L-Għanja tal-Poplu 2009
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The 34th edition of L-Għanja tal-Poplu was held on Saturday 28 November, 2009 at the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Phoenicia in Floriana.
From this Edition The Organizing Committee that from this Edition, All the participant must sing the song with a grupp of musician playing live evey song on the stage.
This year the Festival profits from tickets, cd and program pubblication and sponsors will give to the Richmond Foundation. The L-Għanja tal-Poplu every year was held by a voluntary Committee and got more espensive then profit. And till the passed twenty years the festival was held by the finally gift by Youth Travel Circle organized by Fr. Maurice Mifsud.
The Festival was also showen on television.
It was submited a total of ? orginal songs which was choose by a panel of Jury’s ? choose the 13 songs which passed for the Final.
Tickets at € 10 were available from the Y.T.C. 227 Merchants' Street, Valletta.
For this Editon also was published a Cd and a Programm.
The host of the festival where ? and ?.
Finalist Phase
Here are the 13 Songs featured in the final:-
| No | Singers | Songs | Lyricist | Composer |
| 01 | Angèle Cristina | Tellerita | Angele Cristina | Angele Cristina |
| 02 | X-Tend | Int Dak Li Int | Charles Dalli | Charles Dalli |
| 03 | Justin Galea & Antonio Olivari | Attent | Antonio Olivari | Antonio Olivari |
| 04 | Conerstone | Nolfoq | Mark Pellicano | Kurstein Sant |
| 05 | Anabel Spiteri | Arloġġ Bla Idejn | Paul Ellul | Mark Spiteri Lucas |
| 06 | Geordie Debono | Pjaga Jew Fjamma? | Christopher Azzopardi | Geordie Debono |
| 07 | Frank O‘Neill & Christabelle Curmi | Irrid Ngħix il-Poeżija | Frank O‘Neill | Frank O‘Neill |
| 08 | His Project Band | Leħen Ġo Qalbek | Mark Agius | Mark Agius |
| 09 | X-Tend | Niċċelebraw Il-Festa | Charles Dalli | Charles Dalli |
| 10 | Sandro Cassar | Musbieħ Ta’ Tama | Sandro Cassar | Augusto Cardinali |
| 11 | Corazon Mizzi & Walter Micallef | Tal-Aħħar | Corazon Mizzi | Corazon Mizzi |
| 12 | Teddie Zammit | Agħtuni Ċans | Teddie Zammit | Teddie Zammit |
| 13 | Adriano Tabone | Bi Tbissima | Giovann Attard | Augusto Cardinali |
| 14 | X-Tend | Niċċelebraw Il-Festa | Charles Dalli | Charles Dalli |
Organizing Committee
- Organizer: Maurice Mifsud Fr.
- Chairman:Carmelo Schembri
- Secretary: Alexia Conti
- PRO: Noel D'Amato
Judges
The judges during the live show were:
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Special Guest
The interval act as people awaited the final results was offered entertainment by [[ ]], [[ ]], [[ ]]
Recognition
The committee has always been proud to recognise the talent of local artists and therefore, a special award was given to Doreen Galea and with her son Mro.Dominic Galea sings some song from her new cd album ‘Ommi’ a compilation of 12 songs written by Maltese poet, include the first poet Kantilena by Pietru Caxaru which take us back around 1450. The music of this new songs was all composed by Dominic Galea.
Another gift was given to Martin Vella a singer and for many years presented and produced a radio program named Maltin Biss on the National Radio Station.
The committee have always put a lot of emphasis on the language and therefore, lyrics are always of the essence in this competition and this was seen within the choice of the jury for the evening, composed of scholars within the linguistics and literary field. The gifts where presented by Dolores Gauci a rappresented of the Richmond Foundation.
Winners Finalist
Here are the Winning Songs featured in the final:-
| No | Song | Performer | Lyricist | Composer |
| 01 | Tal-Aħħar | Corazon Mizzi & Walter Micallef | Corazon Mizzi | Corazon Mizzi |
| 02 | Irrid Ngħix il-Poeżija | Frank O’Neill & Christabelle Curmi | Frank O’Neill | Frank O’Neill |
| 03 | Attent | Justin Galea | Antonio Olivari D’Emanuele | Antonio Olivari D’Emanuele |
For the Winner it takes a Trophy for one year, besides, for the first place a Trophy and Lm 300, for the second place a Trophy and Lm 200, and for the third place a Trophy and Lm 100.
Other Winners
- For Best Social Theme:
- For Best Arragment:
- For Best Interpretation:
See also
External links
- L-Għanja tal-Poplu - Official website
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