Malta Song for Europe 2006

Malta Song for Europe 2006
Final date	3 February 2007
Presenter(s)	Eileen Montesin Josef Bonello Lou Bondi
Venue	Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta
Winning song	Fabrizio Faniello - "I Do"
Voting system
Televoting/SMS voting
Number of entries	18
Interval act
Chiara, Anžej Dežan, Paul Abela Band, Claudette Pace, William Mangion, Georgina, Mike Spiteri, Ray Calleja
Malta Song for Europe
◄2005        2007►

The Malta Song for Europe 2006 was won by Fabrizio Faniello with I Do. The event took place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta. The compères for the contest were Eileen Montesin and Josef Bonello, while Lou Bondì hosted the entertainment part.

The festival was put up by an all-new organization committee and was under even harder scrutiny by the media than is already usual in the country. Thus the audio problems to Fabrizio Faniello (who was given the black-striped microphone instead of the red-striped one with his preferred settings) and those to Ali & Lis (who had a defective, white-striped, microphone) punctually created an uproar of criticism, apart from the obvious anxiety to the performers themselves during the evening. Both songs were performed again at the end of the eighteen-song roaster.

This was the second time there was no jury , all votes to be cast by the public by phone or SMS. A total of 61 947 votes were received, compared to Malta's 400 000 inhabitants. Other parts of the show criticized were the division of the festival into two parts having different presenters (an initiative based on the success of a similarly organized show during Hamilton's chairmanship of the organization board), the impertinence of the media in the green-room during the show, lack of security, the short voting period, the long break before the voting results were announced, unrecorded SMS votes for clients of the competing mobile telephony to one of the show's sponsors (aggravated by the fact that supervisors were only sent to the show's sponsors), and low-quality audio in specific locations for the clients of the local cable company. The show was also transmitted in stereo on the national radio, which reportedly had no problems whatsoever.

Results

Malta Song for Europe 2007 - 4 February, 2006

Draw	Artist	Song	Composer - Lyricist	Votes	Place
1	J Anvil	"You Too"	Augusto Cardinali - Giovann Attard	4933	4
2	Anna Belle	"Amazing"	Philip Vella - Gerard James Borg	2107	14
3	Ali and Lis	"Only 'til The Morning"	John David Zammit - Paul Callus	3907	6
4	Lara	"Stay With Me"	Chan Vella - Paul Callus	1637	17
5	Natasha & Charlene	"Echoes of Gaia"	Charlene Grima - Natasha Grima & Deo Grech	2836	10
6	Manuel	"I Promise You"	Miriam Christine	3782	7
7	Fabrizio Faniello	"I Do"	Aldo Spiteri & Fabrizio Faniello	7729	1
8	Eleonor	"Tell Me"	Paul Giordimaina - Fleur Balzan	2646	11
9	Trilogy	"This Heart of Mine"	Paul Abela - Joe Julian Farrugia	4954	3
10	Andreana	So Good	Alfred Zammit	635	18
11	Paul Giordimaina & Morena	"Time"	Paul Giordimaina - Fleur Balzan	3046	9
12	Pamela	"Reachin' Out"	Paul Giordimaina - Fleur Balzan	2371	13
13	Christian Arding	"Stronger"	Charlene Grima - Deo Grech	4075	5
14	Nadine Axisa	"Waves"	Vinny Vella Jr. - Ray Tabone	1680	16
15	Josef & Amanda	"It Just Comes Natural"	Clinton Paul	1980	15
16	Kevin Borg	"You're My Dream"	Jason P Cassar - Sunny Aquilina	3590	8
17	Claudia Faniello	"High Alert!"	Ray Agius - Godwin Sant	2416	12
18	Olivia Lewis	"Spare A Moment"	Ray Agius - Godwin Sant	7623	2

See also

• Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007