The 20 semi-finalists in this years Malta Eurovision Song Contest have been announced. The reveal took place live on Xarabank last night with the 20 semi-finalists performing a short snippet of their song.
There are a number of familiar names taking part in this years contest, Glen Vella (2011 Eurovision participant) returns along with Gianluca Bezzina (2013 Eurovision participant) who will perform with his family as part of L-Aħwa. Furthermore Daniel Testa who represented Malta at Junior Eurovision in 2008 and finished 2nd in last years MESC is back, while Franklin returns for another go with a song penned by the 2009 Eurovision winner Alexander Rybak.
The semi final will take place on November 21st, with 14 finalists competing in the final on November 22nd.
The 20 semi-finalists are:
- Glen Vella – Breakaway (Kevin Borg & Simon Gribbe)
- Trilogy – Chasing a Dream (Paul Abela & Joe Julian Farrugia)
- Karen DeBattista – 12, Baker Street ( Jan Van Dijck & Emil Calleja Bayliss)
- Franklin – Still Here (Alexander Rybak)
- Deborah C – It’s OK (Elton Zarb & Matthew Mercieca)
- Ekklesia – Love and Let Go (Philip Vella)
- Lawrence Gray – The One That You Love (Elton Zarb & Lawrence Gray)
- Amber – Warrior (Elton Zarb & Matthew Mercieca)
- Daniel Testa – Something in the Way (Mins Ek & Charlie Mason)
- Jessika – Fandango (Philip Vella & Gerard James Borg)
- Christabelle – Rush (Elton Zarb & Matthew Mercieca)
- Chris Grech – Closed Doors (Chris Grech, Edward Mifsud, Peter Borg & David Cassar Torregiani)
- L-Aħwa – Beautiful to Me (Erik & Anjou)
- Raquel Galdes – Stop Haunting Me (Elton Zarb & Matthew Mercieca)
- Danica Muscat – Close Your Eyes (Elton Zarb & Emil Calleja Bayliss)
- Lyndsay Pace – Home (Boris Cezek)
- Corazon – Secretly (Corazon)
- Iona Dalli – Could Have Been Me (Philip Vella)
- Domenique – Take Me as I Am (Adrian O’Connor)
- Minik – Once in a While (Elton Zarb & Rita Pace)
