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'''The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2013''' is the television show by which [[PBS]] selected Malta's entry to the 2013 [[Eurovision Song Contest]] to be held in Malmö, Sweden between the 14 and 16 May 2013.
'''The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2013''' is the television show by which [[PBS]] selected Malta's entry to the 2013 [[Eurovision Song Contest]] to be held in Malmö, Sweden between the 14 and 16 May 2013.
PBS regulations for this year stipulate that the last five Maltese representatives are not allowed to compete in the selection. All lead singers should be Maltese while foreign composers and authors are allowed to compete.


==The Event==
==The Event==
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==Songs==
==Songs==
The 24 songs selected for the semifinal were announced by PBS on Friday 30 November 2012 during the popular TV show [[Xarabank]].
The 24 songs selected for the semifinal were announced by PBS on Friday 30 November 2012 during the popular TV show [[Xarabank]].
This is a sortable table of all the participating songs. Qualifiers to the final are highlighted.


{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ style="font-size: bigger;" | '''Semi-final - 1 February 2013'''
|+ style="font-size: bigger;" | ''' '''
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! Draw
! Artist
! Artist
! Song
! Song
! Composer & Lyrics
! Composers
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 1
| [[Richard Edwards]]
| "Fall Like Rome"
| [[Philip Vella]], [[Magnus Kaxe]], [[Gerard James Borg]]
|-
|-
|  
| 2
| [[Ylenia]]
| "Tides of Illusion"
| [[Jason Cassar]], [[Mario Farrugia]]
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 3
| [[Janice Debattista]]
| [[Janice Debattista]]
| "Perfect Day"
| "Perfect Day"
| [[Boris Cezek]], [[Dean Muscat]]
| [[Boris Cezek]], [[Dean Muscat]]
|-
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
|  
| 4
| [[Chris Grech]]
| [[Chris Grech]]
| "Never Walk Away"
| "Never Walk Away"
| [[Matthew James Borg]], [[David Cassar Torregiani]], Chris Grech, [[Peter Borg]]
| [[Matthew James Borg]], [[David Cassar Torreggiani]], Chris Grech, [[Peter Borg]]
|-
| 5
| [[Marilena]]
| "Overrated"
| Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg
|-
| 6
| [[Petra Zammit]]
| "No One Home"
| [[Wayne Micallef]], [[Richard Micallef]]
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 7
| [[Dorothy Bezzina]]
| "Starting from the End"
| Magnus Kaxe, [[Gerard James Borg]]
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 8
| [[Domenique]]
| "Too Little Too Late"
| [[Marc Paelinck]], [[Matthias Strasser]]
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 9
| [[Jessika]]
| "Ultraviolet"
| Philip Vella, [[Thomas G:son]], Gerard James Borg
|-
|-
|  
| 10
| [[Franklin Calleja]]
| "Let Your Heart Talk"
| [[Ray Aguis]], [[Alfred C Sant]]
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 11
| [[Claudia Faniello]]
| [[Claudia Faniello]]
| "When It's Time"
| "When It's Time"
| [[Errol Sammut]], Claudia Faniello
| [[Errol Sammut]], Claudia Faniello
|-
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
|  
| 12
| [[Corazon Mizzi]]
| [[Corazon]]
| "My Stranger Love"
| "My Stranger Love"
| [[Paul Giordimaina]], [[Fleur Balzan]]
| [[Paul Giordimaina]], [[Fleur Balzan]]
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 13
| [[Kevin Borg]]
| "[[Needing You]]"
| Kevin Borg, Simon Gribbe, Dan Attlerud, Thomas Thörnholm, Michael Clauss
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 14
| [[Scar]]
| "Superstar"
| [[Konrad Pule]]
|-
|-
|  
| 15
| [[Richard Edwards]]
| [[Melanie Zammit]]
| "Fall Like Rome"
| "Loverdose"
| [[Philip Vella]], Magnus Kaxe, [[Gerard James Borg]]
| Maria Lundin, Niclas Lundin, [[Gerard James Borg]]
|-
|-
|  
| 16
| [[Ylenia Vella]]
| [[Danica Muscat]]
| "Tides of Illusion"
| "Fantasy"
| [[Jason Cassar]], [[Mario Farrugia]]
| [[Paul Abela]], [[Joe Julian Farrugia]]
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 17
| Petra & Richard
| "Wonderful Today"
| Wayne Micallef, Richard Micallef
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 18
| [[Deborah C]]
| "Love-O-Holic"
| Johan Bejerholm, [[Gerard James Borg]]
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 19
| [[Gianni]]
| "Us Against the World"
| Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat
|-
|-
|  
| 20
| [[Gianni Zammit]]
| [[Raquela]]
| "Us Against the World"
| "Keep Believing"
| [[Raquela Dalli Gonzi]]
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 21
| [[Gianluca Bezzina]]
| "Tomorrow"
| Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat
| Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 22
| [[Amber]]
| "In Control"
| Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan
|-
|-
|  
| 23
| [[Jessica Muscat]]
| [[Klinsmann]]
| "Ultraviolet"
| "The Remedy"
| Philip Vella, [[Thomas G:son]], Gerard James Borg
| Philip Vella, Magnus Kaxe, [[Gerard James Borg]]
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 24
| [[Davinia]]
| "Betrayed"
| [[Elton Zarb]], [[Muxu]]
|}
 
 
 
''Overrated'' sung by Marilena Gauci replaced [[Saska Hunt]] singing ''Dress Rehearsal'' by the same songwriting team ahead of the show.
 
Voting was based on 7 judges on a panel a public televoting amounting to an 8th judge. Public televoting was conducted solely through landlines and mobile phone numbers. No SMS voting was used in this edition.
 
==Semi-final==
The semi-final was televised live on [[TVM]] on Friday 1 February 2012.
 
The show was presented by [[Elaine Saliba]] and [[Gordon Bonello]], with backstage links by [[Rodney Gauci]].
 
All vocals were performed live.
 
Eight songs were eliminated and the remaining sixteen made it through to the final phase in which the final result will be decided by a professional panel of seven judges as well as another one judge worth of points from televoting. 
 
[[Kurt Calleja]] opened the show as a special guest.
 
[[Chris & Moira]] were the guest act for the semifinal and they lip-synced a number of their songs after all the contest songs were performed. [[Alex Alden]] performed two songs live (''Bittersweet Symphony'' and ''Dancing Alone'') with percussionist [[Luke Briffa]] just before the qualifying songs for the final were announced.
 
 
==Final==
 
The panel of judges that evaluated the songs in the final comprised of:
 
*Aleksandar Kostadinov (Croatia)
*Noel Magri (Malta)
*Alessandro Ragni (Italy)
*Anna Dalli (Malta)
*Walid Arfush (Ukraine)
*Olga Salamakha (Belarus)
*Carlo Borg Bonaci (Malta)
 
Here's the sortable list of songs in order of appearance during the final round of the selection process, along with votes received and placings (updated after the show):
 
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ style="font-size: bigger;" | ''' '''
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
! Composer/s & Lyricist/s
! Judges
! Televote
! Total
! Place
|-
| 1
| Scar
| "Superstar"
| Konrad Pulé
| 10
| 1
| 11
| 11
|-
|-
|  
| 2
| [[Dorothy Bezzina]]
| Dorothy Bezzina
| "Starting from the End"
| "Starting from the End"
| Magnus Kaxe, Gerard James Borg
| Magnus Kaxe, Gerard James Borg
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 15
|-
| 3
| Corazon
| "My Stranger Love"
| Paul Giordmaina, Fleur Balzan
| 11
| 0
| 11
| 12
|-
| 4
| Jessika
| "Ultraviolet"
| Philip Vella, Thomas G:son, Gerard James Borg
| 12
| 7
| 19
| 8
|-
|-
|  
| 5
| [[Gianluca Bezzina]]
| Gianni
| "Tomorrow"
| "Us Against the World"
| Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat
| Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat
| 9
| 0
| 9
| 14
|-
|-
|  
| 6
| [[Danica Muscat]]
| Davinia Pace
| "Fantasy"
| "Betrayed"
| [[Paul Abela]], [[Joe Julia Farrugia]]
| Elton Zarb, Muxu
| 48
| 0
| 48
| 3
|-
|-
|  
| 7
| [[Kevin Borg]]
| Kevin Borg
| "Needing You"
| "Needing You"
| Kevin Borg, Simon Gribbe, Dan Attlerud, Thomas Thörnholm, Michael Clauss
| Kevin Borg, Simon Gribbe, Dan Attlerud, Thomas Thörnholm, Michael Clauss
| 68
| 12
| 80
| 2
|-
|-
|  
| 8
| [[Melanie Zammit]]
| Richard Edwards
| "Loverdose"
| "Fall like Rome"
| Maria Lundin, Niclas Lundin, Gerard James Borg
| Philip Vella, Magnus Kaxe, Gerard James Borg
| 10
| 0
| 10
| 13
|-
|-
|  
| 9
| [[Domenique]]
| Janice Debattista
| "Too Little Too Late"
| "Perfect Day"
| [[Marc Paelinck]], Matthias Strasser
| Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat
| 13
| 0
| 13
| 10
|-
|-
|  
| 10
| [[Davinia Pace]]
| Deborah C
| "Betrayed"
| "Love-o-Holic"
| [[Elton Zarb]], [[Muxu]]
| Johan Bejerholm, Gerard James Borg
| 12
| 5
| 17
| 9
|-
|-
|  
| 11
| [[Raquela]]
| Claudia Faniello
| "Keep Believing"
| "When it's Time"
| [[Raquela Dalli Gonzi]]
| Erroll Sammut, Claudia Faniello
| 14
| 6
| 20
| 7
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 12
| [[Gianluca Bezzina]]
| "Tomorrow"
| Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat
| 82
| 10
| 92
| 1
|-
|-
|  
| 13
| [[Scar]]
| Chris Grech
| "Superstar"
| "Never Walk Away"
| [[Konrad Pule]]
| Matthew James Borg, David Cassar Torreggiani, Peter Borg, Chris Grech
| 29
| 8
| 37
| 5
|-
|-
|  
| 14
| [[Saska Hunt]]
| Petra and Richard
| "Dress Rehearsal"
| "Wonderful Today"
| Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg
| Wayne Micallef, Richard Micallef
| 35
| 2
| 37
| 6
|-
|-
|  
| 15
| [[Amber]]
| Amber
| "In Control"
| "In Control"
| Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan
| Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan
| 43
| 4
| 47
| 4
|-
|-
|  
| 16
| [[Petra]]
| Domenique
| "No One Home"
| "Too Little Too Late"
| [[Wayne Micallef]], Richard Micallef
| Marc Paelnick, Matthias Strasser
|-
| 2
|  
| 0
| [[Deborah C]]
| 2
| "Love-O-Holic"
| 16
| Johan Bejerholm, Gerard James Borg
|-
|
| [[Franklin Calleja]]
| "Let Your Heart Talk"
| [[Ray Aguis]], [[Alfred C Sant]]
|-
|
| [[Klinsmann]]
| "The Remedy"
| Philip Vella, Magnus Kaxe, Gerard James Borg
|-
|
| Petra & Richard
| "Wonderful Tonight"
| Wayne Micallef, Richard Micallef
|}
|}
Voting will be based on 75% from a jury panel and 25% through public televoting.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 03:39, 21 July 2017

The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2013 is the television show by which PBS selected Malta's entry to the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Malmö, Sweden between the 14 and 16 May 2013.

PBS regulations for this year stipulate that the last five Maltese representatives are not allowed to compete in the selection. All lead singers should be Maltese while foreign composers and authors are allowed to compete.

The Event

The semifinal and final of the national selection process will be held on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 February 2012 at the Republic Hall of the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta.

The event is organized by PBS Malta and will be transmitted live on TVM.

The song selected from this contest will represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Malmö, Sweden, in May 2013.


Songs

The 24 songs selected for the semifinal were announced by PBS on Friday 30 November 2012 during the popular TV show Xarabank.

This is a sortable table of all the participating songs. Qualifiers to the final are highlighted.

Draw Artist Song Composers
1 Richard Edwards "Fall Like Rome" Philip Vella, Magnus Kaxe, Gerard James Borg
2 Ylenia "Tides of Illusion" Jason Cassar, Mario Farrugia
3 Janice Debattista "Perfect Day" Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat
4 Chris Grech "Never Walk Away" Matthew James Borg, David Cassar Torreggiani, Chris Grech, Peter Borg
5 Marilena "Overrated" Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg
6 Petra Zammit "No One Home" Wayne Micallef, Richard Micallef
7 Dorothy Bezzina "Starting from the End" Magnus Kaxe, Gerard James Borg
8 Domenique "Too Little Too Late" Marc Paelinck, Matthias Strasser
9 Jessika "Ultraviolet" Philip Vella, Thomas G:son, Gerard James Borg
10 Franklin Calleja "Let Your Heart Talk" Ray Aguis, Alfred C Sant
11 Claudia Faniello "When It's Time" Errol Sammut, Claudia Faniello
12 Corazon "My Stranger Love" Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan
13 Kevin Borg "Needing You" Kevin Borg, Simon Gribbe, Dan Attlerud, Thomas Thörnholm, Michael Clauss
14 Scar "Superstar" Konrad Pule
15 Melanie Zammit "Loverdose" Maria Lundin, Niclas Lundin, Gerard James Borg
16 Danica Muscat "Fantasy" Paul Abela, Joe Julian Farrugia
17 Petra & Richard "Wonderful Today" Wayne Micallef, Richard Micallef
18 Deborah C "Love-O-Holic" Johan Bejerholm, Gerard James Borg
19 Gianni "Us Against the World" Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat
20 Raquela "Keep Believing" Raquela Dalli Gonzi
21 Gianluca Bezzina "Tomorrow" Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat
22 Amber "In Control" Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan
23 Klinsmann "The Remedy" Philip Vella, Magnus Kaxe, Gerard James Borg
24 Davinia "Betrayed" Elton Zarb, Muxu


Overrated sung by Marilena Gauci replaced Saska Hunt singing Dress Rehearsal by the same songwriting team ahead of the show.

Voting was based on 7 judges on a panel a public televoting amounting to an 8th judge. Public televoting was conducted solely through landlines and mobile phone numbers. No SMS voting was used in this edition.

Semi-final

The semi-final was televised live on TVM on Friday 1 February 2012.

The show was presented by Elaine Saliba and Gordon Bonello, with backstage links by Rodney Gauci.

All vocals were performed live.

Eight songs were eliminated and the remaining sixteen made it through to the final phase in which the final result will be decided by a professional panel of seven judges as well as another one judge worth of points from televoting.

Kurt Calleja opened the show as a special guest.

Chris & Moira were the guest act for the semifinal and they lip-synced a number of their songs after all the contest songs were performed. Alex Alden performed two songs live (Bittersweet Symphony and Dancing Alone) with percussionist Luke Briffa just before the qualifying songs for the final were announced.


Final

The panel of judges that evaluated the songs in the final comprised of:

  • Aleksandar Kostadinov (Croatia)
  • Noel Magri (Malta)
  • Alessandro Ragni (Italy)
  • Anna Dalli (Malta)
  • Walid Arfush (Ukraine)
  • Olga Salamakha (Belarus)
  • Carlo Borg Bonaci (Malta)

Here's the sortable list of songs in order of appearance during the final round of the selection process, along with votes received and placings (updated after the show):

Draw Artist Song Composer/s & Lyricist/s Judges Televote Total Place
1 Scar "Superstar" Konrad Pulé 10 1 11 11
2 Dorothy Bezzina "Starting from the End" Magnus Kaxe, Gerard James Borg 2 3 5 15
3 Corazon "My Stranger Love" Paul Giordmaina, Fleur Balzan 11 0 11 12
4 Jessika "Ultraviolet" Philip Vella, Thomas G:son, Gerard James Borg 12 7 19 8
5 Gianni "Us Against the World" Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat 9 0 9 14
6 Davinia Pace "Betrayed" Elton Zarb, Muxu 48 0 48 3
7 Kevin Borg "Needing You" Kevin Borg, Simon Gribbe, Dan Attlerud, Thomas Thörnholm, Michael Clauss 68 12 80 2
8 Richard Edwards "Fall like Rome" Philip Vella, Magnus Kaxe, Gerard James Borg 10 0 10 13
9 Janice Debattista "Perfect Day" Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat 13 0 13 10
10 Deborah C "Love-o-Holic" Johan Bejerholm, Gerard James Borg 12 5 17 9
11 Claudia Faniello "When it's Time" Erroll Sammut, Claudia Faniello 14 6 20 7
12 Gianluca Bezzina "Tomorrow" Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat 82 10 92 1
13 Chris Grech "Never Walk Away" Matthew James Borg, David Cassar Torreggiani, Peter Borg, Chris Grech 29 8 37 5
14 Petra and Richard "Wonderful Today" Wayne Micallef, Richard Micallef 35 2 37 6
15 Amber "In Control" Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan 43 4 47 4
16 Domenique "Too Little Too Late" Marc Paelnick, Matthias Strasser 2 0 2 16

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