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Applications were issued and a total of 156 applications were submitted by prospective participants in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2017. After the elimination was held the organisers, PBS, announced the 60 song titles which made it to the first phase on Monday 12 December 2016. The list of the 60 songs shortlisted is shown hereunder:

Maltese Eurovision Songs Contest - Preliminary Round

All 60 songs in the preliminary round...

No	Songs	Singers
01	Beautifully Bruised	Raquel Galdes
02	Bird Of Prey	Nadia Vella
03	Bombshell	Maxine Pace
04	Breathe	Kylie Coleiro
05	Breathe	Cherylis Camilleri
06	Breathlessly	Claudia Faniello
07	Butterfly	Lyndsay Pace
08	Calling Out	Wayne William
09	Chasing	Maria Cini
10	Child Of The Sun	Romina Mamo
11	Chill Out	Christian Arding
12	Crazy Games	Shauna Vassallo
13	Cruise Control	Michela Pace
14	Different Light	Jessica Magro
15	Don’t Let Your Heart Say No	Dominic Cini
16	Don’t Look Down	Miriana Conte
17	Edga of Tomorrow	Jessika Muscat
18	Escape	Sebastian Calleja
19	Falling	Kayla Borg
20	Fearles	Rhiannon Micallef
21	Feel	Ana Boynuegri
22	Fighting To Survive	Cherton Caruana
23	Fireworks	Iona Dalli
24	Follow	Kevin Borg
25	Follow Me	Franklin Calleja
26	Free All	Nazio Rotin
27	Gemini	Lyndsay Pace
28	Gone	Nazio Rotin
29	Heal With Me	Gabriella Azzopardi
30	Hey Yo	Domenique Azzopardi
31	I Got You	Joseph Refalo
32	Immortal	Jessika Muscat
33	Kewkba	Janice Mangion
34	Laserlight	Klinsmann Coleiro
35	Leap Of Faith	Corinna Baldacchio
36	Let There Be Light	Jessika Muscat
37	Moving Mountains	Rhiannon Micallef
38	One Night	Tiziana Calleja
39	Pwan In A Game	Dario Mifsud Bonnici
40	Prisoner	Dario Bezzina
41	Ray Of Light	Raquela Dalli Gonzi
42	Rescue Me	Clive Isaac Gauci, Karina Caruana
43	Seconds Away	Jade Vella
44	Shelter	Milk Mi
45	So Simple	Crosswalk
46	Sunshine In The Rain	Lydon Incorvaja
47	Supernovas	Jasmine Abela
48	The Power	Kaya Priscilla Giordano Psaila
49	The Rapture	Dre’ Curmi
50	Tonight	Deborah C , Josef Tabone
51	U	Derrick Schembri
52	Unbreakable	Maria Muscat
53	Unforgettable	Floren Sultana
54	Unstoppable	Brooke Borg
55	Wait Forever	Stefan Galea
56	We Can Run	Avenue Sky
57	When Love Cries	Clive Isaac Gauci, Karine Caruana
58	When The Sun Shines	Josef Tabone
59	You	Aidan Cassar
60	You	Richard Edwards

Select the Sixteen Finalist

On Tuesday 20 December 2016, the 60 songs were further shortlisted to choose the 16 finalists. 11 jury members listened to the recorded songs at St. James Cavalier, at Valletta in the presence of authors, composers and singers. On Wednesday 21 December 2016, the finalist songs were announced on the 8pm news on TVM.

It was announced that the final would be held on one night and that the choice of the winning song to represent Malta in Kiev, Ukraine in May 2017, would be done by the public through 100% televoting.

The Sixteen Finalist Songs of The Maltese Eurovision Songs Contest 2017

All the 16 songs in the Final...

No	Songs	Singers	Lyrics	Composers
01	Bombshell	Maxine Pace	Noel Cohen,Michael Macallister	Julie hardy, Erin Bowman
02	Breathlessly	Claudia Faniello	Gerard James Borg	Philip Vella, Sean Vella
03	Crazy Games	Shauna Vassallo	Muxu Matt Mercieca	Cyprian Cassar
04	Don’t Look Down	Miriana Conte	'Muxu' Matt Mercieca	Cyprian Cassar
05	Fearles	Rhiannon Micallef	Rhiannon Micallef	Cyprian Cassar
06	Fighting To Survive	Cherton Caruana	Dean Muscat	Boris Cezek
07	Follow	Kevin Borg	Kevin Borg	Simon Gribbe
08	Follow Me	Franklin Calleja	'Muxu' Matt Mercieca	Cyprian Cassar,Ivan Grech
09	Kewkba	Janice Mangion	Emil Calleja Bayliss	Mark Scicluna
10	Laserlight	Klinsmann Coleiro	Mathas Strasser	Dreher Emanuel,Stefan Moessle
11	Ray Of Light	Raquela Dalli Gonzi	Dean Muscat	Boris Cezek
12	Seconds Away	Jade Vella	Giovann Attard	Augusto Cardinali
13	So Simple	Crosswalk	Dean Muscat	Boris Cezek
14	Tonight	Deborah C & Josef Tabone	Angie Laus,Sara Lljunggren	Michael James Down, Jonas Gladnikoff, Primoz Poglajen
15	Unstoppable	Brooke Borg	Christian Schneider, Sara Biglert, Brooke Borg, Aidan O'Connor	Christian Schneider, Sara Biglert, Brooke Borg
16	You	Richard Edwards (Micallef)	Richard Edwards	Richard Edwards

The Running Order For the Final Night

On Tuesday 25 January 2017, PBS Chief Executive John Bundy announced the songs' running order for the final night, Saturday 18 February 2017 at the MFCC in Ta' Qali

All the 16 songs in the Final...

No	Songs	Singers	Lyrics	Composers	Televoting Number	Video
01	Laserlight	Klinsmann Coleiro	Emanuel Drehen, Stefan Moessle	Mathias Strasser	52302101	click on YouTube
02	Ray Of Light	Raquela Dalli Gonzi	Dean Muscat	Boris Cezek	52302102	click on YouTube
03	Tonight	Deborah C & Josef Tabone	Angie Laus,Sara Lljunggren	Michael James Down, Jonas Gladnikoff, Primoz Poglajen	52302103	click on YouTube
04	Follow	Kevin Borg	Kevin Borg	Simon Gribbe	52302104	click on YouTube
05	Seconds Away	Jade Vella	Giovann Attard	Augusto Cardinali	52302105	click on YouTube
06	So Simple	Crosswalk	Dean Muscat	Boris Cezek	52302106	click on YouTube
07	Follow Me	Franklin Calleja	'Muxu' Matt Mercieca	Cyprian Cassar, Ivan Grech	52302107	click on YouTube
08	Fearles	Rhiannon Micallef	Rhiannon Micallef	Cyprian Cassar	52302108	click on YouTube
09	Don’t Look Down	Miriana Conte	'Muxu' Matt Mercieca	Cyprian Cassar	52302109	click on YouTube
10	Crazy Games	Shauna Vassallo	Muxu Matt Mercieca	Cyprian Cassar	52302110	click on YouTube
11	Kewkba	Janice Mangion	Emil Calleja Bayliss	Mark Scicluna	523021011	click on YouTube
12	Fighting To Survive	Cherton Caruana	Dean Muscat	Boris Cezek	52302112	click on YouTube
13	Bombshell	Maxine Pace	Noel Cohen, Michael Macallister	Julie Hardy,Erin Bowman	52302113	click on YouTube
14	You	Richard Edwards (Micallef)	Richard Edwards	Richard Edwards	52302114	click on YouTube
15	Unstoppable	Brooke Borg	Christian Schneider, Sara Biglert, Brooke Borg, Aidan O'Connor	Christian Schneider, Sara Biglert, Brooke Borg	52302115	click on YouTube
16	Breathlessly	Claudia Faniello	Gerard James Borg	Philip Vella,Sean Vella	52302116	click on YouTube

The Presenters

The festival presenters in this edition were actor Daniel Azzopardi, known for television dramas Deċeduti and Strada Stretta, and Charlene 'Charly' Mercieca, a businesswoman who recently had a publicised battle with cancer.

Special Guests

In the final night interval, the audience present at MFCC were entertained by Gozitan band The Travellers performing two numbers: Dak Li Int and Xemx u Xita, click for video. Then, 2016 winner Ira Losco performed Chameleon and Walk on Water click for video, and her brand new number We are the shoulders click for video. Finally, Christina Magrin, Malta's representative in Junior Eurovision 2016 sang Parachute click for video along with her new song Snow Globe click for video

30 Time Partecipate in Eurovision

This year marked the 30th participation for Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest. For the occasion, all past representatives and festival chairmen were invited for the final night [1].

Presentation of trophies

The presentation to the winners was done by three past singers; Chiara,Ira Losco and Mary Spiteri.

The Winners

The 3 Winner songs in the Final...

No	Song	Singer	Lyrics	Composers	Televoting Votes	Video
01	Breathlessly	Claudia Faniello	Gerard James Borg	Philip Vella,Sean Vella	4,996	click on YouTube
02	Kewkba	Janice Mangion	Emil Calleja Bayliss	Mark Scicluna	4,544	click on YouTube
03	Follow	Kevin Borg	Kevin Borg	Simon Gribbe	2,502	click on YouTube

All the Songs Final Position and Votes

The 16 songs votes in the Final...

No	Song	Singer	Televoting Votes
01	Breathlessly	Claudia Faniello	4,996
02	Kewkba	Janice Mangion	4,544
03	Follow	Kevin Borg	2,502
04	Unstoppable	Brooke Borg	2,000
05	Follow Me	Franklin Calleja	1,303
06	Bombshell	Maxine Pace	625
07	Tonight	Deborah C & Josef Tabone	572
08	Ray Of Light	Raquela Dalli Gonzi	551
09	Fighting To Survive	Cherton Caruana	340
10	Laserlight	Klinsmann Coleiro	332
11	Fearless	Rhiannon Micallef	288
12	So Simple	Crosswalk	245
13	You	Richard Edwards	186
14	Seconds Away	Jade Vella	166
15	Crazy Games	Shauna Vassallo	159
16	Don’t Look Down	Miriana Conte	156

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