Raquela has released a powerful and emotional new song in Italian called Lo Voglio (I want it). It is beautifully sung and has a really nice use of music instrumentation with piano and orchestral strings.
After Claudia Faniello‘s successful win for Malta with Breathlessly, the full public voting results of the 2017 Malta Eurovision Song Contest final have been released by the broadcaster PBS.
Claudia Faniello – Breathlessly – 4,996 votes
Janice Mangion – Kewkba – 4,544 votes
Kevin Borg – Follow – 2,502 votes
Brooke Borg – Unstoppable – 2,000 votes
Franklin Calleja –Follow Me – 1,303 votes
Maxine Pace – Bombshell – 627 votes
Deborah C & Josef Tabone – Tonight – 572 votes
Raquella – Ray Of Light – 551 votes
Cherton Caruana – Fighting To Survive – 340 votes
Klinsmann Coleiro – Laserlight – 332 votes
Rhiannon – Fearless – 288 votes
Crosswalk – So Simple – 245 votes
Richard Edwards – You – 186 votes
Jade Vella – Seconds Away – 166 votes
Shauna Vassallo – Crazy Games – 159 votes
Miriana Conte – Don’t Look Down – 156 votes
You will see it was a straight race between Claudia and the song performed in the Maltese language by Janice Mangion, Kewkba. The acts between third and fifth place received votes in the thousands but from sixth to last place the votes were in the hundreds.
You can see a short version of Claudia singing Breathlessly on the popular entertainment show Xarabank below and also Janice singing Kewkba at the Malta Eurovision final.
From a total of 156 submissions in Malta we now have the first phase of the competition where 60 songs have been shortlisted. PBS will eventually narrow down the list to just 16 songs for the grand final to be held most likely in February of 2017.
Who will follow Ira Losco and represent Malta at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine. Here are the 60 acts and songs –
Aidan Cassar– You Ana Boynuegri – Feel Avenue Sky – We Can Run Brooke Borg – Unstoppable Cherton Caruana – Fighting To Survive Cherylis – Breathe Christian Arding – Chill Out Claudia Faniello – Breathlessly Clive Issac Gauci & Karine Caruana – Rescue Me Clive Issac Gauci & Karine Caruana – When Love Cries Corinna Baldacchino – Leap of Faith Crosswalk – So Simple Dario Bezzina – Prisoner Dario Mifsud Bonnici – Pawn In A Game Deborah C & Josef Tabone – Tonight Derrick Schembri – U Domenique Azzopardi – Hey Yo Dominic – Don’t Let Your Heart Say No Dre’ Curmi – The Rapture Floren Sultana – Unforgettable Franklin Calleja – Follow Me Gabriella Azzopardi – Heal With Me Iona – Fireworks Jade Vella – Seconds Away Janice Mangion – Kewkba Jasmine Abela – Supernovas Jessica Magro – Different Light Jessika – Edge Of Tomorrow
Jessika – Immortal Jessika – Let There Be Light Joseph Refalo – I Got You Joseph Tabone – When The Sun Shines Kaya – The Power Kayla Borg – Falling Kevin Borg – Follow
Klinsmann Coleiro – Laserlight Kylie Colerio – Breathe Lydon Incorvaja – Sunshine In The Rain Lyndsay Pace – Butterfly Lyndsay Pace – Gemini Maria Cini – Chasing My Dreams Maria Muscat – Unbreakable Maxine Pace – Bombshell Milkmi – Shelter Michela Pace – Cruise Control Miriana Conte – Don’t Look Down Nadia Vella – Bird Of Prey Nazio Rotin – Free Fall Nazio Rotin – Gone Raquela Dalli Gonzi – Ray of Light Raquel Galdes – Beautifully Bruised Rhiannon Micallef – Fearless Rhiannon Micallef – Moving Mountains Richard Edwards – You Romina Mamo – Child Of The Sun Sebastian Calleja – Escape Shauna Vassallo – Crazy Games Stefan Galea – Wait Forever Tiziana – Only Night Wayne William – Calling Out
