Tonight, Malta will conclude its selection for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. After eight semi finals, the 56 entries in the competition were narrowed down to 20 and these will be performed in Malta Song for Europe tonight. The winning act will become Malta's 22nd entrant in the contest.
The show
The show to be broadcast on TVM will start at 20:40 CET and it will be hosted by Valerie Vella and Pablo Micallef at the Malta Fairs & Convention Centre in Ta' Qali. A total of 20 songs by 20 different acts will be presented and the winner is to be chosen in two rounds of voting. In the first round, an expert jury will select the top three songs and in the second round, televoting alone will decide the eventual winner.
Webcast
Awebcastisprovided here.
Participants
- The Elements – Ha hi hu (Carm Fenech)
- J. Anvil – Choose your number (Augusto Cardinali/Giovann Attard)
- Baklava – Kamikaze lover (Philip Vella/Gerard J. Borg)
- Wayne Micallef – Where I belong (Wayne Micallef/Luke Ambrogio)
- Vittorio & Dorothy – Promises (Chan Vella/Alexia Schembri)
- Classic Rebels – Tonight at the opera (Ralph Siegel/Bernd Meinunger as 'John O'Flynn')
- Rosman Pace – One million ways (Rosman Pace)
- Q – Before you walk away (Paul Giordimaina/Fleur Balzan)
- Chiara – What if we (Marc Paelinck/Gregory Bilsen)
- Jamie Tonna – Where was I? (Jason Paul Cassar/Mario J. Farrugia)
- Christine Barbara – Life is an opera (Rita Pace)
- Eleanor Cassar – Someday (Paul Giordimaina/Fleur Balzan)
- Kylie Coleiro – Let it shine (Andrew Zahra/Joe Julian Farrugia)
- Raquela – Crossroads (Philip Vella/Gerard J. Borg)
- Georgina & Ruth Casingena – Avalon (Paul Abela/Joe Julian Farrugia)
- Alison Ellul – Typical me (Philip Vella/Gerard J. Borg)
- Trilogy – The song in your heart (Paul Abela/Joe Julian Farrugia)
- Claudia Faniello – Blue sonata (Ray Agius)
- Klinsmann – Butterfly sky (Klinsmann Coleiro/Joe Julian Farrugia)
- Miriam Christine – Mama (Miram Christine Warner)
Your opinion
You can vote for your favourite in the show here.
Morena represented Malta in the second semi final in Belgrade, where she finished 14th with Vodka. The country will take part in the first semi final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest on 12th May.
