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Malta was represented at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2001 The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the with the song " Fly on the Wings of Love" by Olsen Brothers. Organised by the Eur ...
with the song "Another Summer Night", composed by Paul Abela, with lyrics by
Georgina Abela Georgina Abela (born 23 April 1959) is a Maltese singer and actress. She is best known for representing Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest on several occasions, either as an entrant, backing vocalist or songwriter. Career Abela began singing ...
, and performed by
Fabrizio Faniello Fabrizio Faniello (born 27 April 1981) is a Maltese pop singer. He represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 and 2006. Family Fabrizio Faniello is the eldest of three children born to Vincenzo and Anna Faniello. He has two y ...
. The Maltese participating broadcaster,
Public Broadcasting Services Public Broadcasting Services Limited (PBS) is the public broadcaster of Malta. PBS is funded by government grants and the sale of commercial airtime. Its TVM channel is Malta's most watched television channel, and its radio station Magic Malt ...
(PBS), selected its entry for the contest through the national final ''Malta Song for Europe 2001''. The competition consisted of a final, held on 2 and 3 February 2001, where "Another Summer Night" performed by Fabrizio Faniello eventually emerged as the winning entry after scoring the most points from a seven-member jury and a public televote. Malta competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2001. Performing during the show in position 21, Malta placed ninth out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 48 points.


Background

Prior to the 2001 contest, the Maltese Broadcasting Authority (MBA) until 1975, and the
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(PBS) since 1991, had participated in the
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representing Malta 13 times since MBA's first entry in . After competing in , Malta was absent from the contest beginning in 1976. After returning in , it had competed annually. By 2001, its best placing was third and this was achieved on two occasions: with the song "
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" performed by
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 ...
and with the song "The One That I Love" performed by Chiara. As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, PBS organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had selected its entry consistently through a national final procedure, a method that was continued for its 2001 participation.


Before Eurovision


''Malta Song for Europe 2001''

''Malta Song for Europe 2001'' was the national final format developed by PBS to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. 229 entries were received by the broadcaster for the competition after artists and composers were able to submit their entries, and sixteen songs were selected by a seven-member jury panel to compete from a shortlist of 36 entries that had progressed through the selection process. The final took place on 2 and 3 February 2001 at the
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in the nation's capital city of
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, hosted by Louise Tedesco, Claire Fabri and Antonella Vassallo and broadcast on
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(TVM). Sixteen entries competed and the combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel (7/8) and public televoting (1/8) determined the winner. The interval act of the show on 2 February featured guest performances by the Image Dance Group, local act Vanni Pulé,
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(who represented ) and the
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(who won Eurovision for ), while the interval act of the show on 2 February featured further performances by Pace and Olsen Brothers. After the votes from the jury panel and televote were combined, "Another Summer Night" performed by
Fabrizio Faniello Fabrizio Faniello (born 27 April 1981) is a Maltese pop singer. He represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 and 2006. Family Fabrizio Faniello is the eldest of three children born to Vincenzo and Anna Faniello. He has two y ...
was the winner. 46,320 votes were registered by the televoting.


Promotion

To promote the Maltese Eurovision entry, Fabrizio Faniello toured Europe, making appearances on television and speaking to the press in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom. A music video of "Another Summer Night" was also released prior to the contest.


At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 took place at
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in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 12 May 2001. The relegation rules introduced for the were again utilised ahead of the 2001 contest, based on each country's average points total in previous contests. The 23 participants were made up of the previous year's winning country, the " Big Four" countries, consisting of , , , and the , the twelve countries which had obtained the highest average points total over the preceding five contests, and any eligible countries which did not compete in the 2000 contest. Malta's five year contest average allowed the nation to continue to participate this year. On the night of the event, Faniello performed for Malta in position 21, and at the close of the voting, the entry placed ninth, having received 48 points.


Voting

Voting during the show involved each country awarding points from 1-8, 10 and 12 as determined by either 100%
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or a combination of 50% televoting and 50% national jury. In cases where televoting was not possible, only the votes of the eight-member national juries were tabulated. Malta received 48 points, which included the top 12 points from . The nation awarded its 12 points to contest winners .


References

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