Malta's 24 hopefuls for Düsseldorf

08 January 2011 at 21:01 CET

There will be a semi-final with these 24 acts to be televised on Friday the 11th of February where 16 songs will proceed to the final the following day. The shows will be presented by Keith Demicoli and Valerie Vella. The winner will be decided by a mixture of televoting and professional jury.

The 24 acts (singer, title and authors) are:

Amber-Catch 22 (Ray Agius, Godwin Sant)
Jessica Muscat-Down Down Down (Philip Vella, Jessica Muscat)
Wayne Micallef-Everybody Sing (Wayne Micallef, Wayne Micallef)
Richard Edwards-Finally (Jan Van Dijck, Richard Micallef)
Cherise Grixti-Heart Of Glass (Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg)
Marilena Gauci-He's A Demon (Michael Henry, Anthony Grech)
Eleanor Cassar-Hypnotized (Paul Giordimania , Fleur Balzan)
Raquela-If I Could Do It All Again (Marc Paelnick, Mathias Strasser)
Domenique Azzopardi-I'll Follow The Sunshine (Ralph Siegel, Dr. Bernd Meinunger)
Jamie Tonna-Lost Without You (Marco Debono, Aidan O'Connor)
Kelly Schembri-Love Me Like Your Money (Sven Lundhol, Erik Rydmark & Gerard James Borg)
Sophie Debattista-Love To Love You (Elton Zarb, Sophie Debattista)
Baklava-Mood Dance (Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg)
Claudia Faniello-Movie In My Mind (Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg)
Fabrizo Faniello-No Surrender (Johan Stentorp, Johan Bederholm)
Ally-Numb (Ally, Ally)
Glen Vella-One Life (Paul Giordimania, Fleur Balzan)
Kurt Calleja-Over And Over (Johan J'atmberg, Kurt Calleja)
Klinsmann Coleiro & Benjamin Darmanin-This Love (Klinsmann Coleiro, Jonathan Spiteri)
J.Anvil-Topsy Turvy (Jonas Gladnikoff / Niall Mooney / Andrew Zahra, Deo Grech / Natasha Turner)
Amber-Touch Wood (Ray Agius, Alfred Sant)
Anna Azzopardi-Unfaithful (Renato Briffa, Keith Zammit)
Petra Zammit-Unintentional (Elton Zarb, Rita Pace)
Rosman Pace-You'll Never Know (Steven D. Cook, Jordan Milnes)

We find lots of familiar names from previous Maltese selections among the singers and composers, like Fabrizio Faniello, who represented Malta twice before: in Copenhagen in 2001 and in 2006 in Athens. The 24 songs will be premiered on PBS on Friday the 14th of January. The Malta Eurovision Festival 2011 will take place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valleta after several years being at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta’ Qali.

Malta will try to win in Düsseldorf the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time after finishing second twice, in 2002 with Ira Losco's 7th Wonder and in 2005 with Angel, performed by Chiara. Last year in Oslo Malta failed to qualify for the final with Thea Garret's My Dream.