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Malta: Listen to the Songs of MESC 2025!

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Just a few moments ago, the press conference concluded where the draw for the two semi-finals of the 24 artists participating in MESC 2025 took place. Eurovision Song Malta announced that the 24 songs competing in the two semi-finals are now available on their YouTube channel.

You can listen to the competing songs in the playlist below by clicking on the song titles:

FIRST SEMI-FINAL

  1. “Hideaway” – Mark Anthony Bartolo (will open the first semi-final)
  2. “Silenced” – Raquela Dalli
  3. “Whistleblower” – Haley Azzopardi
  4. “Heaven Sent” – Kristy Spiteri
  5. “Wildflower” – Marie Claire
  6. “Juno” – Victoria Sciberra
  7. “Festa (No Time for Siesta)” – JVF (Jessika, Victorio, Fabrizio)
  8. “Control” – Matthew Cilia
  9. “Qalb ma’ Qalb” – Adria Twins
  10. “Still I Rise” – Justine Shorfid
  11. “Te Amo” – Dre’ Curmi
  12. “AZIZ/A” – Kurt Calleja (will close the first semi-final)

SECOND SEMI-FINAL

  1. “365” – Kelsey Bellante (will open the second semi-final)
  2. “Unheard” – Krista Šujak
  3. “Love Me Loud” – Kelsy Attard
  4. “Kant” – Miriana Conte
  5. “Lablab (Talk Talk)” – Stefan Galea. 
  6. “Yo Listen” – Martina Borg
  7. “Għażliet” – Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni
  8. “Concrete” – Nathan Psaila
  9. “Miegħek Biss” – Kurt Anthony Cassar
  10. “LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum” – Kantera
  11. “Rubble & Stone” – The Alchemists
  12. “Breaking the Cycle” – Miguel Bonello (will close the second semi-final)

MESC 2025 will consist of two semi-final rounds, which will take place on February 4th and 6th, while the grand final will be held on February 8th.

Last year’s winner, Sarah Bonnici with “Loop,” represented the country in Malmö. However, she failed to qualify for the final, finishing in last place in the semi-final.

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Source: TVMNews

Malta: Dario Bezzina & Żeppi l-Muni Replace Alexandra Alden at MESC 2025!

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As we previously reported, Alexandra Alden, a well-known singer and judge on Malta’s X-Factor, has been excluded from the Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) 2025. According to the announcement by PBS, Malta’s national broadcaster, her song “Magnolia” had been released before the permitted date, violating the contest’s rules.

Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni have been announced as Alexandra Alden’s replacements for MESC 2025. Their song, titled “Għażliet”, will compete in the MESC 2025 semi-finals.

Dario Bezzina is a prominent name in Malta’s music scene, while Żeppi l-Muni is an emerging artist with a unique style.

Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni

Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni

You can listen to a 10-second snippet of their song [HERE].

MESC 2025

The following 24 artists will compete in the two semi-finals of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025:

  1. “Għażliet” – Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni
  2. “365” – Kelsey Bellante
  3. “Heaven Sent” – Kristy Spiteri
  4. “AZIZ/A” – Kurt Calleja
  5. “Kant” – Miriana Conte
  6. “Hideaway” – Mark Anthony Bartolo
  7. “Concrete” – Nathan Psaila
  8. “Breaking the Cycle” – Miguel Bonello
  9. “Control” – Matthew Cilia
  10. “Te Amo” – Dre’ Curmi
  11. “Yo Listen” – Martina Borg
  12. “LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum” – Kantera
  13. “Still I Rise” – Justine Shorfid
  14. “Rubble & Stone” – The Alchemists
  15. “Unheard” – Krista Šujak
  16. “Love Me Loud” – Kelsy Attard
  17. “Festa (No Time for Siesta)” – JVF (Jessika, Victorio, Fabrizio)
  18. “Wildflower” – Marie Claire
  19. “Miegħek Biss” – Kurt Anthony Cassar
  20. “Silenced” – Raquela Dalli
  21. “Lablab (Talk Talk)” – Stefan Galea
  22. “Qalb ma’ Qalb” – Adria Twins
  23. “Whistleblower” – Haley Azzopardi
  24. “Juno” – Victoria Sciberra

The MESC 2025 will consist of two semi-finals on February 4 and 6, followed by the grand final on February 8.

Last year, Sarah Bonnici won with her song “Loop” and represented Malta in Malmö. Unfortunately, she failed to qualify for the final, finishing in last place in her semi-final.

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Source: TVMNews

Malta: The semi-finalists of MESC 2025 revealed!

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Malta’s public broadcaster has decided to hold a national final to select its entry for Eurovision 2025. Thus, MESC returns for another year. A short while ago, the 24 artists who will compete in the MESC 2025 semifinals were announced via a live broadcast.

MESC 2025 – The participants

The following 24 artists will take part in the semi-finals of MESC 2025 and therefore compete for the Maltese representation in Basel:

  1. “Magnolia” – Alexandra Alden
  2. “365” – Kelsey Bellante
  3. “Heaven Sent” – Kristy Spiteri
  4. “AZIZ/A” – Kurt Calleja
  5. “Kant” – Miriana Conte
  6. “Hideaway” – Mark Anthony Bartolo
  7. “Concrete” – Nathan Psaila
  8. “Breaking the Cycle” – Miguel Bonello
  9. “Control” – Matthew Cilia
  10. “Te Amo” – Dre’ Curmi
  11. “Yo Listen” – Martina Borg
  12. “LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum” – Kantera
  13. “Still I Rise” – Justine Shorfid
  14. “Rubble & Stone” – The Alchemists
  15. “Unheard” – Krista Šujak
  16. “Love Me Loud” – Kelsy Attard
  17. “Festa (No Time for Siesta)” – JVF (Jessika, Victorio, Fabrizio)
  18. “Wildflower” – Marie Claire
  19. “Miegħek Biss” – Kurt Anthony Cassar
  20. “Silenced” – Raquela Dalli
  21. “Lablab (Talk Talk)” – Stefan Galea
  22. “Qalb ma’ Qalb” – Adria Twins
  23. “Whistleblower” – Haley Azzopardi
  24. “Juno” – Victoria Sciberras

Among the participants of this year’s MESC, we find two former Eurovision contestants who have teamed up, aiming to return to the Eurovision stage. Fabrizio Faniello, who represented Malta in 2001 and 2006, is collaborating with Jessika, known for representing San Marino in 2018. Together with Victorio, they are setting their sights on Eurovision once again.

Also making a comeback to the MESC stage is Kurt Calleja, Malta’s representative in 2012.

MESC 2025 – Analysis

Along with the former Eurovision participants, the list also includes the X Factor Malta judge Alexandra Alden who makes her debut in the festival with the song “Magnolia.” Kantera, known for their success in Mużika Mużika 2024 where they placed second, will also take part with their song “LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum.”

The runner-up of X Factor Malta, Justine Shorfid, is also in the semifinals with her song “Still I Rise.”

Returning familiar faces include:

  • Kelsey Bellante with “365”
  • Miriana Conte with “Kant”
  • Mark Anthony Bartolo with “Hideaway”
  • Nathan Psaila with “Concrete”
  • Miguel Bonello with “Breaking the Cycle”
  • Raquela Dalli  with “Silenced”
  • Stefan Galea with “Lablab (Talk Talk)”
  • Haley Azzopardi with “Whistleblower”
  • Victoria Sciberras with “Juno.”

Meanwhile, fresh talent includes:

  • Kristy Spiteri with “Heaven Sent”
  • Matthew Cilia with “Control”
  • Dre’ Curmi with “Te Amo”
  • Martina Borg with “Yo Listen”
  • Krista Šujak with “Unheard”
  • Kurt Anthony Cassar with “Miegħek Biss.”

This year will also feature two local bands:

  • The Alchemists with “Rubble & Stone”
  • Adria Twins with “Qalb ma’ Qalb.”

MESC 2025 will consist of two semi-finals, on February 4th and 6th, while the Grand Final will take place on February 8th.

In this year’s contest in Malmö, Malta was represented by Sarah Bonnici and her song “Loop”. Unfortunately, it did not qualify for the Grand Final. Therefore, the country finished dead last in its semifinal (2nd semifinal) for the second consecutive year, while missed the spot for the final for the third year in a row.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates on Eurovision 2025!

Source: PBS

Junior Eurovision 2024: Day Two of the technical rehearsals at Caja Mágica!

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As the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest draws near, the excitement is building. Young artists from seventeen countries have gathered in Madrid, preparing to perform live in front of millions of viewers from across Europe and beyond.

These talented artists have been working hard for months in anticipation of this moment, and they are now ready to “bloom”. While, the first nine countries conducted their first technical rehearsals yesterday, artists from the following eight countries took the stage of Caja Mágica today:

  • Ireland
  • France
  • Poland
  • San Marino
  • Netherlands
  • Germany
  • Malta
  • Portugal

The First Rehearsals

In line with the tradition of the adult Eurovision Song Contest, the first rehearsals were closed to the press. As a result, no journalists were allowed to watch the rehearsal sessions, and there were no official rehearsal clips shared by RTVE. This means that, for now, there is no audiovisual footage available to fans, but the official social media channels of Junior Eurovision have shared a few photos offering a sneak peek behind the scenes.

Ireland – Enya Cox Dempsey

Enya Cox Dempsey, dressed in a vibrant pink and purple outfit, was the first artist to take the stage. She is not alone—four female dancers accompany her, suggesting a high-energy dance performance. The backdrop features colorful visuals.

France – Titouan

The Junior Eurovision champions, France, are back with Titouan, aiming to win for the third consecutive year. Titouan wears a white jacket with stamps and is joined by four dancers on stage. The performance is dominated by blue tones.

Poland – Dominik Arim

Dominik Arim from Poland took to the stage in a stylish beige ensemble, accompanied by four female dancers. The LED screens behind them showcase themes inspired by the earth and the sea, adding a natural, immersive element to the performance.

San Marino – Idols SM

The Sanmarinese group, Idols SM, is all about friendship, as their performance reflects the message of their song “Come Noi”. The girls wear matching outfits, creating a strong sense of unity. It is clear that San Marino is bringing a fun and energetic performance to the stage.

Netherlands – Stay Tuned

The Dutch act, Stay Tuned, is bringing a playful twist with matching outfits and full of bright neon colors. Their performance features interesting stage props, including two mirrors, which will likely add a unique visual element.

Germany – Bjarne

Bjarne from Germany also takes to the stage in beige tones, joined by five dancers who perform an extensive dance routine. The performance promises to be colorful and full of movement, with the LED screens displaying beautiful natural landscapes.

Malta – Ramires Sciberras

Ramires takes the stage in a total-black, sparkling outfit, and from what we’ve seen so far, his performance is visually impressive. Snow falls from the ceiling, smoke fills the stage, and dramatic lighting is complemented by a fiery backdrop. Could Malta be this year’s surprise contender? Personally, I think so.

Portugal – Victoria Nicole

Wearing a stunning blue-green dress, Victoria Nicole is the last to take the stage today. Her performance is dramatic, featuring smoke on stage, yet highlighted by a vibrant LED backdrop. Victoria also brings her piano to the stage, adding an intimate and personal touch to her act. The emotional performance is especially meaningful as Victoria wrote the song herself, and she is aiming for Portugal’s first-ever win at Junior Eurovision. Her heartfelt delivery and strong connection to the song make her a standout contender this year.

What’s next?

After the First Rehearsals, the Second Rehearsals will follow. These rehearsals give the artists a final opportunity to perfect their acts before the Dress Rehearsals. Any last-minute changes to the performances can be made during this time.

It is expected that the voting recap video, which will be shown before the live show, will also be filmed during these second rehearsals.

On Friday, November 15, the two Dress Rehearsals will be held. The Dress Rehearsals are full run-throughs of the show from start to finish, including the performances, interval acts, and voting sequence.

Then and it is time for Dress Rehearsals. The First Dress Rehearsal will take place on Friday morning, while the Second Dress Rehearsal will take place in the evening. The Second Dress Rehearsal is particularly important as it is also the Jury Final. This is when the seventeen national juries will watch the full show and cast their votes, which will help determine the final outcome of the competition.

Moreover, on Friday the first phase of the Online Voting will commence and the half of the contest’s outcome will be determined.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  1. Italy: Simone Grande – “Pigiama Party”
  2. Estonia: Annabelle – “Tänavad”
  3. Albania: Nikol Çabeli – “Vallëzoj”
  4. Armenia: Leo – “Cosmic Friend”
  5. Cyprus: Maria Pissarides – “Crystal Waters”
  6. France: Titouan – “Comme ci, comme ça”
  7. North Macedonia: Ana and Aleksej – “Marathon”
  8. Poland: Dominik Arim – “All Together”
  9. Georgia: Andria Putkaradze – “To My Mom”
  10. Spain: Chloe DelaRosa – “Como la Lola”
  11. Germany: Bjarne – “Save the Best For Us”
  12. Netherlands: Stay Tuned – “Music”
  13. San Marino: Idols SM – “Come noi”
  14. Ukraine: Artem Kotenko – “Hear Me Now”
  15. Portugal: Victoria Nicole – “Esperança”
  16. Ireland – Enya Cox Dempsey – “Le Chéile”
  17. Malta: Ramires Sciberras – “Stilla ċkejkna”

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

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Malta: The submissions process for the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 begins!

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Malta is officially the 33rd State to confirm its participation in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest of May 2025 in Basel, Switzerland!

PBS, the national broadcaster of Malta, confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2025 by publishing the rules of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) for 2025, the television show through which the nation selects its representative in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The songs submission process begins on 18th of November and is concluded on 29th of the same month. 24 entries will compete to fly the flag of Malta, through two semifinals that are scheduled to take place on 4th and 6th of February 2025, while the grand final is about to take place on 8th of February with 16 finalists.

The schedule of MESC 2025 is as per below:

  • 18 November 2024, Open Submissions time-window of MESC 2025
  • 29 November 2024, Submissions Deadline of MESC 2025
  • 12 December 2024, Announcement of Semifinalists
  • 23 December 2024, Deadline for remastering
  • January 2025, Draw of Semifinals & Production Meetings
  • 4 February 2025, Semifinal 1 of MESC 2025
  • 6 February 2025, Semifinal 2 of MESC 2025
  • 8 February 2025, Grand Final of MESC 2025

In this year’s contest Malta was represented in Malmö by Sarah Bonnici and the song “Loop” without success as the country finished for the second consecutive year in the last place of its semifinal (Semifinal 2) missing out the grand final of Eurovision for a third consecutive year.

https://youtu.be/uG-JHeia13c

Source: PBS

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Malta: Was Saba’s “Sand” one of Emma Muscat’s candidate songs for Eurovision 2022!

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According to the latest news, “Sand”, the song with which Saba represented Denmark this year, at Eurovision 2024, travelled a long way until it ended up on the stage of the Contest.

According to the Danish website Eurosong-DK, it seems that “Sand” was one of Emma Muscat’s candidate songs for Eurovision 2022.

https://youtu.be/4f_phiGot7w

We remind you that Emma Muscat won MESC 2022, the national final of Malta, with the song “Out of Sight”, however immediately after her victory, the search for a replacement song began, as read first from Eurovisionfun.

The final choice seems to have been made between “Sand” and the song that in the end represented Malta that year, “I Am What I Am”. Malta got 16th place in the second semi-final of 2022, while this year Denmark placed 12th.

https://youtu.be/DFCFM5qtvms

What would Malta’s fortune be if it was represented by Sand? Would the island country manage to qualify?

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Source: eurosong.dk

Malta: Present at Eurovision 2025 and Junior Eurovision 2024!

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While the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has reached its final way, some countries have already been preparing for the next Eurovision Song Contests. Yesterday, 06/05/2024, Malta’ national TV broadcaster, PBS, confirmed that Malta is going to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2024!

In addition, PBS has also announced the second season of their new project, The Malta Eurovision Song Contest Music Exchange Camp 2024, which purpose is to create songs that will be competed in Malta’s the national selections for Eurovision 2025 and Junior Eurovision 2024. The same project also took part last year, with many songs getting that chance to compete in Malta’ national selection for Eurovision 2024.

This year, 2 categories of artists will take place. The first one will include 50 artists, starting from the age of 16 years old, and the other one will include 10 singers from the age of 9 to 14. According to PBS, the Malta Eurovision Song Contest Music Exchange Camp 2024 will take plece in June of 2024. The songs that will be written in the Camp will also have a achance to participate in the national selection of Malta.

This year, Malta is represented by Sarah Bonnici with the song “Loop” which is going to compete in the first position of the second semifinal in Thursday!

https://youtu.be/l6eS60n4wg8

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Source: PBS

Eurovision 2024: Malta’s Second Rehearsal!

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Day six of rehearsals today and it’s the turn of the 16 countries from the second semi-final to take to the Malmö stage again for their second rehearsal. In addition, the Big 5 countries (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain and Italy) as well as the host country Sweden are going to take the stage today for their first technical rehearsal. So the day starts with Malta.

Who is Sarah Bonnici?

Sarah has had vocal lessons from Miriam Christine, who was Malta’s Eurovision entry in 1996, performing In A Woman’s Heart at the Contest in Oslo. Miriam encouraged Sarah to take part in competitions herself, and from there she went on to take 3rd place in Malta Junior Eurosong in 2009.

Sarah has a star-studded songwriting team for Loop, and has also been part of the artistry. Linnea Deb and Joy Deb are well-known in the world of Eurovision, having written Måns Zelmerlöw’s Heroes which won the Contest for Sweden in 2015. Michael Joe Cini, known as Micimago, co-wrote Malta’s 2023 entry for The Busker, Dance (Our Own Party). And for Kevin Lee, this will be his 5th time working behind the scenes at the Eurovision Song Contest in some form or another. They’re joined by Leire Gotxi Angel and Sebastian Pritchard-James, who started as street performers and have now racked up over 9 million streams on their tracks.

The Rehearsal

The main dancing routine is largely the same as in the music video, other than having been polished up a bit in places. BUT the dance break has had a rework – it still has the flip, but with added shirt removal by the four male backing dancers, and also…blindfolds. There’s a very impressive salsa-style shoulder lift.

Sarah wears the same outfit as in the first rehearsal. Fireworks during the big note in the bridge before the final chorus, and a big firework finish.

                                               Malta second rehearsal Eurovision 2024. Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU

                                              Malta second rehearsal Eurovision 2024. Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU

After today’s second rehearsals a recap video will be published on the official Youtube channel! Stay tuned!

The Dress Rehearsal for Malta and the rest of Semi Final 2 is scheduled for Wednesday the 8th of May!

Source: eurovision.tv

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Watch the performances of Malta, Azerbaijan and Switzerland in “A Little Bit More”!

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Just like last year, some time before the first rehearsals of the countries, the show called “A Little Bit More” aired on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.Advertisement

So, for all this time before the rehearsals, Eurovision TV will upload different performances of the artists, like different versions of their songs, or covers of songs from other artists.

In today’s videos, you can listen to a live version of Malta’s entry, “Loop” by Sarah Bonnici, as well as the acoustic version of Switzerland’s entry “The Code” by Nemo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ4eI9-4dvk

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

You can also listen to a Fahree and Ilkin Dovlatov covering an Azeri Folk song, called “Bəri Bax”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuAPtGvWGw0

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Watch the performances of Sweden, Malta and Finland’s representatives in “A Little Bit More”!

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Just like last year, some time before the first rehearsals of the countries, the show called “A Little Bit More” airs on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

So, for all this time before the rehearsals, Eurovision TV will upload various performances of the artists, like different versions of their songs, or covers of songs from other artists.

Below you can listen to the “Spa Mix” of Finland’s entry for this year’s contest, “No Rules” by Windows95man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5vUpSzxeFw

You can also listen to the an acoustic version of Marcus & Martinus’ Melodifestivalen 2023 entry, “Air” as well as Sarah Bonnici, covering “Hold Me Closer” by Cornelia Jakobs (Sweden 2022):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMTRQohm74A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QK-6zKvrmY

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