Preview clips of all songs from the forty acts that will be competing in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 have been released.
Preview clips of all the songs from the forty acts that will compete to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, have been released by TVM. All forty clips can be found HERE.
The list of participants taking part in MESC 2023 is as followed:
- Jake – “Love You Like That”
- Clintess – “Lura Qatt” (Never backwards)
- Francesca Sciberras – “Masquerade”
- Ian – “On My Own”
- Maria Christina – “Our Flame”
- Dario – “Pawn in a Game”
- Klinsmann – “Piranah” (Piranha)
- Aidan – “Reġina” (Queen)
- Greta Tude – “Sound of My Stilettos”
- Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Tears”
- Marie Claire – “Thankful”
- Geo Debono – “The Mirror”
- Haley – “Tik Tok”
- John Galea – “Trailblazer”
- Fabizio Faniello – “Try To Be Better”
- Jessika – “Unapologetic”
- Matt Blxck – “UP.”
- Stefan – “What Do You Want?”
- Dominic and Anna – “Whatever the Wind May Blow”
- Maria Debono – “X’allegrija” (What joy)
- Maxine Pace – “Alone”
- Jason Scerri – “Anything Can Happen”
- Bradley Debono – “Blackout”
- Dario Bezzina – “Bridle Road”
- Andre – “Broken Hill”
- Brooke – “Checkmate”
- Nathan – “Creeping Walls”
- The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)”
- James Louis – “Dream”
- Christian Arding – “Eku Ċar” (Clear echo)
- Kirstie – “Girls Get Down”
- Eliana Gomez Blanco – “Guess What”
- Lyndsay – “Haunted”
- Stefan – “Heartbreaker”
- Giada – “I Depend on You”
- Ryan Hili – “In the Silence”
- Chris Grech – “Indescribable”
- Dan – “It’ll Be Ok”
- Cheryl Balzan – “La La Land”
- Mike – “Leħen Fiċ-Ċpar” (A voice in the fog)
Among the artists announced as competing are two times Eurovision representative Fabrizio Faniello (2001 and 2006), as well as Francesca Scibberas (Junior Eurovision 2009) and Eliana Gomez Blanco (Junior Eurovision 2019).
The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be held on February 11, with Quarterfinals set to return to the Malta Eurovision Song Contest. In each Quarterfinal, 10 songs will compete with 6 chosen to progress to the Semi-Final. In the Semi-Final, 24 songs will compete, with the top 16 progressing to the final. Across all the shows, jury voting and a public televote will be held.
A draw was held to determine the artist opening Quarterfinal One and the artist closing Quarterfinal Four. Hailey will open the contest with “Tik Tok”, while Maria Cristina will close the Quarterfinals with “Our Flame”.
The dates of the shows are as follows:
- Quarterfinal One – January 13
- Quarterfinal Two – January 20
- Quarterfinal Three – January 27
- Quarterfinal Four – February 3
- Semi-Final – February 9
- Grand Final – February 11
Image Source: EBU / Nathan Reinds | Source: TVM / Eurovoix