Malta Song for Europe 2007

Malta Song for Europe 2007 was a television show in which Malta selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki, Finland. The final was held on 3 February 2007, with the semi final on 1 February. 6 songs from the 16 in the semi final proceeded to the final. 2 of the 16 songs came from the show Opportunity 2, designed for newcomers. The other 14 came from the public call for songs, of which 228 songs came to the Maltese broadcaster in total.

Results

Semi Final

Final

See also

Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Malta participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The Maltese broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) held a national final, GO Malta EuroSong 2009, to select the Maltese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, set to be held in Moscow, Russia. Chiara won the place to represent Malta in the early hours of 8 February 2009, and represented Malta for the third time with the song "What If We".

Background

Malta made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971. Having come last twice in a row, Malta withdrew in 1973 for two years, before returning in 1975 to do slightly better. Afterwards Malta withdrew from the contest, not making their return until 16 years later in 1991, when Georgina & Paul Giordimaina came sixth, their best place at that point. There have been a total of 21 Maltese entries at Eurovision, with the 2009 entry marking the 23rd. There has since been no gap in its participation at the contest since the 1991 contest, and one of only six to compete in every contest since the introduction of relegation in 1993.

Malta Song for Europe 2008

The Malta Song for Europe 2008 was a television show in which Malta selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held in Belgrade, Serbia. It was held at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali on the 24 and 26 January, and the winning song, Vodka, was sung by Morena.

After the bad results in the two previous contests, some changes were made to the regulations by the MaltaSong board. Long discussions took place with UKAM (Maltese union to represent musicians) for the final regulations to be signed. Not withstanding the proposed changes, the chosen song still failed to reach the final evening of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.

225 songs were submitted to compete in the first phase of the Malta Song for Europe 2008, which was judged behind closed doors. From the first phase only 36 songs made it through, judged by international jury between the 19th and the 21st of November 2007.

The edition was hosted by John Demanuele, Ruth Casingena and Chiara Siracusa. Australian Idol winner Natalie Gauci, who is of Maltese descent, performed during the national finale.

United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

The 1980 "A Song For Europe" contest was held on 26 March 1980 (the same day as that year's budget), at the BBC Television Theatre in Shepherd's Bush and was hosted by a dinner-suited Terry Wogan. An offscreen orchestra was used, under the charge of John Coleman as conductor. The theme music was "Te deum" the Eurovision theme.

12 songs were chosen by the Music Publisher's Association.

A Song for Europe

Song number one was by Scramble, a four piece guitar band from Liverpool, formed in 1969. It was written by Peter Morris (who had written "Mary Ann" last year) and was called "Don't Throw Your Love Away". Scramble had already taken part in the 1977 UK final as the group Beano and consisted of Freddie Philips, Ken Smith, Richard Talent and John Birch.

Song number two was by Maggie Moone, a solo singer from Birmingham, singing "Happy Everything". It was written by Geoff Stephens and Don Black.

Song number three was by Plain Sailing, a five-piece group singing "Easy". It was written by Stewart Freeman, a pseudonym of the names of the Stewart brothers (Alan, Colin and Paul Stewart) and Robert Freeman. Other band members are Alan Coulter and Dave Winter.

A Song for Europe (Father Ted)

"A Song for Europe" is the fifth episode of the second series of the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and the 11th episode overall. It originally aired in April 1996 and has since been recognised as one of the most popular episodes of the show.

Synopsis

The episode begins when Dougal has "Eurosong fever", weeks ahead of the competition. After initially rejecting Dougal's suggestion that they write a song to represent Ireland in the competition on the grounds that they are not skilled in songwriting, Ted discovers his nemesis Dick Byrne does have plans to enter a song. Ted decides that if Dick Byrne can write a song, he and Dougal can write a better one. After working all night, they come up with "My Lovely Horse", a tuneless dirge with ridiculous lyrics lasting less than a minute. They even have a dream music video sequence with ends with a blaring saxophone break in the style of train horn. Ted and Dougal both wake up insisting that they need to "lose that sax solo". After trying the song out on Mrs Doyle and Father Jack, Jack is so infuriated he shoots Ted's guitar. Disillusioned, they are about to give up when Ted discovers the lyrics fit a tune by "Nin Huguen and the Huguenotes", an obscure B-side for an entry from Norway's Eurosong preselection from the 1970s. Ted thought that because the whole band died in a plane crash, including all the record company staff and everyone involved in the copyright, they would get away with stealing it.

European Democracy (Cyprus)

European Democracy (Greek: Evropaiki Dimokratia, EvroDi) was a political party in Cyprus founded in 2004 out of the coalition For Europe.

For Europe (Greek: Για την Ευρώπη, Gia tin Evropi, GTE) was launched by Yiannakis Matsis to contest the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections.

Yiannakis Matsis was a former (1993-1997) President of the center-right party Democratic Rally (DISY), but disagreed with the party's support for the Annan Plan and decided to fight the elections on a separate ticket. He was joined by deputies Rikkos Erotokritou and Prodromos Prodromou who had been expelled from DISY for opposing the party line on the Annan Plan.

The coalition received 36,112 votes (10.8%) and Matsis was elected as an MEP by a margin of just 37 votes. He subsequently joined the group of the European People's Party-European Democrats (EPP-ED).

The formation of EvroDi was announced on 30 June 2004. On 13 December 2004 the new party elected its leaders during its inaugural meeting. Prodromos Prodromou was elected as President of the Political Bureau, Rikos Erotokritou as vice-president and Christodoulos Taramountas as Assistant Vice President.

Malta

Coordinates: 35°53′N 14°30′E / 35.883°N 14.500°E / 35.883; 14.500

Malta (ⁱ/ˈmɒltə/; Maltese: [ˈmɐltɐ]), officially the Republic of Malta (Maltese: Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European island country comprising an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. The country covers just over 316 km² (122 sq mi), with a population of just under 450,000 (despite an extensive emigration programme since the Second World War), making it one of the world's smallest and most densely populated countries. The capital of Malta is Valletta, which at 0.8 km², is the smallest national capital in the European Union. Malta has two official languages: Maltese and English.

Malta's location has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, and a succession of powers, including the Phoenicians, Romans, Moors, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, Knights of St. John, French and British, have ruled the islands.