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Ela/Marchin' On

Malta: Ela & her dancers from Kinetic Dance Academy shine in Minsk

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Ela & dancers from Kinetic Dance Academy
Ela & dancers from Kinetic Dance Academy

Ela will sing Marchin’ On for Malta at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Today Ela and her team of dancers shined on stage. Ela gave an awesome vocal performance and her dancers performed to a great choreography.

Ela and the dancers are charming and very bubbly. Ela is very relaxed and having fun. She has a powerful voice and performs very confidently.

Let us give a special mention to the team from the Kinetic Dance Academy – Giulia Schembri, Solei Grixti, Luca Attard, Kylie Galea. All charming and talented personalities with great energy and talent.

Source: ESC Covers

Kayati

Malta: Check out Kayati and their X Factor audition

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Kayati {copyright: X Factor/TVM}
Kayati {copyright: X Factor/TVM}

The X Factor auditions are well under way in Malta, where the eventual winners will represent them at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.

ESC Covers will report more about the X Factor as the show develops. But we wanted to bring to the attention the unique girl duo, Kayati.

Kayati are sisters Fatima and Mabrouka and they gave a very impressive audition and in our opinion bring a breath of fresh air. The girls sailed through to the next phase.

ESC Covers wishes them well on this exciting journey.

Check out Kayati perform below.

Source: ESC Covers; X Factor Malta/TVM

2018 Eurovision Song Contest

Malta International Singer Stage 2018

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The Malta International Singer Stage 2018 festival took place in Valletta. It is an event that brings together young talent, not just from Malta, but from other countries.

Congratulations to the various winners including Kayley Cuschieri took the fourth place prize in one of the top categories, Maltin Biss Grand Prix – Krista Sujak, Junior Grand Prix – Ronan Alexandru Comanescu from Romania. The Grand Prix Winner was Martina Abela. Also involved and amongst the judges was Emil Calleja Bayliss (composer of the 2017 and 2018 Malta Junior Eurovision songs).

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Guests included Ela Mangion, Michela Galea, Sarah Bonnici and also the Kinetic Dance Studios.

The presenters were Aidan J Drakard, Ian J Vella and Anhelica Pace.

A special mention about Anhelica, who is developing in to a top all round singer and presenter. She recently had a big success by winning the 13-15 years old category at the 2018 Tra La La festival in FYR Macedonia. Anhelica got to perform a couple of songs Stone Cold by Demi Lovato and To Be Human by Sia feat. Labrinth.

Source: ESC Covers – photos@thanks to Eve Pace; Singer Stage/facebook; Kayley Cuschieri/facebook

 

 

Nicole Hammett

Nicole Hammett shines in X Factor Malta audition with outstanding performance of ‘No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)’

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Nicole Hammett gave an outstanding audition in the X Factor Malta. She performed a wonderful version of No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) by Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand.

All four judges thoroughly enjoyed her presentation. Even Ira Losco and Alexandra Alden were up dancing during her performance.

The X Factor is being used in Malta to select their Eurovision representative for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

Check out Nicole’s amazing performance below.

Source: ESC Covers; TVM – Photos@TVM/XFactor

Demi Galea

Malta: Demi Galea has success at the Ally -El Entertainment Singers Festival

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Demi Galea with Mike Spiteri (1995 ESC Malta)
Demi Galea with Mike Spiteri (1995 ESC Malta)

Demi Galea took to the stage this week at the Ally -El Entertainment Singers Festival in Malta. Demi did an amazing job and impressed and won first prize in the category 13-15 years old after performing three songs. She has a beautiful trophy for her hard work. You can see her above with her prize and with Mike Spiteri (1995 ESC Malta).

Demi is just 15 years old and has powerful and soulful voice. The song she impressed with at the festival were I’m Going Down by Mary J Blige, She Said by Plan B and Say Something of Zhavia.

She will this year represent Malta at the Tour Music Fest in the Junior singers category. This is a showcase for new and young singers and singer-songwriters. The international final will be in Rome, Italy.

Demi took part in the 2017 Malta Junior Eurovision national final selection and performed the song Breathin’ Under Water by Emeli Sandé.

Take a look at Demi’s performances at the Ally -El Entertainment Singers Festival below.

Source: ESC Covers

Sweet Sense

Sweet Sense do not make X Factor UK live finals….but the future is bright for Gaia

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Sweet Sense {copyright: ITV}

Unfortunately, the made up girl band, Sweet Sense, featuring Gaia Cauchi from Malta, did not make the live shows of the X Factor UK. It appears the chemistry was not quite right within the band but, nevertheless, the girls performed very well in front of mentor, Robbie Williams and guest judge, David Walliams, in the Judges Houses phase. In particular, Gaia’s vocals stood out in the band.

Robbie Williams originally said in the early auditions that he thought Gaia maybe a little young as a solo act and could imagine her in a girl group and joining Sweet Sense was eventually the idea. However, although we do not know what will happen to Sweet Sense yet, Gaia has gained huge experience from this journey. It will surely help her going forward in the music industry. This is just ‘The Start’ (excuse the pun) and Gaia has a big future ahead of her.

Gaia, of course, won the 2013 Junior Eurovision Song Contest for Malta with The Start.

You can see Sweet Sense perform History at the Judges Houses below.

Source: ESC Covers

Nicole Hammett/Id-daqqa tal-vjolin

Listen to Nicole Hammett and her KKI Junior 2018 runner up prize song ‘Id-daqqa tal-vjolin’

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Nicole Hammett recently had deserved success at the KKI Junior 2018 Festival Kanzunetta Indipendenza in Malta, where she took the runner up prize with the amazing song Id-daqqa tal-vjolin (Violin fades).

Id-daqqa tal-vjolin is an epic song combining pop and opera which is perfect for Nicole’s versatile singing style, where she can switch so easily from one genre to another. The song is composed by Mark Spiteri Lucas with lyrics by Emil Calleja Bayliss with production by Philip Vella.

Nicole is a busy girl these days not only with singing but also doing some modelling such as a shoot for Centro Moda shopping boutique. All this as well as combining her important studies.

Check out Nicole singing Id-daqqa tal-vjolin below.

Source: ESC Covers – Photos@Alana Bondin for Centro Moda; KKI photo courtesy of Nicole Hammett/facebook

 

Sephora Bonsfield/Socjeta

Watch Sephora Bonsfield perform ‘Socjeta’ on Maratona Fondazzjoni Nazareth 2018

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Sephora Bonsfield {copyright: TVM2}
Sephora Bonsfield {copyright: TVM2}

Sephora Bonsfield recently performed on the Maratona Fondazzjoni Nazareth 2018 on TVM2 in Malta.

Sephora performed Socjeta (Society) on the charity funding show.

The song, Socjeta, means a lot to Sephora as it has an important message about terrible things that happen in life like physical abuse to both women and men and also children.  Also stealing from old people and other crimes. There are people who may have a condition and maybe on drugs and other substances. People who are disabled and others with a conditions like autism who and people they are indirect to these . What is society going to do to help them ?

Socjeta is composed by Mariella Bonsfield And Philip Vella (lyrics) and music by Philip Vella.

Check out Sephora’s performance of Socjeta below.

Source: ESC Covers; TVM2