Malta Announces Its 24 Finalists for Eurovision 2011

The tiny island that brought you big-voiced Chiara Siracusa has announced its Eurovision hopefuls for 2011. Twenty-four acts will vie for the title at the Mediterranean Conference Center in Valletta on February 11 and 12. You can visit the official Eurovision website of PBS, the Maltese broadcaster, here, and you can check out this year’s contestants below. Their songs will premier on January 14 during TVM’s Xarabank program.

01. Cherise Grixti – Heart of Glass (Philip Vella / Gerard James Borg)
02. Amber – Catch 22 (Ray Agius / Godwin Sant)
03. Jessica Muscat – Down Down Down (Philip Vella / Jessica Muscat)<
04. Wayne Micallef – Everybody Sing (Wayne Micallef)
05. Richard Edwards – Finally (Richard Edward / Jan Van Dijck)
06. Marilena Gauci ft. Michael Henry – He’s A Demon (Michael Henry / Anthony Grech)
07. Eleanor Cassar – Hypnotized (Paul Giordimaina / Fleur Balzan)
08. Raquela – If I Could Do It Again (Marc Paelinck / Mathias Strasser)
09. Domenique – I’ll Follow the Sunshine (Ralph Siegel / Bernd Mienunger)
10. Jamie Tonna – Lost Without You (Marco Debono / Aidan O’Connor)
11. Kelly Schembri – Love Me Like Your Money (Sven Lundholm / Gerard James Borg)
12. Sophie Debattista – Love to Love You (Elton Zarb / Sophie Debattista)
13. Baklava – Moon Dance (Philip Vella / Gerard James Borg)
14. Claudia Faniello – Movie In My Mind (Philip Vella / Gerard James Borg)
15. Fabrizio Faniello – No Surrender (Johan Stentorp / Johan Bederholm)
16. Ally – Numb (Ally)
17. Glen Vella – One Life (Paul Giordimaina / Fleur Balzan)
18. Kurt Calleja – Over and Over (Johan J’amtberg / Kurt Calleja)
19. Klinsmann Coleiro / Benjamin Darmanin – This Love (Jonathan Spiteri / Klinsmann Coleiro)
20. J.Anvil – Topsy Turvy (Jonas Gladnikoff / Niall Mooney / Andrew Zahra / Deo Grech / Natasha Turner)
21. Amber – Touch Wood (Ray Agius / Alfred Zammit)
22. Anna Azzopardi – Unfaithful (Renato Briffa / Keith Zammit)
23. Petra Zammit – Unintentional (Elton Zarb / Rita Pace)
24. Rosman Pace – You’ll Never Know (Jordan Milnes / Stephen D. Cook)