Valletta – Friday 3 October 2014
Three former Maltese Eurovision Ambassadors, Ludwig Galea (Istanbul, 2004), Glen Vella (Dusseldorf, 2011) and Gianluca Bezzina (Malmo, 2013), are among the 20 semi-finalists out of the 48 short-listed entries. The list also includes four new comers – Karen Debattista, Iona Dalli, Minik and Lyndsay Pace, and the nuns forming the ensemble Ekklesia.
The 20 acts shall perform on the MESC stage on Friday 21st November 2014. Only 14 entries shall qualify to the grand-final on Saturday, with the hope to earn the pass to make it to the big stage next May in Vienna.
The festival, which will be characterized by the presence of three preeminent performers as well as the new faces, is expected to be very competitive, entertaining and spectacular at the same time, not only because of the acts themselves, but also due to the amazing set up of the stage that will have a large 9 metre high 10 mm LED video wall surface, a 28 metre wide stage and 508 square metres of LED screens.
The full list of semi-finalists was announced tonight live during Malta’s favourite Friday night TV show, Xarabank. Every artist that made it to the semi-final was given the opportunity to sing a few seconds of his song during the TV show.
# Song / Singer/s
1 Breakaway - Glen Vella
2 Chasing A Dream - Trilogy (Eleanor Spiteri,Roger Tirazona & Ludwig Galea)
3 12, Baker Street - Karen Debattista
4 Still Here - Franklin Calleja
5 It’s Ok - Deborah C.
6 Love & Let Go - Ekklesia
7 The One That You Love - Lawrence Gray
8 Fandango - Jessika
9 Something In The Way - Daniel Testa
10 Warrior - Amber
11 Rush - Christabelle (Christabelle Borg)
12 Closed Doors - Chris Grech
13 Beautiful To Me - “L-Ahwa” (Dorothy,Samaria,Gianluca,Paul,Vincienne & Francesca Bezzina)
14 Stop Haunting Me - Raquel Galdes
15 Close your eyes - Danica Muscat
16 Home - Lyndsay Pace
17 Secretly - Corazon Mizzi
18 Could Have Been Me - Iona Dalli
19 Take Me As I Am - Domenique Azzopardi
20 Once in a While - Minik
PBS shall be holding an information meeting for all the semi-finalists tomorrow late in the afternoon. We take this opportunity to wish the best of luck to all the singers that have made it through and to thank all the other artists that have submitted an entry for their participation and support to make the festival a prestigious one, year after year.
Meanwhile, the tickets for the semi-final and the final of the MESC which will take place on the 21st and 22nd November 2014 are already out for sale. The festival will take place just a week after the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and in the same arena in Marsa.
Friday 21st November: Semi-Final
Gold Circle
€ 10
Platinum Circle
€ 20
Saturday 22nd November: Grand Final
Gold Circle
€ 20
Platinum Circle
€ 30
You can purchase your tickets online simply by clicking on the “Buy Tickets” picture at
www.tvm.com.mt