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Malta announces national final and 22 songs for Eurovision 🇲🇹

30 December 2021 at 14:30 CET
Destiny represented Malta in both 2020 and 2021
Malta is set to pick its Eurovision participant through ‘Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022’, having used ‘X Factor Malta’ to select Michela and Destiny in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

The national final will see 22 songs compete through a semi-final and grand final to win the honour of representing the island nation in Turin next May.

The shows air in February and fans will be able to cast their votes alongside scores given by an expert jury (yet to be revealed).

There are a few familiar faces in the line-up.

Nicole Azzopardi returns to the Eurovision family, following her 13th place finish at Junior Eurovision 2010 in Minsk with the track Knock Knock! … Boom! Boom!

📺 Watch: Nicole Azzopardi – Knock Knock! … Boom! Boom! (2010)

Also returning are Jessika Muscat (who we last saw in the Second Semi-Final of Eurovision 2018, representing San Marino with Jenifer Brening) and Richard Micallef (who wrote Coming Home and performed as part of the band Firelight in Copenhagen 2014 – finishing 23rd).

Let’s take a look at the line-up…

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022 entries:

Nicole Hammett – A Lover’s Heart

Music: Cyprian Cassar

Lyrics: Joe Julian Farrugia


Aphrodisiac – Jessica Grech

Music: Philip Vella

Lyrics: Gerard James Borg

Matt BLXCK – Come Around

Music: Matt BLXCK / David Grech

Lyrics: Matt BLXCK

Janice Mangion – Army

Music: Cyprian Cassar / Mark Scicluna

Lyrics: Emil Calleja Bayliss

Denie Mercieca – Boy

Music: Aidan Cassar

Lyrics: Aidan Cassar

Baklava feat. Nicole – Electric Indigo

Music: Philip Vella

Lyrics: Gerard James Borg

Sarah Bonnici – Heaven

Music: Aidan Cassar

Lyrics: Aidan Cassar

📺 Watch: Firelight – Coming Home (2014)

Richard Micallef – Hey Little

Music: Richard Micallef

Lyrics: Richard Micallef

Norbert Bondin – How Special You Are

Music: Shaun Farrugia / Norbert Bondin / Peter Borg

Lyrics: Shaun Farrugia / Norbert Bondin / Peter Borg

Derick Schembri – II

Music: Cyprian Cassar

Lyrics: Emil Calleja Bayliss

Nicole Azzopardi – Into The Fire

Music: Peter Boström / Per Jonsson / Marika Lindė / Dimitri Stassos

Lyrics: Peter Boström / Nektarios Tyrakis / Marika Lindė

📺 Watch: Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening – Who We Are

Jessika Muscat – Kaleidoscope

Music: Philip Vella

Lyrics: Gerard James Borg

Miriana Conte – Look What You’ve Done Now

Music: Cyprian Cassar

Lyrics: Matthew Mercieca

Emma Muscat – Out of Sight

Music: Antonio Caputo / Emma Muscat / Gabriel Rossi / Lorenzi Santarelli / Marco Salvaderi

Lyrics: Antonio Caputo / Emma Muscat / Gabriel Rossi / Lorenzi Santarelli / Marco Salvaderi

Raquel Galdes Briffa – Over You

Music: Aidan Cassar

Lyrics: Aidan Cassar

Jade Vella – Revelación

Music: Aidan Cassar

Lyrics: Aidan Cassar

Francesca Sciberras – Rise

Music: Mark Scicluna

Lyrics: Etienne Micallef

Aidan Cassar – Ritmu

Music: Aidan Cassar

Lyrics: Aidan Cassar

Mark Anthony Bartolo – Serenity

Music: Mark Anthony Bartolo

Lyrics: Mark Anthony Bartolo

Enya Magri – Shame

Music: Cyprian Cassar

Lyrics: Jody Magri

Malcolm Pisani – We Came For Love

Music: Gaspare Incatasciato

Lyrics: Matthew Mercieca

Rachell Lowell – White Doves

Music: Ylva Persson / Linda Persson / Peter Frodin

Lyrics: Emil Calleja Bayliss

📺 Watch: Destiny – Je Me Casse

Malta enjoyed a fantastic result in 2020 thanks to Destiny and her song Je Me Casse which topped the First Semi Final and finished 7th in the Grand Final.

So what do you think? Let us know via the official Eurovision Song Contest Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook channels.