MESC

The Busker wins Maltese selection

Maltese band The Busker has won the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The Band reached the first place in MESC2023 with the song “Dance (our own party)”, written by David Meilak and composed by David Meilak, Jean Paul Borg, Matthew James Borg, Michael Joe Cini and Sean Meachen. It is not sure whether “Dance (our own party)” will be the Maltese entry, as this is not obliged according to the rules of MESC. Malta will perform in the first half of the first semifinal. Here are the full results: The Busker sings “Dance (our own party)”, 121 pts. Maxine Pace, “Alone”, 73 pts. Brooke sings “Checkmate”, 70 pts. Matt Blxck sings “Up”, 45 pts. Ryan Hili sings “In the silence”, 41 pts. Chris Grech sings “Indescribable”, 34 pts. Ian sings “On my own”, 22 pts. Fabrizio Faniello sings “Try to be better”, 21 pts. Eliana Gomez Blanco sings “Guess what”, 20 pts. Christian Arding sings “Eku Ċar”, 17 pts. Nathan sings “Creeping walls”, 12 pts. Dan sings “It’ll be OK”, 10 pts. Cheryl sings “La la land”, 9 pts. Geo Debono sings “The mirror”, 3 pts. Giada sings “I depend on you”, 3 pts. Stefan Galea sings “Heartbreaker”, 3 pts.

Malta selects an artist… and maybe a song

Malta is the last one tonight to start the national final. The island will have the final of MESC 2023 tonight. The winner will go to the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. However, it is not sure whether the winning song will also be the song in Liverpool or not. The winner will be chosen by 50% jury and 50% televoting. The show starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. These are the 16 contestants: Brooke Checkmate Cheryl Balzan La la land Chris Grech Indescribable Christian Arding Eku Ċar Dan It’ll be okay Eliana Gomez Blanco Guess what Fabrizio Faniello Try to be better Geo Debono The mirror Giada I depend on you Ian On my own Matt Blxck Up Maxine Pace Alone Nathan Creeping walls Ryan Hili In the silence Stefan Galea Heartbreaker The Busker Dance your own party Bradley Debono took part in X-Factor 2019, the auditions.Brooke took part in MESC 2016 and became 2nd, in 2017 she was 4th and in 2018 3rd.Chris Grech was in MESC 2013 (5th), 2014 (13th), 2015 (4th) and X-Factor 2019 (12th).Christian Arding took part in 2006 (5th) and 2009 (semifinal)Dan took part in X-Factor 2020 and reached the 7th show.Fabrizio Faniello took part in 1998 (2nd), 1999 (8th), 2000 (2nd), 2001 (1st), 2004 (3rd), 2006 (1st, 2011 (4th), 2012 (6th) and 2014 (semifinal). He took part in Eurovision in 2001 with “Another summer night” and in 2006 with “I do”.Giada took part in MESC last year and became 13th.Matt Blxck took part in X-Factor 2019 (9th show) and 2020 auditions and in MESC 2022 (7th).Maxine took part in 2016 (5th) and 2017 (6th).Mikhail took part in X-Factor 2019 (semifinals).Stefan Galea took part in 2016 (semifinal) and X-Factor 2019 (auditions).