After some time away, Malta Eurovision Song Contest is back for 2022, with 22 acts set to compete in the semi-final. Each of these singers is hoping to progress and win the opportunity of representing Malta at Eurovision 2022 in Turin.
Before they get that far, though, they first need to make it through the semi-final on Thursday 17 February. Only 16 of the acts will qualify to the grand final. This gives singers a 73% chance of making it – fairly decent odds, but for six unlucky contestants it won’t feel so great.
Ahead of the show, we want to hear from you. Which of the MESC 2022 acts do you want to qualify for the grand final?
Remind yourself of all the songs and then vote for your favourites.
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Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022 semi-final acts
- Aidan – “Ritmu”
- Baklava ft. Nicole – “Electric Indigo”
- Denise – “Boy”
- Derrick – “II”
- Emma Muscat – “Out of Sight”
- Enya Magri – “Shame”
- Francesca – “Rise”
- Giada – “Revelación”
- Janice Mangion – “Army”
- Jessica Grech – “Aphrodisiac”
- Jessika – “Kaleidoscope”
- Malcolm Pisani – “We Came for Love”
- Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Serenity”
- Matt BLXCK – “Come Around”
- Miriana Conte – “Look What You’ve Done Now”
- Nicole Azzopardi – “Into the Fire”
- Nicole Hammett – “A Lover’s Heart”
- Norbert – “How Special You Are”
- Rachell Lowell – “White Doves”
- Raquel – “Over You”
- Richard Edwards – “Hey Little”
- Sarah Bonnichi – “Heaven”
Semi-final song playlist
Poll: Who should qualify from the semi-final of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022?
You can vote for as many semi-finalists from MESC 2022 as you wish to. But you can only vote once!
MESC 2022: Show details
Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will take place between 17 and 19 February. The shows have been given the slogan What a feeling.
The 22 acts will compete in the semi-final, with the jury and public televote choosing 16 of them to qualify for the grand final. During the grand final on Saturday 19 February, one act will emerge victorious and go on to represent Malta at Eurovision 2022 in Turin.
The show on 18 February has been designated a separate “special night”.
MESC returns after a three-year break in which Maltese broadcaster TVM used the X Factor Malta and internal selection to choose its act for Eurovision.
Who did you vote for? Which acts are you hoping will qualify from the semi-final of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022? Shout out your thoughts in the comments below.
loving aidan’s ritmu!!! also i’m embarrassed to be only just now learning about Maltese language, apologies…… but better late than never, thank you MESC for enlightening me. hope aidan does well on saturday!
When even your favorite isn’t great, you can tell how awful this selection is lol. Ritmu should win mainly because of the maltese language, but I still don’t think it’s very good, sounds a bit cheap, maybe a revamp could turn it into something better, but it’s still by far their only solid option, everything else from this selection is screaming last place in the televote.
Aidan – Ritmu
I’m sorry because Malta has had good results in Eurovision but their finals are always so bad.. Boy is listenable.. No Malta 2023
Harsh semifinal when only 6 will be eliminated, you’d think it would be at least 10! All of them need some heavy work on a studio to be Eurovision ready.
Ritmu is not as good as Nahseb Fik but it’s still head and shoulders over the other songs here and will likely be a sure qualifier as likely the only male dance track this year. I can’t see a ballad standing out on what will be a year of lots of strong ballads.
Let’s hope he revamps it before the contest in case he wins
It seems like the Maltese broadcaster has given up the efforts to win. What a downgrade from last year’s odds-payola ‘Je me casse’! These songs are all Non-Qualifiers, unless, the other countries will send way worse ones!
I wish there was an option to vote for NONE. This is a very weak National Final.
not that twink named Matt BLXCK
You really need to go and relearn what the word ‘twink’ means before aimlessly throwing it around….
Aidan is the only choice … other songs are just typical Swedish pop knock offs and just no good
Emma Muscat is a clear frontrunner for me
I liked Ritmu and Out of Sight, but I’d love to see Maltese at the contest after so long!
I got to admit that I haven’t heard all of the songs yet, though.
Instead of having 6 songs that stay in the semi, they should have 6 that go through to the final.
16 out of 22 go through? What exactly is the purpose of having a semi-final at all?
Entries that I think should go through are those of Nicole Hammett, Derrick Schembri, Jessika Muscat, Emma Muscat, Aidan Cassar, Francesca, Norbert Bondin, and Nicole Azzopardi. I guess that considering how good their performances are, we can add Richard Micallef and Janice Mangion, but their songs this year don’t do much for me.
I agree, six songs is too few for elimination. It should be 10 to 12 songs in the final.
I liked Aidan, Denise, Matt Blxck, Miriana Conte and Emma Muscat. And even those are just nice and borderline, the rest is just meh.
Honestly the only song I care about is Ritmu. The rest just didn’t make an impact on me.
I only like Ritmu
Emma Muscat would have been a strong contender in esc with the right song… what a pity. If Aidan wins I don’t see him going to the grand final
I’d not paid much attention to MESC – but Ritmu is one of my favourite songs I’ve heard this year so far.
It’s Ritmu or Boy for me. I love both, but I would love to hear Maltese at ESC this year!
Only Ritmu works for me. Out of Sight #2. I voted for Into the Fire for the fun. White Doves is a nice ballad as well, even though it stands no chance.
It would be nice if Malta sent a song in Maltese.
Ritmu, II or A Lover’s Heart would be great choices in this selection. Also, fresh in the context of Eurovision in general.
Revamp Ritmu and you have top-15 material.
And if it doesn’t get revamped, it is a song which will barely qualify. Still the best option for Malta regardless of what happens to the song.
Aidan – Ritmu
Nicole Azzopardi – Into the Fire
I’ll give my votes to these two, I really enjoy listening to them. Others.. well not so much.
Team Nicole Azzopardi – we need some uplifting Europop in the contest.
For me Richard should win – however i am sick of same artist in Eurovision. We already have Stoyan in Bulgaria, Zdob in Moldova and Mahmod in Italy and probably Georgian Lolitaz for Georgia – which is nice. But i would love to see new artist in Eurovision. We do not need Eurovision Comeback of Artist Song Contest. My second would be Aidan
Depends on who is coming back imo
True but Its just my opinion 🙂 Its always nice to see old acts coming back – but sometimes – u feel tired to see them again every 2years
It depends on the size of the population imo ? poor Malta doesn’t have as many people to choose from…
Come on – In Malta everyone can sing almost – these cheap excuses needs to go
I still need Valentina Monetta back
4x is enough 🙂
There’s never enough Valentina. She should go every second year 🙂
I agree with you, but on the other hand we had Senhit and Serhat who both improved the second time.
Off Topic: the artists + songs of C’est vous qui décidez will be released on February 16.
Finallement
Ok this semi is pointless to hold. 22. 16. Just select ur final right away. I’m glad Malta is halving an NF again though. Maybe the old ways will also make them less shady and entitled again.
To clarify: are you trying to attack an 18 year old girl who was disappointed she didn’t win a contest she entered in the hopes of winning?
To clarify: I’m attacking a broadcaster which thinks he can/should buy a victory. Where exactly was I referring to an 18 year old girl? I’d be disappointed too if I got screwed over so badly.
Ritmu is by far my favourite. And I want to hear Maltese on the Eurovision stage again…
We very nearly had our chance in 2017 with Janice Mangion’s “Kewkba”. First time I heard it, I thought that was a winner and an all-but-certain top-5 ESC finisher.