- 7th Wonder
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Malta 7th Wonder
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year = 2002
country = Malta
artist = Ira Losco
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language = English
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composer =Philip Vella
lyricist =Gerard James Borg
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place = 2nd
points = 164
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lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?2002mt Lyrics]
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next_link = To Dream Again"7th Wonder" (occasionally rendered as "Seventh Wonder") was the Maltese entry in theEurovision Song Contest 2002 , performed in English byIra Losco . The song is composed by Philip Vella and written byGerard James Borg .The song is a dramatic ballad, with Losco singing about how she feels about "the man" - her lover. She begins by singing that she is waiting for him to put her "under his spell", and that she is very happy when he arrives at "Seven o' five". As she enjoys his company, she wonders what the basis of their love is, and whether he is in fact real in the first place. The title comes from her description of him as having "the makings of my seventh wonder".
The song was performed twentieth on the night (following
Turkey 'sBuket Bengisu andGroup Sapphire with "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde " and precedingRomania 'sMonica Anghel andMarcel Pavel with "Tell Me Why"). At the close of voting, it had received 164 points, placing 2nd in a field of 24. The result was Malta's best Eurovision finish at the time, althoughChiara would equal it at the 2005 Contest. The score was also Malta's second-highest (Chiara having scored 165 in 1998) at the time, although it has subsequently become the country's third-highest score.It was succeeded as Maltese representative at the 2003 Contest by Lynn with "
To Dream Again ".
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