Four of the year's top 10 entertainment stories uploaded on Times of Malta focus on the yearly Eurovision Song Contest, confirming Malta's infatuation with the yearly kitsch fest.
These are the most read stories of 2018:
1. Christabelle will represent Malta in Eurovision Song Contest
Christabelle's triumph with Taboo shot up to the top of the entertainment stories for 2018. And it was no surprise!
2. Israel's 'chicken song' wins Eurovision - Malta last in Thursday televoting
Israel's Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon on Saturday, bringing Israel its fourth victory in the glitzy pageant.
3. Italian TV presenter Fabrizio Frizzi dead at 60
The much-loved Italian television presenter Fabrizio Frizzi died after suffering a brain haemorrhage.
4. Swedish DJ Avicii dead at 28
Avicii was one of the world's most popular DJs, earning two Grammy nominations and headlining some of the world's biggest music festivals.
DJ Avicii performs during a concert at Brooklyn's Barclay's Center in New York.5. Christabelle's Eurovision song video tips its hat to Mad Max
As a woman cowers before an imposing warrior-like figure, Christabelle enters the arena and helps her to her feet, before facing down her own adversary... and everyone watched it.
6. Cyprus impresses at first Eurovision semi-final
Cyprus impressed in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
7. Emma returns to Malta following Amici elimination, saying 'Never give up!'
It was a chaotic scene at the Luqa airport, with scores of fans screaming Emma’s name as she came out following her successful participation in the Italian TV programme.
8. Isle of MTV 2018 line-up revealed
Well, the concert does draw tens of thousands of people after all.
9. Musician Tony 'Bayzo' Camilleri passes away, aged 70
Farewell to the singer who rose to prominence with The Malta Bums in the 1960s and again in rock opera Ġensna.
10. Elton John storms offstage as fan tries to touch him
And of course the fan was swiftly escorted from the venue...