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Singing This Song
Malta was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song " Singing This Song", composed by Sammy Galea, with lyrics by M. Iris Misfud, and performed by Renato. The Maltese participating broadcaster, the Maltese Broadcasting Authority (MBA), selected its entry for the contest through a national final. Before Eurovision National selection ''Song for Europe 1975'' was the national final format developed by the Maltese Broadcasting Authority (MBA) which determined the song that would represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. The competition consisted of two parts. The first part was the Malta Song Festival 1975, where the top 5 songs would then go on to the ''Song for Europe'' contest. The two contests were organised by two separate organisations; the Malta Song Festival was organised by the Malta Song Festival Board, while ''Song for Europe'' was organised by MBA. The use of Malta Song Festival as part of the Maltese national final was a cooperation bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maltese Broadcasting Authority
Public Broadcasting Services Limited (PBS) is the public broadcasting, public broadcaster of Malta. PBS is funded by government grants and the sale of commercial airtime. Its Television Malta, TVM channel is Malta's most watched television channel, and its radio station Magic Malta enjoys huge popularity among local and foreign listeners. Each year on 13 December, PBS hosts an open day, where the public takes a visit in the building and have a look at the sets of the channels and radios. History PBS was founded on 11 November 1975 as Xandir Malta and became joint member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) together with the Maltese Broadcasting Authority (MBA). The latter was previously admitted as a full, active member, as Malta Television Service Ltd already has been, in 1970. Since 2003, PBS is the sole Maltese member of EBU. Prior to Xandir Malta, Rediffusion broadcast television programmes in Malta under the name The Malta Television Service Ltd. The service was run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Micallef
Nazzareno Alessandro Micallef Garrett, better known by his stage name Renato Micallef (born 19 November 1951) is a Maltese pop singer. Renato has been active in the Maltese music scene since the age of 12. Renato has toured North America, Australia and the United Kingdom where his website claims he won an award for Singer Of The Year in 1980. In 1975, he represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in 12th place with Singing This Song. In 1990, he represented Malta again in the Cavan International Song Festival, with the song ''Our Little World of Yesterday'', which won first prize. He has also hosted his own Television and Radio including the popular ''Separju'' on Super One Radio and also toured with one of his favourite singers, Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the James Bond music, theme songs to three James Bond films - the only artist to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 22 March 1975 in the in Stockholm, Sweden and presented by Karin Falck. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (SR), the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the with the song " Waterloo" by ABBA. Nineteen countries were represented at the contesta new record number of participants. made its first entry in the contest, and and returned after a one- and two-year absence, respectively. , after participating for the first time in the previous year's event, opted not to participate in 1975, due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. The winner was the with the song " Ding-a-dong", composed by Dick Bakker, written by and Eddy Ouwens, and performed by the group Teach-In. This was the Netherlands' fourth contest victory, matching the record number of contest wins previously set by France and . Having been the opening son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singing This Song
Malta was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song " Singing This Song", composed by Sammy Galea, with lyrics by M. Iris Misfud, and performed by Renato. The Maltese participating broadcaster, the Maltese Broadcasting Authority (MBA), selected its entry for the contest through a national final. Before Eurovision National selection ''Song for Europe 1975'' was the national final format developed by the Maltese Broadcasting Authority (MBA) which determined the song that would represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. The competition consisted of two parts. The first part was the Malta Song Festival 1975, where the top 5 songs would then go on to the ''Song for Europe'' contest. The two contests were organised by two separate organisations; the Malta Song Festival was organised by the Malta Song Festival Board, while ''Song for Europe'' was organised by MBA. The use of Malta Song Festival as part of the Maltese national final was a cooperation bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Spiteri
Mary Spiteri (born 25 October 1947) is a Maltese singer and television personality from Naxxar. She has participated in various national and international music festivals, one of which she came third when representing Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest. She is known for her support for the Labour Party in her home country. Eurovision and later Spiteri represented Malta in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest held in Malmö, Sweden, with the song "Little Child". Spiteri finished in third place behind Ireland and the United Kingdom. But 1992 was not Spiteri's first attempt at Eurovision. In 1971, she participated in the Maltese heat of Eurovision with the song "Min Int?" (Who Are You?). Another attempt was made in 1975 when Spiteri performed two songs in the Maltese final, "Live For Tomorrow" and "Try a Little Love Today". After her 1992 appearance, Spiteri became something of a diva figure to Eurovision fans and was presented with an award by Eurovision Network Eurovision is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Gusman
Laurence Enzo Gusman (9 August 1947 – 18 December 2021) was a Maltese singer born in Sliema, Crown Colony of Malta.Maltese Biographies Of The Twentieth Century, Albert G. Storace, Malta 1997, p. 341 It was Malta's late comic actor Johnnie Navarro who discovered him and invited him as a resident singer on a programme called "TIC TAC" transmitted on the now-defunct Malta's Cable Radio system run by Rediffusion. In 1964, Gusman was the vocalist of the Maltese pop-group "The Boys". In 1965, Gusman pursued a career in banking, even when he emigrated to Canada in 1979. In later years, he would again spend several years living in Malta. Career As a singer, Gusman participated in several international song festivals, such as World Popular Song Festival, Tokyo, Japan; Festival Internacional De la Canción, Viña del Mar, Chile; Olympiad De La Chanson, Athens, Greece; Alexandria International Song Festival, Alexandria, Egypt; Castlebar International Song Festival, Castlebar, Ireland; C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Cutajar
Helen and Joseph was a Maltese singing duo consisting of Joe Cutajar and Helen Micallef, best known for their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, held in Edinburgh, Scotland. The duo briefly reunited at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest in 2022, singing "L-imħabba" on the 50th anniversary of their participation. Before Helen and Joseph Helen Micallef Helen Micallef was born on 8 May 1950 in Birkirkara, Malta. The fourth of eight children, she was the sibling of fellow Eurovision entrant Renato, who went on to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden. Micallef began her singing career at the age of 10 years old when took part in a song festival with her sister in the hall of St. Aloysius College. At 14, she joined the group The Four Links, which consisted of Joe Muscat, John B. Gove and Edwin Vella. After numerous line-up changes, Elio Calleja joined the group and they simply renamed to The Links. In 1966, they won second p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayzo
Bayzo (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2018) was a Maltese singer born in St. Paul's Bay. He is known for his unique voice and songs such as "Qalu li raw", which was played at the Malta Song Festival in 1986. Career The Malta Bums During his sixty-year-long career, he had been one of the main singers of ''The Malta Bums''. His song ''L-Ewwel Tfajla li ħabbejt'' remains known. Bayzo, along with Freddie Portelli, Paul Pirrone, Mario Pirrone, Tony Muscat and Tony Bartolo, and later member Freddie Scicluna were meeting in the fields of St Paul's Bay areas and singing. From there, ''The Malta Bums'', originally known as ''The Bums'', were founded. With The Malta Bums, Bayzo lived and played in Germany for six months, where he originated Viva Malta at the end of 1967. Festivals After having been separated from the Malta Bums, he merged his group with ''Freddie Scicluna'','' Bayzo's Klikka'', which was active in many hotels and nightclubs, and took part in numerous festivals and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta In The Eurovision Song Contest
Malta has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 37 times since its debut in . The current Maltese participating broadcaster in the contest is the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS). Malta has yet to win the contest, but is the only non-winning country to have achieved four top three results. Malta finished last on its first two attempts in and , and had a 16-year absence from the contest between and , when it returned. Malta has participated every year since. Malta's return proved more successful, reaching the top 10 in 12 out of 15 contests from 1991 to 2005, including third-place results with "Little Child" performed by Mary Spiteri () and " The One That I Love" by Chiara () and second-place results with " 7th Wonder" by Ira Losco () and "Angel" by Chiara (). Since finishing last for the third time in , Malta has struggled to make an impact, having achieved only two top 10 results in recent years: first being an eighth-place with " Tomorrow" by Gianluca Bezzina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
