Malta: The 22 competing entries of the national selection 'Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022' released

Malta: The 22 competing entries of the national selection 'Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022' released
Monday, 17 January 2022

  • The 22 songs to compete in the Maltese national selection 'Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022' have been released. 

    Following the 20-second snippets of the Maltese national selection songs, released earlier, the national broadcaster has released now the full version of the 22 songs that will compete in the Mediterranenan state island's national selection for Eurovision 2022. 

    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 entries that will be competing in the MESC 2022 semi final are the following and listen to them by clicking on the song titles: 

    1. Nicole Hammett – A lover’s heart
    2. Jessica Grech – Aphrodisiac
    3. Janice Mangion –Army
    4. Denise Mercieca – Boy
    5. Matt BLXCK – Come Around
    6. Baklava Ft Nicole – Electric Indigo
    7. Sarah Bonnici – Heaven
    8. Richard Micallef – Hey Little
    9. Norbert Bondin – How special you are
    10. Derrick Schembri – II
    11. Nicole Azzopardi – Into The Fire
    12. Jessica Muscat – Kaleidoscope
    13. Miriana Conte – Look what you’ve done now
    14. Emma Muscat – Out of Sight
    15. Raquel Galdes Briffa – Over You
    16. Jade Vella – REVELACIÓN
    17. Francesca Sciberras –Rise
    18. Aidan Cassar – Ritmu
    19. Mark Anthony Bartolo – Serenity
    20. Enya Magri – Shame
    21. Malcolm Pisani – We came for love
    22. Rachell Lowell – White Doves

    Among the contestants we see several former participants in Eurovision competitions. Namely,  Jessica Muscat represented San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2018 while Richard Micallef represented Malta at Eurovision 2014 as part of Firelight. Also, Francesca Sciberras represented Malta in Junior Eurovision 2009, while Nicole Azzopardi represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2010.

    The first semi finanl of the Maltese selection is set for February 17 while the Grand final show will be held two days later on February 19, 2022. 

     

    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. 

     

     

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