Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Malta will select its entry for the Eurovision song contest 2017 tonight in a show from MFCC Ta' Qali. Daniel Azzopardi and Charlene Mercieca are the hosts and Ira Losco will be performing, too. Malta has dropped the usual semifinal + final selection and goes for one off final instead, also goes for 100% televote to choose the winner. All this aid this is one of the most unintereting Maltese finals ever in my opinion filled with anonymous bubblegum pop. To stand out one must shine on stage, or will the ballads be strong enough to beat the pop acts? Brooke is the big fan favorite, but this blogger goes for Richard Edwards, Claudia Faniello and most of all Janice Mangion singing in Maltese. Kevin Borg could surprise as well this time around.... Maybe. How sad it is that one is looking forward most for the interval act, The Travellers ? Watch here from 20.50 CET Laserlight – Klinsmann Coleiro  10th (332 votes) Ray of Light – Raquela Dalli Gonzi   8th (551 vote...

Malta has revealed the 60 songs still in the running for the Eurovision 2017, picked out from 156 submissions. As usual there are many returns and familiar names. This blogger is very happy to see Wayne William and Richard Edwards at it again, and Claudia Faniello is back! And Klinsmann! Kaya! (I hope that's the Kaya I saw this summer at Qormi Wine Festival as she was awesome!) Brooke! The songs will be further cut to 16 for the final as there won't be semifinal in Malta this time.  Beautifully Bruised – Raquel Galdes Brid of Prey – Nadia Vella Bombshell – Maxine Pace Breathe – Kylie Colerio Breathe – Cherylis Breathlessly – Claudia Faniello Butterfly – Lyndsay Pace Calling Out – Wayne William Chasing My Dreams – Maria Cini Child of the Sun – Romina Mamo Chill Out – Christian Arding Crazy Games – Shauna Vassall Cruise Control – Michela Pace Different Light – Jessica Magro Don’t Let Your Heart Say No – Dominic Don’t Look Down – Mirana Conte ...

Planet Seed is Malta's alternative rock band fronted by Klinsmann Coleiro who has participated in the national Eurovision selection several times as well as the selections for Junior Eurovision, like the third placed She gives me wings . But that was nearly 10 years ago..... 

Malta needed over four hours last night to pick up the 16 finalists so let's see what time they end tonight, or tomorrow that is. Anyways, the competition is wide open and after last night's results anything can happen. Too many bubblegum disco chicks made it to the final but hopefully they will eat each other out (this said, two of the more interesting ones of those, Ylenia and Melanie, didn't make it! Weird... And where's Klinsmann and Franklin?). I'm not even going to start predicting the winner now..... The fun starts 20.30 CET and you can watch it live on TVM or eurovision.tv. Davinia – Betrayed Deborah C - Love-O-Holic Chris Grech - Never walk away Gianni Zammit - Us against the world Janice Debattista - Perfect day Jessika - Ultraviolet Domenique - Too little too late Dorothy Bezzina - Starting from the end Petra & Richard - Wonderful today Gianluca Bezzina - Tomorrow Richard Edwards - Fall like Rome Kevin Borg - Needing you Scar - Super...

Malta selects its entry this weekend for Malmö 2013. Tonight we have the semifinal qith 24 songs ans 16 of them will make it to the fial tomorrow night. There will be a mixed jury-televote but the jury counts 7/8 and the televote 1/8. Once again there are too many familiar names to mention then all but Claudia Faniello tries once again, so does Richard Edward (solo and duet), Klinsmann, Gianni and most of all pre-contest favorite Kevin Borg, the Swedish idols winner some suns ago. And among the writers we have the usual suspects Gerard James Borg, Paul Giardimaina, Fleur Balzan, Philip Vella, Dean Muscat, Thomas G:son, Paul Abela, Marc Paelinck, Ray Agius.... The bubblegum pop overdose is a certainty. Here's one recap of all the songs.Swiss Heilsarmee has been confirmed as a guest star. The fun starts at 20.45 CET here . I have picked  below 12 songs that I'd like to get through. Not necessarily the ones I think will get through... I have no idea who will win! I always...

Austria will be in Baku 2012 as ORF is happy with their result in 2011 when they returned for the first time since 2007. The selection process will be more or less the same as in 2011 as well. There will be a pre-selection on Hitradio Ö3 and then televized live final in February. Besides the winner Nadine Beiler and her The secret is love we also had a goodie like Klimmstein's Paris Paris . Let's see what the Austrians offer us this time around!

Malta started its semifinals last night with the first six songs. Televoters have all week to vote for them. Nothing extraordinary and fabulous came out yet but I did like Richard Edward's piano driven Change . The other songs were Raquela's Here I am , Ally's Curiosity , Foxy Federation's Fired up , Klinsmann's Her name was Anne and J.Anvil's very Joksimovic inspired Mirage . Philip Vella penned two of these songs, and Gerard James Borg three... .