Malta: The 22 semifinalists for Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022 unveiled

Malta: The 22 semifinalists for Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022 unveiled
Wednesday, 29 December 2021

  • The Maltese national broadcaster has released the names of the 22 semifinalists of the country's national selection, Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022 ( MESC 2022). 

    PBS will be selecting their Eurovision 2022 hopeful via the national final 'Malta Eurovision Song Contest', which successes the X-factor show which was used to select the country's representative since 2019.

    The national selection will include one semi final round and a Grand final show. A total of 22 acts will compete in the semifinals while 16 contestants will give the final battle for the ticket to Turin in the Grand final show. The outcome of the final will be determined by a combination of public and jury voting (50% each). 

    The 22 acts that will be competing in the MESC 2022 semi final are: 

    • Nicole Hammett – A lover’s heart
    • Jessica Grech – Aphrodisiac
    • Janice Mangion – Army
    • Denise Mercieca – Boy
    • Matt BLXCK – Come Around
    • Baklava Ft Nicole – Electric Indigo
    • Sarah Bonnici – Heaven
    • Richard Micallef – Hey Little
    • Norbert Bondin – How special you are
    • Derrick Schembri – II
    • Nicole Azzopardi – Into The Fire
    • Jessica Muscat – Kaleidoscope
    • Miriana Conte – Look what you’ve done now
    • Emma Muscat – Out of Sight
    • Raquel Galdes Briffa – Over You
    • Jade Vella – REVELACIÓN
    • Francesca Sciberras – Rise
    • Aidan Cassar – Ritmu
    • Mark Anthony Bartolo – Serenity
    • Enya Magri – Shame
    • Malcolm Pisani – We came for love
    • Rachell Lowell – White Doves

    Among the artists we see a few with previous Eurovision experience. Namely, Nicole Azzopardi represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2010, while Jessica Muscat represented San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2018.

    The national selection shows are expected to take place later on in mid-February. 

     

    Malta in Eurovision 

    Malta participated in Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1971 and has participated 33 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 2019 the X-factor winner Michela Pace won the right to represent the country in Tel Aviv with her entry “Chameleon” which eventually came 14th in the grand final. 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. 

     

     

    News Source:TVM