Malta: MESC 2023 Semi-Final Tonight!

Malta is one step closer to naming its representative in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, as the 24 semi-finalists will compete tonight for a place in the Maltese Grand Final.

Twenty-four artists compete in tonight’s final for one of sixteen tickets to Saturday’s grand final, which will decide Malta’s representative at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

The results to be announced during tonight’s show are based on audience and jury voting. The same process is to be chosen for both the semi-final and the grand final which will determine the Maltese representative in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

Participants

The 24 artists competing in tonight’s MESC 2023 semi-final are:

  1. Andre’ – “Broken Hill”
  2. Bradley Debono – “Blackout”
  3. Cheryl Balzan – “La La Land”
  4. Dominic and Anna – “Whatever Wind May Blow”
  5. Greta Tude – “Sound of My Stilettos”
  6. Ryan Hili – “In the Silence”
  7. Stefan – “Heartbreaker”
  8. Giada – “I Depend on You”
  9. Chris Grech – “Indescribable”
  10. The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)”
  11. Maxine Pace – “Alone”
  12. Ian – “On My Own”
  13. Dario Bezzina – “Bridle Road”
  14. Brooke – “Checkmate”
  15. Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Tears”
  16. Dan – “It’ll Be OK”
  17. Matt Blxck – “Up”
  18. Fabrizio Faniello “Try to Be Better”
  19. Eliana Gomez Blanco – “Guess What”
  20. Christian Arding “Eku ċar”
  21. Geo Debono – “The Mirror”
  22. Mikhail – “Leħen fiċ-ċpar”
  23. Nathan – “Creeping Walls”
  24. Klinsmann – “Piranha”

MESC 2023 tonight’s show starts at 21:00 CET. You can watch it through the TVM channel by clicking HERE.

Until we know who will represent Malta at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s competition. Last year’s MESC winner was Emma Muscat with “Out of Sight”. She finally represented Malta at Eurovision 2022 with the song “I Am what I Am” without being able to qualify for the Grand Final finishing in 16th place in the second semi-final with 47 points:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Malta’s participation in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Malta: MESC semi-finalists announced!

MESC 2023 has just finished their qualification round and Malta Public Television has announced the 24 artists who have qualified for the semi-final.

The artists who qualified for the Semi-Finals are the following:

  • Andre’ – Broken Hill
  • Bradley Debono – Blackout
  • Cheryl Balzan – La La Land
  • Dominic and Anna – Whatever Wind May Blow
  • Greta Tude – Sound of My Stilettos
  • Ryan Hill – In the Silence
  • Stefan Galea – Heartbreaker
  • Giada – I Depend on You
  • Chris Grech – Indescribable
  • The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)”
  • Maxine Pace – “Alone”
  • Ian – “On My Own”
  • Dario Bezzina – “Bridle Road”
  • Brooke – “Checkmate”
  • Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Tears”
  • Dan – “It’ll Be Ok”
  • Matt Blxck – “UP.”
  • Fabrizio Faniello – “Try To Be Better”
  • Eliana Gomez Blanco – “Guess What”
  • Christian Arding – “Eku Ċar” (Clear echo)
  • Geo Debono – “The Mirror”
  • Mike – “Leħen Fiċ-Ċpar” (A voice in the fog)
  • Nathan – “Creeping Walls”
  • Klinsmann – “Piranha” (Piranha)

A combined vote of a televote and a jury made the results for this round.  After this stage the competing 24 artists will have to fight once again in the Semi-Final for one of the 16 spots in the Maltese final. The semi-final will take place on February 9, with the final taking place on February 11.

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Malta: MESC 2023 semi-finalists will be announced tonight!

Malta is one step closer to naming its representative in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, as the names of the 24 semi-finalists who will compete in the semi-final on 9 February will be announced today.

As is well known, the three MESC 2023 qualifiers took place over the past three weeks, through which the island nation will choose the artist to represent it in Liverpool. However, based on the decision of the Maltese Public Television, the results are to be announced today.

Today’s show will essentially include a recap of the 39 songs that competed in the three qualifiers of MESC 2023. Afterwards, the names of the 24 semi-finalists will be announced. We remind you that eight songs from each qualifier are going to qualify for next Thursday’s semi-final, claiming a place in Saturday’s grand final.

The results to be announced during tonight’s show are based on audience and jury voting. Public voting opens tonight. The same process is to be chosen for both the semi-final and the grand final which will determine the Maltese representative in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

Participants

The 39 artists who competed in the three qualifiers of MESC 2023 and will find out tonight if they will continue their presence in the process are:

  1. Andre’ – “Broken Hill”
  2. Bradley Debono – “Blackout”
  3. Brooke – “Checkmate”
  4. Cheryl Balzan – “La La Land”
  5. Chris Grech – “Indescribable”
  6. Christian Arding “Eku ċar”
  7. Clintess – “Lura qatt”
  8. Dan – “It’ll Be OK”
  9. Dario – “Pawn in a Game”
  10. Dario Bezzina – “Bridle Road”
  11. Dominic and Anna – “Whatever Wind May Blow”
  12. Eliana Gomez Blanco – “Guess What”
  13. Fabrizio Faniello “Try to Be Better”
  14. Francesca Sciberras – “Masquerade”
  15. Geo Debono – “The Mirror”
  16. Giada – “I Depend on You”
  17. Greta Tude – “Sound of My Stilettos”
  18. Haley – “Tik Tok”
  19. Ian“On My Own”
  20. Jake – “Love You Like That”
  21. James Louis – “Dream”
  22. Jason ScerriAnything Can Happen”
  23. Jessika – “Unapologetic”
  24. John Galea – “Trailblazer”
  25. Kirstie – “Girls Get Down”
  26. Klinsmann – “Piranha”
  27. Lyndsay – “Haunted”
  28. Maria Christina – “Our Flame”
  29. Maria Debono – “X’allegrija”
  30. Marie Claire – “Thankful”
  31. Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Tears”
  32. Matt Blxck – “Up”
  33. Maxine Pace – “Alone”
  34. Mikhail – “Leħen fiċ-ċpar”
  35. Nathan – “Creeping Walls”
  36. Ryan Hili – “In the Silence”
  37. Stefan – “Heartbreaker”
  38. Stefan Xuereb“What Do You Want?”
  39. The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)”

MESC 2023 tonight’s show starts at 21:00 CET. You can watch it through the TVM channel by clicking HERE.

Until we know who will represent Malta at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s competition. Last year’s MESC winner was Emma Muscat with “Out of Sight”. She finally represented Malta at Eurovision 2022 with the song “I Am what I Am” without being able to qualify for the Grand Final finishing in 16th place in the second semi-final with 47 points:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Malta’s participation in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Eurovision 2023: The Semi-Final Allocation Draw Results!

Liverpool’s Saint George’s Hall with a very nice event hosted a few minutes ago the draw for the semi-finals of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

The analyzes of the fans and not only, have been on fire for a few minutes now. Since the theories based on the pre-history of the countries in the competition, it is a first insight into how passable the qualification to the final is or not. In other words, it’s time to make our predictions, about who will go through to the final and who are the favorites to say goodbye to Liverpool early…

The presenters and the handover ceremony

The Eurovision 2023 semi-final draw was hosted by AJ Odudu and Rylan. Both are on the staff of the BBC, being some of the most loved faces of British public broadcasting.

During the draw, the ceremony of handing over and accepting the emblem of the contest took place. The mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo, formally handed over the “keys to the event” to the mayor of Liverpool, Joanne Anderson.

Draw Procedure

The 31 countries competing in the semi-finals were divided into five pots, based on the scores they have exchanged in recent years with each other. This is done in order to avoid, as much as possible, the alliances that appear every year in the voting.

Big 5 and Ukraine

With the big winner of last year’s competition, Ukraine, directly in the final, along with the Big 5 (UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semi-final that the direct finalists would vote for.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • Germany
  • France
  • Italy

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • Ukraine
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom

In the semi-final that the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote for, the video from their dress rehearsal will also be shown. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal exposure of the countries directly in the final and the countries that qualify from the semi-finals. Essentially, viewers see each entry twice during the shows.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The allocation draw for the two semi-finals had two parts. In the first part the 31 countries participating in the semi-finals were drawn in which of the two they will compete in. Fifteen countries will compete in the first/second semi-final and sixteen in the first/second semi-final.

In the second part, each country learned whether it will appear in the first or second half of the semi-final in which it will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the show’s producers at a later date.

1st Semi-final (9 May):

1st Half

  • Serbia
  • Latvia
  • Ireland
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Croatia
  • Malta

2nd Half

  • Sweden
  • Moldova
  • Switzerland
  • Israel
  • Netherlands
  • Finland
  • Azerbaijan
  • Czech Republic

2nd Semi-Final (11 May):

1st Half

  • Armenia
  • Cyprus
  • Romania
  • Denmark
  • Belgium
  • Iceland
  • Greece
  • Estonia

2nd Half

  • Albania
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Lithuania
  • San Marino
  • Slovenia
  • Georgia
  • Poland

Liverpool will host the 67th Eurovision Song Contest from 9 to 13 May at the Liverpool Arena. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organizers, is “United by Music“.

You can see the draw again through the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HAY-qpDTnY

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Eurovision 2023: Today the semi-final draw!

At 20:00 CET and live from Saint George’s Hall in Liverpool, the Eurovision 2023 semi-final draw will take place.

During today’s event, there will also be the delivery-receipt of the emblem of the organization from the city of Turin to that of Liverpool. For this reason, today’s draw will be attended by both the mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo, and the mayor of Liverpool, Joanne Anderson.

Presenters

The draw is expected to be hosted by AJ Odudu and Rylan, both BBC presenters.

Draw Procedure

The first part of the draw will determine the semi-final that each of the six countries that are directly in the final (Italy, France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Ukraine) will broadcast and vote for.

The second part of the draw will determine which semi-final and which half the other 31 participating countries will compete in. As in recent years, the exact order of appearance will be determined by the event’s producers at a later date.

The 31 countries have been divided into five pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by official TV partner Digame.

Pot 1
  • Albania
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Croatia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia
Pot 2
  • Denmark
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Estonia
Pot 3
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Israel
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
Pot 4
  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Malta
  • Portugal
  • San Marino
Pot 5
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Netherlands
  • Moldova
  • Poland
  • Romania

In the evening, therefore, we all tune in for the draw of the semi-finals of our favorite competition. You can watch the draw on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HAY-qpDTnY

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Malta: MESC 2023 Third Quarter Final tonight!

The process of selecting Malta‘s representative for Eurovision 2023 continues tonight, as the third qualifying round of the Maltese national selection will take place.

The Mediterranean country is choosing for the second year in a row the format of a national final in order to decide on the artist who will represent it at the Eurovision Song Contest. Forty artists are vying to represent Malta through five shows: three quarter-finals, one semi-final and the grand final.

Tonight concludes the quarter-final stage, where the 24 semi-finalists will be announced at the end of the evening. We remind you that in the first two quarter-finals of the two previous weeks, the names of the artists who got the “ticket” for next Friday’s semi-final were not announced.

Tonight’s Participants

Fourteen artists compete in tonight’s third MESC 2023 quarter-final, vying for one of eight “tickets” to appear in the semi-final stage of the Maltese national selection. These artists are:

  1. Andre’ – “Broken Hill”
  2. Bradley Debono – “Blackout”
  3. Cheryl Balzan – “La La Land”
  4. Chris Grech – “Indescribable”
  5. Dominic and Anna “Whatever Wind May Blow”
  6. Giada “I Depend on You”
  7. Greta Tude – “Sound of My Stilettos”
  8. Jake – “Love You Like That”
  9. James Louis “Dream”
  10. Jessika – “Unapologetic”
  11. John Galea – “Trailblazer”
  12. Maria Christina – “Our Flame”
  13. Ryan Hili – “In the Silence”
  14. Stefan “Heartbreaker”

The decision on the eight contestants to continue their journey to MESC 2023 will be made jointly by the Maltese public and a panel of judges.

The three qualifying rounds of MESC 2023 are presented by Ryan and Josmar.

MESC 2023 Third Qualifier starts at 21:00 CET. You can watch him through the TVM channel by clicking HERE.

Until we know who will represent Malta at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s competition. Last year’s MESC winner was Emma Muscat with “Out of Sight”. She finally represented Malta at Eurovision 2022 with the song “I Am what I Am” without being able to qualify for the Grand Final finishing in 16th place in the second semi-final with 47 points:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFCFM5qtvms

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Malta’s participation in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Malta: Aidan disqualified from MESC 2023!

Sad news for Aidan, one of the favourites to win MESC 2023!

As it seems, the singer disqualified from Maltese National Final with his song “Regina” and he will no longer take part in MESC. According to TVMNews, the site has contacted with the producers of the national final and has been informed that Aidan broke the rules of the festival. Specifically, Aidan has been disqualified after breaching rules 5.3 and 5.6 of the competition regarding posting to social media.

Rule 5.6 exactly states:

“The engagement of marketing personnel, marketing officials, marketing companies or the engagement into some sort of marketing or promotional campaign or activity by the artists to promote themselves, the song, their participation, or in some way to influence the public vote is strictly prohibited. The publication of any social media post, promotion material, interviews or media presence/exposure from the announcement of the quarter finalist’s onwards is also strictly prohibited. Any breach of this clause will lead to automatic disqualification”

Aidan came second in MESC 2022 with this song “Ritmu” which was very loved from many Eurofans.

Stay tuned in EurovisionFun for all the latest news of Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

Source: TVMNEWS

Malta: MESC 2023 Second Qualifying Round Tonight!

The time to learn Malta’s song for Eurovision 2023 is here! For the second year in a row, the island country is using the format of a national final and is organizing MESC 2023, through which they are going to select their representative for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

40 artists are going to take part in Malta’s selection process for Eurovision 2023. Five shows in total, three qualifying rounds, one semi-final and the Grand Final, will select the artist and the song that is going to represent Malta in Liverpool.

The hosts of the three qualifying rounds of MESC 2023 will be Ryan and Josmar.

The first Qualifying round took place last Saturday, but without announcing the names of the artists advancing to the semi-final. The 24 artists to take part in the semi-final, will be announced after the end of the third qualifying round.

The second qualifying round of MESC 2023 will be broadcasted at 21:00 CET. You can watch it through the live broadcast of TVM’s official website, by clicking HERE.

Participants of the Second Qualifying Round of MESC 2023:

Today, we are going to see another 13 artists, out of the 40 competing in MESC 2023, in tonight’s second qualifying round.

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

  1. Brooke – “Checkmate”
  2. Dan – “It’ll Be OK”
  3. Dario – “Pawn in a Game”
  4. Dario Bezzina – “Bridle Road”
  5. Francesca Sciberras – “Masquerade”
  6. Ian – “On My Own”
  7. Kirstie – “Girls Get Down”
  8. Lyndsay – “Haunted”
  9. Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Tears”
  10. Marie Claire – “Thankful”
  11. Matt Blxck – “Up”
  12. Maxine Pace – “Alone”
  13. The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)”

It’s worth mentioning that the Maltese public television hasn’t announced the running order of the qualifying round.

The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (MESC 2023)

MESC 2023 will take place in five competitive rounds: three qualifying rounds, one semi-final and the Grand Final.

13 song will compete in the first two qualifying rounds, while 14 will take part in the third one. Eight songs will advance to the semi-final from each of the three qualifying rounds.

The 24 songs that will qualify to the Semi-Final will be determined through the voting of both the jury and the public. Through the semi-final, the 16 artists that will compete in the Grand Final, will be decided.

The program of MESC 2023

  • Quarter-Final 1 – January 13th
  • Quarter-Final 2 – January 20th
  • Quarter-Final 3 – January 27th
  • Semi-Final – February 9th
  • Grand Final – February 11th

Until we learn who is going to represent Malta in Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest. 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” but she didn’t manage to qualify for the Grand Final 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!

Malta: MESC 2023 First Qualifying Round Tonight!

The time to learn Malta’s song for Eurovision 2023 is here! For the second year in a row, the island country is using the format of a national final and is organizing MESC 2023, through which they are going to select their representative for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

40 artists are going to take part in Malta’s selection process for Eurovision 2023. Five shows in total, three qualifying rounds, one semi-final and the Grand Final, will select the artist and the song that is going to represent Malta in Liverpool.

The hosts of the three qualifying rounds of MESC 2023 will be Ryan and Josmar.

The first qualifying round of MESC 2023 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 13 artists, out of the 40 competing in MESC 2023, in tonight’s first qualifying round.

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

  1. Haley – “Tik Tok”
  2. Stefan Xuereb – “What Do You Want?”
  3. Clintess – “Lura qatt”
  4. Fabrizio Faniello – “Try to Be Better”
  5. Eliana Gomez Blanco – “Guess What”
  6. Christian Arding – “Eku ċar”
  7. Jason Scerri – “Anything Can Happen”
  8. Maria Debono – “X’allegrija”
  9. Geo Debono – “The Mirror”
  10. Mikhail – “Leħen fiċ-ċpar”
  11. Aidan – “Reġina”
  12. Nathan – “Creeping Walls”
  13. Klinsmann – “Piranha”

It’s worth mentioning that the Maltese public television hasn’t announced the full running order, but instead, they have revealed only the first song of the nigh and that is “Tik Tok” by Haley.

The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (MESC 2023)

MESC 2023 will take place in five competitive rounds: three qualifying rounds, one semi-final and the Grand Final.

13 song will compete in the first two qualifying rounds, while 14 will take part in the third one. Eight songs will advance to the semi-final from each of the three qualifying rounds.

The 24 songs that will qualify to the Semi-Final will be determined through the voting of both the jury and the public. Through the semi-final, the 16 artists that will compete in the Grand Final, will be decided.

The program of MESC 2023

  • Quarter-Final 1 – January 13th
  • Quarter-Final 2 – January 20th
  • Quarter-Final 3 – January 27th
  • Semi-Final – February 9th
  • Grand Final – February 11th

Until we learn who is going to represent Malta in Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest. 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” but she didn’t manage to qualify for the Grand Final 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!

Malta: PBS announces changes in MESC’s format | This is the allocation of the artists in the Quarter-Finals!

Malta’s national final for this year seems to change all the time, as MESC 2023 format is changing for yet another time. About two months ago, the Maltese public broadcaster, PBS, announced that they wanted to introduce to the public more artists through the national final and so, they added four qualifying rounds to the contest.

In an announcement earlier today, the channel revealed their decision to broadcast only three of the four programmed qualifying rounds with 13 competitors in the first two and 14 in the third.

What is more, the allocation of the 40 artists in the three qualifying rounds was also announced:

First Quarter-Final

  1. Haley – “Tik Tok”
  2. Stefan Xuereb – “What Do You Want?”
  3. Clintess – “Lura qatt”
  4. Fabrizio Faniello – “Try to Be Better”
  5. Eliana Gomez Blanco – “Guess What”
  6. Christian Arding – “Eku ċar”
  7. Jason Scerri “Anything Can Happen”
  8. Maria Debono – “X’allegrija”
  9. Geo Debono – “The Mirror”
  10. Mikhail – “Leħen fiċ-ċpar”
  11. Aidan – “Reġina”
  12. Nathan – “Creeping Walls”
  13. Klinsmann – “Piranha”

Second Quarter-Final

  1. Brooke – “Checkmate”
  2. Dan – “It’ll Be OK”
  3. Dario – “Pawn in a Game”
  4. Dario Bezzina – “Bridle Road”
  5. Francesca Sciberras – “Masquerade”
  6. Ian – “On My Own”
  7. Kirstie – “Girls Get Down”
  8. Lyndsay – “Haunted”
  9. Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Tears”
  10. Marie Claire – “Thankful”
  11. Matt Blxck – “Up”
  12. Maxine Pace – “Alone”
  13. The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)”

Third Quarter-Final

  1. Andre’ – “Broken Hill”
  2. Bradley Debono – “Blackout”
  3. Cheryl Balzan – “La La Land”
  4. Chris Grech – “Indescribable”
  5. Dominic and Anna – “Whatever Wind May Blow”
  6. Giada – “I Depend on You”
  7. Greta Tude – “Sound of My Stilettos”
  8. Jake – “Love You Like That”
  9. James Louis – “Dream”
  10. Jessika – “Unapologetic”
  11. John Galea – “Trailblazer”
  12. Maria Christina – “Our Flame”
  13. Ryan Hili – “In the Silence”
  14. Stefan – “Heartbreaker”

The 24 songs that will qualify for the semi-final will be selected from public and jury voting. In the Semi-Final, the 16 finalists will be selected to compete in the Grand Final.

We remind you that the schedule of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is as follows:

  • Quarter-Final 1 – January 13th
  • Quarter-Final 2 – January 20th
  • Quarter-Final 3 – January 27th
  • 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” but she didn’t manage to qualify for the Grand Final ending up in 16th place of the Second Semi-final:

https://youtu.be/DFCFM5qtvms

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

Source: escbeat.com