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- ↑ "Malta Song for Europe 2007: William Mangion - "Forever Mine"". Eurovisionworld. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ↑ Sansone, Kurt (21 May 2013). "This time... it's William Mangion". Times of Malta. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
