Malte - Malta

Malte à l’Eurovision

Malte a participé au Concours Eurovision de la chanson depuis 1971.
Au début, l'Etat insulaire a envoyé des chansons dans sa langue natale, le maltais, mais le pays n‘a jamais été bien classé et se retira après le concours 1975.
A partir de 1991, Malte revient à la compétition après une absence de 16 ans et ses chanson sont maintenant interprétées en Anglais.

Malte a souvent été très bien placé, 2éme à 2 reprise, en 2002 et 2005, 3éme également 2 fois, en 1992 et 1998.
Depuis quelques années, Malte a beaucoup de difficulté à se qualifier pour la finale.

2005

Chiara a représenté à Malte 3 fois.
Sa première participation remonte à 1998, avec "The One That I Love», qui est arrivé troisième.
Elle est retournée à l'Eurovision en 2005, avec "Angel", une chanson de sa composition qui lui a donné la deuxième place après la Grèce Elena Paparizou.
Elle revient à l'Eurovision à nouveau en 2009 avec "What if We", qui l’a placé que 22éme avec 31 points.
Fabrizio Faniello est le seul autre artiste à représenter Malta à plusieurs reprises.
En 2001 avec "Another summer night", il fini 9éme, et en 2006 avec "I Do" ou il finira dernier, avec 1 point...
Comme la Croatie, la Suède et le Royaume-Uni, Malte est l'un des rares pays qui n'a pas manqué un concours depuis 1991.

Malta at Eurovision

Malta has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1971. At first the island state sent songs in its native language, Maltese, but it failed to rank highly, and withdrew after the 1975 contest. Since its return in 1991, however, it has achieved eight top ten placings in a row, including second place finishes in 2002 and 2005. In recent years, however, Malta's fortunes in the Contest have changed, coming last in the 2006 contest and failing to qualify for the 2007, 2008 and 2010 finals. In 2011 they also didn't qualify to the final being placed 11th, only one point behind Switzerland.

Despite its mixed fortunes, Malta is the most successful country never to have won the contest, having come 2nd twice (2002 and 2005) and 3rd twice (1992 and 1998) with singers including Chiara and Ira Losco.

2002

Chiara has represented Malta the most number of times. Her first participation came in 1998, performing "The One That I Love", which came third. She returned to Eurovision in 2005, performing her self-written song "Angel", giving her second place after Greece's Elena Paparizou. She returned to Eurovision once again in 2009 with "What If We", composed by Belgian songwriters Marc Paelinck and Gregory Bilsen, which placed only 22nd, with 31 points received.

Fabrizio Faniello is the only other artist to represent Malta multiple times at Eurovision, having come ninth in 2001 with "Another Summer Night", as well as coming last in 2006 with "I Do".

Together with Croatia, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Malta is one of the few countries that has not missed a contest since 1991. Malta generally uses English as the language in which the songs are performed. As from 1991, Malta returned to the contest after an absence of 16 years.

The Maltese broadcasters of the show are the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS). All shows are transmitted live on TVM (Malta) and Radio Malta.

2001