Malta Song for Europe 2008

The Malta Song for Europe is an annual music show in which Malta selects its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The (2008) edition was held at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali. The winning song, Vodka, was sung by Morena and represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 to be held in Belgrade, Serbia.

The Malta Song for Europe 2008 was held on the 24 and 26 January.

After the two bad results Malta achieved in 2006 and 2007 in the Eurovision Song Contest, some changes were done to the regulations by the MaltaSong board. Long discussions took place with UKAM (Maltese union to represent musicians) for the final regulations to be signed. Notwithstanding the proposed changes, the chosen song still failed to reach the final evening of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.

225 songs were submitted to compete in the first phase of the Malta Song for Europe 2008, which was judged behind closed doors. From the first phase only 36 songs made it through, judged by international jury between the 19th and the 21st of November 2007.

The edition was hosted by John Demanuele, Ruth Casingena and Chiara Siracusa.

And Australian Idol winner Natalie Gauci of Maltese descent performed during the national finale.

Results

Draw	Artist	Song	Composer	Lyricist	Place	Points
1	Eleonor Cassar	Give Me A Chance	Paul Giordimaina	Fleur Balzan	4	50
2	Claudia Faniello	Caravaggio	Ray Agius	Godwin Sant	2	68
3	Petra Zammit	Street Car of Desire	Elton Zarb	Rita Pace	6	28
4	Morena Camilleri	Casanova	Philip Vella	Gerard James Borg	5	38
5	Klinsmann Coleiro	Go	Dominic Galea	Claudette Pace	7	24
6	Claudia Faniello	Sunrise	Ray Agius	Ray Agius	3	64
7	Rosman Pace	Love Is Just The Way	Rosman Pace	Rosman Pace	8	10
8	Morena Camilleri	Vodka	Philip Vella	Gerard James Borg	1	78

References

External links

• Maltese National Final page