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2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

2019 Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest finalists announced

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The finalists of the 2019 Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest national selection have been revealed today.

There are 12 finalists and they are –

  1. Aiden Aquilina Cohen – Loved Either Way 
  2. Francesca Borg Ferranti – Seven Nation Army 
  3. Shania Cauchi – O Mio Babbino Caro 
  4. Maya Cauchi – Creep 
  5. Leah Cauchi – Illejla 
  6. Yarin Coleiro – The Power Of Love 
  7. Martina Cutajar – Dynasty 
  8. Eliana Gomez Blanco – Sto Male 
  9. Yulan Law – Speechless 
  10. Amy Pace – Rise Up 
  11. Eksenia Sammut – Always Remember Us This Way 
  12. Kristy Spiteri – Never Enough 

The acts were invited to perform a cover version or an original song. The two original songs are performed by Aiden Aquilina Cohen and Illejla. The other acts perform covers.

TV viewers will get a chance to see the performers and songs in the first two weeks of August. Then there will be online voting and the winning act will be announced on 20 August.

Source: gwida.mt; ESC Covers; Eurovoix

Eliana Gomez Blanco/Kliem

Eliana Gomez Blanco releases video clip for ‘Kliem’

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Eliana Gomez Blanco from the music video of 'Kliem'
Eliana Gomez Blanco from the music video of ‘Kliem’

Eliana Gomez Blanco has released a brand new song and music video for the song Kliem (Words). The project is part of the institute of creative arts at MCAST.

Kliem is composed by popular songwriter Philip Vella with the lyrics by Ingrid Vella.

The video is directed by Nathan Zerafa and Marilyn G. Kraus. The filming is courtesy of Nathan Zerafa, Matthias Tirchett and Marilyn G. Kraus.

Eliana took part in the 2018 Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest national selection with the catchy Music Takes Control. She has also been a regular singer on the popular tv entertainment show Life & Style on Net tv in Malta.

You can see the video clip for Kliem below.

Source: ESC Covers

 

Nicole Hammett

Nicole Hammett performs as special guest in #jèsopazzo festival in Italy

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Nicole Hammett performed a special guest on Italian tv at the final of the #jèsopazzo festival Fiuggi.

Nicole sang a medley of songs in the Italian language. She sang the operatic aria Sempre Libera and also Dimmi come, which is an upbeat pop song.

Nicole, from Malta, again proved her versatility mixing pop with opera and performing impressive singing and dancing at the same time. This included a costume change in the middle of the performance.

ESC Covers hope to bring you a video of her majestic and grand performance in the coming days. The photos above give you a taste of Nicole’s costumes.

Nicole recently filmed a magnificent music video of the 2019 Australian Eurovision song, Zero Gravity. You can see the charming video below.

Source: ESC Covers

 

 

 

Rachel Lowell

Rachel Lowell to represent Malta at Fan Vision 2019 – Eurovision Weekend

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Rachel Lowell has been selected to represent Malta at the Fan Vision 2019 – Eurovision Weekend to be held over 12 – 13 – 14 July.

Members of OGAE Malta voted via the popular magazine and website GWIDA.mt. Three singers were selected from many submissions and congratulations to all of them for a very close contest.

Here are the results of the poll –

37.95% Rachel Lowell – A Million Voices (2015 ESC Russia)

32.82% Nicole Sciberras – Is It True? (2009 ESC Iceland)

29.23% Avenue Sky – Heroes (2015 ESC Sweden)

This is the fourth Fan Vision contest and the first time it has been held in Malta.

Malta have already won the contest twice before with Sebastian Calleja (2016) and Grecia Bezzina (2018).

More details of the contest and the special event will be released in the coming weeks.

You can hear a clip of the three original candidates at this link –

https://www.facebook.com/OGAEMalta/videos/545414882658112/

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Croatia/Malta press conference

Croatia and Malta Second Press Conferences

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Croatia and Malta held their second press conferences of the week at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

Roko from Croatia was up first. He is only 19 years old and has a great voice. He was thankful for Jacques Houdek (2017 ESC Croatia) for his help and inspiration. Roko also sang a little of The Winner Takes It All by ABBA with his backing singers.

Michela from Malta appeared to be very happy and relaxed and looked bubbly as she faced the media. She said she was happy for he X Factor experience that lead to her journey here. She also said she likes to be versatile with her music styles. She likes to sing pop, country, rock, She sang a littleof a song in Maltese that she did on X Factor and Shallow from the A Star Is Born soundtrack and also a Miley Cyrus song. She is also currently recording  more material for release after Eurovision. Of course, she still has her important  studies at school to complete.

Source:  ESC Covers

Nicole Hammett/Zero Gravity

Watch Nicole Hammett and her amazing cover and music video for ‘Zero Gravity’

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Nicole Hammett has released a stunning music video for her cover of the 2019 Australian Eurovision song, Zero Gravity, by Kate Miller-Heidke.

Zero Gravity is perfect for Nicole’s powerful pop/opera vocals. It also has an important message about never giving up and this is something Nicole totally believes in.

The video clip is directed by Emanuel Pace with the filming and editing by Clive Pace. Thanks also to Rita Pace, who was the location assistant. Nicole herself was the production assistant. Nicole would also like to thank her vocal coaches Joshua Alamu, Danica Muscat and Gillian Zammit. The recording engineer is Cyprian Cassar and Somnio Studios.

Zero Gravity is composed by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall.

Nicole, from Malta, released a much acclaimed cover and music video in 2018 for the Estonian Eurovision song La Forza by Elina Nechayeva. She continues to blossom in to a very versatile artist who can cover opera, pop and rock comfortably and very effectively.

You can see the music video for Zero Gravity by Nicole below.

Source: ESC Covers; Photos from the music video of ‘Zero Gravity’ courtesy of Clive Pace films

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cTDq1Xb53g

Michela

Michela performed Eurovision send off concerts in Malta and Gozo

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Michela performed two special concerts to celebrate her send off to Eurovision. The concerts were held at Café Del Mar in St Pauls Bay in Malta and at Grotta, Xlendi in Gozo.

Michela was joined by some special guests from the X Factor in Malta.

Fans got to see Michela perform her Eurovision song Chameleon. She gave a great show and her vocals were crystal clear and charming.

You can see Michela perform Chameleon and also the song Shallow from the A Star Is Born movie soundtrack below.

Source: ESC Covers

Nicole Hammett

Nicole Hammett has big success at Ally-El Entertainment contest in Malta … and will soon compete in Italy at important festival

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Nicole Hammett has returned in a big way to the local competition scene in Malta. She won all sections in her category (16+) at the Ally-El Entertainment festival. She also won best interpretation and the Grand Prix winner with the mashup of Doll Song/Bang Bang.

Nicole received the top marks from all four judges, who are Italian talent scouts! She performed the opera classic Sempre Libera and Ti Sento by Matia Bazar.

Nicole has also received the honour of being invited to compete in an big music festival in Italy in May. She was also selected to go for an important music audition in Italy.

So, things are going really great for Nicole. Last year she recorded an amazing version of La Forza, the 2018 Estonian Eurovision song by Elina Nechayeva, that received much acclaim. She also made a beautiful video to accompany the song.

Nicole is currently working on a new music video that should interest many Eurovision fans. We hope to bring you news of that very soon.

Besides having success at the Ally-El Entertainment festival and working on a new video, Nicole has been a regular guest on the popular Life & Style entertainment show on Net tv in Malta. You can see some of her performances and how she can adapt to different styles of music on the show below – Holding Out For A Hero, Writing’s On The Wall, Reine De La Nuit/Highway To Hell, Grande Amore and O Sole Mio.

Source: ESC Covers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YoWXreTu1A

 

 

Federica Falzon/Gensna concert

Federica Falzon shines in Gensna concert in Malta

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Federica Falzon performed at the prestigious rock opera concert Gensna (Our nation) commemorating Freedom Day in Malta. Several acts known to Eurovision fans took part at the festival including Olivia Lewis, Paul Giordimaina, Renato and Lawrence Gray.

The Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre (MFCC) was full for the two days event where several acts performed and Federica, who was the youngest act, impressed with her powerful and clear vocals.

Federica performed a duet at the concert with 2019 X Factor finalist, Norbert Bondin. Together they performed Inhobbok (I love you).

Federica represented Malta at the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the charming Diamonds.

You can see Federica and Norbert perform their duet below.

Source: ESC Covers