Malta Eurovision Song Contest is so close we can almost taste it. MESC 2022 will kick off on Thursday evening and rehearsals for the 22 competing acts are well underway.
Ahead of the show, Maltese broadcaster PBS has uploaded short clips from all the rehearsals.
These give us our first glimpse into what all 22 acts will be bringing when they hit the MESC 2022 stage.
Take a look at them below to find out who’s pulling out all the stops for their performance.
Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022: Rehearsal clips
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”
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 PBS used the X Factor Malta and internal selection to choose its act for Eurovision.
What do you make of the rehearsal clips from MESC 2022? Which act is standing out the most to you? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
About Emma Muscat: Standing up during a piano act is so dumb. With the piano you tell the story that you are writing an emotional song about anything what happened in your live. Would you stand up when you were writing a song? No, you wouldn’t. Standing up during a piano performance ruins the message and makes the song feel fake. Emma Muscat would surely make Malta not qualify in Eurovision, I hope she won’t win. About Aidan: Ritmu is a good dance song, but I don’t understand the cowboy theme of the performance. For those who know, has the… Read more »
Ritmu please and if it wins PLEASE keep it in Maltese. It sounds SO beautiful in the Maltese language, I think it could be cringe in English but the Maltese lyrics gives it such a sexy quality.
It looks like they’ve really put a lot of effort into the show! Much more than someone dancing in their pyjamas in front of a big TV
Ritmu, Look what you’ve done, and Into the Fire look like they’re going to go Off live. Keen to see them in full.
I feel like I’m the only one who loves Denise – Boy
Definitely underrated. And her vocal sounded great. Would not be mad if it won.
You’re not! Love that song.
Nicole’s “Into the fire” is such an updated version of Adelen’s “Bombo” 😀 Has anyone noticed it? 😀
Ritmu for the win
Just a small question. Don’t you think it’s a bit too much Luca Hanni?
Hell yes – who was a bit too much Eleni Foureira. He got away with it for being hot, male and young..
Yeah. it does sound like she got me. That’s probably why I like it.
Still hoping that europop with nicole comes back to eurovision
Words I never thought I would hear myself say: bring Enya to Eurovision.
Dont get the love for Emma. The song goes nowhere.
Neither do I honestly, but she seems to be a “name” in Malta, having over 400K followers so I guess, they just expect a lot from her.
Janice for me. None of these songs will go far tbh
Is Aidan gonna have a cowboy-off with Stefan in semi 2?
I think you mean a stand-off.
If yes, I’m absolutely rooting for it 😀 I love me some cowboys in Eurovision.
Yee haw! (Sorry, couldn’t resist. I’m American)
I hope Emma Muscat wins. She’s sooo good. But I really enjoy Miriana Conte’s song as well.
What with downvotes? You can’t have your own opinion here?
If Ritmu is on english, that would be just another plastic song.
But becouse it’s not, song is catchy and interesanting.
I don’t heard anything else, but please Malta, something that is not in english.
If Ritmu wins I hope someone doesn’t have the bright idea to translate it into English for ESC in May. I agree the fact that it’s in Maltese makes it more exotic.
I wouldn’t be mad if he did it in Spanish or more likely Italian as Ritmo 🙂
I want Aidan to win and electric indigo is stupid
I really like Miriana’s song, “Look What You’ve Done Now”.It’s the only song which has potential for the final. Also, Miriana is super cool and very charismatic
It doesn´t seem like Malta will do particularly well this year, but the competition is clearly between Aidan and Emma.
Yo never know.
emma is backed by universal music italy which will cover most costs, so i think it’s in tvm’s interest to make her win and save some coins after last year’s million-euro fiasco. aidan can go back to his insurance company job and come back when tvm has more resources.
Who told you Aidan works for an insurance company? Check your facts before being so venomous in your comment. You just hate Malta and that s it.
I heard that the winning song might be revamped, but I agree with you atm