After several days of deliberation, the Maltese delegation from PBS at Eurovision have announced the 16 acts that will feature the final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in February. The previous cut was made after receiving a total of 156 entries, 60 of them were shortlisted by PBS.
The finalists were selected by an 11-people-panel a few days ago who gathered together at St. James Cavalier Hall in Valletta, also singers and teams were invited to witness the process.
Do you want to know who they are? Some of them already entered the selection in the past few years but we are also having another upcoming and promising stars, full list available below:
- Maxine Pace – Bombshell
- Claudia Faniello – Breathlessly
- Shauna Vassallo – Crazy Games
- Miriana Conte – Don’t Look Down
- Rhiannon Micallef – Fearless
- Cherton Caruana – Fighting To Survive
- Kevin Borg – Follow
- Franklin Calleja – Follow Me
- Janice Mangion – Kewkba
- Klinsmann Coleiro – Laserlight
- Raquela Dalli Gonzi – Ray of Light
- Jade Vella – Seconds Away
- Crosswalk – So Simple
- Deborah C / Josef Tabone – Tonight
- Brooke Borg – Unstoppable
- Richard Edwards – You
Last year, Ira Losco with her song “Walk On Water” ranked 12th in the Eurovision 2016 grand final after swapping her first song chosen by the audience at MESC 2016, “Chameleon”. Who will get to succeed one of Malta’s “wonders” at the contest in Kiev?
Stay tuned for further details on the show!