Singing this song
My earlier concerns about the Malta Song for Europe blew over this morning after MaltaMedia acquired a CD with all 22 songs taking part in tonight's Song for Europe contest. We even received a verbal apology (of sorts) for the delay.
The songs are now available for on-demand web streaming via EurovisionMalta.com.
The televoting process for the winner makes predicting who could win a veritable gamble. There are too many variables that could work against a worthy song or in favour of a less deserving song.
Here's my pick for top 10:
(in order of appearance during the final night)
The best 5 songs according to Toni Sant:
(i.e. songs I would vote for, in order of preference)
1. Déjà vu - Olivia Lewis
2. Words Of Love - Nadine & Fiona
3. Angel - Chiara
4. Don't Tell It - Fabrizio Faniello
5. There For You - Leontine & Roger
Don't hold your breath! I doubt that either one of these five songs will actually be the winner, but I'm certain that one of them will be the runner-up.
Words of Love from Paul Giordimaina and Fleur Balzan is a fine rock ballad. Nadine & Fiona deliver it well. Chiara remains one of the best pop singers to ever grace the Maltese music scene. Fabrizio Faniello sings a beautifully crafted song from Georgina and Paul Abela to perfection, as do Leontine & Roger; Don't Tell It and There for You show that the Abelas still know how to write a decent love song.
My personal favourite remains Olivia Lewis. If she doesn't win this year I truly believe that she should give up on the Eurovision Song Contest. I'm still raving about her song from 2003, Starting Over. What a great song! I can't believe that song lost to let To Dream Again sung by Lynn Chircop acquire the lowest number of points for Malta at any edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Olivia is singing a song by the Vella/Borg winning duo. The song has a very magical moment when the chorus sings in Maltese while she goes on in English. Vella/Borg used phrases in Maltese for Desire which took my good buddy Claudette Pace to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000.
The troublemaker in me prays for one of the songs written by non-Maltese composers/authors to win. Yet it would be a sweet victory indeed if one of my top 5 made it to Kiev this spring.
Listen to the songs on EurovisionMalta.com and feel free to let me know if you dis/agree with me.
Personal notes for my friends...
for Paul Giordimaina: Play On is up their with all those Maltese songs you know I love so much. Why waste it on the Eurovision contest? This is a classic case of pearls for swines! And by the way, where did you find that Pamela? She's sounds heavenly.
for Augusto Cardinali: You're one of the most innovative pop composers to ever walk the streets of Malta. This year's Song for Europe is brightened beyond belief by your cute tune...and the arrangement is divine! Your song didn't make either of my two lists for the simple reason that it really is in a class of its own.
posted by Toni Sant at 2:16 PM
Good evening Scarborough. Brussels calling! I want to congratulate you for a wonderful show. I am so sorry it is almost over.
Yes - I can give you our votes. So, here they are. This is the result of the jury.
01: Déjà vu (O Lewis)
Fascinating
02: Angel (Chiara)
Archangelic
03: Don't Tell It (F Faniello)
Wonderful
04: You (J Anvil)
Groovy
05: Addio Ciao (A Busuttil)
Uh la la!
Olivia's song "Deja Vu" captured me totally with that touch of Maltese language fused with English, a French expression as a title and a wonderful voice! Chiara's "Angel" is also dazzling ...
(Couldn't help noticing Eleanor Cassar's "He" ... so soppy but yet so nice :-) Thanks for the effort of making the songs available for listening on the website! )
What I can add is that programmes which help you "meet" those performing the songs and getting to know them better as persons are great but yet obviously influence a bit the people's judgment and some people might tend to vote for the person not for the best song. If that would be my case, Aldo's "Addio Ciao" would be representing Malta for Eurovision Song Contest 2005 ;-)
To pierre j. mejlak: Malta calling! adorable format of your comment! ;-)hehe
WOW! I say wow not about the song contest but about the number of comments this posting has received so far.
Just in case you arrived on this page directly, I suggest you also see my blog entry on the day after Chiara won the 2005 Song for Europe.
HI FOLKS,
JUST LISTENED TO ALL THE SONGS, WHICH FOR ME THEY WERE QUITE GOOD BUT THE ONE I LIKE BEST IS YOU BY J.ANVIL,REASON IS THE SONG ITSELF IS VERY LIVELY WHICH MAKES PEOPLE GO ALONG WITH. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT DOES'NT MATTER WHAT SONG IS THE BEST AS LONG MALTA WINS THEM ALL. GOOD LUCK. ALL THE WAY FROM ENGLAND.
Nixtieq nejd prosit lil kantanti kollha. Nahseb li lMaltin kienu onesti fil-voti tag]hom g]alkemm ma naqbilx li jsir 100% televoting. Kollha kellhom xi haga unika pero jien kont naghti lewwel post lil J. Anvil. J'alla Maltin ohra johorgu biideat godda bhalma hareg awgusto cardinali biddiska YOU kantata minn J. Avil. Nispera li issa Chiara tmur tajjeb pero jien andi fiducja. Il-video trid mitt elf professur biex jispjegahullek ghax ma fimtx xejn. Bla Sens
hi chiara,
kif smajt id diiska tieghek lewwel darba millewel hassejt li se tmur tajjeb!nawguralek min qalbi ghax amilt il malta tassew kburija bil vuci angelika tieghek u wara kollox tajt risposta kbira il dawk li m`emmnux fik.kemm jien kif ukoll il familja tieghi konna tassew ecitati kif smajnik tkanta ghax is song veru hrigta min qalbek!!!ibqa sejra hekk u tinsiex u`r the best from all the rest!!!love you!XXXXXXX
Hallo, I´m Lu from Germany. At first I must say my english is very bad :-)
But I like the maltese songs very much. My favorits ever are:
Claudette Pace - Desire
Chiara - Angel
Ira Losco - 7th wonder
Ira Losco - Thalinix
Julie & Ludwig - On again ... off again
and Debbie Scerri - Fly
In this year, in you pre-selection my favorits was:
Eleonor Cassar - he (Hallo to Ralph Siegel :-)
Chiara - Angel
and Olivia Lewis - Deja vu
Its a big shame, that we cán´t buy so much CDs from Malta, only the Single CDs. But we have good conection to Malta and sometimes one of us fly to Malta and buy some CDs.
At last a have a plea to you. Have one of you the lyrics to Ira Losco´s song Thallinix?
Than a good time an a good ESC song for 2006, and a ESC 2007 in Valetta :-)
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