18 – Estonia = 24 points
17 – Moldova = 33 points
16 – Greece = 44 points
15 – Finland = 51 points
14 – Iceland = 51 points
13 – Montenegro = 60 points
12 – San Marino = 68 points
11 – Bosnia & Herzegovina = 104 points
10 – Croatia = 133 points
09 – The Czech republic = 161 points
08 – Cyprus = 164 points
07 – Austria = 170 points
06 – Azerbaijan = 185 points
05 – The Netherlands = 197 points
04 – Hungary = 197 points
03 – Malta = 209 points
02 – Armenia = 243 points
01 -Russia = 342 points
Tag Archives: Malta
Keep up to date with all the News about Eurovision, Junior Eurovision up and coming artists from Malta
FIRST REHEARSAL OF SEMI FINAL 1
We are seeing the first rehearsal of the 18 songs in semi final 1 and this is the 10 songs I think will qualify.
01 – Russia
02 – Hungary
03 – Cyprus
04 – Iceland
05 – Austria
06 – Croatia
07 – Netherlands
08 – Malta
09 – Greece
10 – Czech republic
Ira Losco reveals ‘Walk On Water’ for Malta for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
Ira Losco and PBS have decided that Walk On Water will be the song to represent them at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden in May. The song is composed by Lisa Desmond, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Molly Pettersson-Hammar and Ira Losco.
Ira won the 2016 Malta Eurovision Song Contest selection with Chameleon (Invincible) in January. However, it was decided to review the possibilities of using another song for Eurovision. An expert panel reviewed 10 songs (including a revamped version of Chameleon). It was decided that Walk On Water would be the song to carry the Maltese flag to Sweden.
Ira represented Malta at the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest with 7th Wonder and finished in second place.
You can see the official video for Walk On Water below.
Watch Nicole Azzopardi perform ‘Glorious’
It was in 2010 when Nicole Azzopardi represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Knock Knock!….Boom! Boom. She has since gone on to record several singles but has been concentrating more recently on acting, including the drama Hbieb u Ghedewwa. Nicole has of course been busy with important studies as well.
But music is her big passion and she has just performed her version of the Cascada song Glorious (2013 ESC Germany) on the Fondazzjoni Arka Marathon 2016 show. I am sure we will see a lot more of Nicole and her singing in the very near future.
You can see Nicole sing Glorious below.
Source: www.esccovers.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3mCR7QFVzo
Eurovision 2016: News round up
It has been a busy few days in the world of Eurovision. Starting with the theme for the 2016 contest which is Come Together. We have had songs selected in Malta and Belarus. Also, Hungary began their selection process and Lithuania continued with their qualification programmes.
Malta – The 2002 representative for Malta, Ira Losco, will once again represent her country at Eurovision. Ira won with Chameleon (Invincible). There was a semi-final of 20 songs and 14 songs took part in the final.
Belarus – Ivan will represent Belarus after winning the national selection with Help You Fly. Ivan beat off competition from nine other acts.
Hungary – The national selection of Hungary (A Dal) began and the first six acts to qualify for the next stage are Freddie, Benji, Mushu, Egy Másik Zenekar, Reni Tolvai (all by jury) and ByTheWay (televote).
Lithuania – 12 acts competed in the next phase and the following acts progressed Ieva Zasimauskaitė, Baiba, E.G.O. ,Berta Timinskaitė, Neringa Šiaudikytė, 4 Roses, Saulenė Chlevickaitė, Milda Martinkėnaitė, Ruslanas Kirilkinas, Aistė Pilvelytė
Ukraine: The national final will be on 21 February with two semi-finals preceding on 6 February and 13 February.
Poland: A national final has been confirmed for 5 March.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
SEMI FINAL DRAW
Listen to Kirstie Barbara singing ‘Wrecking Ball’
It was back in 2006 that Kirstie Barbara participated in the Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest competition. Her song was Music For You And Me which was an upbeat pop song that would have been good enough for the adult Eurovision show.
Kirstie has continued with her singing and has the talent to progress and hopefully be on the Eurovision stage in the future. In the meantime she has recently recorded her version the Miley Cyrus number one hit, Wrecking Ball.
Kirstie’s father is the talented and respected singer and musician, Tarcisio Barbara, who has participated in various Malta Song For Europe festivals over the years.
You can hear Kirstie singing Wrecking Ball below.
Source: www.esccovers.com
Destiny wins the 2015 Junior Eurovision for Malta
Destiny Chukunyere has won the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest for Malta with her upbeat soul anthem Not My Soul. In a tense round of voting which went right to the last set of votes from Montenegro, Malta just pipped Armenia to the winning post.
17 competing countries took part in Sofia, Bulgaria –
1. SERBIA Lena Stamenković Lenina pesma
2. GEORGIA The Virus Gabede
3. SLOVENIA Lina Kuduzović Prva ljubezen
4. ITALY Chiara & Martina Viva
5. THE NETHERLANDS Shalisa Million Lights
6. AUSTRALIA Bella Paige My Girls
7. IRELAND Aimee Banks Réalta na Mara
8. RUSSIA Mikhail Smirnov Mechta (Dream)
9. FYR MACEDONIA Ivana Petkovska & Magdalena Aleksovska Pletenka – Braid of Love
10. BELARUS Ruslan Aslanov Volshebstvo (Magic)
11. ARMENIA MIKA Love
12. UKRAINE Anna Trincher Pochny z sebe
13. BULGARIA Gabriela Yordanova & Ivan Stoyanov Colour Of Hope
14. SAN MARINO Kamilla Ismailova Mirror
15. MALTA Destiny Chukunyere Not My Soul
16: ALBANIA Mishela Rapo Dambaje
17. MONTENEGRO Jana Mirković Oluja
Malta won the contest for the second time in three years, Armenia were second and Slovenia in third place.
You can see Destiny perform Not My Soul below.
Destiny Chukunyere will sing ‘Not My Soul’ for Malta at 2015 Junior Eurovision
Destiny Chukunyere will represent Malta at the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her song entitled Not My Soul was revealed today with the official video.
The song was composed by Elton Zarb and Matthew (Muxu) Mercieca. The team were behind the previous two Malta Junior Eurovision entries by Gaia Cauchi (2013 winner with The Start) and Federica Falzon (2014 Diamonds).
You can see the video for Not My Soul below.
Source: PBS; www.junioreurovision.tv; www.esccovers.com
Watch Federica Falzon perform ‘It’s My Life’
Federica Falzon represented Malta at the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the song Diamonds. She gave an outstanding performance of the pop/opera song and achieved a lot of acclaim.
Federica recently performed the Romanian 2013 Eurovision song by Cezar It’s My Life on the popular TVM entertainment series Hadd Ghalik Sajf. The upbeat pop/opera song suited Federica’s style perfectly.
You can see Federica perform It’s My Life below.
Source: PBS Malta; www.esccovers.com