Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Malta had its usual pretty good selection of Eurovision tunes and finally the Micallef clan took home the trophy! Richard Micallef aka Richard Edwards fronts Firelight that includes sister Michelle and also his brothers Daniel in acoustic guitar and Wayne, who joins this Eurovision adventure as a backing singer. The brothers plus Michelle formed the group The Mics that took part in 2003 and 2005. In 2011 Richard was already a runner up with Finally and last year he tried with Fall like Rome . But now it's all about Firelight and Coming home . Robert: Malta for a change had a really strong preselection with many good songs this year that did not sound as amateur demos anymore. Firelight was my number 2 to win the Maltese ticket so I'm quite happy about it. Its a great song and done by really good singers. I expect them to do well: Certainly final and most probably top 10. My personal favourite to win the Maltese preselection however was De Bee's Pin the middle becau...

Malta takes a move back from plastic pop when Firelight's folksy Coming home won the national final last night. Or to tell the truth, Maltese televoters went for Jessica's Hypnotica and Daniel Testa's One last ride and even De Bee's Pin the middle before Firelight, but as they counted only 1/7 of the total votes the international jury pushed Firelight to the top. But who's complaining? I'm certainly not! This blogger's been waiting for years the Micallef clan to take over and finally it happened! Firelight is a new project fronted by Richard Micallef (aka Richard Edwards, already a runner up in this contest) and Michelle Mifsud and includes also Tony Polidano, Matthew Ellul and Leslie Decesare. Richard Edwards took part as solo last year with Fall like Rome (13th), 2012 with Look at me now (5th), 2011 with Finally (2nd) Televoting results: 1. Jessica - Hypnotika ,  2. Daniel Testa - One last ride , 3. De Bee - Pin the middle , 4. Firelight - ...