The Maltese National Broadcaster, PBS, revealed the 24 competing songs for “MESC 2025”, along with semi-final allocations, stage design, and new graphic branding. The representative and song for Eurovision 2025 will be chosen on February 8th. Listen to the songs!
The Maltese National Broadcaster PBS has revealed the 24 songs participating in the Maltese Eurovision pre-selection “MESC 2025”. On February 8th, the final of the pre-selection will take place, where Malta will choose its representative and song for Eurovision 2025, to be held in Basel, Switzerland. Along with the participating songs, new details about the pre-selection itself were revealed: the graphic design, stage, and semi-finals allocation.
Semi-Finals Allocation
First Semi-Final – Tuesday, February 4th:
- Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Hideaway“
- Adria Twins – “Qalb ma’ Qalb“
- Dre’ Curmi – “Te amo“
- Haley Azzopardi – “Whistleblower“
- Justine Shorfid – “Still I Rise“
- JVF – “Festa (No Time for Siesta)“
- Kristy Spiteri – “Heaven Sent“
- Marie Claire – “Wildflower“
- Matthew Cilia – “Control“
- Raquela Dalli – “Silenced“
- Victoria Sciberras – “Juno“
- Kurt Calleja – “Aziz/a“
Second Semi-Final -Thursday, February 6th:
- Kelsey Bellante – “365“
- Krista Šujak – “Unheard“
- Kelsy Attard – “Love Me Loud“
- Miriana Conte – “Kant“
- Martina Borg – “Yo Listen“
- Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni – “Għażliet“
- Nathan Psaila – “Concrete“
- Stefan Galea – “Lablab (Talk Talk)“
- Kurt Anthony Cassar – “Miegħek Biss“
- Kantera – “LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum“
- The Alchemists – “Rubble & Stone“
- Miguel Bonello – “Breaking the Cycle“
Click on the song title to listen!
Among the contestants, we can see some familiar names
- Fabrizio Faniello – represented Malta at Eurovision 2001 with his song “Another Summer Night” and reached ninth place in the final, and again in 2006 with his song “I do”, where he finished last in the final.
- Kurt Calleja – represented Malta at Eurovision 2012 with his song “This is the night” and reached 21st place in the final.
Besides them, artists such as Nathan Psaila, Stefan Galea, Haley Azzopardi, Martina Borg, and Mark Anthony Bartolo, who competed in the pre-selection in the past but did not achieve significant results, have returned.
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: TVM Youtube.
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.