Eight additional contestants advanced to the final stage of the Maltese Eurovision national selection “MESC 2025” from the second semi-final held last night. View the full results!
Eight out of twelve contestants have advanced to the final stage of the Maltese Eurovision national selection “MESC 2025,” which will be held next Saturday, February 8. During this event, Malta will choose its representative and song for the Eurovision 2025 to be held in Basel, Switzerland.
The show was hosted by Valentina Rossi and Pauline Agius, who were previously spokespeople for Malta at Eurovision, and Davide Tucci, a famous Italian actor whose mother is Maltese. During the evening, Emmelie de Forest, Eurovision 2013’s winner, preformed with her song – “Typical love song“, and her winning song – “Only Teardrops“, and also Malta representetive for Eurovision 2017, Claudia Faniello.
The eight finalists are Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni, Miriana Conte, The Alchemists, Martina Borg, Nathan Psaila, Kantera, Krista Šujak and Stefan Galea. The results were determined by 50% jury voting and 50% public voting.
Results of the second semi-final (finalists are highlighted):
- Kelsey Bellante – “365“
- Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni – “Għażliet“
- Kelsy Attard – “Love Me Loud“
- Miriana Conte – “Kant“
- The Alchemists – “Rubble & Stone“
- Martina Borg – “Yo Listen“
- Nathan Psaila – “Concrete“
- Kurt Anthony Cassar – “Miegħek Biss“
- Kantera – “LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum“
- Krista Šujak – “Unheard“
- Stefan Galea – “Lablab (Talk Talk)“
- Miguel Bonello – “Breaking the Cycle“
They joining the finalists from Tuesday:
- Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Hideaway“
- Raquela Dalli – “Silenced“
- Kristy Spiteri – “Heaven Sent“
- Justine Shorfid – “Still I Rise“
- JVF – “Festa (No Time for Siesta)“
- Adria Twins – “Qalb ma’ Qalb“
- Victoria Sciberras – “Juno“
- Kurt Calleja – “Aziz/a“
Click on the song title to listen!
The Complete List of “MESC 2025” Contestants:
- Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Hideaway“
- Raquela Dalli – “Silenced“
- Kristy Spiteri – “Heaven Sent“
- Justine Shorfid – “Still I Rise“
- JVF – “Festa (No Time for Siesta)“
- Adria Twins – “Qalb ma’ Qalb“
- Victoria Sciberras – “Juno“
- Kurt Calleja – “Aziz/a“
- Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni – “Għażliet“
- Miriana Conte – “Kant“
- The Alchemists – “Rubble & Stone“
- Martina Borg – “Yo Listen“
- Nathan Psaila – “Concrete“
- Kantera – “LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum“
- Krista Šujak – “Unheard“
- Stefan Galea – “Lablab (Talk Talk)“
Click on the song title to listen!
Among the contestants in the second semi-final are several familiar names:
A number of past artists have returned to the national selection, including Nathan Psaila, Stefan Galea, and Martina Borg, who have previously competed in Malta’s Eurovision selection process but did not achieve significant results.
Maltese Eurovision Pre-Selection Dates
The dates for the Maltese Eurovision pre-selection are as follows:
Semi-final 1 – Tuesday, February 4th, 2025Semi-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.
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.
