The 36 songs taking part in the Maltese national selection for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest have been drawn into six semi finals. The first semi final will be held tomorrow with the first six acts competing.

The line-up of the six semi finals:

1st semi final, 9th December

1. Raquela – Here I am
2. Ally – Curiosity
3. Richard Edwards – Change
4. Foxy Federation – Fired up
5. Klinsmann – Her name was Anne
6. J. Anvil – Mirage

2nd semi final, 16th December

1. Aldo Busuttil – Pizzicato
2. Claudia Faniello – Sumsara
3. Claire Galea – Ole Satchmo blues
4. Godwin Lucas & Eve Darly – The best years
5. Josef Tabone – Who cares?
6. Glen Vella – Just a little more love

3rd semi final, 23rd December

1. Miriam Christine – Beautiful contradiction
2. Thea Garrett – My dream
3. Tiziana Calleja – Words are not enough
4. Eleanor Spiteri – Velvet ocean
5. Frencesca Borg – I surrender
6. Eleanor Cassar – Choices

4th semi final, 30th December

1. Audrey Marie Bartolo – Good intentions
2. Wayne Micallef – Save a life
3. Ryan Dale & Duminka – One for you
4. Mike Spiteri – Twenty thousand leagues
5. Cynthia Attard – If I knew
6. Dario Bezzina – Grave dancers
   
   

5th semi final, 6th January

1. Petra Zammit – All I need
2. Pamela Bezzina – Hold on
3. Nadine Axisa & Clifford Galea – Once in a lifetime
4. Priscilla & Kurt – Waterfall
5. Baklava – Euphoria
6. Rosman Pace – Hypnotized

6th semi final, 13th January

1. Ruth Portelli – Three little words
2. Roger Tirazona – Silver rain
3. Jessica Muscat – Fake
4. Silver Clash – Broken
5. Lawrence Gray – Stories
6. Dorothy Bezzina – Moments

In 2009, Malta was represented by Chiara, who finished sixth in the first semi final and 22nd in the grand final with her song What if we.