1994 – KEEP ME IN MIND – MIKE SPITERI = 1 CD
1995 – MORE THAN LOVE – CHRIS & MOIRA = 1 CD
1996 – IN A WOMAN’S HEART – MIRIAM CHRISTINE = 1 CD
1997 – LET ME FLY – DEBBIE SCERRI = 1 CD
1998 – THE ONE THAT I LOVE – CHIARA = 2 CD’S
1999 – BELIEVE ‘N PEACE – TIMES THREE = 1 CD
2000 – DESIRE – CLAUDETTE = 1 CD
2001 – ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT – FABRIZIO FANIELLO = 1 CD
2002 – 7TH WONDER – IRA LOSCO = 1 CD
2003 – TO DREAM AGAIN – LYNN = 1 CD
2004 – ON AGAIN … OFF AGAIN – JULIE & LUDWIG = 2 CD’S
2005 – ANGEL – CHIARA = 1 CD
2006 – I DO – FABRIZIO FANIELLO = 1 CD
2007 – VERTIGO – OLIVIA LEWIS = 1 CD
2008 – VODKA – MORENA = 1 CD
2009 – WHAT IF WE – CHIARA = 1 CD
2010 – MY DREAM – THEA GARRETT = 2 CD’S
2011 – ONE LIFE – GLEN VELLA = 1 CD
2012 – THIS IS THE NIGHT – KURT CALLEJA = 1 CD
2013 – TOMORROW – GIANLUCA = 1 CD
2014 – COMING HOME – FIRELIGHT = 1 CD
2015 – WARRIOR – AMBER = 1 CD
2016 – WALK ON WATER – IRA LOSCO = 1 CD
Tag Archives: Malta
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Interview: Sebastian Calleja (winner of 2016 OGAEvision Song Contest)
Sebastian Calleja is a promising young singer from Malta and he recently won the 2016 OGAEvision Song Contest in Berlin, Germany. Here he talks to ESC Covers about that experience and his music.
Hello Sebastian. Congratulations on winning the OGAEvision Song Contest. Could you tell us how you got involved in this contest and what song you performed?
First of all thanks for this interview and for your praise I really appreciate. Well I got involved in this contest since the organizers contacted my mentor Glen Vella and told him about this contest and the organizers suggested me to represent Malta. I accepted this challenge and we really worked hard as a team. The song that I had represented my country Malta with was ‘Golden Boy’ originally sang by Nadav Guedj. We had chosen this song as my entry since it is an energetic song and we were looking for something different and the best song was ‘Golden Boy’.
Can you tell us a little about yourself and about any songs you have recorded?
I am 18 years old from the village of Hal Qormi in Malta. Currently I am a student of the Financial Services within MCAST college. Back in 2014 I had the privilege to represent my country in Sanremo Junior with the song ‘If Tomorrow Never Comes’ by Ronan Keating and also in the same year I had took part in Microfono D’Oro in Italy which I placed 2nd, one point away from of the first place, with another Eurovision entry ‘Era Stupendo’.
This year I was a resident singer on one of the most popular Maltese game shows called Hadd Ghalik presented by the talented Angie Laus, where I had record a lot of songs like ‘Karma Chameleon’, ‘Shake It’ and ‘Chasing The Sun’ performed with Glen Vella. Maybe those who would like to see and listen to some of my songs they are all uploaded on YouTube.
Are you a fan of Eurovision music? If so, what are your favourite Eurovision songs from the past?
Yes, I am a big Eurovision music fan There are a lot of songs which are my favourites but if I had to choose three songs;
- Nadav Guedj – Golden Boy (ESC 2015 Israel)
- Il Volo – Grande Amore (ESC 2015 Italy)
- Loreen – Euphoria (ESC 2012 Sweden)
Do you have plans to submit a song for the Maltese Eurovision selection in the future?
Yes, currently there are plans for the future for me to submit a song for the Maltese selection but we are still discussing it, so yes in the nearby future I will be submitting songs and hopefully they will pass for the Maltese Selection.
What do think of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest? Did you ever consider entering this when you were younger?
Junior Eurovision helps a lot of children to establish their talents on stage and this will help them for the future and to get more professional in their career.
If I had the chance yes I wanted to take part but unfortunately when I was younger and when I started my career Malta had stopped taking part for two years and then PBS had started to choose our entry by Internal Selection.
Have you participated in any other song festivals either in Malta or abroad?
Yes, as mentioned before I represented my country twice more abroad apart from the OGAEvision Song Contest in Germany.
I took part in Sanremo Junior where I had the privilege to perform with the live orchestra of Sanremo which was an unforgettable experience. I had performed the song originally sung by my idol Roan Keating where I had placed in fourth place among all the countries taking part.
Also in the same year 2014 I had been chosen to represent my country in Microfono d’oro in Mirandola Italy. Where I placed in second place with the song ‘Era stupendo’ one of the Eurovision entries back in 2008 which had represented Switzerland by the famous singer Paolo Meneguzzi.
Who are your musical influences?
So, my individual preferences which had left an impact on me in my singing career are Whitney Houston and Ronan Keating.
Anyway we wish you good luck with your career. Keep ESC Covers informed of your news about singing.
You can see Sebastian perform the OGAEvision Song contest song, Golden Boy, on Hadd Ghalik show in Malta below.
Source: ESC Covers
Christina Magrin will represent Malta at the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Malta recently held a national selection to find their competitor for the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest on their home ground on 20 November. 20 finalists took part performing a cover version song. The winning act was 13 years old, Christina Magrin, who performed a marvellous version of the Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand hit, No More Tears. Voting was 75% jury and 25% televoting.
The 20 finalists and cover songs were –
Miguel Bonello – Fifth Element, Diva Dance
Kira Copperstone – Listen
Dylan Curmi – See You Again
Francesca Dimech – Dear Future Husband
Layla Fitouri – And I Am Telling You
Fusion – In Love With A Monster
Francesca Grima – Titanium
Krista Hili – Glitter And Gold
Rachel Lowell – I Surrender
Kaylie Magri – When We Were Young
Christina Magrin – No More Tears
Eila Mangion – Listen
Cledia Micallef – Bring Him Home
Alexia Micallef – The Silence
Luana Mifsud – Wrecking Ball
Veronica Rotin – I Will Always Love You
Justine Shorfid – I’d Rather Go Blind
Lisa-Marie Tabone – At Last
Mariah-Nicola Vella – All I Ask
Chanelle Zarb – Hollow
The song for Christina for the 2016 JESC will be announced at a later date. In the meantime you can see her perform No More Tears below.
Source: tvm.com.mt; ESC Covers
EUROVISION 2016 -SONG REVIEWS – MALTA
Song 38: MALTA
(12th in the grand final : 153 points)
Artist: Ira Losco
Song: Walk on Water
Music and Lyric: Lisa Desmond, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Molly Pettersson Hammar, Ira Losco
Matt Muxu Mercieca dedicates special song ‘Pray’ to his late father
Matt Muxu Mercieca has dedicated a special song to his late father who passed away 10 years ago and it is also poignant to anyone who last someone special. The song is called Pray and features a lot of familiar Maltese singers with Muxu. He thanks Cyprian Cassar & Elton Zarb, who helped with the production, and also Rodney and Alexia from Three Wise Media for the filming and editing.
Some of the artists featured include Gaia Cauchi, Federica Falzon, Destiny Chukunyere, Amber, Maxine Pace, Christabelle, Deborah C, Franklin and other fine performers. Lots of these artists are familiar to the Malta Eurosong or Maltese Junior Eurovision singers.
Muxu is a singer/songwriter and has been involved in writing the winning Junior Eurovision songs for Gaia Cauchi (2013 – The Start) and Destiny (2015 – Not My Soul). He also wrote Warrior for Amber (2015 ESC Malta) and has written many songs for other singers.
You can the special video for Pray below.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/matt.m.mercieca; ESC Covers
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LONELY PLANET COMPETITION – ENTRY NUMBER TEN
How We Nearly Missed Eurovision
by Stuart McNaughton
My heart sank as I read the email from SAS. With just three weeks to go before Eurovision week in Stockholm, my flight from Malta to Stockholm (via Rome) had been changed, so that instead of a 6 hour flight, we would end up with a 13 hour flight via Copenhagen.
Given that we had booked the flights already seven months earlier, I lost my cool because this 13 hour connection meant that we would miss the first Jury show as our flight wouldn’t arrive until after 10pm. I forwarded the email to Niall, my friend in Australia, assuming he had the same issue because we were meeting up in Malta and then travelling Stockholm together.
It emerged he had the same issue, and that’s when I started to worry: would we get there? Would we have to buy more flights? How much would they cost with just three weeks to go? After some whatsapp chat, we agreed that it was best that I called SAS from London so I’m patiently waiting to be put through to an SAS Agent.
Sven finally comes on the line, speaking perfect English. There’s me on the line, blubbering, hollering, begging Sven to check the connections, to see if there’s an alternative to the 13 hour total journey time. No, explained Sven. The problem is due to an aircraft being taken out of service from Malta to Rome, therefore missing your connection to Stockholm. I understood this, I told him, but then I started to explain that I had booked these flights so long ago and to get this information so late in the day was so bad.
In the meantime, Niall was looking at alternative flights with other airlines: the cost was too high, the connection was too bad, or even worse than what SAS were coming back with. It was only at this time I realised how isolated Malta clearly was.
Sven provided an alternative route, which was only 15 minutes shorter than the 13 hour route. This is when I lost my temper. “Sven,” I said. “I didn’t want to have to tell you this, but the reason why I must get to Stockholm earlier is because I am part of the Maltese delegation for this year’s Eurovision.”
I heard tapping in the background, and Sven finally spoke: “Can I call you back? I may be able to do something, Mr. Stuart.” Hmph, I thought. My name isn’t Mr. Stuart, but let’s focus on the issue here: getting to Eurovision. I gave him my mobile number and, about an hour later, I get a call from a Danish number. I answer the call and it’s good and bad news: we still won’t get there in time for the jury show, but our flight time has been reduce to six hours with a flight via Frankfurt.
I was relieved, and thanked Sven. While the show had to go on, we would be arriving fashionably late, as members of the so-called Maltese delegation.
Federica Falzon launches her new song – ‘O Madonna tal-Gilju Hanina’
Federica Falzon represented Malta the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with her pop/opera style song Diamonds. She mesmerized audiences with her astonishing and mature vocals. Now Federica returns with a new song entitled O Madonna tal-Gilju Hanina.
The song is a prayer tribute for the feast of Our Lady of Lilies, in Mqabba in Malta, where the patron saint is the Assumption of St Mary. It is an upbeat pop song that once again showcases Federica’s unique and charming vocals. O Madonna tal-Gilju Hanina is composed by Elton Zarb, who wrote Diamonds for Federica, and Sunny Aquilina, who wrote The One That I Love for Chiara (1998 ESC Malta) and My Dream for Thea Garrett (2010 ESC Malta).d
O Madonna tal-Gilju Hanina was written especially to celebrate the 140 year anniversary of the band club in Mqabba and Federica was happy to give a special performance of the song at the village feast.
Source: ESC Covers
VOTE IN SECOND CHANCE CONTEST 2016
The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2016 kicked off on 1st of June and members of OGAE Rest of the World can still vote! We are now at the halftime – the deadline for send your vote is 30/06/2016 midnight CET.
To vote, you have to rate all the entries, giving them a point between 0 and 5, except the song No. 9 which represents Rest of the World (and of course, Hungary), so if you rate it, it doesn’t count…
We ask you to send your votes to escvotes@gmail.com until the deadline. If you vote, you’ll earn 10 points for 2017 Ticket List.
Here’s the playlist of this year’s 23 competitors:
The details of the songs:
01 Belgium I’m not lost Tom Frantzis
02 Belarus My universe NAPOLI
03 Ukraine Helpless The Hardkiss
04 Albania Liroje Zemrën Besa Krasniqi
05 Malta Golden Brooke
06 UK Shine a little light Bianca
07 Lithuania Leading me home Erica Jennings
08 Italy Cieli immensi Patty Pravo
09 Rest Of the World (Hungary) Who we are Kállay Saunders Band
10 Sweden Save me Wiktoria
11 Denmark Never Alone Anja Nissen
12 Austria I’ll be around Elly V
13 Latvia We will be stars MyRadiantU
14 Switzerland Half a smile Vincent Gross
15 Norway Laika The Hungry Hearts
16 Slovenia Črno bel Raiven
17 Estonia Supersonic Laura
18 Finland On it goes Mikael Saari
19 Israel Somebody out there Ella Daniel
20 Romania Behind the shadows Florena
21 Poland Cool me down Margaret
22 Germany Mystery of a blood red rose Avantasia
23 Spain La vida sólo es una María Isabel
02 Belarus My universe NAPOLI
03 Ukraine Helpless The Hardkiss
04 Albania Liroje Zemrën Besa Krasniqi
05 Malta Golden Brooke
06 UK Shine a little light Bianca
07 Lithuania Leading me home Erica Jennings
08 Italy Cieli immensi Patty Pravo
09 Rest Of the World (Hungary) Who we are Kállay Saunders Band
10 Sweden Save me Wiktoria
11 Denmark Never Alone Anja Nissen
12 Austria I’ll be around Elly V
13 Latvia We will be stars MyRadiantU
14 Switzerland Half a smile Vincent Gross
15 Norway Laika The Hungry Hearts
16 Slovenia Črno bel Raiven
17 Estonia Supersonic Laura
18 Finland On it goes Mikael Saari
19 Israel Somebody out there Ella Daniel
20 Romania Behind the shadows Florena
21 Poland Cool me down Margaret
22 Germany Mystery of a blood red rose Avantasia
23 Spain La vida sólo es una María Isabel
2016 EUROVISION – FINAL RESULT
26 – Germany = 11 points
25 – The Czech republic = 41 points
24 – United Kingdom = 62 points
23 – Croatia = 73 points
22 – Spain = 77 points
21 – Cyprus = 96 points
20 – Georgia = 104 points
19 – Hungary = 108 points
18 – Serbia = 115 points
17 – Azerbaijan = 117 points
16 – Italy = 124 points
15 – Latvia = 132 points
14 – Israel = 135 points
13 – Austria = 151 points
12 – Malta = 153 points
11 – The Netherlands = 153 points
10 – Belgium = 181 points
09 – Lithuania = 200 points
08 – Poland = 229 points
07 – Armenia = 249 points
06 – France = 257 points
05 – Sweden = 261 points
04 – Bulgaria = 307 points
03 – Russia = 491 points
02 – Australia = 511 points
01 – Ukraine = 543 points
2016 RESULTS – SEMI FINAL ONE
18 – Estonia = 24 points
17 – Moldova = 33 points
16 – Greece = 44 points
15 – Finland = 51 points
14 – Iceland = 51 points
13 – Montenegro = 60 points
12 – San Marino = 68 points
11 – Bosnia & Herzegovina = 104 points
10 – Croatia = 133 points
09 – The Czech republic = 161 points
08 – Cyprus = 164 points
07 – Austria = 170 points
06 – Azerbaijan = 185 points
05 – The Netherlands = 197 points
04 – Hungary = 197 points
03 – Malta = 209 points
02 – Armenia = 243 points
01 -Russia = 342 points