Ghost, Bewsa, Loop, and Karma are all my favourites. Honestly I could see them all translating to Eurovision. Better than last year for sure. I really miss Aidan and Brooke though. They would've made this selection even better.
For me my top 12 (random order) : . Sarah Bonnici . Oxygyn . Dominic Cini . Franklin Calleja . Denise Mercieca . Moira Straface . Karin Duff . Kyle George . Ryan Hili . Christian Arding . Miguel Bonello . Matt Black (not choice 😂🙄) For the win, I would like (with before the final a revamp) "Loop", "Mara", "Breaking Bad", "Bewsa" (in maltese !!!) or "Arrows" ! ❤
*MY TOP 36* 1) Eliana Gomez Blanco - There's Only Flowers 2) Denise - MARA 3) Sarah Bonnici - LOOP 4) Franklin Calleja - Puppet 5) Miguel Bonello - Better Off Alone 6) Gail Attard - Wild Card 7) Haley Azzopardi - Tell Me That It's Over 8) Nathan - Ghost 9) Karin Duff - Breaking Bad 10) MATT BLXCK - BANANA (i have to) 11) Greta Tude - Topic (Bla Bla) 12) Miriana Conte - Venom 13) OXYGYN - Cloudmaker 14) Ryan Hili - Karma 15) Lyndsay Pace - Fire Proof 16) Dominic Cini - Bewsa 17) Sopranique - Empire 18) Stefan Galea - Numb 19) Thea Aquilina - Blood Stream 20) Maria Christina - Moving On 21) Jessica Micallef - Tagħna Tnejn 22) ERBA' - Sirena 23) Lisa Gauci - Breathe 24) Moira Stafrace - Feather Flight 25) Desirei Grech - Watch Me 26) Janvil - Man 27) Michela Galea - Let's Talk About Love (this is sampled from yk what) 28) Martina Cutajar - Miles Away 29) Cosette Baldacchino - Free Fall 30) Marie Claire - Fading 31) Dan - Baraxx 32) Kyle George - Arrows 33) Christian Arding - Bellus 34) Mark Anthony Bartolo - Condition or Friction 35) Mark Portelli - Just Be 36) Kurt Calleja - Misunderstood i ate that, malta actually has more than two quality songs this year 😍💋💅
Judging by the recap I quite like Loop, Cloudmaker, Ghost, Bewsa, Empire, Man, Tell me that it's over, Mara, Better off alone, Baraxx, Breaking Bad, Bellus, Karma, Arrows. I think the selection is quite decent that year!
My 12 qualifiers in no specific ranking. 1. Nathan 2. Eliana Gomez Blanco 3. Dominic Cini 4. Denise Mercieca 5. Haley Azzorpardi 6. Franklin Calleja 7. Miguel Bonello 8. Stefan Galea 9. Moira Stafrace 10. Ryan Hili 11. Miriana Conte 12. Martina Cutajar
thank you for doing this, I was fighting for my life watching the first semi, and call it quit. *Edit - After going through them, I'm confident to say that we don't have the winner among any. overall mediocre but far better than last year edition. 25 songs were straight up no for me, 8 with room of improvement, and 3 songs for me were decent to actually going and listening to them in full. my top 3 → Miguel, Ryan and Miriana "random order".
1. Denise - Mara 2. Erba - Sirena 3. Miriana Conte - Venom 4. Karin Duff - Breaking Bad 5. Kyle George - Arrows 6. Lisa Gauci - Breathe 7. Matt Blxck - Banana 8. Miguel Bonello - Better Off Alone 9. Nathan - Ghost 10. Ryan Hili - Karma 11. Sarah Bonnici - Loop 12. Stefan Galea - Numb
My top 10: 1. ERBA` 2. Dominic Cini, 3. Eliana Gomez 4. Ryan Hill 5. Karin Duff 6. Nathan 7. Matt Blxck 8. Denise Mercieca 9. Miguel Bonello 10. Christian Arding
The fourth semi-final was fairly weak with only Sirena and Karma saving it, although Banana and Topic were at least interesting. However, this just confirms for me that Malta has few options for qualifying this year. If they are to qualify though, they need to send Bewsa, Breaking Bad or Blood Stream. Possibly Ghost/Karma/Sirena but they'll all struggle more without juries. Edit: This is slightly stronger than MESC 2023 I think but still overall more bad than good.
Better than last year's selection, still not enough to get malta back in the final Honestly, they should've just internally selected Aiden Malta just won't learn apparently lol
My top 36 (most likely about to change a lot): 36: Greta Tude - Topic (Bla Bla) (Not my type of music; 2/10) 35: Janvil - Man (Not a fan of the music or the lyrics, repetitive but he's a good singer; 3/10) 34: Mark Portelli - Just Be (Sounds nice enough but definetly the most forgettable song here; 3/10) 33: Kurt Calleja - Misunderstood (Kinda unique which I appreachiate but I'm not the biggest fan of it sounds, too repetitive; 3/10) 32: Lyndsay Pace - Fire Proof (Really generic song, not the strongest vocals, but fine enough I guess; 3/10) 31: Lisa Gauci - Breathe (Not the biggest fan of this kind of music, otherwise okay; 3/10) 30: Desirei Grech - Watch Me (Pretty catchy but I'm not the biggest fan of the vocals or the instruments used; 4/10) 29: Maria Christina - Moving On (Neat song, she's a good singer but it's just forgettable; 4/10) 28: Jessica Micallef - Tagħna Tnejn (Same thing; 4/10) 27: Michela Galea - Let's Talk About Love (Catchy, but not that strong; 4/10) 26: Miriana Conte - Venom (Pretty distinct song, sounds alright overall; 5/10) 25: Sarah Bonnici - Loop (Okay vocals, song is catchy but has been done before 3 billion times; 5/10) 24: Dan - Baraxx (Vocals are the best part here, song could be better; 5/10) 23: Dominic Cini - Bewsa (Nice performance, idk how I should feel about the chorus though since it's kinda just 3 notes; 5/10) 22: Nathan - Ghost (Pretty good, not the strongest entry though; 6/10) 21: Martina Cutajar - Miles Away (Same thing, also here voice sounds pretty cool; 6/10) 20: Cosette Baldacchino - Free Fall (Same as Ghost as well; 6/10) 19: Marie Claire - Fading (Same thing once again; 6/10) 18: Matt Blxck - Banana (Nice to see him back but this doesn't nearly reach Up; 6/10) 17: Erba' - Sirena (This sounds pretty cool, vocals could be cleaner; 7/10) 16: Gail Attard - Wild Card (Good ballad, maybe a bit overdramatic; 7/10) 15: Thea Aquilina - Blood Stream (Unique, I like the way it sound, just prefer the ones above this; 7/10) 14: Denise Mercieca - Mara (Catchy and she's a good singer; 7/10) 13: Kyle George - Arrows (Really great melody, one of the better slow songs; 7/10) 12: Moira Stafrace - Feather Flight (Definetly a grower, had it much lower initially but the song is really great and she has a great voice; 8/10) 11: Stefan Galea - Numb (Really like this, not much else to say; 8/10) 10: Ryan Hili - Karma (I prefer in the silence but this one's also great and he has an amazing voice of course; 8/10) 9: Haley Azzopardi - Tell Me That It's Over (Great song, the music sounds really awesome and she's a good singer; 8/10) 8: Karin Duff - Breaking Bad (Catchy af, good singer and the music slaps; 9/10) 7: Mark Anthony Bartolo - Condition or Friction (Super underrated, love both the song and his voice; 9/10) 6: Miguel Bonello - Better Off Alone (Awesome song, the vocals at the ending definetly place it a bit lower though; 9/10) 5: Sopranique - Empire (Huge grower, still a bit unsure about the vocals but the music is awesome; 9/10) 4: Christian Arding - Bellus (Really great song, I prefer it over his last one; 9/10) 3: Eliana Gomez Blanco - There's Only Flowers (Very strong song and probably the best vocals here, definetly something the juries would like; 10/10) 2: Franklin Calleja - Puppet (Kinda strange but extremely good, amazing singer as well; 10/10) 1: Oxygyn - Cloudmaker (Definetly my favourite, not only unique but also sounds amazing and their voices fit perfectly; 10/10) Overall this turned out way better than I initially expected!
wow... you know that there are good NFs that you don't know what to choose? so this is the same but because the NFs is so sad the only ones that can bring some hope are Sarah, Eliana, Oxygyn, Nathan, Dominic, Denise, Karin and maybe Ryan.
semi 1 1. Nathan - Ghost 2. Dominic Cini - Bewsa 3. Gail Attard - Wild Card semi 2 1. Sopranique - Empire 2. Haley Azzopardi - Tell Me That It's Over 3. Maria Christina - Moving On semi 3 1. Miguel Bonello - Better Off Alone 2. Moira Stafrace - Feather Flight 3. Dan - Baraxx semi 4 1. Ryan Hili - Karma 2. ERBA' - Sirena 3. Martina Cutajar - Miles Away My full top 12 (from all semis) 1. Nathan - Ghost 2. Dominic Cini - Bewsa 3. Ryan Hili - Karma 4. Sopranique - Empire 5. Gail Attard - Wild Card 6. Lyndsay - Fire Proof 7. Haley Azzopardi - Tell Me That It's Over 8. ERBA' - Sirena 9. Sarah Bonnici - Loop 10. Martina Cutajar - Miles Away 11. Maria Christina - Moving On 12. Eliana Gomez Blanco - There's Only Flowers
My top 10 Christian Arding Denise Ryan Hili Karin Duff Sopranique Miriana Conte Lisa Gauci Oxygyn Haley Azzopardi Sarah Bonnici Others for the last 2 places Dan Moira Straface Matt Blxck Kyle George Erba
The sound mixing of the stage was terrible. But I guess that helps you pick out the at least okay singers. Still kinda sad they didn't get better conditions to perform.
My top 3 right now is Empire, Tell me that its over and Blood Stream It's MESC, we're long past the Destiny and Michaela Pace days (Even though i do love The Buskers). It's a mediocre lineup but I'm sure there's a song that that has qualifying potential here
