EurovisionMalta.com : Malta Song for Europe 2005
The Malta Song for Europe 2005 final was held on Saturday 19th February and the winner will represent Malta at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest.
Chiara will be representing Malta in the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Kiev, Ukraine on May 21st. This will be the second Eurovision Song Contest for Chiara, following her successful participation in 1998 when she placed 3rd. Her self-penned song, Angel, garnered a total of 11,935 votes during the final night of the Malta Song for Europe. Olivia Lewis placed second with Déjà vu, written by Gerard James Borg with music by Philip Vella. The song obtained 11,369 votes. J. Anvil placed third with You, composed by Augusto Cardinali with words by John Attard. The song received 5,903 votes.
The top songs in the Malta Song for Europe 2005 festival were chosen by public televoting. Here's a full list of the 10 songs that received the highest amount of televotes from the public, as announced on the final night:
Sunshine in Your Eyes Keith Camilleri
The Angels are Tired Manuel
Angel Chiara
Don't Stop the Party Ali & Lis
Déjà vu Olivia Lewis
You J Anvil
Addio Ciao Aldo Busuttil
Play On Pamela
Appreciate Glen Vella
He Eleonor CassarThe sub-final of the 2005 Song for Europe Festival was held on Saturday 8th January at the Golden Tulip Vivaldi Hotel in St. Julian's. All 50 songs in the sub-final were heard twice, first on CD and then the singers performed the songs live.
In the final contest, singers can only perform one song. If a singer has more than one song that qualifies to the final contest, the song that obtains the highest number of points at the sub-final will be the one they perform at the final. The other song/s would have to be either (a) withdrawn from the competition by their composer or (b) presented to another singer.
Here are the songs in order of appereance during the final contest.
Song | Sub-final Performer/s | Final Performer | Composer/s | Lyricist/s | ||
play | 01 | Love
Is The Reason |
Charlene and Natasha | Charlene and Natasha | J."Salle" Sahlin, Johan Bejerholm & Deo Grech | |
play | 02 | He | Eleonor Cassar | Eleonor Cassar | Ralph Siegel | John O'Flynn |
play | 03 | Dont Tell It | Fabrizio Faniello | Fabrizio Faniello | Paul Abela | Georgina Abela |
play | 04 | One Life | Glen & Gunther | Gunther | Glen & Gunther | Gunther Chetcuti |
play | 05 | Addio Ciao | Aldo Busuttil | Aldo Busuttil | Ralph Siegel | John O'Flynn |
play | 06 | Sunshine In Your Eyes | Keith Camilleri | Keith Camilleri | Ralph Siegel | John O'Flynn |
play | 07 | Dont' Stop The Party | Ali & Lis | Ali & Lis | Ralph Siegel | John O'Flynn |
play | 08 | Time To Fall In Love Again | Louisanne Tate | Louisanne Tate | Ralph Siegel | John O'Flynn |
play | 09 | Deja Vu | Olivia Lewis | Olivia Lewis - 2nd Place | Philip Vella | Gerard James Borg |
play | 10 | The Sky Is The Limit | Rosman Pace | Rosman Pace | Jorden Milnes | Andrew Moulds |
play | 11 | Words Of Love | Pamela & Fiona | Nadine & Fiona | Paul Giordimaina | Fleur Balzan |
play | 12 | Through Your Eyes | Eleonor Cassar | Justine | Renato Briffa | Doris Chetcuti |
play | 13 | Holding Me Down | Karen Polidano | Karen Polidano | Konrad Pule | John P.Casaletto |
play | 14 | There For You | WITHDRAWN: Fabrizio Faniello sang Once Again by P. & G.Abela | Leontine & Roger | Paul Abela | Georgina Abela |
play | 15 | We Can Do Better | Romina Mamo,
Neville Refalo and Rachel Fabri |
R.Mamo, N.Refalo, R.Fabri | Carm Fenech | Carm Fenech |
play | 16 | It's Up To You | The Mics | The Mics | Wayne Micallef | Richard Micallef |
play | 17 | Angel | Chiara | Chiara - WINNER | Chiara Siracusa | Chiara Siracusa |
play | 18 | Appreciate | Glen Vella | Glen Vella | Paul Giordimaina | Fleur Balzan |
play | 19 | Let's Make A Change | The Mics | Andreana & Christian | Wayne Micallef | Richard Micallef |
play | 20 | Play On | Pamela | Pamela | Paul Giordimaina | Fleur Balzan |
play | 21 | You | J. Anvil | J. Anvil - 3rd Place | Augusto Cardinali | John Attard |
play | 22 | The Angels Are Tired | WITHDRAWN:
Chiara sang Marc Paelinck's Sail Away |
Manuel | Ralph Siegel | John O'Flynn |
Read Toni Sant's comments about this year's finalists
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