She won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest in front of thousands of adoring fans. And on Tuesday morning Claudia Faniello looked as much a star in Kyiv as she delivered a visceral performance of “Breathlessly”.
Standing still and at centre stage, the Maltese stunner wears a hip-hugging dress with shiny embellishments, and it really pops against the gorgeous blue backdrop. At times the LED features close-up images of Claudia voguing to the camera. It also zooms in on her stunning décolletage, and we see Claudia singing between her own breasts. Yet owing to the stellar vocals and classy lighting, it feels somehow sophisticated and portrays a woman confident in herself and her stunning voice. The golden chandelier above her added a beautiful warmth to the performance as well.
This is a real grower. Prior to Eurovision it put me to sleep. But today Claudia proved her song has the emotional power to wake up an entire arena. The
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Good staging, boring song!
I’m not impressed by her rehearsal! And I haven’t seen it all cause for now we can only see almost 30sec.
It was beautiful! We know she’s a really good vocalist!
I’m not sure if I like the background!
Malta may qualify, but the other ballads need to fail for that (Denmark, Ireland, Bulgaria, Estonia, etc). Unfortunately, Romania comes after.
From what I heard, Denmark came off as bland and Ireland had big high notes problems. So all she has now is Bulgaria and Estonia, which will be tough since they are two of the favorites.
I still don’t think it’ll be enough to save it.
Malta in for sure .
She’s a decent vocalist, but that’s pretty much it. I still don’t feel the song, sorry. The staging looks quite regular, I’m actually getting a little tired of that shade of blue, to be honest. The Maltese song is a textbook example of kitsch, so they should have probably gone all the way (real candles, smoke etc.) to make it “authentic” (on some level, at least).
One of the best ballads this year. Claudia has a lot of potential and she shows it on stage. So underrated. I love it <3
A very elegant performance, bravo Claudia! :3
my fave rehearsal from today
1. Romania (glad there are no mountains or sheep, but something what really suits the song, it looks fun, youthful and happy)
2. Austria (Nathan really surprised me with the staging
3. Malta
4. Macedonia
5. Serbia
6. Netherlands (i am really ashamed of my country)
I wonder if you will still be so dissapointed in our country when we win this whole deal!
Go Og3ne <3
i hope not
Vocally, she’s on point! However, like Australia on Sunday, why the heck we need LED close ups of Claudia’s face?
With Hungary, Denmark, and Ireland left:
1. Romania (love or hate it, this is such a fun song and performance)
2. Austria (I wanna see more Nathan and his moon)
3. Malta (on the strength of her voice, it’s really good)
4. Netherlands (same but expected more)
4. Serbia (a little disappointed)
5. Macedonia (vocally subpar, very disappointed)
I meant Serbia is 5th and Macedonia 6th
Yesss, go Claudia, my first impression when I hear the song was not wrong! She delivers EMOTIONS, nothing but pure emotions! And she looks stunning in that dress <3
Her song along Finland and Czech Republic are putting me to sleep big time! I don’t see it qualifying…
This song and Finland’s song are completely two different kinds of ballads, and both wonderful.
Am with you, Niko.
This is such a step back from the Malta that sent “Warrior” and “Walk on Water”.
The close-ups of the face on the LED? Maybe if you look like Ira Losco but Claudia? Really?
I hated the song before, but this live performance was so good they might even be a borderline qualifier.