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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]].
The '''Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015''' is a television show taking place at the former [[Malta Shipbuilding]] in [[il-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.
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.
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== The Event ==
== 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.
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 ===
=== 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.  
The Public Broadcasting Services received 134 entries for this contest. 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.  


<table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="663"  cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" nowrap  name="Preliminary Round" border="0">
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<tr>
<td ><strong>Love & Let Go</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Love & Let Go</strong></td>
<td>[[Ekklesia]]</td>
<td>[[Ekklesia Sisters]]</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
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<tr>
<td ><strong>Once In A While</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Once In A While</strong></td>
<td>[[Domenic Cini|Minik]]</td>
<td>[[Dominic Cini|Minik]]</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
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</table>
</table>


== Semi-final ==
=== Semi-final ===
Three former Maltese Eurovision Song Contest entrants, 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 in the preliminary round.  The list also includes five newcomers to the contest: Karen Debattista, Iona Dalli, Minik, and Lyndsay Pace, and the nuns forming the ensemble Ekklesia.
Three former Maltese Eurovision Song Contest entrants, 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 in the preliminary round.  The list also includes five newcomers to the contest: Karen Debattista, Iona Dalli, Minik, and Lyndsay Pace, and the nuns forming the ensemble Ekklesia.
== The 20 Semi-Finalists ==


<table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="663"  cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" nowrap  name="Preliminary Round">
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</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>Breakaway</strong></td>
<td><strong>Breakaway</strong></td>
<td>[[Glen Vella]]</td>
<td>[[Glen Vella]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Kevin Borg]] / [[Simon Gribbe]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Kevin Borg / Simon Gribbe</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>Chasing a Dream</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Chasing a Dream</strong></td>
<td>[[Trilogy]]</td>
<td>[[Trilogy]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Paul Abela]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Joe Julian Farrugia]]</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="54"><strong>12, Baker Street</strong></td>
<td ><strong>12, Baker Street</strong></td>
<td>[[Karen DeBattista]]</td>
<td>[[Karen DeBattista]]</td>
<td>[[ ]]</td>
<td>[[Jan Van Dijck]]</td>
<td>[[ ]]</td>
<td>[[Emil Calleja Bayliss]]</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>Still Here</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Still Here</strong></td>
<td>[[Franklin Calleja]]</td>
<td>[[Franklin Calleja]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Alexander Rybak]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Alexander Rybak</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>It's Ok</strong></td>
<td ><strong>It's Ok</strong></td>
<td>[[Deborah Cassar]] (Deboragh C)</td>
<td>[[Deborah C]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Elton Zarb]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Muxu]] (Matthew Mercieca)</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>Love & Let Go</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Love & Let Go</strong></td>
<td>[[Ekklesia]]</td>
<td>[[Ekklesia Sisters]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Philip Vella]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Philip Vella</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>The One That You Love</strong></td>
<td nowrap><strong>The One That You Love</strong></td>
<td>[[Lawrence Gray]]</td>
<td>[[Lawrence Gray]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Elton Zarb</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Lawrence Gray</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="39"><strong>Warrior</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Warrior</strong></td>
<td>[[Amber Bondin]]</td>
<td>[[Amber Bondin]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Elton Zarb</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>'Muxu' (Matthew Mercieca</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="35"><strong>Fandago</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Fandago</strong></td>
<td>[[Jessika Muscat]]</td>
<td>[[Jessika Muscat]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Philip Vella</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Gerard James Borg]]</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<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>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Mans Ek]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Charlie Mason]]</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>Rush</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Rush</strong></td>
<td>[[Christabelle Borg]]</td>
<td>[[Christabelle Borg]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Elton Zarb</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>'Muxu' (Matthew Mercieca)</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>Closed Doors</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Closed Doors</strong></td>
<td>[[Chris Grech]]</td>
<td>[[Chris Grech]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap>Chris Grech, [[Peter Borg]], [[Edward Mifsud]], [[David Cassar Torreggiani]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>Beautiful to Me</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Beautiful to Me</strong></td>
<td>[[L-Aħwa]]</td>
<td>[[L-Aħwa]]</td>
<td>[[ ]]</td>
<td>[[Erik Anjou]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Erik Anjou</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="86"><strong>Stop Haunting Me</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Stop Haunting Me</strong></td>
<td>[[Raquel Galdes]]</td>
<td>[[Raquel Galdes]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Elton Zarb</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>'Muxu' (Matthew Mercieca)</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>Close Your Eyes</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Close Your Eyes</strong></td>
<td>[[Danica Muscat]]</td>
<td>[[Danica Muscat]]</td>
<td>[[]]<br />
<td>Elton Zarb<br />
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Emil Calleja Bayliss</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="35"><strong>Home</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Home</strong></td>
<td>[[Lyndsay Pace]]</td>
<td>[[Lyndsay Pace]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Boris Cezek]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Boris Cezek</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>Secretly</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Secretly</strong></td>
<td>[[Corazon Mizzi]]</td>
<td>[[Corazon Mizzi]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Corazon Mizzi</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Corazon Mizzi</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<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>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Philip Vella</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Philip Vella</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<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 nowrap>[[Domenique Azzopardi]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Aidan O'Connor]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Aidan O'Connor</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td height="34"><strong>Once In A While</strong></td>
<td ><strong>Once In A While</strong></td>
<td>[[Domenic Cini 'Minik']]</td>
<td>[[Minik]]</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>Elton Zarb</td>
<td>[[]]</td>
<td>[[Rita Pace]]</td>
</tr>
</tr>
</tr>
</table>
</table>
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== The Stage ==
== 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.
The stage will be the same one used for [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014]] with a 9 metre high, 10 mm LED video wall surface, a 28 metre wide stage and 508 square metres of LED screens.


== Tickets ==
== 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
Tickets for the semi-final and the final are already out for sale through the TVM website.  
 
Prices are:
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
Friday 21 November: Semi-Final       Gold Circle  € 10  Platinum Circle  € 20
Saturday 22 November: Grand Final     Gold Circle  € 20  Platinum Circle  € 30


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

Revision as of 01:36, 1 August 2017

The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is a television show taking place at the former Malta Shipbuilding in il-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 for this contest. 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

Three former Maltese Eurovision Song Contest entrants, 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 in the preliminary round. The list also includes five newcomers to the contest: Karen Debattista, Iona Dalli, Minik, and Lyndsay Pace, and the nuns forming the ensemble Ekklesia.

The Stage

The stage will be the same one used for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with a 9 metre high, 10 mm LED video wall surface, a 28 metre wide stage and 508 square metres of LED screens.

Tickets

Tickets for the semi-final and the final are already out for sale through the TVM website. Prices are:

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 -