Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station | PBS |
| National selection events |
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| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 28 (23 finals) |
| First appearance | 1971 |
| Best result | 2nd: 2002, 2005 |
| Worst result | Last: 1971, 1972, 2006 |
| External links | |
| Malta's page at Eurovision.tv | |
Malta has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 28 times since its debut in 1971, although the history of National song contests organized in the Maltese islands dates back to 1960 when the first Malta Song Festival took place. Malta has never won the contest, although it has twice finished second and twice finished third. At first, the island state sent songs in its native language, Maltese, but it failed to rank highly, finishing last in its first two attempts in the contest in 1971 and 1972 and withdrew after the 1975 contest.
Malta's return to the contest in 1991, after a 16-year absence, proved to be more successful, with eight consecutive top 10 placings (1991-1998) and finishing in the top 10 in 12 out of 15 contests from 1991-2005. These results included third-place finishes in 1992 for Mary Spiteri and in 1998 for Chiara and second-place finishes in 2002 for Ira Losco and in 2005 for Chiara, who in 2009 became the first performer to represent Malta at three contests, finishing 22nd.[1][2] Malta's two seconds and two thirds, make it the most successful country not to win the contest.
In the last 10 contests, Malta has only once reached the top 10, when Gianluca Bezzina finished eighth in 2013. Fabrizio Faniello, who had previously finished ninth in 2001, finished last in the 2006 final, and since then the country has failed to qualify from the semi-final round five times, in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2015.
Together with France, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, Malta is one of the few countries that has not missed a contest since 1991. All of Malta's entries since 1991 have been sung in its other official language English. The only use of the Maltese language was three lines in the 2000 entry "Desire", performed by Claudette Pace. The Maltese broadcasters of the show are the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS). All shows are transmitted live on TVM (Malta) and Radio Malta. Also, along with Croatia and Sweden it was the only country to never be relegated, under the previous rules of the contest, that wasn't a part of the Big Four.
Contents
Contestants
- Table key
| Year | Artist | Language | Song | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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| 1971 | Joe Grech | Maltese | "Marija l-Maltija" | 18 | 52 | No semi-finals | |
| 1972 | Helen and Joseph | Maltese | "L-imħabba" | 18 | 48 | ||
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| 1975 | Renato | English | "Singing This Song" | 12 | 32 | No semi-finals | |
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| 1991 | Paul Giordimaina and Georgina | English | "Could It Be" | 6 | 106 | No semi-finals | |
| 1992 | Mary Spiteri | English | "Little Child" | 3 | 123 | ||
| 1993 | William Mangion | English | "This Time" | 8 | 69 | Kvalifikacija za Millstreet | |
| 1994 | Chris and Moira | English | "More Than Love" | 5 | 97 | No semi-finals | |
| 1995 | Mike Spiteri | English | "Keep Me In Mind" | 10 | 76 | ||
| 1996 | Miriam Christine | English | "In a Woman's Heart" | 10 | 68 | 4 | 138 |
| 1997 | Debbie Scerri | English | "Let Me Fly" | 9 | 66 | No semi-finals | |
| 1998 | Chiara | English | "The One That I Love" | 3 | 165b | ||
| 1999 | Times Three | English | "Believe 'n Peace" | 15 | 32 | ||
| 2000 | Claudette Pace | English, Maltese | "Desire" | 8 | 73 | ||
| 2001 | Fabrizio Faniello | English | "Another Summer Night" | 9 | 48 | ||
| 2002 | Ira Losco | English | "7th Wonder" | 2 | 164 | ||
| 2003 | Lynn Chircop | English | "To Dream Again" | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2004 | Julie and Ludwig | English | "On Again... Off Again" | 12 | 50 | 8 | 74 |
| 2005 | Chiara | English | "Angel" | 2 | 192 | Top 12 Previous Year | |
| 2006 | Fabrizio Faniello | English | "I Do" | 24 | 1 | Top 11 Previous Year | |
| 2007 | Olivia Lewis | English | "Vertigo" | Failed to qualify | 25 | 15 | |
| 2008 | Morena | English | "Vodka" | 14 | 38 | ||
| 2009 | Chiara | English | "What If We" | 22 | 31 | 6 | 86 |
| 2010 | Thea Garrett | English | "My Dream" | Failed to qualify | 12 | 45 | |
| 2011 | Glen Vella | English | "One Life" | 11 | 54 | ||
| 2012 | Kurt Calleja | English | "This Is the Night" | 21 | 41 | 7 | 70 |
| 2013 | Gianluca Bezzina | English | "Tomorrow" | 8 | 120 | 4 | 118 |
| 2014 | Firelight | English | "Coming Home" | 23 | 32 | 9 | 63 |
| 2015 | Amber | English | "Warrior" | Failed to qualify | 11 | 43 | |
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- NOTE:
- a. If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. In addition, back in 2004-2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries.
- b. ^ Spain originally gave its 12 points to Israel and 10 to Norway. After the broadcast it was announced that Spanish broadcaster wrongly tallied the votes and Germany should have got the top mark - 12 points - instead of being snubbed, as it happened. The mistake was corrected and so Germany was placed 7th over Norway. Israel and Norway both received 2 points less than originally and Croatia, Malta, Portugal, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Turkey all received one point less than indicated during the broadcast..
Voting history
As of 2015, Malta's voting history is as follows:
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Marcel Bezençon Awards
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Press Award
| Year | Song | Performer | Final Result | Points | Host city |
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| 2005 | "Angel" | Chiara | 2nd | 192 | Kiev |
Commentators and spokespersons
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| Year(s) | Commentator | Spokesperson |
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| 1971 | Victor Aquilina | N/A |
| 1972 | Norman Hamilton | |
| 1973 | Charles Saliba | Malta did not participate |
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| 1975 | Norman Hamilton | TBC |
| 1976-1990 | No broadcast | Malta did not participate |
| 1991 | Toni Sant | Dominic Micallef |
| 1992 | TBD | Anna Bonanno |
| 1993 | Charles Saliba | Kevin Drake |
| 1994 | Charles Arrigo | John Demanuele |
| 1995 | Enzo Gusman | Stephanie Farrugia |
| 1996 | Charles Saliba | Ruth Amaira |
| 1997 | Gino Cauchi | Anna Bonanno |
| 1998 | Stephanie Farrugia | |
| 1999 | Charlo Bonnici | Nirvana Azzopardi |
| 2000 | Valerie Vella | |
| 2001 | Alfred Borg | Marbeck Spiteri |
| 2002 | John Bundy | Yvette Portelli |
| 2003 | Sharon Borg | |
| 2004 | Eileen Montesin | Claire Agius |
| 2005 | Valerie Vella | |
| 2006 | Moira Delia | |
| 2007 | Antonia Micallef | Mireille Bonello |
| 2008 | Eileen Montesin | Moira Delia |
| 2009 | Valerie Vella | Pauline Agius |
| 2010 | Chiara Siracusa | |
| 2011 | Eileen Montesin | Kelly Schembri |
| 2012 | Ronald Briffa and Elaine Saliba | Keith Demicoli |
| 2013 | Gordon Bonello and Rodney Gauci | Emma Hickey |
| 2014 | Carlo Borg Bonaci | Valentina Rossi |
| 2015 | Corazon Mizzi | Julie Zahra |
| 2016 | TBA | TBA |
Photogallery
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Julie and Ludwig at Istanbul (2004)
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Olivia Lewis at Helsinki (2007)
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Gianluca Bezzina at Malmö (2013)
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References
External links
- ESCMalta Community website
- EurovisionMalta.com
- Points to and from Malta eurovisioncovers.co.uk
- OGAE Malta - The local branch of the official Eurovision Fans Club
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(Note: Entries scored out are when Malta did not compete)
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