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Applications were issued and a total of 156 applications were submitted by prospective participants in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2017. After the elimination was held the organisers, PBS, announced the 60 song titles which made it to the first phase on Monday 12 December 2016. The list of the 60 songs shortlisted is shown hereunder: | |||
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==Maltese Eurovision Songs Contest - Preliminary Round== | ==Maltese Eurovision Songs Contest - Preliminary Round== | ||
<table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="663" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" nowrap name="Preliminary Round"> | <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="663" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" nowrap name="Preliminary Round"> | ||
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| 05||Breathe||[[Cherylis Camilleri]] | | 05||Breathe||[[Cherylis Camilleri]] | ||
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| 06|| | | 06||Breathlessly||[[Claudia Faniello]] | ||
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| 07||Butterfly||[[Lyndsay Pace]] | | 07||Butterfly||[[Lyndsay Pace]] | ||
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| 34||Laserlight||[[Klinsmann Coleiro]] | | 34||Laserlight||[[Klinsmann Coleiro]] | ||
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| 35||Leap Of Faith||[[Corinna | | 35||Leap Of Faith||[[Corinna Baldacchino ]] | ||
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| 36||Let There Be Light||Jessika Muscat | | 36||Let There Be Light||Jessika Muscat | ||
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| 43||Seconds Away||[[Jade Vella]] | | 43||Seconds Away||[[Jade Vella]] | ||
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| 44||Shelter||[[ | | 44||Shelter||[[Milk Mi]] | ||
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| 45||So Simple ||[[Crosswalk]] | | 45||So Simple ||[[Crosswalk]] | ||
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==Select the Sixteen Finalist== | ==Select the Sixteen Finalist== | ||
On Tuesday 20 | On Tuesday 20 December 2016, the 60 songs were further shortlisted to choose the 16 finalists. 11 jury members listened to the recorded songs at [[St. James Cavalier]], at [[Valletta]] in the presence of authors, composers and singers. On Wednesday 21 December 2016, the finalist songs were announced on the 8pm news on TVM. | ||
It was announced that the final would be held on one night and that the choice of the winning song to represent Malta in Kiev, Ukraine in May 2017, would be done by the public through 100% televoting. | |||
==The Sixteen Finalist Songs of The Maltese Eurovision Songs Contest 2017== | ==The Sixteen Finalist Songs of The Maltese Eurovision Songs Contest 2017== | ||
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<table border="0" width="100%" class="wikitable sortable"> | <table border="0" width="100%" class="wikitable sortable"> | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No''' | | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No''' | ||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs''' | | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs''' | ||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers''' | | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers''' | ||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|''' | | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyrics''' | ||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Composers''' | | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Composers''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 01||Bombshell||[[Maxine Pace]]|| | | 01||Bombshell||[[Maxine Pace]]||[[Noel Cohen]],[[Michael Macallister]]||[[Julie hardy]], [[Erin Bowman]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 02|| | | 02||Breathlessly||[[Claudia Faniello]]||[[Gerard James Borg]]||[[Philip Vella]], [[Sean Vella]] | ||
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| 03||Crazy Games||[[Shauna Vassallo]]|| | | 03||Crazy Games||[[Shauna Vassallo]]||[[Muxu]] Matt Mercieca||[[Cyprian Cassar]] | ||
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| 04||Don’t Look Down||[[Miriana Conte]]|| | | 04||Don’t Look Down||[[Miriana Conte]]||'Muxu' Matt Mercieca||Cyprian Cassar | ||
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| 05||Fearles||[[Rhiannon Micallef ]]||Rhiannon Micallef|| | | 05||Fearles||[[Rhiannon Micallef ]]||Rhiannon Micallef||Cyprian Cassar | ||
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| 06||Fighting To Survive||[[Cherton Caruana]]|| | | 06||Fighting To Survive||[[Cherton Caruana]]||[[Dean Muscat]]||[[Boris Cezek]] | ||
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| 07||Follow||[[Kevin Borg]]|| | | 07||Follow||[[Kevin Borg]]||Kevin Borg||[[Simon Gribbe]] | ||
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| 08||Follow Me||[[Franklin Calleja]]|| | | 08||Follow Me||[[Franklin Calleja]]||'Muxu' Matt Mercieca||Cyprian Cassar,[[Ivan Grech]] | ||
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| 09||Kewkba||[[Janice Mangion]]||[[Emil Calleja Bayliss]]||[[Mark Scicluna]] | | 09||Kewkba||[[Janice Mangion]]||[[Emil Calleja Bayliss]]||[[Mark Scicluna]] | ||
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| 10||Laserlight||[[Klinsmann Coleiro]]|| | | 10||Laserlight||[[Klinsmann Coleiro]]||[[Mathas Strasser]]||[[Dreher Emanuel]],[[Stefan Moessle]] | ||
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| 11||Ray Of Light||[[Raquela Dalli Gonzi]]|| | | 11||Ray Of Light||[[Raquela Dalli Gonzi]]||Dean Muscat||Boris Cezek | ||
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| 12||Seconds Away||[[Jade Vella]]||[[ | | 12||Seconds Away||[[Jade Vella]]||[[Giovann Attard]]||[[Augusto Cardinali]] | ||
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| 13||So Simple ||[[Crosswalk]]|| | | 13||So Simple ||[[Crosswalk]]||Dean Muscat||Boris Cezek | ||
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| 14||Tonight||[[Deborah C]] & [[Josef Tabone]]|| | | 14||Tonight||[[Deborah C]] & [[Josef Tabone]]||[[Angie Laus]],[[Sara Lljunggren]]||[[Michael James Down]], [[Jonas Gladnikoff]], [[Primoz Poglajen]] | ||
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| 15||Unstoppable||[[Brooke Borg]]||[[Christian Schneider]], [[Sara Biglert]], Brooke Borg, [[Aidan O'Connor]] ||Christian Schneider, Sara Biglert, Brooke Borg | | 15||Unstoppable||[[Brooke Borg]]||[[Christian Schneider]], [[Sara Biglert]], Brooke Borg, [[Aidan O'Connor]] ||Christian Schneider, Sara Biglert, Brooke Borg | ||
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| 16||You||[[Richard Edwards]] (Micallef)|| || | | 16||You||[[Richard Edwards]] (Micallef)||Richard Edwards||Richard Edwards | ||
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|} | |||
==The Running Order For the Final Night== | |||
On Tuesday 25 January 2017, [[PBS]] Chief Executive [[John Bundy]] announced the songs' running order for the final night, Saturday 18 February 2017 at the MFCC in [[Ta' Qali]] | |||
<table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="900" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" nowrap name="The Final"> | |||
<tr><th colspan="4">All the 16 songs in the Final... </tr> | |||
<tr><td> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyrics''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Composers''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Televoting Number''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Video''' | |||
|- | |||
| 01||Laserlight||[[Klinsmann Coleiro]]||[[Emanuel Drehen]], [[Stefan Moessle]]||[[Mathias Strasser]]||52302101||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ZhEc2MOY0 click on YouTube] | |||
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| 02||Ray Of Light||[[Raquela Dalli Gonzi]]||Dean Muscat||Boris Cezek||52302102||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNl6Ozmn7yI click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 03||Tonight||[[Deborah C]] & [[Josef Tabone]]||[[Angie Laus]],[[Sara Lljunggren]]||[[Michael James Down]], [[Jonas Gladnikoff]], [[Primoz Poglajen]]||52302103||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFafomw2pUA click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 04||Follow||[[Kevin Borg]]||Kevin Borg||[[Simon Gribbe]]||52302104||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9a1Tcm6Rso&t=72s click on YouTube] | |||
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| 05||Seconds Away||[[Jade Vella]]||[[Giovann Attard]]||[[Augusto Cardinali]]||52302105||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUrbi3gRBdE click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 06||So Simple ||[[Crosswalk]]||[[Dean Muscat]]||[[Boris Cezek]]||52302106||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRbvic_9lss click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 07||Follow Me||[[Franklin Calleja]]||'Muxu' Matt Mercieca||Cyprian Cassar, [[Ivan Grech]]||52302107||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM-khsCr9aU click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 08||Fearles||[[Rhiannon Micallef ]]||Rhiannon Micallef||Cyprian Cassar||52302108||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt4cm105jQo click on YouTube] | |||
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| 09||Don’t Look Down||[[Miriana Conte]]||'Muxu' Matt Mercieca||Cyprian Cassar||52302109||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts870Xlzv2U click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 10||Crazy Games||[[Shauna Vassallo]]||[[Muxu]] Matt Mercieca||[[Cyprian Cassar]]||52302110||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbDPO4loW5M click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 11||Kewkba||[[Janice Mangion]]||[[Emil Calleja Bayliss]]||[[Mark Scicluna]]||523021011||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR1zcVF2EhM click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 12||Fighting To Survive||[[Cherton Caruana]]||[[Dean Muscat]]||[[Boris Cezek]]||52302112||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHdRilu71ck click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 13||Bombshell||[[Maxine Pace]]||[[Noel Cohen]], [[Michael Macallister]]||[[Julie Hardy]],[[Erin Bowman]]||52302113||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YadFFkynSiA click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 14||You||[[Richard Edwards]] (Micallef)||Richard Edwards||Richard Edwards||52302114||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChFKigqxvwI click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 15||Unstoppable||[[Brooke Borg]]||[[Christian Schneider]], [[Sara Biglert]], Brooke Borg, [[Aidan O'Connor]] ||Christian Schneider, Sara Biglert, Brooke Borg||52302115||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ua852tHJxs click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 16||Breathlessly||[[Claudia Faniello]]||[[Gerard James Borg]]||[[Philip Vella]],[[Sean Vella]]||52302116||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POwL37CIZTg click on YouTube] | |||
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|} | |||
==The Presenters== | |||
The festival presenters in this edition were actor [[Daniel Azzopardi]], known for television dramas Deċeduti and Strada Stretta, and [[Charlene 'Charly' Mercieca]], a businesswoman who recently had a publicised battle with cancer. | |||
==Special Guests== | |||
In the final night interval, the audience present at MFCC were entertained by Gozitan band [[The Travellers]] performing two numbers: ''Dak Li Int'' and ''Xemx u Xita'', [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYdZNWEU9j4 click for video]. Then, 2016 winner [[Ira Losco]] performed ''Chameleon'' and ''Walk on Water'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWoVwtVBzSY click for video], and her brand new number ''We are the shoulders'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWoVwtVBzSY click for video]. Finally, [[Christina Magrin]], Malta's representative in [[Junior Eurovision 2016]] sang ''Parachute'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbMvBYde48A click for video] along with her new song ''Snow Globe'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UZoew9Daag click for video] | |||
==30 Time Partecipate in Eurovision== | |||
This year marked the 30th participation for Malta in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. For the occasion, all past representatives and festival chairmen were invited for the final night [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i8Y6LbGZj8]. | |||
==Sponsors== | |||
This year the festival was sponsored by the following companies:- | |||
* [[Go]] | |||
* [[Hamilton Travel]] | |||
* [[202 Jewellery]] | |||
* [[Esplora]] | |||
* [[Mapfre-MSV Life]] | |||
* [[Finestral]] | |||
* [[cell-1]] | |||
* [[Inglott]] | |||
* [[Schwarzkopf]]. | |||
==Presentation of trophies== | |||
The presentation to the winners was done by three past singers; [[Chiara]],[[Ira Losco]] and [[Mary Spiteri]]. | |||
==The Winners== | |||
<table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="900" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" nowrap name="The Final"> | |||
<tr><th colspan="4">The 3 Winner songs in the Final... </tr> | |||
<tr><td> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Song''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singer''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyrics''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Composers''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Televoting Votes''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Video''' | |||
|- | |||
| 01||Breathlessly||[[Claudia Faniello]]||[[Gerard James Borg]]||[[Philip Vella]],[[Sean Vella]]||4,996||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POwL37CIZTg click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 02||Kewkba||[[Janice Mangion]]||[[Emil Calleja Bayliss]]||[[Mark Scicluna]]||4,544||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR1zcVF2EhM click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
| 03||Follow||[[Kevin Borg]]||Kevin Borg||[[Simon Gribbe]]||2,502||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9a1Tcm6Rso click on YouTube] | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFHLqUMNVF8 click on Video] | |||
* [http://www.tvm.com.mt/mt/news/ara-l-ewwel-reazzjoni-ta-claudia-nwieghed-li-naghti-l-aqwa-wirja-fl-ukrajna/?src=hm click on Video] | |||
==All the Songs Final Position and Votes== | |||
<table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="900" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" nowrap name="The Final"> | |||
<tr><th colspan="4">The 16 songs votes in the Final... </tr> | |||
<tr><td> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Song''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singer''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Televoting Votes''' | |||
|- | |||
| 01||Breathlessly||Claudia Faniello||4,996 | |||
|- | |||
| 02||Kewkba||Janice Mangion||4,544 | |||
|- | |||
| 03||Follow||Kevin Borg||2,502 | |||
|- | |||
| 04||Unstoppable||Brooke Borg||2,000 | |||
|- | |||
| 05||Follow Me||Franklin Calleja||1,303 | |||
|- | |||
| 06||Bombshell||Maxine Pace||625 | |||
|- | |||
| 07||Tonight||Deborah C & Josef Tabone||572 | |||
|- | |||
| 08||Ray Of Light||Raquela Dalli Gonzi||551 | |||
|- | |||
| 09||Fighting To Survive||Cherton Caruana||340 | |||
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| 10||Laserlight||Klinsmann Coleiro||332 | |||
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| 11||Fearless||Rhiannon Micallef||288 | |||
|- | |||
| 12||So Simple ||Crosswalk||245 | |||
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| 13||You||Richard Edwards||186 | |||
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| 14||Seconds Away||Jade Vella||166 | |||
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| 15||Crazy Games||Shauna Vassallo||159 | |||
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| 16||Don’t Look Down||Miriana Conte||156 | |||
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Applications were issued and a total of 156 applications were submitted by prospective participants in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2017. After the elimination was held the organisers, PBS, announced the 60 song titles which made it to the first phase on Monday 12 December 2016. The list of the 60 songs shortlisted is shown hereunder:
Maltese Eurovision Songs Contest - Preliminary Round
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Select the Sixteen FinalistOn Tuesday 20 December 2016, the 60 songs were further shortlisted to choose the 16 finalists. 11 jury members listened to the recorded songs at St. James Cavalier, at Valletta in the presence of authors, composers and singers. On Wednesday 21 December 2016, the finalist songs were announced on the 8pm news on TVM. It was announced that the final would be held on one night and that the choice of the winning song to represent Malta in Kiev, Ukraine in May 2017, would be done by the public through 100% televoting. The Sixteen Finalist Songs of The Maltese Eurovision Songs Contest 2017
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