From eurovision.tv:

 

Xarabank, the most watched programme on Television Malta, featured the announcement of the Maltese national semi-finalists last night. During the show, the qualifying artists and their songs were presented one by one. This is the list of entries, in alphabetic order:

 

Betrayed - Davinia Pace

Dress Rehearsal - Saska Hunt

Fall Like Rome - Richard Edwards

Fantasy - Danica Muscat

In Control - Amber

Keep Believing - Raquela

Let Your Heart Talk - Franklin Calleja

Love-o-Holic - Deborah C

Loverdose - Melanie Zammit

My Stranger Love - Corazon Mizzi

Needing You - Kevin Borg

Never Walk Away - Chris Grech

No One's Home - Petra

Perfect Day - Janice Debattista

Starting From The End - Dorothy Bezzina

Superstar - Scar

The Remedy - Klinsmann

Tides of Illusion - Ylenia Vella

Tomorrow - Gianluca Bezzina

Too Little Too Late - Domenique Azzopardi

Ultraviolet - Jessica Muscat

Us Against the World - Gianni Zammit

When It's Time - Claudia Faniello

Wonderful Today - Petra/Richard Edwards

 

On February 1st, all 24 acts will compete in a national semi-final, where 16 of them will get a ticket for the national final, to be held on February 2nd.

Edited March 21, 201312 yr by Ryan.

The semi-final is currently taking place in Malta, and by the end of tonight we will know the 16 finalists who will take part in the final tomorrow night!

It seems a little pointless to only lose 6 songs tonight, why not just make it the final with all 24?

I feel like I've been watching this semi final for about a month, and we're only half way through the songs :drama: Claudia Faniello by far the strongest so far...

I've just tuned in, apparently it started over 2 and a half hours ago! :o We could be going until midnight at this rate!

It'll be gone midnight before this ends!

I lasted until about song 5, around the time of the Charlene Tilton lookalike. There was only so far I could go before losing the will to live!

Whoever came up with the concept for this NF is obviously not familiar with the phrase "quality over quantity". We could have done without at least 12 of these songs so far.

After last night’s semi final, a draw took place at the press conference, where they drew who of the 16 qualifiers will open the show, and who is going to close it. Today, the full running order of tonight’s show has been announced, and it is as follows:

 

1. Scar – Superstar

2. Dorothy Bezzina – Starting From The End

3. Corazon – My Stranger Love

4. Jessika – Ultraviolet

5. Gianni – Us Against The World

6. Davinia – Betrayed

7. Kevin Borg – Needing You

8. Richard Edwards – Falling Like Rome

9. Janice Debattista – Perfect Day

10. Deborah C – Love-O-Holic

11. Claudia Faniello – When It’s Time

12. Gianluca – Tomorrow

13. Chris Grech – Never Walk Away

14. Petra & Richard – Wonderful Today

15. Amber – In Control

16. Domenique – Too Little Too Late

 

The Final is going to take placetonight at 20:40 CET, and escXtra will once again be there, and we will be tweeting live from the Arena, and have interviews for you again after the Final, so stay tuned.

 

http://escxtra.com/2013/02/running-order-announced-5/

Gianluca seemed to emerge as a favourite last night, so I'd say it's between him and Kevin with Claudia and Davinia as outside contenders. I'd be quite surprised if any of the others triumphed.

Kurt Calleja has just performed a medley of songs including 'Live While We're Young', 'Don't You Worry Child' and his own song 'This Is The Night'!

 

Results can't be too far away now...

'Tomorrow' by Gianluca Bezzina has won and beat a massive favourite in Kevin Borg! From what I heard of the songs, 'Tomorrow' was one of the best so good choice Malta! :cheer:

 

Here's the preview video for the song:

 

Edited February 2, 201312 yr by Ryan.

Hmm, he has quite an interesting voice/accent, very British sounding. A really pleasant song which I could easily see in the Eurovision final, my second favourite so far after Only Teardrops. He seems very charismatic and I'm glad it's not another limp pop/dance song a la Malta's last few entries! Needing You was a bit pedestrian so I'm not disappointed that it didn't win.

Oh it's VERY Radio 2 but it's just SO PRETTY!

Well it's better than This Is The Night but that seriously wasn't hard at all.

 

Eh, I suppose it's nice enough. Beats Belgium in the male singer MoR stakes.

it's arguably the best eurovision song I've ever heard, i'm seriously stunned by its flawless charm, could be a platinum selling uk number one single

Malta's best entry for a while, if that doesn't make the final 24, I'll be gobsmacked to be honest, its so damn catchy.

it's arguably the best eurovision song I've ever heard, i'm seriously stunned by its flawless charm, could be a platinum selling uk number one single

 

That's some praise, watch out Gina G, Gianluca's coming for your wig! :lol:

http://www.dingsme.info/avatar8.jpgIt seems a little pointless to only lose 6 songs tonight

I've just tuned in, apparently it started over 2 and a half hours ago! :o We could be going until midnight at this rate!

Bitch, I only have one word for you.

 

SANREMO.

 

(happening for about 4-5 days with the final show being over 5 hours long)

Edited February 4, 201312 yr by パーベル