69 songs through to next stage in Malta

Originally, 182 songs were submitted and these have been whittled down to 69 by a special panel. Besides the local interest from Maltese composers, over 100 different authors and composers from 14 different countries submitted entries this year from as far afield as Sweden, Norway, Spain, Cyprus, Israel, Greece, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, France, Australia, Ireland, USA and the United Kingdom.

The 69 songs which have made it through so far are as follows (Songtitles alphabetically then artist(s)) :-

• All My Love - Fiona Cauchi
• An Everlasting Dream - Fabrizio Faniello
• Betrayed - Davinia Pace
• Captivated - Francesca Borg
• Closer To You - Miriam Christine
• Cold Whispers - Karen Debattista
• Could Have Been Me - Ioana Dalli
• Crying My Heart Out - Ilaria Aquilina
• Dancing In The Rain - Jos
• Dress Rehearsal - Saska Hunt
• Fall Like Rome - Richard Edwards
• Fantasy - Danica Muscat
• Fearless - Danica Muscat
• For All Those Times - Gloriana Arpa Belli
• Forbidden Love - Nada (Nada Vella)
• Fuego - Baklava
• Give A Little More - Janvil
• Her Song - Richard Edwards
• Here I Am - Anna Azzopardi
• High - Nadine Bartolo
• Immortal - Kaya
• In Control - Amber
• In Our Love - Roger Tirazona
• In Your Kiss - Jessica Muscat
• It's All About A Boy - Ally
• Keep Believing - Raquela
• Kiss Our Dreams Goodbye - Romina Mamo
• Let Your Heart Talk - Franklin Calleja
• Love-O-Holic - Deborah C
• Loverdose - Melanie Zammit
• Meant For More - Stefan Galea
• My Love Is Dead - Janice Mangion
• My Stranger Love - Corazon Mizzi
• Naked - Victorio Gauci
• Needing You - Kevin Borg
• Never Walk Away - Chris Grech
• No One's Home - Petra
• No Way! - Annalise Ellul
• Overrated - Marilena Gauci
• Perfect Day - Janice Debattista
• Radio - Daniel Micallef
• Reach The Light - Ben (Benjamin Darmanin)
• Ready For Love - Laura Bruno
• Ride - Estell Fenech Imbroll
• Serenita - Jessica Muscat
• Silence Broken - Annabelle Debono & Sean Vella
• Silent Tears - Tiziana Calleja
• Somewhere Under The Sun - William Mangion
• Starting From The End - Dorothy Bezzina
• Starting Over - Derrick Schembri
• Sublime - Romina Mamo
• Superstar - Scar
• Tabula Rasa - Julie Pomorski
• Take Me As I Am - Rachel Tedesco Triccas
• The Thief - Dario Mifsud Bonnici
• The Remedy - Klinsmann Coleiro
• The Question - Nadine Bartolo
• Tides Of Illusion - Ylenia Vella
• Tomorrow - Gianluca Bezzina
• Too Little Too Late - Dominique Azzopardi
• 24 Hours - Corinne Caruana
• Ultraviolet - Jessica Muscat
• Unbelievable - Rosman Pace
• Us Against The World - Gianni Zammit
• Vendetta - Vanessa Gatt
• When It's Time - Claudia Faniello
• Will You Be There - Michelle Micallef
• Wonderful Today - Petra & Richard Edwards
• You Belong To Me - Romina Mamo

You can see the full list of songs complete with lyricists and composers details here on the official PBS website.

Some past winners trying again

There are three artists who have already participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for Malta trying their luck again, these are Miriam Christine (1996), William Mangion (1993) and Fabrizio Faniello (2001 & 2006). There are many other notable names in the list including 2012 runner up Claudia Faniello and the 2008 Swedish Idol Winner Kevin Borg.

Final 24 announcement

The 69 songs will now be narrowed to 24. These 24 will then compete in the Maltese national final which is going to be held in January 2013, although exact dates are yet to be confirmed.

The lucky 24 qualifiers will be announced on November 30th in a special edition of the show Xarabank.