Malta 2012: Kurt Calleja - This Is The Night

**Samuel** Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:10 am

Earlier information

Spoiler:

**Samuel** Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:12 am

Listen to the songs.

**Samuel** Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:20 am

To the final that is held tomorrow:
1. Amber - Answers with your eyes (Ray Agius & Alfred C. Sant)
4. Claudia Faniello - Pure (Philip Vella & Gerard James Borg)
5. Corazon Mizzi - Mystifying eyes (Paul Giordimania & Fleur Balzan)
6. Danica Muscat - 7 days (Philip Vella)
7. Deborah C feat. Leila James - You make me go UH UH (David Vervoort & Patrick Reiner)
8. Dorothy Bezzina - Autobiography (Magnus Kaxe & Gerard James Borg)
9. Eleanor Cassar - I want to run away (Paul Giordimania & Fleur Balzan)
10. Fabrizio Faniello - I will fight for you (Papa's song) (J. Beoerham, N. Edberger, R. Uhlmann, W. Fenech & F. Faniello)
11. Francesca Borg - Take me far (Marco Debono & Doris Chetcuti)
12. Gianni Zammit - Petals on a rose (Robin Abrahamsson, Amir Aly, Marciel Numhauser & T. Fenech)
15. J. Anvil - You are my life (George Georgion)
18. Klinsmann - No way back (Paul Albela, Klinsmann Coleiro & Jonathan C. Spiteri)
19. Kurt Calleja - This is the night (Johan Jämtberg & Kurt Calleja)
20. Lawrence Gray - In your eyes (Philip Vella & Cher Vella)
22. Richard Edwards - Look at me now (Jan Van Dijck & Richard Micallef)
24. Wayne Micallef - Time (Wayne Micallef)

(Source: http://www.eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/semi-final-malta-16-acts-qualify-final )

**Gerly** Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:09 pm

Who you want to win today final?? Who will represent Malta in ESC? ^^

**Samuel** Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:12 pm

Hmm, there must be full version songs out now?
But I listen to the shorts and tell you then what song I believe wins.

What song do you believe wins Gerly?

Edit - By some reason I said "what songs i believe go to final"...

**Gerly** Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:19 pm

Actually I tried to watch yesterday the Semifinal, but the stream just stopped all the times, so I couldn't watch it that much :(
And I haven't listened all the songs. Only Fabrizio "I will fight for you" in repeat million times. I believe that this one suits very good for representing Malta in ESC.

**Samuel** Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:55 am

I decided to listen to the full version songs instead, and some things came between so it took a while for me to listen to it.

Before this thing came between I listened to 1, 4, 5, and 6. Didn't find anything good about them.
I think that Deborah C featuring Leila James had a good song with good rhythm and good singing. The song Autobiography by Dorothy Bezzina had a bad beginning but got better after a while. But not eurovision material.

The first seconds of "I Want to Run Away" by Eleanor Cassar sound like a good song, and well. The song didn't disappointed me but not amazed me. Not a fully good song but ok. Maybe could go in Eurovision. The song you liked (I will fight for you by Fabrizio) I don't think will go in Eurovision. Not a bad song but not good or "great" either. Then I listened to "Take Me Far" by Francesca Borg. Nothing for me.

Then "Petals on a Rose" by Gianni, it's an ok song but I wonder how it will go in eurovision. Maybe something. Then I heard Janvil, no. Nothing for eurovision.

No Way Back - Klinsmann have a good voice. Might be something for eurovision, but might also be a little bit to slow for it.

This is the Night - Kurt Calleja, the first thing what I though about when I heard the first lines of singing. WTF, is the one that participated in Russia last year, in Malta this year. After a while it didn't sound THAT exact, but absolutely something like it. I would say no for him to eurovision.

Song 20, "In your eyes" is something good!

Song 22, ok!
Song 24, no.

So I want and believe Lawrence Grey with In your eyes will be the winner!

At last I will say that I didn't have that much time to listen to the songs and decide. I would probably like more songs if I just would listen more carefully. The better I listen to the songs the better I would probably like them, always so for me. I have been in a rush for this message because of melodifestivalen begins in just minutes.

I will listen to the songs better later and then probably give the songs better "critics"!

**Stathis** Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:44 am

**Samuel** Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:56 am

Haha, it got to be the one that I think is like Russia 2011, Alexey Vorobyov with Get You.

But I think this song is better then that. smile

**Derek** Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:08 am

I predict bottom 10 place for Malta this year (and definitely no final). Pretty bad entry, looks and sounds like karaoke to me.

**Stathis** Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:27 pm

I dont know but i think that song's intro sounds like baby it's over

**Samuel** Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:02 am

I just found out that the song is written by the artist, and also a Swede named Johan Jämtberg. Fun.

It would be even more funnier if I would like the song. Razz

(Here I found it: http://www.pierresschlager.com/2012/02/svensk-seger-pa-malta.html )

**Jessica** Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:10 pm

the beat reminds me of some song, i just don't know what.
It's not bad. Comparing to the other songs chosing so far it's nice. The singer has a great voice, but the background singers are anoying