PL congratulates Kevin Borg

The Labour Party has congratulated Maltese singer Kevin Borg who yesterday won the Swedish Pop Idol contest gaining a prestigious contract with a record company. In a statement, spokesman for youth Owen Bonnici said that Kevin's enormous success should...

The Labour Party has congratulated Maltese singer Kevin Borg who yesterday won the Swedish Pop Idol contest gaining a prestigious contract with a record company.

In a statement, spokesman for youth Owen Bonnici said that Kevin's enormous success should make the Maltese and Gozitans proud of Malta’s artistic abilities.

Keving competed against Alice Svensson in the finals yesterday before a crowd of 15,000 people at the Globe Arena in Stockholm.

Some 8,000 contestants had entered the contest.

The first audition was held in March and was followed by another four within a few weeks which saw the field narrowed to 16. Another phase of the contest in the Canary Islands saw the public eliminating another six contestants.

The final two contestants were selected in weekly TV shows which saw Kevin singing songs such as Gimmie Gimmie, Gimmie, Footloose, Living on a Prayer, Nathalie, All I wanna do is make love to you and Lyssna till ditt hjarta.

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