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Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Malta
National selection
Selection processThe GO Malta Eurosong 2010
Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
9 December 2009
16 December 2009
23 December 2009
30 December 2009
6 January 2010
13 January 2010
Final:
20 February 2010
Selected artist(s)Thea Garrett
Selected song"My Dream"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (12th, 45 points)
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2009 • 2010 • 2011►

Malta selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 on February 2010 in The GO Malta EuroSong 2010 competition, organised by the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), the Maltese broadcaster. At the final of the contest held on 20 February Thea Garrett was chosen by jury and televoting to represent Malta with the song "My Dream", written by Jason Paul Cassar and Sunny Aquilina.[1][2]

Before Eurovision

In November 2009, it was announced that plans for the competition were paralysed by legal disputes between PBS and Grace Borg, former chairwoman of the Maltese Eurovision selection. Despite this the Maltese Head of Delegation, Joe Dimech, has denied that the whole national selection process was in danger, and that PBS were consulting legal advice.

New dates for the national selection were to be made after missing their planned start date of 9 November 2009 for the first stage of the contest.[3][4] On 18 November 2009, a Maltese court ruled in favour of PBS, in that they could prohibit foreign composers from competing in The GO Malta EuroSong 2010, finally allowing the Maltese selection process to continue. This, however, caused some criticism especially from Grace Borg.[5][6][7]

The GO Malta Eurosong 2010

The GO Malta Eurosong 2010 was the national final format developed by PBS to select the Maltese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The competition consisted of six semi-finals held between 9 December 2009 and 13 January 2010 during the new TVM show L-Isfida (The Challenge), and the final on 20 February 2010. The semi-finals took place at the Audiovision Studios in Hamrun and hosted by Claudette Pace, while the final took place at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in the nation's capital city of Valletta and hosted by Keith Demicoli and Pauline Agius with backstage commentary and interviews by Owen Bonnici. All shows were broadcast on Television Malta (TVM).[8][9]

Format

The competition consisted of thirty-six songs competing over six semi-finals held weekly between 9 December 2009 and 13 January 2010 where the top twenty entries qualified to compete in the final on 20 February 2010.[10][11] Five international judges evaluated the songs during the semi-finals and each judge had an equal stake in the result. The results of the public televote and SMS vote each had a weighting equal to the votes of a single judge.[12] In the final, the jury and the public televote each had an equal stake in the final result.[13]

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries between 1 and 30 October 2009.[13] Artists and songwriters required to be Maltese or possess Maltese citizenship. Artists were able to submit as many songs as they wished, however, they could only compete with a maximum of one in the semi-finals. 123 entries were received by the broadcaster, and an international jury assessed the songs between 2 and 4 December 2009. The thirty-six songs selected to compete in the semi-finals were announced on 4 December 2009.[14][15]

Among the selected competing artists was former Maltese Eurovision entrant Mike Spiteri who represented Malta in 1995 and Miriam Christine who represented Malta in 1996.[16] The running order for the semi-finals were announced on 4 December 2009.

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 9 December 2009. Public televoting was open from the end of the show until 12 December 2009 at 16:30 CET.[17]

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Raquela "Here I Am" Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg Eliminated
2 Ally "Curiosity" Elton Zarb, Gerard James Borg Eliminated
3 Richard Edwards "Change" Richard Micallef Eliminated
4 Foxy Federation "Fired Up" Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg Finalist
5 Klinsmann "Her Name Was Anne" Jonathan Spiteri, Klinsmann Coleiro, Aldo Spiteri Finalist
6 J.Anvil "Mirage" Andrew Zahra, Deo Grech Eliminated
Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 16 December 2009. Public televoting was open from the end of the show until 19 December 2009 at 16:30 CET.[18]

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Aldo Busuttil "Pizzicato" Philip Vella, Alfred C. Sant Eliminated
2 Claudia Faniello "Samsara" Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg Finalist
3 Claire Galea "Ole Satchmo Blues" Claire Galea, Erin Stewart Tanti, Claire Galea Finalist
4 Godwin Lucas & Eve Daly "The Best Years" Carm Fenech Eliminated
5 Josef Tabone "Who Cares?" Elton Zarb, Rita Pace Eliminated
6 Glen Vella "Just a Little More Love" Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan Finalist
Semi-final 3

The third semi-final took place on 23 December 2009. Public televoting was open from the end of the show until 26 December 2009 at 16:30 CET.[19]

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Miriam Christine "Beautiful Contradiction" Miriam Christine, Gerard James Borg Eliminated
2 Thea Garrett "My Dream" Jason Paul Cassar, Sunny Aquilina Finalist
3 Tiziana Calleja "Words are Not Enough" John David Zammit, Paul Callus Finalist
4 Eleanor Spiteri "Velvet Ocean" Paul Abela, Joe Julian Farrugia Finalist
5 Francesca Borg "I Surrender" Dominic Cini, Mario J. Caruana Eliminated
6 Eleanor Cassar "Choices" Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan Finalist
Semi-final 4

The fourth semi-final took place on 30 December 2009. Public televoting was open from the end of the show until 2 January 2010 at 16:30 CET.[20]

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Audrey Marie Bartolo "Good Intentions" Miriam Christine, Rita Pace Finalist
2 Wayne Micallef "Save A Life" Wayne Micallef Finalist
3 Ryan Dale & Duminka "One For You" Ryan Dale, Jon Lukas Finalist
4 Mike Spiteri "Twenty Thousand Leagues" Ray Agius, Alfred C. Sant Eliminated
5 Cynthia Attard "If I Knew" Miriam Christine, Gerard James Borg Eliminated
6 Dario Bezzina "Grave Dancers" Chan Vella, Alexia Schembri Eliminated
Semi-final 5

The fifth semi-final took place on 6 January 2010. Public televoting was open from the end of the show until 9 January 2010 at 16:30 CET.[21]

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Petra Zammit "All I Need" Andrew Zammit, Keith Zammit Finalist
2 Pamela Bezzina "Hold On" Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan Finalist
3 Nadine Axisa & Clifford Galea "Once in a Lifetime" Jason Paul Cassar, Mario Farrugia Finalist
4 Priscilla & Kurt "Waterfall" Mark Debono, Rita Pace Finalist
5 Baklava "Euphoria" Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg Eliminated
6 Rosman Pace "Hypnotized" Rosman Pace Eliminated
Semi-final 6

The sixth semi-final took place on 13 January 2010. Public televoting was open from the end of the show until 16 January 2010 at 16:30 CET.[22]

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Ruth Portelli "Three Little Words" Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg Finalist
2 Roger Tirazona "Silver Rain" Paul Abela, Joe Julian Farrugia Eliminated
3 Jessica Muscat "Fake" Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg Eliminated
4 Silver Clash "Broken" Robert Parde Finalist
5 Lawrence Gray "Stories" Ray Agius, Godwin Sant Finalist
6 Dorothy Bezzina "Moments" Chan Vella, Alexia Schembri Finalist

Final

The final took place on 20 February 2010. The running order for the final was announced on 17 January 2010.[23] The twenty entries that qualified from the semi-finals were performed again and the votes of a five-member jury panel (50%) and the results of public televoting (50%) determined the winner.[24] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show also featured guest performances by 1992 Maltese Eurovision entrant Mary Spiteri, 2008 Armenian Eurovision entrant Sirusho and 1998, 2005 and 2009 Maltese Eurovision entrant Chiara.[25] After the votes from the jury panel and televote were combined, "My Dream" performed by Thea Garrett was the winner.[1][2]

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Dorothy Bezzina "Moments" 21 6 27 10
2 Foxy Federation "Fired Up" 0 9 9 18
3 Lawrence Gray "Stories" 21 12 33 7
4 Eleanor Spiteri "Velvet Ocean" 25 14 39 5
5 Claudia Faniello "Samsara" 3 28 31 8
6 Thea Garrett "My Dream" 54 48 102 1
7 Priscilla & Kurt "Waterfall" 6 13 19 12
8 Nadine Axisa & Clifford Galea "Once in a Lifetime" 7 12 19 12
9 Glen Vella "Just a Little More Love" 28 30 58 2
10 Audrey Marie Bartolo "Good Intentions" 7 3 10 17
11 Klinsmann "Her Name Was Anne" 10 16 26 11
12 Claire Galea "Ole Satchmo Blues" 3 6 9 18
13 Wayne Micallef "Save a Life" 27 9 36 6
14 Petra Zammit "All I Need" 7 7 14 15
15 Ryan Dale & Duminka "One for You" 7 6 13 16
16 Eleanor Cassar "Choices" 5 11 16 14
17 Silver Clash "Broken" 0 5 5 20
18 Tiziana Calleja "Words Are Not Enough" 13 32 45 3
19 Ruth Portelli "Three Little Words" 19 12 31 8
20 Pamela Bezzina "Hold On" 27 13 40 4

Promotion

Thea Garrett took part in a wide promotional tour on April, in order to promote her Eurovision entry "My Dream". Her tour will begin on 15 April, where she visited Slovakia, appearing on a national breakfast show and on a state radio station. Afterwards she visited the Netherlands, performing at the "Eurovision in Concert" festival in Zaanstad on 24 April. Afterwards she flew to Belgium, where she performed on the "Studio TVL" show on regional TV channel TV Limburg and at a Eurovision party in Antwerp.[26]

Garrett also recorded a Maltese version of "My Dream", entitled "Ħolma" (Dream).[26]

Meanwhile, as of 24 April, Eurovision commentator Valerie Vella will host "Euromix" on PBS, which will preview the video-clips of the 39 Eurovision entries.[26]

At Eurovision

Malta competed in the first semi-final of the contest, on 25 May, and failed to qualify to the final..

Split results

  • In the Semi-final 1 Malta came 12th with 45 points: the public awarded Malta 12th place with 40 points and the jury awarded 7th place with 66 points.

Points awarded by Malta[27]

Points awarded to Malta (Semi-final 1)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Webb, Glen (20 February 2010). "Thea Garrett takes the Maltese ticket to Oslo!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b Floras, Stella (21 February 2010). "Malta sends Thea Garrett to Eurovision". ESCToday. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  3. ^ Hondal, Victor (7 November 2009). "Malta selection process paralysed". ESCToday. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. ^ Calleja Bayliss, Marc (6 November 2009). "Eurosong 2010 procedure postponed". ESCMalta.com. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  5. ^ Viniker, Barry (18 November 2009). "PBS wins court case in Malta". ESCToday. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Grace Borg loses case for festival rule change". Oikotimes. 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  7. ^ Viniker, Barry (31 August 2009). "Grace Borg attacks Malta selection... again". ESCToday. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  8. ^ Klier, Marcus (8 December 2009). "Malta Song for Europe semi final allocation". ESCToday. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  9. ^ Klier, Marcus (8 January 2010). "Three hosts for Maltese national final revealed". ESCToday. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  10. ^ Klier, Marcus (9 September 2009). "Malta: Talent search will be part of national selection". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  11. ^ Klier, Marcus (16 January 2010). "Results: 20 acts qualified in Malta". ESCToday. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  12. ^ "MALTESE SEMI-FINALS 2010".
  13. ^ a b Siim, Jarmo (1 October 2009). "Malta chooses in February". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  14. ^ Floras, Stella (19 November 2009). "http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14513". ESCToday. Retrieved 19 November 2009. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  15. ^ "PBS gets 123 entries, national final on 20/2". Oikotimes. 19 November 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  16. ^ Hondal, Victor (4 December 2009). "These are the 36 Maltese semifinalists". ESCToday. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  17. ^ Klier, Marcus (9 December 2009). "Live: First semi final in Malta". ESCToday. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  18. ^ Klier, Marcus (16 December 2009). "Live: Second semi final in Malta". ESCToday. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  19. ^ Klier, Marcus (23 December 2009). "Live: Third semi final in Malta". ESCToday. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  20. ^ Klier, Marcus (30 December 2009). "Live: Fourth Semi final in Malta". ESCToday. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  21. ^ Klier, Marcus (6 January 2010). "Live: Fifth semi final in Malta". ESCToday. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  22. ^ Klier, Marcus (13 January 2010). "Live: Sixth semi final in Malta". ESCToday. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  23. ^ Klier, Marcus (17 January 2010). "Malta: The running order for the final". ESCToday. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  24. ^ Webb, Glen (16 January 2010). "Maltese finalists announced!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  25. ^ Montebello, Edward (21 February 2010). "Sirusho to guest star at Maltese Final". ESCToday. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  26. ^ a b c Montebello, Edward (9 April 2010). "Thea Garrett to kick-off with her promo tour". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  27. ^ Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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