The Maltese national broadcaster, PBS, has officially announced the contestant who will replace the singer disqualified from the Eurovision pre-selection. Who is the singer that will get to replace her in the competition?
The Maltese national broadcaster, PBS, revealed about a week ago during a special broadcast the 24 contestants and song titles that will compete in the Maltese Eurovision pre-selection, along with a 10-second snippet of their songs. Yesterday, it was announced that contestant Alexandra Alden with her song “Magnolia” was disqualified from the Eurovision pre-selection and will not be able to perform her song in the competition, after it was discovered that the song was released to the public before the allowed date for pre-selection song distribution.
The decision to disqualify Alexandra Alden and her song “Magnolia“ was made due to a violation of section 3.3.1 of the competition rules, which states that no work (lyrics and music) should be published before November 30th. After a thorough investigation and fact-checking, the decision was made to ensure full compliance with the competition rules.
Now, in a post on the official Instagram page of the Eurovision pre-selection, it was announced that the contestant will be replaced by singer Dario Bezzina together with Żeppi L-Muni, who will perform their song “Għażliet”. The singers have entered the list of 24 contestants in the Maltese Eurovision pre-selection and will compete to represent Malta at Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.
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A total of 24 songs will compete in the pre-selection for the opportunity to represent Malta. Each semi-final will feature 12 songs, with 8 songs from each advancing to the final. The final, to be held on February 8th, 2025, will ultimately include 16 finalists. Performances in both the semi-finals and the final will be live.
Maltese Eurovision Pre-Selection Dates
The dates for the Maltese Eurovision pre-selection are as follows:
- Semi-final 1 – Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
- Semi-final 2 – Thursday, February 6th, 2025
- Grand Final – Saturday, February 8th, 2025
Malta in Eurovision 2024
“Loop” is the name of the song performed by singer Sarah Bonnici, who was chosen to represent Malta after winning the Maltese national selection. Malta did not qualify for the final, finishing 16th and last in the second semi-final with 13 points.
This is the second consecutive time Malta has finished last in the semi-final stage, and the fifth time overall since joining the competition in 1971. Additionally, Malta fails to qualify for the final for the third consecutive time, a new negative record since the semi-final system began in 2004.
Source: ESCDISCORD
Eurovision 2025: This will be Malta’s 37th participation in Eurovision. Malta joined the competition in 1971 and achieved its best result in Eurovision 2002 and Eurovision 2005 after finishing second twice.
