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This Festival '''Malta Song For Europ'''e was organized by the [[Ministery of Youth and Culture]] under the auspices of Minister Dr. [[Joe Cilia]], the Festival was held on 24 and 25 January 1997. At the [[Mediterranean Conference Centre]] in [[Valletta]].
This Festival '''Malta Song For Europ'''e was organized by the [[Ministry of Youth and Culture]] under the auspices of Minister Dr [[Joe Cilia]], the Festival was held on 24 and 25 January 1997 at the [[Mediterranean Conference Centre]] in [[Valletta]].


The Organising Committee for this Festival was made by [[Norman Hamilton]] as the chairman of the Festival, [[Robert Cefai]] Secretary and [[Andrew Buhagiar]], [[Andrew Psaila]], [[Gino Cauchi]], [[M’Lourdes Bonnici]] and  [[Ray Axisa]] as members
The Organising Committee for this Festival was made by [[Norman Hamilton]] as the chairman of the Festival, [[Robert Cefai]] Secretary and [[Andrew Buhagiar]], [[Andrew Psaila]], [[Gino Cauchi]], [[M’Lourdes Bonnici]] and  [[Ray Axisa]] as members
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Here are the 16 Songs featured in the final:-
Here are the 16 Songs featured in the final:-
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<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
  <tr>
{| class="wikitable"
    <td>'''Song'''</td>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
    <td>'''Performers'''</td>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
    <td>'''Words'''</td>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
    <td>'''Music'''</td>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyrics'''
  </tr>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Music'''
  <tr>
|-
    <td>Don’t Look Back</td>
| 01||[[Leontine]]||Don’t Look Back||[[Joe Julian Farrugia]]||[[Renato Briffa]]
    <td>[[Leontine]]</td>
|-
    <td>[[Joe Julian Farrugia]]</td>
| 02||[[Olivia Lewis]] & [[Marvic Lewis]]||Falling (For Your Love)||[[Doris Chetcuti]]||[[Eugenio Schembri]]
    <td>[[Renato Briffa]]</td>
|-
  </tr>
| 03||[[Mary Spiteri]]||Lovers Play With Words||[[Alfred C. Sant]]||[[Ray Agius]]
  <tr>
|-
    <td>Falling (For Your Love)</td>
| 04||[[Renato]] (Micallef)||Alone||[[Ray Mahoney]]||[[Dominic Galea]]
    <td>[[Olivia Lewis]] & [[Marvic Leiws]]</td>
|-
    <td>[[Doris Chetcuti]]</td>
| 05||[[Tarcisio Barbara]]||Love’s Sweet Power In You||Alfred C.Sant||Ray Agius
    <td>[[Eugenio Schembri]]</td>
|-
  </tr>
| 06||[[Mark Tonna]]||Walk With Me||[[Philip Vella]]||Mark Tonna
  <tr>
|-
<td>Lovers Play With Words</td>
| 07||[[Aylwin Borg Myatt]],[[Nadine Axisa]] and [[Elisa D’Amato]]||Love is… ||Doris Chetcuti||[[Marica Axisa]]
    <td>[[Mary Spiteri]]</td>
|-
    <td>[[Alfred C.Sant]] </td>
| 08||[[Godwin & The Boys]]||Now I Can Dance||[[George Fenech]]||[[Victor Fenech]]
    <td>[[Ray Agius]]</td>
|-
  </tr>
| 09||[[Alexander Schembri]]||Turn Around, stay A while||Alfred C. Sant||Ray Agius
  <tr>
|-   
<td>Alone </td>
| 10||[[Georgina Abela]] & [[June May]]||Make Me Your Girl||Alfred C.Sant||[[Paul Abela]]
    <td>[[Renato Micallef]]</td>
|-
    <td>[[Ray Mahoney]]</td>
| 11||[[Vince Buhagiar]]||Possessed||Renato Micallef||Vince Buhagiar
    <td>[[Dominic Galea]]</td>
|-
  </tr>
| 12||[[Manolito Galea]]||With You||[[Doreen Galea]]||Renato Briffa
  <tr>
|-    
    <td>Love’s Sweet Power In You </td>
| 13||[[Catherine Vigar]]||The Call||Ray Mahoney||Paul Abela
    <td>[[Tarcisio Barbara]]</td>
|-
    <td>Alfred C.Sant</td>
| 14||[[Jesmond Tedesco Triccas]]||Can It Be I’m Falling In Love||[[George Xuereb]]||[[Melvin Xuereb]]
    <td>Ray Agius</td>
|-
  </tr>
| 15||[[Debbie Scerri]]||Let Me Fly||Ray Agius||Ray Agius
  <tr>
|-     
  <td>Walk With Me</td>
| 16||[[Claudette Pace]]||Love Can Do Miracles||Ray Agius||Ray Agius
    <td>[[Mark Tonna]]</td>
|-     
    <td>[[Philip Vella]] </td>
|}
    <td>Mark Tonna</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
<td>Love is… </td>
    <td>[[Aylwin Borg Myatt]],[[Nadine Axisa]] and [[Elisa D’Amato]]</td>
    <td>Doris Chetcuti</td>
    <td>[[Marica Axisa]]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Now I Can Dance</td>
    <td>[[Godwin & The Boys]]</td>
    <td>[[George Fenech]]</td>
    <td>[[Victor Fenech]]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Turn Around, stay Awhile</td>
    <td>[[Alexander Schembri]]</td>
    <td>Alfred C.Sant</td>
    <td>Ray Agius</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
<td>Make Me Your Girl</td>
    <td>[[Georgina Abela]] & [[June May]]/td>
    <td>Alfred C.Sant </td>
    <td>[[Paul Abela]] </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
<td>Possessed </td>
    <td>[[Vince Buhagiar]]</td>
    <td>Renato Micallef</td>
    <td>Vince Buhagiar</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>With You</td>
    <td>[[Manolito]]</td>
    <td>[[Doreen Galea]]</td>
    <td>Renato Briffa</td>
  </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>The Call</td>
    <td>[[Catherine Vigar]]</td>
    <td>Ray Mahoney</td>
    <td>Paul Abela </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
<td>Can It Be I’m Falling In Love</td>
    <td>[[Jesmond Tedesco Triccas]]</td>
    <td>[[George Xuereb]] </td>
    <td>[[Melvin Xuereb]] </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
<td>Let Me Fly</td>
    <td>[[Debbie Scerri]]</td>
    <td>Ray Agius</td>
    <td>Ray Agius</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Love Can Do Miracles</td>
    <td>[[Claudette Pace]]</td>
    <td>Ray Agius</td>
    <td>Ray Agius</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
<tr>
</tr>
</table>


==The Winners==   


Here are the  first 3 placing Songs featured in the final:-
Here are the  first 3 placing Songs featured in the final:-
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
  <tr>
{| class="wikitable"
    <td>'''Song'''</td>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
    <td>'''Performers'''</td>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
    <td>'''Words'''</td>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
    <td>'''Music'''</td>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyrics'''
  </tr>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Music'''
  <tr>
|-
    <td>Let Me Fly</td>
| 01||Debbie Scerri||Let Me Fly||Ray Agius||Ray Agius
    <td>Debbie Scerri</td>
|-
    <td>Ray Agius</td>
| 02||Catherine Vigar||The Call||Ray Mahoney||Paul Abela
    <td>Ray Agius</td>
|-
  </tr>
| 03||Mary Spiteri||Lovers Play With Words||Alfred C. Sant||Ray Agius
  <tr>
|-     
    <td>The Call</td>
|} 
    <td>Catherine Vigar</td>
   
    <td>Ray Mahoney</td>
   
    <td>Paul Abela</td>
The Let My Fly by Debbie Scerri will be rappresent Malta in the Eurovision song Contest 1997.
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Lovers Play With Words</td>
    <td>Mary Spiteri</td>
    <td>Alfred C.Sant</td>
    <td>Ray Agius</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <tr>
  </tr>
</table>
 
The Let My Fly by Debbie Scerrii will be rappresent Malta in the Eurovision song Contest 1997.


==The Jury==
The Members of the Jury where:- (Not Known till today)
The Members of the Jury where:- (Not Known till today)


 
==The Comperes==
The presenters of the two evenings were [[Alfred Zammit]] and [[Marbeck Spiteri]]
The presenters of the two evenings were [[Alfred Zammit]] and [[Marbeck Spiteri]]


Director of the Orchestra was Mro. [[Joe Brown]]
Director of the Orchestra was Mro. [[Joe Brown]]
General Coordination - Robert Cefai
 
Stage Manager - Alfred Debono, [[Karl Bonaci]]
==Special Thanks==
Executiv Director – [[Joe Galea]]
* General Coordination - Robert Cefai
Visual direction – [[Martin Mercieca]]
* Stage Manager - Alfred Debono, [[Karl Bonaci]]
Photographer – [[Italo Bonfanti]]
* Executiv Director – [[Joe Galea]]
Designs Of Stage – Organistion Committee & [[Marco  Bartolo]]
* Visual direction – [[Martin Mercieca]]
TV Producation – [[PBS Ltd]]
* Photographer – [[Italo Bonfanti]]
Audio – [[B.A.P.F]]
* Designs Of Stage – Organisation Committee & [[Marco  Bartolo]]
Lighting – [[Light Sound & Vision ITC Group]]
* TV Producation – [[PBS]] Ltd
Building Set – [[Industrial Workers of the Department of Culture – Luqa]]
* Audio – [[B.A.P.F]]
* Lighting – [[Light Sound & Vision ITC Group]]
* Building Set – [[Industrial Workers of the Department of Culture – Luqa]]


[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]]
[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]]
[[Category:1997 in Malta]]
[[Category:Music Events in Malta]]

Revision as of 01:30, 27 July 2017

This Festival Malta Song For Europe was organized by the Ministry of Youth and Culture under the auspices of Minister Dr Joe Cilia, the Festival was held on 24 and 25 January 1997 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta.

The Organising Committee for this Festival was made by Norman Hamilton as the chairman of the Festival, Robert Cefai Secretary and Andrew Buhagiar, Andrew Psaila, Gino Cauchi, M’Lourdes Bonnici and Ray Axisa as members

There are  ? Submissions

Awards Festival Song For Europe 1997

(A) The winning song tirrapenzenta to Malta in the Eurovision Song Festival 1997 will be held in Dublin Ireland. On 3 rd May 1997. Composer and Author went Dublin with the contingent

(B) The Composer Finalist given Lm 350 while singer / c / Lm 90 winners awarded

(C) The Second place winner Composer given l-kantant/a/i while he is afforded Lm 200 Lm 80.

(D) The Third place winner Composer given Lm 130 Lm 70 while he is afforded l-Singers.

(E) The composer of the song Thirteen who took part and were ranked first,second or third place given Lm 50 each.

(F) The 16 songs will be recorded on CD.


The program of the Festival was so

Friday 24th February 1997 at 7.30pm Sung all the 16 Songs Finalists of the Festival. Singing the 1996 winner Miriam Christine. Show by George Curmi ‘il- Puse’ Jury chose 10 songs to qualify to the Final.

Saturday 25th February 1997 at 7.30pm Sung the 10 finalist songs of the Festival. Singing the 1996 winner Miriam Christine. Show by George McCrae The jury select the winning song which will be represents Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin

Winners and becomes the Presentation by Hon. Minister Dr.Joe Cilia.

First Phase

Here are the 16 Songs featured in the final:-

No Singers Songs Lyrics Music
01 Leontine Don’t Look Back Joe Julian Farrugia Renato Briffa
02 Olivia Lewis & Marvic Lewis Falling (For Your Love) Doris Chetcuti Eugenio Schembri
03 Mary Spiteri Lovers Play With Words Alfred C. Sant Ray Agius
04 Renato (Micallef) Alone Ray Mahoney Dominic Galea
05 Tarcisio Barbara Love’s Sweet Power In You Alfred C.Sant Ray Agius
06 Mark Tonna Walk With Me Philip Vella Mark Tonna
07 Aylwin Borg Myatt,Nadine Axisa and Elisa D’Amato Love is… Doris Chetcuti Marica Axisa
08 Godwin & The Boys Now I Can Dance George Fenech Victor Fenech
09 Alexander Schembri Turn Around, stay A while Alfred C. Sant Ray Agius
10 Georgina Abela & June May Make Me Your Girl Alfred C.Sant Paul Abela
11 Vince Buhagiar Possessed Renato Micallef Vince Buhagiar
12 Manolito Galea With You Doreen Galea Renato Briffa
13 Catherine Vigar The Call Ray Mahoney Paul Abela
14 Jesmond Tedesco Triccas Can It Be I’m Falling In Love George Xuereb Melvin Xuereb
15 Debbie Scerri Let Me Fly Ray Agius Ray Agius
16 Claudette Pace Love Can Do Miracles Ray Agius Ray Agius

The Winners

Here are the first 3 placing Songs featured in the final:-

No Singers Songs Lyrics Music
01 Debbie Scerri Let Me Fly Ray Agius Ray Agius
02 Catherine Vigar The Call Ray Mahoney Paul Abela
03 Mary Spiteri Lovers Play With Words Alfred C. Sant Ray Agius


The Let My Fly by Debbie Scerri will be rappresent Malta in the Eurovision song Contest 1997.

The Jury

The Members of the Jury where:- (Not Known till today)

The Comperes

The presenters of the two evenings were Alfred Zammit and Marbeck Spiteri

Director of the Orchestra was Mro. Joe Brown

Special Thanks

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