Francesca Zarb won first place at Il Tralcio D'Oro, a music festival held in Bari, Italy, which came to an end on Sunday.

Ms Zarb won with the song Amico Mio (My Friend), composed by Shan Vella and written by Christopher Azzopardi.

This is the first time in 17 years that the festival was not won by an Italian singer.

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