Malta: Submission window for MESC 2023 is now open!

Earlier today PBS, Malta’s national broadcaster, opened the submission window for the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (MESC).

With the submission window for the MESC now open those interested in representing Malta in the contest must apply on the official PBS Eurovision site. Some rules of the selection are as follows:

• All performers must be at least 16 years old by May 2023.
• Performers must have Maltese nationality while the Songwriters and composers can be of any nationality.
• An artist may submit multiple songs to the selection.
• Songs must not have been released or publicly performed before October 15 2022.
• Songs must not be longer than three minutes.

You can find the application form here.

Through the selection process, a jury will choose the 40 songs that will compete at Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023. In each quarterfinals, 10 songs will compete with 6 of them being able to progress through the Semi-Final. At all the shows, the voting will consist of both jury voting and public televote.

The dates of MESC 2023 are as follows:

• Quarterfinal One – January 13th
• Quarterfinal Two – January 20th
• Quarterfinal Three – January 27th
• Quarterfinal Four – February 3rd
• Semi-Final – February 9th
• Grand Final – February 11th

Emma Muscat was the winner of MESC 2022 with the song “Out of Sight”. In the end she represented Malta in Eurovision 2022 with the song “I Am what I Am” ending up in 16th place of the Second Semi-final:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Maltese participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!