Kurt Calleja was beaming and couldn't quite believe it as Malta qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest last night. (Video and story at http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120524/local/this-was-the-night.421170 )

It's like a dream come true...it's such a great experience, I'm speechless" Calleja told eurovision.tv

"I'm looking forward to Saturday, hopefully the whole of Europe will appreciate what we did."

Meanwhile, it was announced that Malta's entry will be the 21st to take the stage tomorrow. The UK's entry will be the first and Moldova will be last at 26th. The Russian Grannies will be the sixth in the running order.

See the reaction by all of yesterday's qualifiers below.

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