| Here you find everything you need to know about Malta’s preparations for the “Eurovision Song Contest 2015”, including information about MESC 2015 and links to their latest Eurovision entries (and their results), to put the new plans in perspective. |  |
| Malta’s plans for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest: | |
| Broadcaster: | PBS |
| Website: | tvm.com.mt |
| Selection: | “Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015”, Malta Shipbuilding, Marsa |
| Date: | Final on November 22nd |
| Who decides?: | 5 judges + 1 part televoting in both the semifinal and the final |
“Warrior”, Amber (The winner of MESC 2014-2015) live at MESC 2015 – MESC preview video
| The results of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014-2015, November 22nd: | |||
| Place, Song, Singer(s): | Jury votes* | Televotes | Points |
| 1. “Warrior“, Amber | 60 pts | 12 pts | 72 pts |
| 2. “Rush“, Christabelle | 40 pts | 7 pts | 47 pts |
| 3. “Breakaway“, Glen Vella | 35 pts | 4 pts | 39 pts |
| 4. “Closed Doors“, Chris Grech | 33 pts | 2 pts | 35 pts |
| 5. “Still Here“, Franklin | 18 pts | 8 pts | 26 pts |
| 6. “Something In The Way“, Daniel Testa | 24 pts | – | 24 pts |
| 7. “Love and Let Go“, Ekklesia Sisters | 13 pts | 10 pts | 23 pts |
| 8. “The One That You Love“, Lawrence Gray | 13 pts | 5 pts | 18 pts |
| 9. “Fandango“, Jessika | 12 pts | 6 pts | 18 pts |
| 10. “Chasing a Dream“, Trilogy | 9 pts | 3 pts | 12 pts |
| 11. “It’s OK“, Deborah C | 12 pts | – | 12 pts |
| 12. “Once In A While“, Domnic | 11 pts | – | 11 pts |
| 13. “Beautiful To Me“, L-Aħwa | 10 pts | 1 pt | 11 pts |
| 14. “12, Baker Street“, Karen Debattista | – | – | 0 pts |
| *The votes of the jury members | ||||||
| Points | Singer(s): | Ola Melzig (Sweden) |
Francesco Biasia (Italy) |
Gohar Gasparyan (Armenia) |
Owen Galea (Malta) |
Adriana Zarb Adami (Malta) |
| 60 pts | Amber | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 40 pts | Christabelle | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 35 pts | Glen Vella | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 33 pts | Chris Grech | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| 24 pts | Daniel Testa | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 18 pts | Franklin | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | 1 |
| 13 pts | Lawrence Gray | – | – | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 13 pts | Ekklesia Sisters | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | 5 |
| 12 pts | Jessika | – | – | – | 4 | 8 |
| 12 pts | Deborah C | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | – |
| 11 pts | Domnic | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | – |
| 10 pts | L-Aħwa | – | – | 7 | – | 3 |
| 9 pts | Trilogy | 4 | 3 | – | 2 | – |
| 0 pts | Karen Debattista | – | – | – | – | – |
| The Schedule for “Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015”: | |||
| ♥ | August 28th | Submission period opens | |
| ♥ | August 29th | Submission deadline | (PBS received 134 entries) |
| ♥ | September 26th | The preliminary list was revealed | (see the 48 entries here) |
| ♥ | October 3rd | The 20 songs will be announced | (listen to the semifinalists here) |
| ♥ | November 21st | “MESC 2015” – Semifinal | 20 entries → 14 finalists |
| ♥ | November 22nd | “MESC 2015” – Final | 14 finalists → 1 winner |
| The running order for the final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014-2015 |
| 1. “Breakaway“, Glen Vella 2. “12, Baker Street“, Karen Debattista 3. “Once In A While“, Domnic 4. “Chasing a Dream“, Trilogy 5. “Closed Doors“, Chris Grech 6. “Love and Let Go“, Ekklesia Sisters 7. “Fandango“, Jessika 8. “It’s OK“, Deborah C 9. “Warrior“, Amber 10. “Beautiful To Me“, L-Aħwa 11. “Still Here“, Franklin 12. “Rush“, Christabelle 13. “The One That You Love“, Lawrence Gray 14. “Something In The Way“, Daniel Testa |
| Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015 – The 20 semifinalists: |
| 1. “Home“, Lyndsay Pace (Boris Cezek) 2. “Could Have Been Me“, Iona Dalli (Philip Vella) 3. “Still Here“, Franklin (Alexander Rybak) 4. “Rush“, Christabelle (Elton Zarb, Muxu) 5. “Fandango“, Jessika (Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg) 6. “Closed Doors“, Chris Grech (Chris Grech, Edward Mifsud, Peter Borg, David Cassar Torreggiani) 7. “12, Baker Street“, Karen DeBattista (Jan van Dijck, Emil Calleja Bayliss) 8. “Something In The Way“, Daniel Testa (Måns Ek, Charlie Mason) 9. “Breakaway“, Glen Vella (Kevin Borg, Simon Gribbe) 10. “Stop Haunting Me“, Raquel (Elton Zarb, Muxu) 11. “Take Me As I Am“, Domenique (Aidan O’Connor) 12. “The One That You Love“, Lawrence Gray (Elton Zarb, Lawrence Gray) 13. “It’s OK“, Deborah C (Elton Zarb, Muxu) 14. “Close Your Eyes“, Danica Muscat (Elton Zarb, Emil Calleja Bayliss) 15. “Secretly“, Corazon (Corazon) 16. “Beautiful To Me“, L-Aħwa (Erik Anjou) 17. “Warrior“, Amber (Elton Zarb, Muxu) 18. “Chasing a Dream“, Trilogy (Joe Julian Farrugia, Paul Abela) 19. “Once In A While“, Dominik (Elton Zarb, Rita Pace) 20. “Love and Let Go“, Ekklesia Sisters (Philip Vella) |
| Read more here: | |||
| ♥ | Eurovision.tv | “48 songs through to second phase in Malta“ | |
| “The 20 songs through to the Maltese semi final“ | |||
| “The 14 qualifiers for the Maltese Final“ | |||
| “Amber to represent Malta“ | |||
| ♥ | Esctoday.com | “MESC preparations in full swing; Semi-final running order revealed“ | |
| “Tonight: MESC 2015 final in Malta“ | |||
| “Amber is heading to Vienna!“ | |||
| ♥ | Wikipedia.org | “Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015“ | |
The 2009-2014 Maltese entries and results in the Eurovision Song Contest: |
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| 2014: | “Coming Home“ | Firelight | Grand Final: | 23rd place | |
| 2013: | “Tomorrow“ | Gianluca | Grand Final: | 8th place | |
| 2012: | “This Is The Night“ | Kurt Calleja | Grand Final: | 21st place | |
| 2011: | “One Life“ | Glen Vella | 1st Semi Final: | 11th place | |
| 2010: | “My Dream“ | Thea Garrett | 1st Semi Final: | 12th place | |
| 2009: | “What If We“ | Chiara | Grand Final: | 22nd place | |
(Keep in mind that the dates and rules can change and transcription errors may occur, so I can’t guarantee that everything is 100% correct all the time, although I update the page frequently with info from various Eurovision sites.)