BIG Names Among Quarter-Finalists for Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Malta is going all out this year, announcing a 40-song national final. The acts selected to compete in the MESC 2023 quarterfinals have now been made public by PBS.

The entry period for the artists was from October 17 to October 31, 2022. Artists were free to submit as many songs as they wanted, but in the quarterfinals, they could only compete with one.

The chosen quarterfinalists include former Eurovision contestants Francesca Sciberras, who represented Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2009, Jessika, who represented San Marino in the 2018 competition, and Eliana Gomez Blanco, who represented Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2019. Fabrizio Faniello will also be making a comeback after an 11-year hiatus. Dominic Cini is back after a seven-year hiatus while Anna Azzoppardi is back after twelve. Previous runner-ups Aidan and Brooke have also made it through the top 40. Interestingly, inaugural Muzika Muzika winner Christian Arding is making his first Eurovision appearance after seventeen years.

Here is the full list of the quarterfinalists

Artist	Song
Aidan	“Reġina”
Andre	“Broken Hill”
Bradley Debono	“Blackout”
Brooke	“Checkmate”
Cheryl Balzan	“La La Land”
Chris Grech	“Indescribable”
Christian Arding	“Eku ċar”
Clintess	“Lura qatt”
Dan	“It’ll Be OK”
Dario	“Pawn in a Game”
Dario Bezzina	“Bridle Road”
Dominic and Anna	“Whatever the Wind May Blow”
Eliana Gomez Blanco	“Guess What”
Fabrizio Faniello	“Try to Be Better”
Francesca Sciberras	“Masquerade”
Geo Debono	“The Mirror”
Giada	“I Depend on You”
Greta Tude	“Sound of My Stilettos”
Haley	“Tik Tok”
Ian	“On My Own”
Jake	“Love You Like That”
James Louis	“Dream”
Jason Scerri	“Anything Can Happen”
Jessika	“Unapologetic”
John Galea	“Trailblazer”
Kirstie	“Girls Get Down”
Klinsmann	“Piranah”
Lyndsay	“Haunted”
Maria Christina	“Our Flame”
Maria Debono	“X’allegrija”
Marie Claire	“Thankful”
Mark Anthony Bartolo	“Tears”
Matt Blxck	“Up”
Maxine Pace	“Alone”
Mike	“Leħen fiċ-ċpar”
Nathan	“Creeping Walls”
Ryan Hili	“In the Silence”
Stefan Xuereb	“What Do You Want?”
Stefan Galea	“Heartbreaker”
The Busker	“Dance (Our Own Party)”

These forty entries will compete for a spot in the semi-final, with sixteen of them having the opportunity to perform again in the final for the opportunity to represent Malta in Liverpool, United Kingdom next May.

Dates

13 January 2023 – Quarter-final 1

20 January 2023 – Quarter-final 2

27 January 2023 – Quarter-final 3

3 February 2023 – Quarter-final 4

9 February 2023 – Semi-Final

11 February 2023 – Grand Final