Former Eurovision winners Miriam-Christine and Fabrizio Faniello were among those eliminated in the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest Malta last night.

The concert, presented by PBS at the MFCC in Ta’ Qali saw 20 songs fight it out for the 14 places in today’s final night.

The winners were: One Last Ride - Daniel Testa; Take Me – Pamela; Because I have you – Amber; Let the sunshine in – Sophie; Hypnotica – Jessica; Love will take you home – Franklin; Oblivion - Chris Grech; Lovetricity - Christabelle Borg; Some kind of Wonderful - Wayne William; City Lady - Ryan Paul Vella; Until we meet again - Deborah C; Brand new day – Davinia; Coming home - Fire Light and Pin in the Middle - De Bee.

The eliminated singers were Andreana Debattista, Fabrizio, Miriam Christine, Corazon, Romina Mamo and Raquela.

The show was opened by all the participants singing extracts of past Malta Eurovision winning songs.

Last year’s winner Gianluca then came on stage singing his own song, accompanied by another former winner, Ira Losco. The two co-presented the show with Moira Delia.

The winning song of last year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Teardrops, was then performed on stage by Emmelie de Forest and the show got under way.

The verdict was delivered party by televoting and partly by a jury composed of two Maltese and representatives of the Eurovision delegations to Russia, San Marino and Ukraine.

Guest performances were also given by Red Electrick, The Crowns and Ukrainian  Eurovision representative Maria Yaremchuck.

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