Malta: MESC 2024 First semi-final takes place tonight!

The time we’re all waiting for, is slowly coming again. We are talking about the national final period of Eurovision Song Contest 2024! This year, the first country to air its national final, is Malta!

For the third year in a row, the island country is using the format of a national final and is organizing Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2024 (MESC), through which they are going to select their representative for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.

36 artists are going to take part in Malta’s selection process for Eurovision 2024. A process consisting of semi-finals and the Grand Final, will select the artist and the song that is going to represent Malta in Malmö.

The first semi-final of MESC 2024 will be broadcasted at 21:00 CET. You can watch it through the live broadcast of TVM’s official website, by clicking HERE.

Participants

Today, we are going to see first nine artists, out of the 36 competing in MESC 2024, in tonight’s first semi-final.

The artists that will compete in tonight’s show are:

• Kurt Calleja – “Misunderstood”
• Sarah Bonnici – “Loop”
• Gail – “Wild Card”
• Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Condition or Fiction”
• Eliana Gomez Blanco – “There’s Only Flowers”
• OXYGYN – “Cloudmaker”
• Nathan – “Ghost”
• Lyndsay – “Fire Proof”
• Dominic Cini – “Bewsa”

The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (MESC 2023)

Phase I – Song Submission and Selection

Those interested could subit their songs in the country’s public broadcaster. After the deadline, the 36 competing artists were selected.

Phase II – Semi Final

• Artists will perform their songs live via a TV show that will be broadcasted for several weeks.
• The top 12 artists via a combination of jury and public vote will qualify to the Grand Final.

Phase III – Grand Final

• The Grand Final will be held in January 2024.
• Every participant will have a budget of 5.000 euros for producing and filming a video-clip of its entry.
• Every participant will film a live-on-tape performance in December 2023(the artists will have 60 minutes to film 3 performances and between these, the best will be chosen)
• The winner will be decided from a jury and public vote.

Until we learn who is going to represent Malta in Eurovision 2024, let’s remember their song for last year’s contest. The Busker were the winners of MESC 2023 with the song “Dance (Our Own Party)” but they didn’t manage to qualify for the Grand Final ending up in 15th place of the First Semi-final with 3 points:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Maltese participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!