter it.

You can win a memory stick which features the video of Claudia Faniello’s Breathlessly.

Again to win this, do the following:
1 – Like the Eurovision coverage facebook
2 – Name one of the songs Claudia had in the Malta selection previously.

All entries will again be put into a hat and a winner drawn and then he or she will have to send us their postal address.

The winners to the 4 competitions will be announced this coming weekend.

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Claudia Faniello

Claudia Faniello performs Malta Eurovision medley of her songs…and releases Italian version of ‘Breathlessly’

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Claudia Faniello {copyright: TVM}
Claudia Faniello {copyright: TVM}

Claudia Faniello has been very busy preparing and promotion her Malta 2017 Eurovision Song Contest entry, Breathlessly. At the weekend she performed a medley of some of her previous Malta Eurovision Song Contest national selection songs on the popular entertainment show on TVM, Sibtek.

Claudia has also released an Italian version of Breathlessly entitled Perdersi. Claudia is actually half Italian.

You can see Claudia perform her Eurovision medley below as well as see her sing the Perdersi.

Source: TVM; YouTube/Eurovision Song Contest; ESC Covers

Claudia Faniello/Breathlessly

Now Claudia Faniello gets her chance to sing for Malta at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest

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After several near misses in the past Claudia Faniello has finally won the 2017 Malta national selection and will represent her country at the Eurovision Song Contest in May in Kiev. Her song is entitled Breathlessly and his composed by the popular composers Philip Vella, Sean Vella and Gerard James Borg.

16 songs competed in the final –

  1. Klinsmann – Laserlight
  2. Raquela – Ray Of Light
  3. Deborah C & Josef Tabone – Tonight
  4. Kevin Borg – Follow
  5. Jade – Seconds Away
  6. Crosswalk – So Simple
  7. Franklin Calleja – Follow Me
  8. Rhiannon Micallef – Fearless
  9. Miriana Conte – Don’t Look Down
  10. Shauna – Crazy Games
  11. Janice Mangion – Kewkba
  12. Cherton – Fighting To Survive
  13. Maxine – Bombshell
  14. Richard Edwards – You
  15. Brooke – Unstoppable
  16. Claudia Faniello – Breathlessly 

The voting was totally by the public.

ESC Covers caught up with Claudia in November in Malta where she was presented with a special compilation CD from South Africa of Afrikaans covers of Maltese Eurovision songs.

Claudia’s brother, Fabrizio, has twice represented Malta at the 2001 and 2006 Eurovision Song Contests.

You can see Claudia perform her winning song below.

Source: ESC Covers