Malta: Eurovision 2023 national selection quarter finals contestants revealed

• The Maltese public television has revealed the quarter finals participants of the Maltese national selection 'Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023'. 

  PBS has unveiled the contestants of the quarter finals stage of the Maltese national selection for Eurovision 2023. Malta is selecting next year's hopeful for Liverpool through the format of 'Malta Eurovision Song Contest' (MESC 2023). 

  A total of 40 acts will be taking part in the four quarter finals that are set to unfold from January 13 to February 3 on weekly basis. 

   

  Namely the 40 acts that will compete in the quarter finals along with their respective song titles are: 

  1. Jake – “Love You Like That”
  2. Clintess – “Lura Qatt” (Never backwards)
  3. Francesca Sciberras – “Masquerade”
  4. Ian – “On My Own”
  5. Maria Christina – “Our Flame”
  6. Dario – “Pawn in a Game”
  7. Klinsmann – “Piranah” (Piranha)
  8. Aidan – “Reġina” (Queen)
  9. Greta Tude – “Sound of My Stilettos”
  10. Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Tears”
  11. Marie Claire – “Thankful”
  12. Geo Debono – “The Mirror”
  13. Haley – “Tik Tok”
  14. John Galea – “Trailblazer”
  15. Fabizio Faniello – “Try To Be Better”
  16. Jessika – “Unapologetic”
  17. Matt Blxck – “UP”
  18. Stefan – “What Do You Want?”
  19. Dominic and Anna – “Whatever the Wind May Blow”
  20. Maria Debono – “X’allegrija” (What joy)
  21. Maxine Pace – “Alone”
  22. Jason Scerri – “Anything Can Happen”
  23. Bradley Debono – “Blackout”
  24. Dario Bezzina – “Bridle Road”
  25. Andre – “Broken Hill”
  26. Brooke – “Checkmate”
  27. Nathan – “Creeping Walls”
  28. The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)”
  29. James Louis – “Dream”
  30. Christian Arding – “Eku Ċar” (Clear echo)
  31. Kirstie – “Girls Get Down”
  32. Eliana Gomez Blanco – “Guess What”
  33. Lyndsay – “Haunted”
  34. Stefan – “Heartbreaker”
  35. Giada – “I Depend on You”
  36. Ryan Hili – “In the Silence”
  37. Chris Grech – “Indescribable”
  38. Dan – “It’ll Be Ok”
  39. Cheryl Balzan – “La La Land”
  40. Mike – “Leħen Fiċ-Ċpar” (A voice in the fog)

   

  On the list we spot among the artists familiar names to the Eurovision and Junior Eurovision audience. Namely, we see the two times Eurovision representative Fabrizio Faniello (2001 and 2006), Francesca Scibberas (Junior Eurovision 2009) and Eliana Gomez Blanco (Junior Eurovision 2019).

   

   

  MESC 2023

  The national selection will consist of four quarterfinals, a semi-final and one grand final show. The national selection will kick off on January 13 with the first semifinal and will conclude on February 11 with the Grand final.

  MESC 2023 will unfold according to the following confirmed schedule: 

  • First Quarterfinal  – January 13
  • Second Quarterfinal  – January 20
  • Third Quarterfinal  – January 27
  • Fourth Quarterfinal – February 3
  • Semi-Final – February 9
  • Grand Final – February 11

  During all shows a combination of jury and public voting will influence the outcome of each heat. 

   

  Malta in Eurovision 

  Malta participated in Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1971 and has participated 34 times until now. Since 1991 it hasn't missed out any edtion of the competition. The mediterranean country has not been victorious until now but holds two second places in its record (2002 Ira Losco, Seventh Wonder) and (2005 Chiara Angel). Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, it has failed to qualify six times.

  In 2020 Destiny Chunkunyere won the second season of X-factor and was set to fly the flag in Rotterdam with her song 'All My Love' but unfortunately the contest was cancelled due to the cornavirus pandemic and she never performed in The Netherlands.However, this year Destiny was invited back for Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam where she delivered on Rotterdam Ahoy's stage her entry "Je me casse"  which finished 7th in the Grand final with a total of 255 points, which is Malta's best results since 2005 when Chiara finished 2nd.

  This year Emma Muscat won the national final MESC2022 and represented the country in Turin singing 'I Am What I Am', which despite Emma's energetic performance in the 2nd semi-final didn't make it to the Grand final. 

   

   

   

  News Source: PBS

  Image: EBU/ Corinne Cumming

   

   

   

AUTHORS

Angelos D.
Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.

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