Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

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Eurovision Song Contest 2001
CountryFlag of Malta.svg  Malta
National selection
Selection processMalta Song for Europe 2001
Selection date(s)2-3 February 2001
Selected entrant Fabrizio Faniello
Selected song"Another Summer Night"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result9th, 48 points
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Malta participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Another Summer Night" written by Georgina Abela and Paul Abela. The song was performed by Fabrizio Faniello. The Maltese entry for the 2001 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark was selected through the national final Malta Song for Europe 2001, organised by the Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS). The competition consisted of a final, held on 2 and 3 February 2001, where "Another Summer Night" performed by Fabrizio Faniello eventually emerged as the winning entry after scoring the most points from a seven-member jury and a public televote.

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Malta competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2001. Performing during the show in position 21, Malta placed ninth out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 48 points.

Background

Prior to the 2001 contest, Malta had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times since its first entry in 1971. After competing in the 1972 and 1975 contests, the nation was absent from the contest beginning in 1976. [1] After returning for the 1991 contest, Malta had competed annually. By 2001, its best placing was third and this was achieved on two occasions: in 1992 with the song "Little Child" performed by Mary Spiteri and in 1998 with the song "The One That I Love" performed by Chiara. [2]

For the 2001 contest, the Maltese national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), broadcast the event within Malta and organised the selection process for the nation's entry. Malta had selected their entry consistently through a national final procedure, a method that was continued for their 2001 participation. [3]

Before Eurovision

Malta Song for Europe 2001

Malta Song for Europe 2001 was the national final format developed by PBS to select the Maltese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. 229 entries were received by the broadcaster for the competition after artists and composers were able to submit their entries, and sixteen songs were selected by a seven-member jury panel to compete from a shortlist of 36 entries that had progressed through the selection process. [4]

The final took place on 2 and 3 February 2001 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in the nation's capital city of Valletta, hosted by Louise Tedesco, Claire Fabri and Antonella Vassallo and broadcast on Television Malta (TVM). Sixteen entries competed and the combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel (7/8) and public televoting (1/8) determined the winner. The interval act of the show on 2 February featured guest performances by the Image Dance Group, local act Vanni Pulé, the 2000 Maltese Eurovision entrant Claudette Pace and Denmark's Eurovision Song Contest 2000 winner Olsen Brothers, while the interval act of the show on 2 February featured further performances by Pace and Olsen Brothers. [5] After the votes from the jury panel and televote were combined, "Another Summer Night" performed by Fabrizio Faniello was the winner. 46,320 votes were registered by the televoting. [6] [7]

Final – 2–3 January 2001
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)JuryTelevoteTotalPlace
1 Ira Losco "We'll Ride the Wind"Doris Chetcuti, Dominic Galea4195011
2Fiona Cauchi"All I Need"Fiona Cauchi, Rene Mamo5411658
3Ira Losco"Spellbound" Gerard James Borg, Philip Vella 104181222
4 Olivia Lewis "Love Will See Me Through"Doris Chetcuti, Eugenio Schembri665717
5Nadine Axisa"He's My Romeo"Philip Vella3433716
6Marvic Lewis"I Wanna Be the One"Doris Chetcuti, Eugenio Schembri866925
7 Lawrence Gray "Count on Me"Philip Vella, Paul Abela104121163
8Karen Polidano"Nothing I Can Do"Joe Julian Farrugia, Rene Mamo4514613
9Ira Losco"Deep Inside My Heart"Paul Zammit Cutajar, Ira Losco554599
10Lawrence Gray"A Song in My Life"Ray Agius6414786
11Olivia Lewis"Hold Me Now"Doris Chetcuti, Eugenio Schembri5025210
12 Julie Zahra "Eternity"Joe Julian Farrugia, Rene Mamo39104912
13Michelle Farrugia"Why Now"Vine Pulo3273915
14Ira Losco"Don't Give Up"Ray Agius7716934
15Tarcisio Barbara"My Three Minute Song"Alfred C. Sant, Tarcisio Barbara3784514
16 Fabrizio Faniello "Another Summer Night" Georgina Abela, Paul Abela134201541
Detailed Jury Votes
DrawSongJury 1Jury 2Jury 3Jury 4Jury 5Jury 6Jury 7Total
1"We'll Ride the Wind"4238481241
2"All I Need"9916727454
3"Spellbound"1018816161818104
4"Love Will See Me Through"5129141010666
5"He's My Romeo"357174734
6"I Wanna Be the One"1882012861486
7"Count on Me"11161118181416104
8"Nothing I Can Do"14221120545
9"Deep Inside My Heart"16714352855
10"A Song in My Life"12106101231164
11"Hold Me Now"21149951050
12"Eternity"861669339
13"Why Now"7312531132
14"Don't Give Up"14141041412977
15"My Three Minute Song"61511111237
16"Another Summer Night"20201820201620134

Promotion

To promote the Maltese Eurovision entry, Fabrizio Faniello toured Europe, making appearances on television and speaking to the press in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom. A music video of "Another Summer Night" was also released prior to the contest. [8]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 12 May 2001. [9] The relegation rules introduced for the 1997 contest were again utilised ahead of the 2001 contest, based on each country's average points total in previous contests. The 23 participants were made up of the previous year's winning country, the "Big Four" countries, consisting of France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, the twelve countries which had obtained the highest average points total over the preceding five contests, and any eligible countries which did not compete in the 2000 contest. Malta's five year contest average allowed the nation to continue to participate this year. [10]

In the lead up to the event, BBC News noted that the entry was a favourite to win based on an online poll of fans, [8] while bookmakers had the entry placing in the top five. [11] On the night of the event, Faniello performed for Malta in position 21, and at the close of the voting, the entry placed ninth, having received 48 points. [12]

Voting

Voting during the show involved each country awarding points from 1-8, 10 and 12 as determined by either 100% televoting or a combination of 50% televoting and 50% national jury. In cases where televoting was not possible, only the votes of the eight-member national juries were tabulated. [10] Malta received 48 points, which included the top 12 points from Denmark. [13] The nation awarded its 12 points to contest winners Estonia. [13]

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