Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994
The duo Chris & Moira improved Malta's result compared to the previous year, obtaining 5th place in an edition won for the third time in a row, and unexpectedly, by the Republic of Ireland.
Facts
Venue : Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Date : Saturday, 30 April 1994
Number of Contestants : 25
Singers : Chris & Moira
Song : More Than Love
Composer : Chris Scicluna
Lyricist : Moira Stafrace
Final Place: 5th
Points: 97
ESC winner for this year
Ireland : Rock'n'Roll Kids performed by Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan
Composer : Brendan Graham
Lyricist : Brendan Graham
Points : 226
Trivia
Chris and Moira are married to each other.
Chris and Moira had appeared with William Mangion at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest when he sang Malta's entry This Time.
For a number of years Chris Scicluna played guitar in a band called Getting Closer, with William Mangion as lead singer.
Moira Stafrace's sister Diane is a member of Times 3, the pop trio that presented Malta's Eurovision entry in 1999, which was also written by Chris & Moira. Diane was 14 years old in 1994.
Irish public broadcaster RTE worse fears came to pass when the Republic of Ireland won the Eurovision for the third successive time.
External links
- Eurovision Song Contest 1994 - Wikipedia