Chameleon (Michela Pace song)
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| Single by Michela Pace | |
| Released | 5 April 2019 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 2:59 |
| Label | Spinnup |
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| "Chameleon" on YouTube | |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2019 entry | |
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| Language | English |
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| ◄ "Taboo" (2018) | |
"Chameleon" is a song by Maltese singer Michela Pace. It was selected by PBS (Malta) to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The song was revealed on 10 March 2019, along with the music video, while its official release was on 5 April 2019.[1] The singer was selected to represent her country at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest through winning the first edition of X Factor Malta. This song was assigned to the singer after that TV show had ended.
Eurovision Song Contest
Michela Pace won the first Maltese version of The X Factor on 26 January 2019 and therefore got the right to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, in Tel Aviv.[2] On 10 March, her song "Chameleon", written and composed by Joacim Persson, Paula Winger, Borislav Milanov and Johan Alkanas, was revealed on the Eurovision Song Contest's official YouTube channel along with its music video.[3] The commercial release of the song was on 5 April. The music video of "Chameleon" was produced and directed by a team from the Maltese national broadcaster PBS, with popular freelance steadicam operator and videographer Charles Ahar at the head of the team.[4]
On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Malta was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[5]
Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Malta was set to perform in position 11, following the entry from Croatia and preceding the entry from Lithuania.[6]
References
- ^ Herbert, Emily (10 March 2019). "Malta: Michela Pace to Sing "Chameleon" at Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix.
- ^ "Michela Pace is Malta's X Factor winner and Eurovision hopeful". MaltaToday. 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Michela reveals Malta's 'Chameleon' Eurovision entry for Tel Aviv". European Broadcasting Union. 10 March 2019.
- ^ "CHAMELEON: Here's The Team Behind Malta's 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Entry". lovinmalta. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Jordan, Paul (28 January 2019). "Eurovision 2019: Which country takes part in which Semi-Final?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Exclusive: This is the Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final running order!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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