Chameleon (Michela Pace song)

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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. [8] 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. [9] The commercial release of the song was on 4 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. [10]

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. [11]

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. [12]

The song qualified to the final from the second semi-final where it was announced as the last qualifying entry (the songs were announced in a random order). [13]

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"Chameleon"
Chameleon (Michela Pace song).png
Single by Michela Pace
Released4 April 2019
Genre Pop [1]
Length2:59
Label Spinnup
Songwriter(s)
Michela Pace singles chronology
"Chameleon"
(2019)		"Cannonball"
(2019)
Music video
"Chameleon" on YouTube
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [14] 159
Estonia (Eesti Tipp-40) [15] 29
Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI) [16] 65
Iceland (Tónlistinn) [17] 38
Lithuania (AGATA) [18] 23
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [19] 73
Scotland (OCC) [20] 86
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 69

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