Malta: Emma Muscat wins her spot in Eurovision 2022 with "Out of Sight"

Malta: Emma Muscat wins her spot in Eurovision 2022 with
Sunday, 20 February 2022

  • Emma Muscat will represent Malta at Eurovision 2022 performing the song 'Out of sight' after winning the final of "Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022'. 

    The Maltese national broadcaster, PBS selectied their Eurovision 2022 hopeful via the national final 'Malta Eurovision Song Contest', which successes the X-factor show which was used to select the country's representative since 2019.

    The national selection included one semi final round and a Grand final show. A total of 22 acts competed in the semifinal with 16 contestants securing a spot the Grand final show. Additionally one wildcard act was selected through public voting to join the final line up, with Jessica Muscat winning that spot. 

    The final was hosted by Stephanie Spiteri and Quiton Scerri. The 17 acts that competed in MESC 2022 national final were: 

    1. Nicole Hammett – A lover’s heart
    2. Janice Mangion –Army
    3. Denise Mercieca – Boy
    4. Matt BLXCK – Come Around
    5. Baklava Ft Nicole – Electric Indigo
    6. Sarah Bonnici – Heaven
    7. Richard Edwards – Hey Little
    8. Norbert Bondin – How special you are
    9. Nicole Azzopardi – Into The Fire
    10. Miriana Conte – Look what you’ve done now
    11. Emma Muscat – Out of Sight
    12. Raquel Galdes Briffa – Over You
    13. Giada – REVELACIÓN
    14. Aidan Cassar – Ritmu
    15. Mark Anthony Bartolo – Serenity
    16. Enya Magri – Shame
    17. Jessica Muscat – Kaleidoscope

     

    The results

    The outcome was determined by a combination of jury and public voting. Here is how the overall scoreboard developed once the jury's and public's votes were all counted in: 

    DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
    13 Emma Muscat "Out of Sight" 72 20 92 1
    16 Aidan "Ritmu" 60 12 72 2
    9 Nicole Azzopardi "Into the Fire" 31 5 36 3
    2 Norbert "How Special You Are" 30 4 34 4
    12 Denise "Boy" 35 3 31 5
    8 Miriana Conte "Look What You've Done Now" 27 1 28 6
    3 Matt Blxck "Come Around" 15 3 18 7
    7 Nicole Hammett "A Lover's Heart" 15 1 16 8
    11 Enya Magri "Shame" 12 3 15 9
    17 Richard Edwards "Hey Little" 12 1 13 10
    15 Mark Anthony Bartolo "Serenity" 10 1 11 11
    10 Sarah Bonnici "Heaven" 9 1 10 12
    4 Giada "Revelación" 7 1 8 13
    6 Raquel "Over You" 8 0 8 13
    1 Baklava feat. Nicole "Electric Indigo" 6 1 7 15
    14 Janice Mangion "Army" 6 1 7 15
    5 Jessika "Kaleidoscope" 0 1 1 17

     

    A few words for Emma Muscat

    Born in Malta ion November 27 1999, she approached music from an early age. After school, she decided to enroll in the University of Performing Arts. As an adolescent she showed her skills in singing, dancing, and in the use of musical instruments: she specialized, in particular, with the piano, and also started to compose both the music and the text of her songs.

    In 2016 she released her first single "Alone" on her YouTube channel and later in 2017 released her second single "Without You". In 2018 she participated in the seventeenth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, managing to enter the "evening phase", where she was eliminated in the final, finishing with fourth place in the singing category and a contract with Warner Music Italy.

    Also she  she participated in "Isle of MTV 2018" with Jason Derulo, Hailee Steinfeld and Sigala and then took part again the following year with Martin Garrix, Bebe Rexha and Ava Max; later, at a musical event in Malta, she duetted with the Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja and Eros Ramazzotti. 

    On 26 April 2019 she released her first single Avec moi, featuring singer Biondo.On 14 November 2019 she participated in the remix of rapper Junior Cally's hit song "Sigarette" (literally, Cigarettes). On 10 December she released the single "Vicolo cieco" (literally, Cul-de-sac); after the release of the song she stated in an interview that it would be the first official extract from her new album. On 3 July 2020 she released her summer single Sangria, with Italian rapper Astol, was certified gold in Italy and reached 21 million streams on YouTube.

    Her Eurovision 2022 entry is written by Antonio Caputo, Emma Muscat, Gabriel Rossi, Lorenzo Santarelli and Marco Salvaderi and we will see her deliver it at Eurovision 2022  in the first half of the 2nd semi final on May 12 in Turin, Italy. 

     

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