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After the semifinal last saturday, there will be a final in Malta tonight with 16 songs. The show starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. These are the 16 contestants: 1 Electric indigo Baklava ft. Nicole 2 How special you are Norbert 3 Come around Matt BLXCK 4 Revelación Giada 5 Kaleidoscope Jessika 6 Over you Raquel 7 A lover’s heart Nicole Hammett 8 Look what you’ve done now Miriana Conte 9 Into the fire Nicole Azzopardi 10 Heaven Sarah Bonnici 11 Shame Enya Magri 12 Boy Denise 13 Out of sight Emma Muscat 14 Army Janice Mangion 15 Serenity Mark Anthony Bartolo 16 Ritmu Aidan Cassar 17 Hey little Richard Edwards   Aidan Cassar became 4th in 2018 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Baklava became 18th in 2009, took part in the 2010 semifinal and became 6th in 2011.Denise took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Enya Magri took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Janice Mangion took part in the 2012 semifinal, became 2nd in 2017 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Jessika Muscattook part in the 2008, 2009, 2010 semifinal, became 15th in 2011, took part in the 2012 semifinal, became 8th in 2014 and represented San Marino in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.Mark Anthony Bartolo took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Matt Blxck took part in X-Factor Malta 2020.Miriana Conte became 16th in 2017, 12th in 2018 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2020 as a member of Chord.Nicole Azzopardi took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Nicole Hammett took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Norbert Bondin became 6th in X-Factor Malta 2019.Raquel took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Richard Edwards took part in the 2010 semifinals, became 2nd in 2011, 5th in 2012, became 5th in 2013, won in 2014 with the band Firelight and thus represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest, and became 13th in 2017.Sarah Bonicci took part in the X-Factor Malta in 2019.

Also the Slovenian preselection EMA has come to an end. Twelve songs will compete in the final. It will be a 50/50 televote and jury. The show starts at 20.20 CET and you can watch it here. These are the 12 contestants: 1 Tendency Anabel 2 Tu in zdaj? Stela Sofia 3 Si sama? Manouche 4 Naked Leya Leanne 5 Maj BQL 6 Nova romantika Gušti feat. Leyre 7 Girls can do anything July Jones 8 Še vedno si lepa David Amaro 9 Disko LPS 10 Sledim Hauptman 11 All in Luma 12 Mim pravil Batista Cadillac   Anabel stranded in the 2018 semifnial.BQL became 2nd in 2017 and in 2018.

It was a surprise, but Poland will have a national selection tonight. In “Tu bije serce Europy”, ten songs will compete. A jury and televoters (50/50) will select three songs for a superfinal. After this, the televoters will select the winner. The show will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. However, it is not sure whether you can watch it in every country. We keep you updated. The ten songs are: 1 Lovesick Kuba Szmajkowksi 2 Dokąd? Ania Byrcyn 3 Drogowskazy Siostry Szlachta 4 Why does it hurt? Lidia Kopania 5 Move Karolina Stanisławczyk & Chika Toro 6 Czysta woda Karolina Lizer 7 Głośniej niż decybele Unmute 8 All I need Mila 9 River Krystian Ochman 10 Paranoia Daria   Lidia Kopania won the national final in 2009 and thus represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Melodi Grand Prix series have come to an end. The final will be held tonight at 19.50 CET and you can watch it here. After the first round, two songs will battle in a golden duel. These are the contestants:  1 Hammer of Thor Oda Gondrosen 2 Someone Northkid 3 Queen bees Anna-Lisa Kumoji 4 Dangerous Farida 5 Made of glass Sofie Fjellvang 6 Black flowers Frode Vassel 7 Wonders of the world Christian Ingebritsen 8 Fly Maria Mohn 9 Give that wolf a banana Subwoolfer 10 Death of us Elsie Bay   Anna-Lisa Kumoji became 4th in Melodi Grand Prix 2019.Christian Ingebritsen co-wrote the 2020 Norwegian entry, “Attention”.Maria Mohn took part in the 2020 Melodi Grand Prix semifinal, in a duet with Kim Wigaard.

The Swedish national selection Melodifestivalen will continue tonight with it’s 3rd heat. The show will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. Two participants will go directly to the final, while two others will go to the semifinal (what was previously called ‘andra chancen’). These are the participants:  Cazzi Opeia, “I can’t get enough” (semifinal) Lancelot, “Lyckligt slut” Lisa Miskovsky, “Best to come” (semifinal) Tribe Friday, “Shut me up” Faith Kakembo, “Freedom” (final) Linda Bengtzing, “Fyrfaldigt hurra” Anders Bagge, “Bigger than the universe” (final)   Lisa Miskovsky became 9th in 2012.Faith Kakembo took part in the 2020 semifinals.Linda Bengtzing became 9th in 2005, 7th in 2006, 5th in 2008, 7th in 2011, semifinal in 2014, semifinal in 2016, semifinal in 2020.

Tonight is the night: 22 semifinalists will compete for 16 tickets to the final of MESC (Malta Eurovision Song Contest). After a few years of having the X-Factor as the national final, there will be a regular national final again. The show will start at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here.  Here are the contestants: Aidan Cassar, “Ritmu” Baklava feat. Nicole, “Electric indigo” Denise Mercieca, “Boy” Derrick Schembri, “II” Emma Muscat, “Out of sight” Enya Magri, “Shame” Francesca Sciberras, “Rise” Giada, “Revelación” Janice Mangion, “Army” Jessica Grech, “Aphrodisiac” Jessika Muscat, “Kaleidoskope” Malcolm Pisani, “We came for love” Mark Anthony Bartolo, “Serenity” Matt Blxck, “Come around” Miriana Conte, “Look what you’ve done now” Nicole Azzopardi, “Into the fire” Nicole Hammett, “A lover’s heart” Norbert Bondin, “How special you are” Rachel Lowell, “White doves” Raquel Galdes Briffa, “Over you” Richard Micallef, “Hey little” Sarah Bonnici, “Heaven”   Aidan Cassar became 4th in 2018 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Baklava became 18th in 2009, took part in the 2010 semifinal and became 6th in 2011.Denise Mercieca took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Derrick Schembri took part in the 2009 semifinals and took part in X-Factor Malta 2020.Enya Magri took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Francesca Sciberra took part in X-Factor Malta 2020.Janice Mangion took part in the 2012 semifinal, became 2nd in 2017 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Jessika Muscat took part in the 2008, 2009, 2010 semifinal, became 15th in 2011, took part in the 2012 semifinal, became 8th in 2014 and represented San Marino in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.Mark Anthony Bartolo took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Matt Blxck took part in X-Factor Malta 2020.Miriana Conte became 16th in 2017, 12th in 2018 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2020 as a member of Chord.Nicole Azzopardi took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Nicole Hammett took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Norbert Bondin became 6th in X-Factor Malta 2019.Raquel Galdes Briffa took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Richard Micallef took part in the 2010 semifinals, became 2nd in 2011, 5th in 2012, became 5th in 2013, won in 2014 with the band Firelight and thus represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest, and became 13th in 2017.Sarah Bonicci took part in the X-Factor Malta in 2019.