Well, it seems that Malta and controversy go together like Malta and brown envelopes stuffed with government cash – allegedly.
They have already had three semi finals which were, seemingly, just a vehicle to get the 40 songs on their long list out into the public domain, because there was no voting after show. Only once they had all been performed but, unless you have been living under a tree for the last few weeks, AIDEN, the golden boy of fans everywhere, was disqualified because of a breach of the rules.
The smell of “we’ve got to get rid of him” went round the internet like cholera, and he threatened legal action but, ultimately, that came to nothing.
Who is in it to win it?
24 songs competed on a doubtlessly Cisk-fuelled last night at Ta’Qali in front of a mob of people who wont be able to get a taxi home. Sixteen songs, through the medium of SMS and Jury, got through and here, for completeness, is that list.
| Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan | "Creeping Walls" | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
| Chris Grech | "Indescribable" | 27 | 7 | 34 | 6 |
| Maxine Pace | "Alone" | 28 | 45 | 73 | 4 |
| Fabrizio Faniello | "Try to Be Better" | 12 | 9 | 21 | 8 |
| Geo Debono | "The Mirror" | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| Brooke | "Checkmate" | 39 | 31 | 70 | 5 |
| Ian | "On My Own" | 19 | 3 | 22 | 7 |
| Eliana Gomez Blanco | "Guess What" | 10 | 10 | 20 | 9 |
| The Busker | "Dance (Our Own Party)" | 41 | 80 | 121 | 1 |
| Giada | "I Depend on You" | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Matt Blxck | "Up." | 45 | 31 | 76 | 3 |
| Cheryl Balzan | "La La Land" | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Christian Arding | "Eku ċar" | 11 | 6 | 17 | 10 |
| Ryan Hili | "In the Silence" | 41 | 44 | 85 | 2 |
| Dan | "It'll Be OK" | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Stefan | "Heartbreaker" | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |