Song Contests in Malta
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Song contests in Malta have become a way for Maltese pop songs to reach a general audience since the early 1960s.
Although there are antecedents in the area of għana, and possibly other types of performing arts-related contests, it's very likely that these where also following the rise of the San Remo festival, which became a cultural high-point through transmissions on Italian television RAI. The influence of San Remo is also felt in a number of other ways: the style of songs, the methods of presentation, the television tie-ins, the on and off association with the Eurovision Song Contest, and most significantly in the use of the word festival to describe such contests.
List of song contests in Malta
Historical list
- Century Voices (2016)
- Festival Kanzunetta Maltija għall-Ewropa (1971 - 1972)
- Festival L-Għanja Tal-Poplu Żgħażagħ (2005)
- Festival l-Għanja Tal-Poplu Żgħażagħ u Addoloxxenti (2007)
- Festival Ilħna Tad-Deheb (2009 - 2012)
- Festival Ilwien Mużikali (2009 - 2012)
- Festival Internazzjonali tal-Kanzunetta Maltija (1981-1990) (1994-2002)(2013)
- Festival Jum Il-Ħelsien (1980 - 1990)
- Festival ta' Għanijiet tal-Milied u Kant Reliġjuż (1975 - 1986)
- Festival Tal-Kanzunetta Maltija Għall-Ewropa (1991 - 1996)
- Festival Tal-Kanzunetta L-Għanja tal-Maltin (2006)
- Festival Tal-Kanzunetta Ġmiel is-Seba Noti (1992)
- Festival tal-Kanzunetta Żgħażagħ (1999)
- Festival Kanzunetta Soċjalista - Wardakanta (1982 - 1986)
- Festival Super One - (2003)
- Festival Warda Kanta (1980 - 1986)
- Fl-Għaqda l-Melodija (1998 - 2008)
- Malta Drydocks (1988 - 2010)
- Malta EuroSong (2009-2010)
- Malta International TV Song Festival (2006)
- Malta International Hit Song Festival (2008 - 2012)
- Malta Song Contest (1973 - 1974)
- Malta Song Festival (1960 - 1971) (1973 - 1974)
- Malta Song for Europe (1997 - 2008)
- Song for Greece (1995 - 1996) with the winners qualifying to take part in the "EU, Cyprus & Malta Song Festival" in Greece.
- Starlight Singers Festival - 2014
- The Golden Cross International Singing Festival (2003 - 2008)
- The Malta Folk Song Contest - (1973 - 1976)
- U.K.A.M - Jum il-Kanzunetta Maltija (1987)
Active list
- Century Voices Festivals (2016 - )
- DBS Productions (2015 - )
- Kantamagħna (2019 - )
- KKI - Junior 2014 (2014 - 2015)
- Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza (1983-1987) (1997 - )
- Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza - Talent Żagħżugħ (2008 - 2014)
- Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza - Talent Ġdid (2014 - )
- Konkors Kanzunetta Misraħ il-Milied (2015 - )
- Konkors Kanzunetta Festa San Pawl (1986 - 1994)
- Konkors Melodija Maġika 2015 (2015 - )
- L-Għanja tal-Poplu (1973 - )
- Magic Melody Singer's Festivals (2014 - )
- Malta Eurovision Song Contest (2011 - )
- Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest - Editions
- Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest (2003-2010) (2013 - )
- Malta Summer Hit Song Contest (2008-2011) (2014-2015)
- Mużika Mużika - Festival Kanzunetta Maltija (2021 - )
- Sajf Ma' Gaffiero (2016 - )
- San Remo Junior Malta (2012 - )
- Singer Stage Malta International Festival (2012 - )
- Tifħira lil Malta (2016 - )
- The Entertainers Singing Challenge (2016 - )