Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest

Malta
Member station	PBS
National selection events	Malta Song for Europe
Appearances
Appearances	24
First appearance	1971
Best result	2nd: 2002, 2005
Worst result	Last: 1971, 1972, 2006
External links
Malta's page at Eurovision.tv

Malta has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1971. At first the island state sent songs in its native language, Maltese, but it failed to rank highly, and withdrew after the 1975 contest. Since its return in 1991, however, it has achieved eight top ten placings in a row, including second place finishes in 2002 and 2005. In recent years, however, Malta's fortunes in the Contest have changed, coming last in the 2006 contest and failing to qualify for the 2007, 2008 and 2010 finals. In 2011 they also didn't qualify to the final being placed 11th, only one point behind Switzerland.

Despite its mixed fortunes, Malta is the most successful country never to have won the contest, having come 2nd twice (2002 and 2005) and 3rd twice (1992 and 1998) with singers including Chiara and Ira Losco.

Chiara has represented Malta the most number of times. Her first participation came in 1998, performing "The One That I Love", which came third. She returned to Eurovision in 2005, performing her self-written song "Angel", giving her second place after Greece's Elena Paparizou. She returned to Eurovision once again in 2009 with "What If We", composed by Belgian songwriters Marc Paelinck and Gregory Bilsen, which placed only 22nd, with 31 points received.^[1][2] Fabrizio Faniello is the only other artist to represent Malta multiple times at Eurovision, having come ninth in 2001 with "Another Summer Night", as well as coming last in 2006 with "I Do".

Together with Croatia, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Malta is one of the few countries that has not missed a contest since 1991. Malta generally uses English as the language in which the songs are performed. As from 1991, Malta returned to the contest after an absence of 16 years.

The Maltese broadcasters of the show are the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS). All shows are transmitted live on TVM (Malta) and Radio Malta.

Julie and Ludwig performing "On Again... Off Again" at Istanbul (2004)

Chiara performing "Angel" at Kiev (2005)

Olivia Lewis performing "Vertigo" at Helsinki (2007)

Morena performing "Vodka" at Belgrade (2008)

Contestants

Year	Artist	Song	Title	Final	Semi	Points
1971	Joe Grech	"Marija l-Maltija"	18	52
1972	Helen and Joseph	"L-imħabba"	18	48
1975	Renato	"Singing This Song"	12	32
1991	Paul Giordimaina and Georgina	"Could It Be"	6	106
1992	Mary Spiteri	"Little Child"	3	123
1993	William Mangion	"This Time"	8	69
1994	Chris and Moira	"More Than Love"	5	97
1995	Mike Spiteri	"Keep Me In Mind"	10	76
1996	Miriam Christine	"In a Woman's Heart"	10	68
1997	Debbie Scerri	"Let Me Fly"	9	66
1998	Chiara	"The One That I Love"	3	165
1999	Times Three	"Believe 'n Peace"	15	32
2000	Claudette Pace	"Desire"	8	73
2001	Fabrizio Faniello	"Another Summer Night"	9	48
2002	Ira Losco	"7th Wonder"	2	164
2003	Lynn Chircop	"To Dream Again"	25	4
2004	Julie and Ludwig	"On Again... Off Again"	12	50	8	74
2005	Chiara	"Angel"	2	192	X	X
2006	Fabrizio Faniello	"I Do"	24	1	X	X
2007	Olivia Lewis	"Vertigo"	X	X	25	15
2008	Morena	"Vodka"	X	X	14	38
2009	Chiara	"What If We"	22	31	6	86
2010	Thea Garrett	"My Dream"	X	X	12	45
2011	Glen Vella	"One Life"	X	X	11	54
2012

Voting history (1975-2011)

Malta has given the most points to:

Rank	Country	Points
1	United Kingdom	106
2	Greece	81
3	Sweden	77
4	Ireland	74
5	Croatia	62

Malta has received the most points from:

Rank	Country	Points
1	Ireland	84
2	Croatia	82
3	Turkey	76
4	United Kingdom	72
5	Spain	70

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.

Since introducing the semi-finals in 2004

Malta has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Greece	48
2	Sweden	43
3	United Kingdom	40
4	Denmark	35
	Switzerland	35
5	Ukraine	32

Malta has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Albania	33
2	United Kingdom	27
3	Ireland	21
	Israel	21
4	Iceland	18
	Denmark	18
	Latvia	18

NOTE: The tables with points from 2004 include points awarded in both finals and semi-finals where the highest point from the final/semi-final is picked.

References

1. ^ Klier, Marcus (2009-02-08). "Malta: Eurovision entrant chosen". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13185. Retrieved 2009-02-08. 
2. ^ Sanz Martin, Jorge (2009-02-08). "Malta: Chiara bids in Eurovision 2009 for third time". Oikotimes. http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=5055. Retrieved 2009-02-08. 

External links

• OGAEMALTA Malta's official Eurovision Club
• ESCMalta Community website
• EurovisionMalta.com
• Points to and from Malta eurovisioncovers.co.uk