L-Għanja tal-Poplu 2013

The 37th Edition of L-Għanja tal-Poplu was held on Saturday 20 April, 2013 at the University of Malta's Temi Zammit Hall in Tal-Qroqq. It was also broadcast live on One TV.

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L-Għanja tal-Poplu 2013

Tickets at € 10 and € 8 were available from the Y.T.C. 227 Merchants' Street, Valletta. and online.

The hosts of this edition were Valerie Vella and Frank O’Neill.

Songs

The organising committee received entries at the YTC Offices; 227, Merchants Street in Valletta on Monday 18 February 2013 between 10:30 and 11:30 and between 19:00 and 21:00 CET respectively. 38 songs were submitted for consideration in the preliminary round. On Saturday 1 February, a panel of 5 judges selected 19 songs to be performed live during the final night.

List of 19 finalists:

No	Song	Performer	Lyricist	Composer
01	Il-Gwardjan	Indri Attard	Kevin Tanti	Chan Vella
02	Anġli Bla Ġwenħajn	Romina Mamo	Deo Grech	Heathcliff Balzan
03	Ibni	Teddie Zammit	Paul Attard	Teddie Zammit
04	Għal Dejjem	Marie Claire Attard Bason	Emil Calleja Bayliss	Mark Scicluna
05	Bikja Mid-Deżert	Leanne Attard	Sylvia Caruana	Dario Bezzina
06	Bit-Tof...Ma Tofx...?	Ta’ Verna	Rita Pace	George Bonello
07	Nammetti Li Ma Naf Xejn	Mistura	Antonio Olivari	Antonio Olivari
08	Is-Sajjied Tax-Xatt tax-Xlokk	Alwyn Borg Myatt	Alwyn Borg Myatt	Conrad Briffa
09	Virtwali	Estelle Fenech Imbroll	Paul Attard	Mark Scicluna
10	It-Tweġiba	Corazon Mizzi	Corazon Mizzi	Corazon Mizzi
11	Kuluri, Ilwien	X-Tend	Charles Dalli	Charles Dalli
12	Taħninal	Fiona Camilleri	Robert Carbonaro	Robert Carbonaro
13	il-Maltin Bil-Politika Medhijin	Justin Galea u Banda Briganti	Keith Muscat	Sylvan Borg
14	Tinsinix	Maria Debono	Rita Pace	Rita Pace
15	Ġrajja ta’ Kull Żmien	Corinne Caruana u l-Ħbieb	Christopher Azzopardi	Marie Azzopardi
16	Id-Dar Għall-Bejgħ	Charles Dalli	Pawlu Zammit	Charles Dalli
15	Hawn Siġġu Nieqes	Cherise Attard	Paul Ellul	Mark Spiteri Lucas
16	Signor Sì	Dorothy Muscat	Joe Julian Farrugia	Sammy Galea
17	Pupazz	Rita Pace	Emil Calleja Bayliss	Rita Pace

Organizing Committee

Organizer: Maurice Mifsud Fr.

Chairperson:Carmelo Schembri

Secretary: Alexia Cutajar Conti

Member:Mark Grech

Member:Peter Galea

Co-ordinator: Noel D'Amato

PRO: Josephine Ebejer Grech

Judges

Donald Friggieri, Mario Camilleri, Sergio Grech, Mro.Clifford Cauchi, James Agius, Tony Cassar Darren, Joe Vella, Mario Zarb and Phylis Debono with Notary Dr.Paul Callus.

Special guests

KulTural, winners of L-Għanja tal-Poplu in 2012 were the opening act last night as they reminded people what their entry Malta Tiegħi sounded like but nevertheless, the idea of having them open was well respected by the audience present as they joined the long list of winners to have graced the stage along the years.

The organisation was spectacular and the respective committee alongside Robert Cefai and Norman Hamilton as representatives of the World Association for Festivals and Artists deserve all of the possible praise.

The interval act as people awaited the final results was offered by a flamenco dance group known as Alegria and the finalists themselves who performed a great medley of well known Maltese songs.

The committee has always been proud to recognise the talent of local artists and therefore, a special award L-Għanja li Tibqa was given to Sunny Aquilina, lyricist of The One That I Love and My Dream for his contribution to the local music scene. 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.

Winners

Placing	Song	Performer	Lyricist	Composer
01	Hawn Siġġu Nieqes	Cherise Attard	Paul Ellul	Mark Spiteri Lucas
02	Signor Sì	Dorothy Muscat	Joe Julian Farrugia	Sammy Galea
03	Pupazz	Rita Pace	Emil Calleja Bayliss	Rita Pace

Other Winners

• Best Young Talent: Fiona Camilleri - Taħnina (written and composed by Robert Carbonaro
• Best Interpretation: X-Tend Kuluri, Lwien written and composed by Charles Dalli
• Best Singer-Songwriter: Sylvan Borg for Il-Maltin Bil-Politika Meħdijin
• Best Social Theme: Estelle Fenech Imbroll Virtwali written by Paul Attard and composed by Mark Scicluna

Presentation

Mr Robert Cefai, WAFA Secretary, and Mr. Charles Schembri presented the trophies.

The organising committee chose to remove monetary prizes, and instead give the winning teams the opportunity to participate in similar festivals abroad under the auspices of the World Association of Festivals and Artists - WAFA

L-Għanja tal-Poplu 2013 was supported by the Malta Arts Fund in collaboration with WAFA chairman Norman Hamilton.

External links

• Official website

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