The talented siblings from Malta, Dario & Grecia Bezzina are hoping for success in the online selection process that will select the 2018 San Marino Eurovision act.
Dario & Grecia have uploaded a video of them performing 13, Strada Stretta. This is a song they participated in at the Maltese festival Ghanja Tal Poplu.
You can vote for Dario & Grecia at this link https://www.1in360.com/fullscreen-page/comp-j9ig8ubs1/a42d5dde-d2e5-4c79-8355-7be30dbc8663/4/%3Fi%3D4%26p%3Dq7cp4%26s%3Dstyle-j9jzfjr8 and you can see the video below.
Kelsey Bellante is a talented young singer from Malta. She has just achieved much praise and 4 YESes on X Faktorius (X Factor) in Lithuania.
Kelsey performed Listen by Beyoncé and sailed through to the next phase by impressing the judges and the watching audience. Her powerful and clear vocals stood out and we await to see how she progresses in the competition.
Good luck to Kelsey from ESC Covers. You can see her performance at the below link.
Odessa Green is a talented and soulful singer from Malta. She has just released her brand new single and video clip for Unbreakable. The track is an anthemic and upbeat dance song that showcases Odessa’s powerful vocals. The production is also very strong and the song will sound great in clubs around Europe.
Unbreakable is composed by Toby Farrugia and is a Tobymusic Productions & Loudneighbor production.
Demi Galea is an up and coming talented singer from Malta. She took part in the 2017 Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest national selection.
Demi is currently taking part in the popular tv show The Entertainers – Singers Challenge (Category B) on Net tv. This week she sang Jealous by Labrinth and gave a classy and polished and mature performance with a lot of charm.
The promising and talented singer from Malta, Kayley Cuschieri, has had success at the 2017 Angel Voice music festival held in Belgrade, Serbia. Kayley had the second place award in the voice section and she took the prestigious gold award in the song section.
For the voice section Kayley performed Rise Up and in the gold award section she sang an original song Colourful composed by Giovann Attard and Augusto Cardinali.
Kayley has since been invited to take part in other top music festivals in Slovenia and FYR Macedonia.
ESC Covers reported earlier this week about the success of Italian singer Sara Dell’Olio at the same festival in Serbia.
You can see Kayley perform Rise Up and Colourful below.
Gianluca Cilia from the video clip of ‘Dawra Tond’ {copyright: PBS
Gianluca Cilia was selected this summer in a national selection to represent Malta at the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Now his song has been revealed. It is a catchy and uptempo song entitled Dawra Tond (Spinning around) and has Maltese and English words. It is composed by Emil Calleja Bayliss and Dominic Cini. They are two prolific songwriters in the Maltese music scene.
The video clip is very entertaining and Gianluca is joined by several dancers. It looks like a whole lot of fun was had when making this video. It was filmed around the narrow streets of little towns in Malta and has a unique charm.
Gianluca will be 10 years old when the Junior Eurovision takes place in Georgia in November. He is sure to capture the hearts of many viewers around Europe and Australia.
In 1995 Mike Spiteri participated for Malta with the song KEEP ME IN MIND. Well, he has escaped the mind of Roy van der Merwe, the owner of ESCCovers until today when Ian Fowell, the chief editor of the website, who is currently in Malta sent a picture of Mike making a guest appearance at the festival. Mike was the very first Maltese singer Roy met in person having gotten accreditation for the first time in 1995. The 1995 entry was recorded in Florence, Italy.
At the moment, Ian Fowell, chief editor of the website ESCCovers, is in Malta where he will meet several artists who have connections with both Senior and Junior Eurovision, He has met up with Sebastian Calleja who have covered among others, Israel 2015 and Italy 2017.
Top Australian singer and songwriter, NATG, has released a brand new album entitled ‘Pictures Of Mars’. NATG is the new stage name for Natalie Gauci, the winner of Australian Idol in 2007. She is now based in London, United Kingdom and is an independent artist. The new album is produced and arranged by NATG herself with the music set to a number of short stories.
The latest song from the album that NATG is promoting is called Alive and features a cool animated music video. NATG has a fresh new and original sound with various styles. She is showing a wonderful versatility to her music and she appears to be enjoying every minute her comeback.
NATG has some Maltese background and was the special guest in the 2008 Malta Song For Europe final where she sang a duet with Chiara and a rousing version of Angel (2005 ESC Malta).
She is currently in Australia promoting her album and is also working on her autobiography which should make very interesting reading.
‘Pictures Of Mars’ is available to purchase on digital platforms such as iTunes or stream on Spotify. A CD can also be purchased by emailing natgnatg888@gmail.com. For more information about NATG check out www.natgofficial.com.
Sebastian from the official music video of ‘Escape’
Sebastian Calleja has released a hot summer single which is perfect for the dance floors and beaches. The song is entitled Escape. Sebastian has also released an official video clip to accompany the song. It starts with an elderly wife finding her husband has passed away and relives their lives when they were young and they ran away to be together.
Escape is composed by Jonas Gladnikoff, Michael James Down, Primoz Poglajen and Glen Vella (2011 ESC Malta).
Sebastian was the OGAE Eurovision winner in 2016 with his interpretation of Golden Boy (2015 ESC Israel – Nadav Guedj). He also recently got to be on stage at a special concert to celebrate the St. Sebastian Feast in Qormi, Malta with Ruslana (2004 ESC Ukraine winner) and Claudia Faniello (2017 ESC Malta) and other including a live Pinto Philharmonic Orchestra band.
Escape is available to purchase or stream through most digital outlets such as iTunes and Spotify.
