L-Għanja tal-Poplu 2014

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L-Għanja tal-Poplu 2014

The 38th edition of L-Għanja tal-Poplu was held on Saturday 15 March at the University of Malta's Sir Temi Zammit Theatre in Tal-Qroqq. It was also broadcast live on One TV.

A new visual identity was introduced for the contest in 2014 by Darren Tanti, who created a new logo encompassing live music and singing with other elements that have become synonymous with L-Għanja tal-Poplu.

Tickets at € 10 and € 8 were available from the Y.T.C. office and online from ticketline.com.mt.

The hosts of this edition were Josephine Ebejer Grech and Clint Bajada.

The night was open with a short medley of Maltese well known songs and a short Musical, by the Il-Kor L-Għanja tal-Poplu.

Songs

The­ original submission date for songs for this edition was extended to Friday 31 January 2014.

Participants placing first, second and third will be receiving trophies and a reward of € 1000, € 600 and € 400 respectively. The person or group awarded the title of best singer-songwriter will be awarded a trophy and € 500.

71 song were submitted for consideration in the preliminary round. On Saturday 1 February, a panel of 5 judges selected 16 songs for the final night. The preliminary round jury members were:


The Finalist

Here are the 16 songs featured in the final of the 38th edition of this contest perform original songs in Maltese; both the vocals and the musical accompaniment are live.

No Singers Songs Author Composer
01 [[Marie Claire Attard Bason] Mara Emil Calleja Bayliss Andrew Zammit
02 [[7 Spadi] Rita Pace Jeffrey Scicluna
03 [[Estelle Fenech Imbroll] Numri Paul Attard Mark Scicluna
04 [[Rutina] Tmien Ħabbiet Jonathan Laferla Charlie Bonnici
05 Frank O'Neill Christabelle Curmi & Il-Lajks Kif Xrobtuli l-Menti Frank O'Neill Frank O'Neill
06 [[Christian Arding] Il-Karba tal-Mument Kevin Tanti Chan Vella
07 Daniel Borg Fejn Huma? George Cassar Daniel Borg
08 [[Karen DeBattista] Jien Ma Naħdimx Rita Pace Mark Scicluna
09 [[Teddie Zammit] Immigrant Regolari Rita Pace Teddie Zammit
10 [[Denise Spiteri] Pupa Mark Laurence Zammit Mark Laurence Zammit
11 [[Frans Casha] Il-Bamboċċu, Il-Bambinu, l-Budaj Frans Casha Frans Casha
12 Miriam Christine & Olivia Lewis Wara l-Kanċell Joe Julian Farrugia Miriam Christine
13 [[Mario Debono] Bħal Għasfura Mario Debono Mario Debono
14 [[Simone Gauci] Djarju ta' Tifkiriet Emil Calleja Bayliss Mark Spiteri Lucas
15 Teddie Zammit Liberat George Cassar Teddie Zammit
16 [[Domenique Azzopardi] Insellmulkom Joe Chircop Philip Vella

Organizing Committee

Organizer: Maurice Mifsud Fr.
Chairperson:Carmelo Schembri
Secretary: Alexia Cutajar Conti
Co-ordinator: Noel D'Amato
PRO: Josephine Ebejer Grech

Judges

Special guests

Il-Kor L-Għanja tal-Poplu performed with Justin Galea, while the judges deliberated on the winners. Corazon sang three songs from her CD album Hawn Jien. There was also short story about Malta great moments in history.

Winners

Placing Song Performer Lyricist Composer
01 Jien Ma Naħdimx Karen DeBattista Rita Pace Mark Scicluna
02 Kif Xrobtuli l-Menti Frank O'Neill, Christabelle Curmi & Il-Lajks Frank O'Neill Frank O'Neill
03 Wara l-Kanċell Miriam Christine & Olivia Lewis Joe Julian Farrugia Miriam Christine

Other Winners

  • For Best Young Talent: Denise Spiteri for Pupa written and composed by Mark Laurence Zammit
  • For Best Interpretation: Christian Arding
  • For Best Singer-Songwriter: Frank O'Neill for Kif Xrobbtuli l-Menti
  • For Best Social Theme: Rita Pace for Il-Quċċata sung by 7 Spadi and composed by Jeffrey Scicluna

Presentation

Prof. Olivier Friggieri presented the trophies to all the winners.

The winning songwriters were given the opportunity to participate in similar festivals abroad under the auspices of the World Association of Festivals and Artists - WAFA

This edition was supported by the Malta Arts Fund and was collaborated by Studio 7.

A CD compilation containing the final songs was given to radio stations by Tony Micallef.

Special Thanks

External links


L-Għanja tal-Poplu Festival Editions
* 1970s: 01 (1973) - 02 (1974) - 03 (1975) - 04 (1976) - 05 (1977) - 06 (1978) - 07 (1979)
* 1980s: 08 (1980) - 09 (1981) - 10 (1982) - 11 (1983) - 12 (1984) - 13 (1985) - 14 (1986) - 15 (1987) 
* 1990s: 16 (1990) - 17 (1992) - 18 (1993) - 19 (1994) - 20 (1995) - 21 (1996) - 22 (1997) - 23 (1998) - 24 (1999)
* 2000s: 25 (2000) - 26 (2001) - 27 (2002) - 28 (2003) - 29 (2004) - 30 (2005) - 31 (2006) - 32 (2007) - 33 (2008) - 34 (2009)
* 2010s: 35 (2010) - 36 (2012) - 37 (2013) - 38 (2014) - 39 (2015) - 40 (2016) - 41 (2017) - 42 (2018) - 43 (2019)
* 2020s: 44 (2020) - 45 (2021) - 46 (2022) - 47 (2023)