New problems have occured in Malta. Last night, several cities in Malta suffered from an electricity breakdown. The problems turned out to have been solved right before Chiara performed as 17th of 22 participants. The Maltese authors composers and singers organisation UKAM has made an official complaint.

Only 566 votes separated Chiara from runner-up Olivia Lewis in the results of last night's Malta Song for Europe festival. However, ten thousands of Maltese viewers have not been able to see the first 16 performances, including the one of Olivia Lewis, due to an electricity breakdown. An official complaint was submitted to the Maltasong Board before the voting started yesterday. Today, UKAM will release an official statement.

The Malta Song for Europe festival also faced other difficulties last night when one of the three Maltese phone companies needed a lot more time to deliver the results and the show overran. When the final results had been counted, Chiara was announced as the winner. Olivia Lewis finished second and J. Anvil third.

Five of the last six acts, starting with Chiara, reached the top 10 and several songs that were expected to reach the top 10 failed to do so, which could be an indication for the problems mentioned above. Esctoday.com has contacted the Maltasong Board and we are currently awaiting their reaction.

These are the detailed results of Malta Song for Europe 2005:

01 – 11.935 votes | Chiara – Angel
02 – 11.369 votes | Olivia Lewis – Deja vu
03 – 5.903 votes | J. Anvil – Angel
04 – 4.603 votes | Keith Camilleri – Sunshine in your eyes
05 – 3.561 votes | Aldo Busuttil – Addio ciao
06 – 3.358 votes | Glen – Appreciate
07 – 2.526 votes | Manuel – The angels are tired
08 – 2.525 votes | Ali and Lis – Don't stop the party
09 – 2.232 votes | Pamela – Play on
10 – 2.026 votes | Eleonor Cassar – He
11 – 1.657 votes | Nadine & Fiona -Words of love
12 – 1.574 votes | Fabrizio Faniello – Don't tell it
13 – 1.454 votes Charlene and Natasha – Love is the reason
14 – 1.450 votes | Louiseann Tate – Time to fall in love again
15 – 1.421 votes | Gunther – One life
16 – 992 votes | Andreana & Christian – Lets make a change
17 – 847 votes | Leontine & Roger – There for you
18 – 714 votes | Karen Polidano – Holding me down
19 – 711 votes | Justine – Through your eyes
20 – 679 votes | Rosman Pace – The sky is the limit
21 – 666 votes | The Mics – It's up to you
22 – 654 votes | Romina, Neville & Rachel – We can do better