Malta: The Busker win their spot in Eurovision 2023 with "Dance (Our Own Party)"

Malta: The Busker win their spot in Eurovision 2023 with
Sunday, 12 February 2023

  • The Busker will represent Malta at Eurovision 2023 performing the song 'Dance (Our Own Party)' after winning the final of "MESC 2023'. 

    The Maltese national broadcaster, PBS selectied their Eurovision 2023 hopeful via the national final 'Malta Eurovision Song Contest', the show which is used to select the country's representative.

    The national selection included three quarter-final shows, one semi final round and a Grand final show. A total of 24 acts competed in the semifinal with 16 contestants securing a spot the Grand final show.The final was hosted by Glen Vella and Amber Bondin.

    The 16 acts that competed in MESC 2023 national final were: 

    1. Nathan – “Creeping Walls”
    2. Chris Grech – “Indescribable“
    3. Maxine Pace – “Alone”
    4. Fabrizio Faniello – “Try To Be Better”
    5. Geo Debono – “The Mirror”
    6. Brooke – “Checkmate”
    7. Ian – “On My Own”
    8. Eliana Gomez Blanco – “Guess What”
    9. The Busker – “Dance (Our Own Party)”
    10. Giada – “I Depend on You“
    11. Matt Blxck – “UP.”
    12. Cheryl Balzan – “La La Land“
    13. Christian Arding – “Eku Ċar” 
    14. Ryan Hill – “In the Silence“
    15. Dan – “It’ll Be Ok”
    16. Stefan Galea – “Heartbreaker“

     

    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
    9 The Busker "Dance (Our Own Party)"    41      80   121     1
    14 Ryan Hili "In the Silence"    41      44    85     2
    11 Matt Blxck "Up."    45      31    76     3
    3 Maxine Pace "Alone"    28      45    73     4
    6 Brooke "Checkmate"    39      31    70     5
    2 Chris Grech "Indescribable"    27       7    34     6
    7 Ian "On My Own"    19       3    22     7
    4 Fabrizio Faniello "Try to Be Better"    12       9    21     8
    8 Eliana Gomez Blanco "Guess What"    10      10    20     9
    13 Christian Arding "Eku ċar"    11       6    17    10
    1 Nathan "Creeping Walls"     3       9    12    11
    15 Dan "It'll Be OK"     8       2    10    12
    12 Cheryl Balzan "La La Land"     5      4    9    13
    10 Giada "I Depend on You"     1       2    3    14
    5 Geo Debono "The Mirror"     0      3    3    15
    16 Stefan "Heartbreaker"     0      3    3    16

     

    A few words about The Busker

    The Busker is a Maltese musical group formed in 2012 and composed of David "Dav.Jr" Grech, Jean Paul Borg and Sean Meachen. The Busker were formed in October 2012 as a duo composed of singer and guitarist Dario Genovese and percussionist Jean Paul Borg. Two years later, bassist and keyboardist David Grech and saxophonist Sean Meachen were added. The group inspired a pop band of the 60s like the Beatles and the Beach Boys. He started to publish cover and original music on YouTube. In 2017 they released their debut album, Telegram, followed the following year by Ladies and Gentlemen. Dario Genovese left the group in 2021.

     

    News Source/ Image: PBS

AUTHORS

  • Melina F.

    Melina F.

    True follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 2002, really enjoy listening daily to all the Eurovision hits and keeping up with all the Eurovision stars.