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=== Preliminary round ===
=== Preliminary round ===
The Public Broadcasting Services received 134 entries from established artists. A preliminary selection round determined the 48 songs on 28 September 2014.  20 song will be performed at the semifinal of the 2015 edition of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest.  
The Public Broadcasting Services received 134 entries from established artists. A preliminary selection round determined the 48 songs on 28 September 2014.  20 song will be performed at the semifinal of the 2015 edition of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest.  These were announced during a special edition of the popular TVM programm [[Xarabank]] on Friday 3 October 2014.  


These will be announced during a special edition of the popular TVM programm [[Xarabank]] on Friday 3 October 2014.
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<tr><th colspan="4">All 48 songs in the preliminary round... &nbsp;</tr>
<tr><th colspan="4">All 48 songs in the preliminary round... &nbsp;</tr>
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<td height="54"><strong>12, Baker Street</strong></td>
<td ><strong>12, Baker Street</strong></td>
<td>[[Karen DeBattista]]</td>
<td>[[Karen DeBattista]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Beautiful to Me</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Beautiful to Me</strong></td>
<td>[[L-Aħwa]]</td>
<td>[[L-Aħwa]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Break All Borders</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Break All Borders</strong></td>
<td>[[Jacqueline Richard]]</td>
<td>[[Jacqueline Richard]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Breakaway</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Breakaway</strong></td>
<td>[[Glen Vella]]</td>
<td>[[Glen Vella]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Call It Love</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Call It Love</strong></td>
<td>[[Kurt Cassar]]</td>
<td>[[Kurt Cassar]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Chasing a Dream</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Chasing a Dream</strong></td>
<td>[[Trilogy]]</td>
<td>[[Trilogy]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Close Your Eyes</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Close Your Eyes</strong></td>
<td>[[Danica Muscat]]</td>
<td>[[Danica Muscat]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Closed Doors</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Closed Doors</strong></td>
<td>[[Chris Grech]]</td>
<td>[[Chris Grech]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Could Have Been Me</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Could Have Been Me</strong></td>
<td>[[Iona Dalli]]</td>
<td>[[Iona Dalli]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>dark Dark Waters</strong></td>
<td ><strong>dark Dark Waters</strong></td>
<td>[[Domenique  Azzopardi]]</td>
<td>[[Domenique  Azzopardi]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Dream Of Love</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Dream Of Love</strong></td>
<td>[[Rebecca Mifsud]]</td>
<td>[[Rebecca Mifsud]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Eclipse</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Eclipse</strong></td>
<td>[[Ana Maria Grima]]</td>
<td>[[Ana Maria Grima]]</td>
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<td height="52"><strong>Empty Hearted</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Empty Hearted</strong></td>
<td>Domenique Azzopardi</td>
<td>Domenique Azzopardi</td>
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<td height="35"><strong>Fandago</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Fandago</strong></td>
<td>[[Jessika Muscat]]</td>
<td>[[Jessika Muscat]]</td>
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<td height="35"><strong>Flame</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Flame</strong></td>
<td>[[Monroe]]</td>
<td>[[Monroe]]</td>
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<td height="35"><strong>For All Those Times</strong></td>
<td ><strong>For All Those Times</strong></td>
<td>[[Gloriana Arpa Belli]]</td>
<td>[[Gloriana Arpa Belli]]</td>
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<td height="35"><strong>Frreedom</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Frreedom</strong></td>
<td>[[Simaria Galea]]</td>
<td>[[Simaria Galea]]</td>
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<td height="35"><strong>Hey Yo</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Hey Yo</strong></td>
<td>Domenique Azzopardi</td>
<td>Domenique Azzopardi</td>
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<td height="35"><strong>Hold My Hand</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Hold My Hand</strong></td>
<td>[[Estelle Fenech Imbroll]]</td>
<td>[[Estelle Fenech Imbroll]]</td>
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<td height="35"><strong>Hold On To Love</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Hold On To Love</strong></td>
<td>[[Olivia Lewis]] & [[Miriam Christine]]</td>
<td>[[Olivia Lewis]] & [[Miriam Christine]]</td>
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<td height="35"><strong>Home</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Home</strong></td>
<td>[[Lyndsay Pace]]</td>
<td>[[Lyndsay Pace]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Hurricane</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Hurricane</strong></td>
<td>[[Marilena Gauci]]</td>
<td>[[Marilena Gauci]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>It’s Ok</strong></td>
<td ><strong>It’s Ok</strong></td>
<td>[[Deborah Cassar|Deborah C]]</td>
<td>[[Deborah Cassar|Deborah C]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Look</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Look</strong></td>
<td>[[Neville Refalo]]</td>
<td>[[Neville Refalo]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Love & Let Go</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Love & Let Go</strong></td>
<td>Sr.[[Michaela Paris]], Sr. [[Monica Vella]], Sr. [[Claudia Mallia]], Sr. [[Rita Agius]], Sr. [[Denise Darmanin]], Sr.[[Magdalene Cauchi]]</td>
<td>[[Ekklesia]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Love Call</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Love Call</strong></td>
<td>Danica Muscat</td>
<td>Danica Muscat</td>
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<td height="85"><strong>My Next Tattoo</strong></td>
<td ><strong>My Next Tattoo</strong></td>
<td>Domenique Azzopardi</td>
<td>Domenique Azzopardi</td>
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<td height="54"><strong>Never Ask Why</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Never Ask Why</strong></td>
<td>[[Andreana Debattista]] & [[Fiona Cauchi]]</td>
<td>[[Andreana Debattista]] & [[Fiona Cauchi]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Once In A While</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Once In A While</strong></td>
<td>[[Domenic Cini|Minik]]</td>
<td>[[Domenic Cini|Minik]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Ringside</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Ringside</strong></td>
<td>[[Gabriella Azzopardi]]</td>
<td>[[Gabriella Azzopardi]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Rush</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Rush</strong></td>
<td>[[Christabelle Borg]]</td>
<td>[[Christabelle Borg]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Secretly</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Secretly</strong></td>
<td>[[Corazon Mizzi]]</td>
<td>[[Corazon Mizzi]]</td>
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<td height="78"><strong>See Through Lover</strong></td>
<td ><strong>See Through Lover</strong></td>
<td>[[Larissa Borg]]</td>
<td>[[Larissa Borg]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Shine A Light</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Shine A Light</strong></td>
<td>[[Malcolm Pisani]]</td>
<td>[[Malcolm Pisani]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Something in the Way</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Something in the Way</strong></td>
<td>[[Daniel Testa]]</td>
<td>[[Daniel Testa]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Still Here</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Still Here</strong></td>
<td>[[Franklin Calleja]]</td>
<td>[[Franklin Calleja]]</td>
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<td height="86"><strong>Stop Haunting Me</strong></td>
<td><strong>Stop Haunting Me</strong></td>
<td>[[Raquel Galdes]]</td>
<td>[[Raquel Galdes]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Stuck Without Me</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Stuck Without Me</strong></td>
<td>[[Kylie Coleiro]]</td>
<td>[[Kylie Coleiro]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Take Me As I Am</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Take Me As I Am</strong></td>
<td>Domenique Azzopardi</td>
<td>Domenique Azzopardi</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>The One That You Love</strong></td>
<td ><strong>The One That You Love</strong></td>
<td>[[Lawrence Gray]]</td>
<td>[[Lawrence Gray]]</td>
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<td height="63"><strong>The Thief</strong></td>
<td ><strong>The Thief</strong></td>
<td>[[Dario Mifsud Bonnici]]</td>
<td>[[Dario Mifsud Bonnici]]</td>
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<td height="39"><strong>Warrior</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Warrior</strong></td>
<td>[[Amber Bondin]]</td>
<td>[[Amber Bondin]]</td>
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<td height="32"><strong>Whay Your Wanna Hear</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Whay Your Wanna Hear</strong></td>
<td>[[Stefan Galea]]</td>
<td>[[Stefan Galea]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>What? When? Where?</strong></td>
<td ><strong>What? When? Where?</strong></td>
<td>[[Joseph Refalo]]</td>
<td>[[Joseph Refalo]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Where Do We Go?</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Where Do We Go?</strong></td>
<td>Kurt Cassar</td>
<td>Kurt Cassar</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Who Needs a Heart?</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Who Needs a Heart?</strong></td>
<td>[[Soraya Cardona]]</td>
<td>[[Soraya Cardona]]</td>
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<td height="34"><strong>Your Phone</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Your Phone</strong></td>
<td>[[Fiona Cauchi]]</td>
<td>[[Fiona Cauchi]]</td>
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Revision as of 07:41, 4 October 2014

The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is a television show taking place at the former Malta Shipbuilding in Marsa on 21 and 22 November 2015, produced by PBS.

This is an earlier date for the annual contest through which the song representing Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest is selected. Two reasons were given for the change in date. The first is that PBS wants to take advantage of the setup for the Junion Eurovision Song Contest 2014 which is taking place just days before this event, and the other is that an earlier selection gives the local producers more time to prepare the song for the pan-European contest in Malta, as well as a longer period over which to promote it.

The Rules

Songwriters for this contest can be of any nationality, however, singers have to be of Maltese nationality or hold dual citizenship.

Singers were allowed perform up to two songs for semi-final round of the competition, which will be comprise a total of 20 songs.

Firelight, the winners of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014, is not permitted to defend his title.

The winner of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015 will become Malta's entry to the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Vienna, Austria in May.

PBS reserves the right to make alterations to the song and select a different singer, if necessary, regardless of the winning song/singer.


The Event

The semifinal and final sessions will be broadcast live on TVM. The hosts are to be announced ? and to be confirmed ?. Someone still to be announced ? will be providing links from the Red Carpet and backstage.


Preliminary round

The Public Broadcasting Services received 134 entries from established artists. A preliminary selection round determined the 48 songs on 28 September 2014. 20 song will be performed at the semifinal of the 2015 edition of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest. These were announced during a special edition of the popular TVM programm Xarabank on Friday 3 October 2014.

Semi-final

Here are the 20 songs from the semifinal of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014, in the order in which they will be performed on Friday 3 October, 2014.

On Friday 3 October 2014 in night show Xarabank has just started the next adventure of the selection of the 20 Semi-Finalists of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014 – 2015. The festival will be split on 2 days. The semi-final will take place on Friday 21 November 2014 and the Grand Final will take place on Saturday 22 November 2014. The winner will win the ticket to represent Malta on the big Eurovision stage next May in Vienna.

This is the second time that PBS is holding the Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) in a space of ten months. Firelight, the winners of the session held last February, represented Malta during the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen last May. The winner/s of the upcoming MESC will earn the ticket to represent Malta on the big Eurovision stage in Vienna next year.

Three former Maltese Eurovision Ambassadors, Ludwig Galea (Istanbul, 2004), Glen Vella (Dusseldorf, 2011) and Gianluca Bezzina (Malmo, 2013), are among the 20 semi-finalists out of the 48 short-listed entries. The list also includes four new comers – Karen Debattista, Iona Dalli, Dominic Cini Minik and Lyndsay Pace, and the nuns forming the ensemble Ekklesia although this sisters got many years of experience in singing and they got three Albums too.

The 20 Semi-Finalists

The Stage

The festival, which will be characterized by the presence of three preeminent performers as well as the new faces, is expected to be very competitive, entertaining and spectacular at the same time, not only because of the acts themselves, but also due to the amazing set up of the stage that will have a large 9 metre high 10 mm LED video wall surface, a 28 metre wide stage and 508 square metres of LED screens.

Tickets

Meanwhile, the tickets for the semi-final and the final of the MESC which will take place on the 21 and 22 November 2014 are already out for sale. The festival will take place just a week after the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and in the same arena in Marsa

You can purchase your tickets online simply by clicking on the Buy Tickets picture at www.tvm.com.mt

Friday 21 November: Semi-Final Gold Circle € 10 Platinum Circle € 20 Saturday 22 November: Grand Final Gold Circle € 20 Platinum Circle € 30

See also

Malta Song Festival editions
* 1960s: 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
* 1970s: 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979
Festival Internazzjonali tal-Kanzunetta Maltija editions
* 1980s: 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
* 1990s: 1990 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999
* 2000s: 2000 - 2001 - 2002
* 2010s: 2013
Mużika Mużika - Festival Kanzunetta Maltija editions
* 2020s: 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 
Malta Eurovision Song Contest editions
* Malta Song Festival - 1970s: 1971 - 1972 - 1975
* Festival tal-Kanzunetta Maltija għall-Ewropa: 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 
* Malta Song for Europe - 1990s: 1997 - 1998 - 1999
* Malta Song for Europe - 2000s: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008
* Malta EuroSong: 2009 - 2010
* Malta Eurovision Song Contest: 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - (2019-2021 see X Factor Malta) - 2022 - 2023
Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest
* 1970s: 1971 - 1972 - 1975
* 1990s: 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999
* 2000s: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 
* 2010s: 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019
* 2020s: 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 -