The Final night of the 3rd “Malta International Hit Song Festival” will be held at the CNL Theatre in Hamrun on the 30th April 2010 at 8.00pm.
The “Malta Hit Song Festival” is currently being aired as part of the “Celebrity Sunday” series every Sunday evening on One TV.
The festival will turn International during the 30th April Final night when twelve countries will be participating by sending some of their favourite singers to compete. The foreign singers together with the countries they represent are the following:
Country Singer Name of song Composer Author
1 Bulgaria Petar Ivanov Games with no Limit Miroslav Rus Vesela Malinova
2 Egypt Yasser El Sharkawy To Long For Yasser El Sharkawy Emad Hassan
3 Canary Islands Tina Riobo And I am telling you I’m not going Henry Krieger Tom Eyen
4 Turkey Serap Yenici ASK Lazim Tolga Gurdil Muge Baydal
5 Lithuania Donata Bless me D Virbilaite D Virbilaite
6 Macedonia Margarita Alone Mehmed Manev Melina Hristova
7 UK Ben Champion Remember (Gold Songs) David Stark David Stark
8 Ireland Edwin Williamson Bridge over troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel Simon and Garfunkel
9 Italy Lina Capezza Fa che non sia mai Bungaro De Angelis
10 Cyprus Pavlos Polychronis I Angeli Fevgoune Makria Michalis Antoniou Michalis Antoniou
11 Belarus Gunesh Ayrilig (Separation) Ali salami Magammed Guseyn
12 Romania Bianca Purcarea Away from you Catalin Dascalu Catalin Dascalu
Maltese Finalists
1. Before you leave - Janice Mangion (Mark Scicluna/Mark Scicluna)
2. Babysitter – Isabelle (Elton Zarb/Rita Pace)
3. Glamorous - Daniel Muscat (Rita Pace/Rita Pace)
4. Moon Flower - Dario Mifsud Bonnici (Ray Agius/Alfred C. Sant)
5. Save Me - Grecia Bezzina (Elton Zarb/Rita Pace)
6. Violet Skies – Domenique (Philip Vella/Gerard J. Borg)
7. Poison Ivy - Romina Mamo (Clinton Paul/Clinton Paul)
8. Forgive Me - Rita Pace (Rita Pace /Rita Pace)
9. Whistle Blower - Dominic Cini (Dominic Cini/Clinton Paul)
10. Bella Donna - Audrey Marie Bartolo (David Pisani/Rita Pace)
11. Caruso - Christian (Clinton Paul/Clinton Paul)
12. Geography - Marie Claire Attard Bason (Elton Zarb/Rita Pace)
13. Feels so Impossible - Floren (Edward Ferry/Billy J.)
14. Set the night on fire - Corazon (Philip Vella/Philip Vella)
15. Take it Easy - Amber Bondin (Ray Agius/Alfred C. Sant)
Special International guest singers include FEMINEM who will be representing CROATIA during the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo in May. Also appearing as guests will be the UK group “THE RIZING” and the winner of the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest – ANNE MARIE DAVID and last year’s winner NEVILLE REFALO.
The compares of the Festivals are Deo Grech and Julia Farrugia
On the 1st of May all the foreign artists will be performing during a special extravaganza cabaret dinner at The Grand Hotel Excelsior – International Star Night Show.
Norman Hamilton, Deo Grech, Ray Falzon, Robert Cefai, Simone Bugeja, Ignatius Farrugia and Anna Bonett from the organizing committee would like to thank the following sponsors who are making this unique show possible.
Hamilton Travel, Air Malta, Grand Hotel Excelsior, One TV, One Radio, Wafainternational.com, Garden of Eden and Ray Bezzina car hire, together with Bubbles Animation, amongst others.
