Malta Eurovision 2012
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Kurt Calleja wins Malta Eurovision 2012
Third time lucky, Kurt Calleja went from being a Eurovision fan to a Eurovision winner. Flanked by his band and his parents, Kurt, 22, told timesofmalta.com that had been a fan of the eurovision "since I was a kid" and although he had "aspired" for...
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Running commentary: Eurovision Malta final night
Christian: Good evening Malta! Kristina: And welcome to tonight’s Eurovision live blog! We promise we won’t use more exclamation marks, but we’re just thrilled to be here! Christian: I’m Christian Peregin and like most of you armchair critics at...
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Live Eurovision commentary for tonight's final
Timesofmalta.com will tonight bring you live minute-by-minute updates of the Eurovision Malta final where 16 shortlisted acts will compete for the top place to represent Malta at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Follow the live blog for...
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Glen Vella: One Life, One Year On
As most of the nation will be stuck to the telly tonight to see who will win the right to represent Malta at this year’s Eurovision, I caught up with last year’s winner Glen Vella. It’s been a year since a smiling, bouncing off the walls Glen was...
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Malta Eurovision finalist groupings announced
The sixteen singers who made it to the final leg of the Malta Eurovision song contest, to be held tonight at the MFCC, were announced yesterday. The singers will be grouped as follows, with the precise running order to be finalised later...
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Paul Giordimaina: That Malta wasn't in the finals last year was pure bad luck
You can say that Paul Giordimaina has experienced the Eurovision song contest from every possible point of view. Together with Georgina, he represented Malta in 1991 with the song Could It Be. The song made it to the sixth place. Then last year Paul...
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Eurovision: Tonight's Malta final to be broadcast live in Azerbaijan
The final of the Malta Eurovision song contest on this evening will be broadcast live in Baku, Azerbaijan. "This is the first time that the Malta Song Festival will be hosted in another participating country," said PBS Chairman, Joseph Mizzi who...
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Janice Mangion: We are too laid-back and we suffer from weak compositions
For Janice Mangion, this will be the very first Malta Eurovision Song Contest experience. The performer started taking a real interest in singing aged twelve: “I believe that the voice is a gift from God. You can strengthen it and work on it. But a...
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Romina Mamo: We shouldn't think we always have to win
Get ready to sizzle with this singer’s entry, called DNA, which she describes as very sexy, very modern and a total departure from the typical Malta Eurovision Song Contest entries we’re used to seeing. “It’s all about when two people connect...
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Richard Edwards: It's all about the silver lining
Richard Edwards is someone who definitely believes that overcoming obstacles only helps make you stronger. His song, Look At Me Now, is all about surviving a bad relationship and emerging a better, happier person. However, he tells me, it could...
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Friday, February 3, 2012
Idiots’ guide to Eurovision Malta
Twenty-four hopefuls take to the stage in tonight's semi-final which promises to be as wacky and tacky as ever. Christian Peregin and Waylon Johnston take a break from politics and court reporting to deal with the more urgent matter at hand: Who...
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Eurovision Humour: our predictions for tonight
Not that I feel that I can give Nostradamus a run for his money, but with events like the Malta Eurovision tending to follow a predictable, if amusing, path it would be very remiss of me not to oblige readers with a preview of what is likely to...
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All set for the Malta Eurovision Song Contest
PBS has transformed the Malta Fairs and Convention Centre (MFCC) in Ta' Qali into a hi-tech indoor arena for this year's Malta Eurovision Song Contest. The semi-final will be held tomorrow, Friday. On Saturday night, the finalists will battle it out...
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Isabelle: from backing vocals to contestant
Those of you who follow the Eurovision religiously will remember Isabelle from the team that went up to Dusseldorf last year – Isabelle lived the whole experience already when she accompanied Glen Vella for the big night. Before that, she was also a...
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Kaya: The feel-good factor Eurovision brings with it is high
The first time Kaya took part in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest was in 2000. Her first attempt can be defined a success: her song, Our Love, which was a duet with Kurt Calleja, finished third. Not bad going for a novice. Kaya is taking part again...
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Eurovision: On again, Off again
Malta’s flirtation with the Eurovision song contest has been a highly fickle one. One minute we’re raising the profile of our country’s Europop ambassador to the skies, the next we’re telling each other not to get our hopes up and that it’s more...
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Jessica Muscat: I have the whole package
From an early age, Jessica Muscat adored anything related to show-business: as a child, one her biggest pleasures involved watching Italian celebrity Heather Parisi strut her stuff on television. Today, she lists Lady Gaga as one of her favourite...
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Eurovision: Many claim not to follow it, but everyone does
His is definitely not a name we associate with the Malta Eurovision song contest. With artists like KISS, yes. With Eurowarblers like Dana International, no. So, is he trying to pull a Lordi on us here? Maybe... “What can I say, I found a very good...
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When you're at the Eurovision, it's impossible not to have fun
“Since the age of nine I’ve been a Malta Eurovision regular. My father used to take the whole family to the event, which was held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre. I have to confess that the first few years I was bored by the whole thing, but...
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Eurovision humour: day of the bloopers
Interviewing the contestants for the Malta Eurovision Song Contest is always great fun. The majority of them are invariably so excited/busy that they tend to get easily distracted, jumping from one sentence to another for all the world as though...