Domenique Azzopardi has won the Summer Hit Song Contest in Malta. After a three year break the contest returned with a very high standard of songs. The show featured many former Malta Eurosong singers such as Domenique herself (2011, 2013), Danica Muscat (2013), Anna Azzopardi (2011, 2012), Mauro Kitcher (2007), Audrey Marie Bartolo (2010), Julie Pomorski (2007) and Jannie Mangion (2012).
The show was hosted by Deo Grech and Natius Farrugia took care of interviews and comments in the green room which was located in the hall. Domenique won the contest with Back To ...with music by Mark Scicluna and lyrics by Emil Calleja Bayliss. The charming song and performance was judged to be the winner. In second place was Anna Azzopardi with My Hero by Keith Zammit and Renato Briffa. In third place was the soulful Odessa Green and Pretend by Doris Chetcuti and Renato Briffa.
Talented singers such as Christian Azzopardi with the upbeat Another Night In Heaven and Kelly Cassar with One Precious Mile, Rachel Verzin with The Joke Is On You, Marie Claire Attard Bason with Just Wait and Ana Maria Grima with To Hell And Back. Special mentions also to Rita Pace and Audrey Marie with Overboard and Joseph Refalo, Simone Gauci, Ina Robinich, Dayle Camileri. I am all these singers will try for the Eurovision stage in the future.
The show will be broadcast on F Living channel in Malta on Saturday 27 September at 20:30 CET.
You can see Domenique’s winning song here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tuTQACKBng
Source: www.escflashmalta.com;www.esccovers.com