Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Country

Malta

National selection

Selection process

National Final

Selected entrant

Times Three

Selected song

"Believe 'n Peace"

Finals performance

Final result

15th, 32 points

Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest

◄1998 •

1999

For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, Malta entered "Believe n peace", performed by Times Three. The song received 32 points, finishing 15th.

On 19 and February 20, the Maltese final was held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, and was hosted by Mariella Scerri and Joseph Chetcuti. There were 16 songs in the final, and the winner was decided by an expert jury - one of whom was Mojca Mavec, the presenter of the Slovene NF.

Singing position	Song title	Act	Points	Final position
1	"Night has fallen"	Alexander Schembri	74	6
2	"The right time"	Lawrence Gray	114	2
3	"Thankful for your love"	Fabrizio Faniello	71	8
4	"Takes me higher"	Tarcisio Barbara	23	16
5	"Breathless"	Claudette Pace	75	5
6	"Hold my hand"	Nadine Axisa & Rita Pace	25	15
7	"Give me love"	Alison Ellul	33	14
8	"Who will be there"	Georgina	79	3
9	"Autumn of my love"	Olivia Lewis	73	7
10	"Look into my eyes"	Charlene & Natasha Grima	68	9
11	"Believe 'n Peace"	Times Three	119	1
12	"Heartbeat"	Mark Tonna	52	11
13	"You're the reason"	Leontine	77	4
14	"It is you"	Marvic Lewis	42	13
15	"I believe again"	Paul Giordimaina	45	12
16	"Love will find the way"	Joe Mizzi	54	10

Georgina and Paul Giordimaina represented Malta in 1991, and Georgina was also a backing singer in 1996. Claudette Pace would go on to represent the country in 2000. Fabrizio Faniello would follow suit in both 2001 and 2006, and Olivia Lewis would do the same in 2007.

At Eurovision

Points Awarded to Malta

Points Awarded to Malta
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
			Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia United Kingdom
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Cyprus		Estonia Germany Portugal

Points Awarded by Malta

12 points	Sweden
10 points	Iceland
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Estonia
6 points	Israel
5 points	Croatia
4 points	Denmark
3 points	Germany
2 points	Netherlands
1 point	Lithuania

Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1971 1972 ~~1973 to 1974~~ 1975 ~~1976 to 1990~~ 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1970s	~~1970~~ Joe Grech Helen and Joseph ~~1973 to 1974~~ Renato ~~1976 to 1979~~

1980s	~~1980 to 1989~~

1990s	~~1990~~ Paul Giordimaina and Georgina Mary Spiteri William Mangion Chris and Moira Mike Spiteri Miriam Christine Debbie Scerri Chiara Times Three

2000s	Claudette Pace Fabrizio Faniello Ira Losco Lynn Chircop Julie and Ludwig Chiara Fabrizio Faniello Olivia Lewis Morena Chiara

2010s	Thea Garrett Glen Vella Kurt Calleja Gianluca Bezzina Firelight Amber Ira Losco

Songs

1970s	~~1970~~ "Marija l-Maltija" "L-imħabba" ~~1973 to 1974~~ "Singing This Song" ~~1976 to 1979~~

1980s	~~1980 to 1989~~

1990s	~~1990~~ "Could It Be" "Little Child" "This Time" "More Than Love" "Keep Me In Mind" "In a Woman's Heart" "Let Me Fly" "The One That I Love" "Believe 'n Peace"

2000s	"Desire" "Another Summer Night" "7th Wonder" "To Dream Again" "On Again... Off Again" "Angel" "I Do" "Vertigo" "Vodka" "What If We"

2010s	"My Dream" "One Life" "This Is the Night" "Tomorrow" "Coming Home" "Warrior" "Chameleon"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Malta did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Countries

Final (by final results)	Sweden (winner) Iceland Germany Croatia Israel Estonia Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark Netherlands Austria Slovenia Belgium United Kingdom Norway Malta Turkey Ireland Poland France Lithuania Portugal Cyprus Spain

Artists

Final (by final results)	Charlotte Nilsson Selma Sürpriz Doris Dragović Eden Evelin Samuel & Camille Dino & Béatrice Trine Jepsen & Michael Teschl Marlayne Bobbie Singer Darja Švajger Vanessa Chinitor Precious Stig Van Eijk Times Three Tuğba Önal & Grup Mistik The Mullans Mietek Szcześniak Nayah Aistė Rui Bandeira Marlain Lydia

Songs

Final
(by final results)

"Take Me to Your Heaven"
"All Out of Luck"
"Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat"
"Marija Magdalena"
"Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)"
"Diamond of Night"
"Putnici"
"This Time I Mean It"
"One Good Reason"
"Reflection"
"For a Thousand Years"
"Like the Wind"
"Say It Again"
"Living My Life Without You"
"Believe 'n Peace"
"Dön Artık"
"When You Need Me"
"Przytul mnie mocno"
"Je veux donner ma voix"
"Strazdas"
"Como tudo começou"
"Tha 'ne erotas"
"No quiero escuchar"

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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