{"id":2343,"date":"2015-12-03T20:53:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T19:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2015-12-07T09:44:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T08:44:40","slug":"ira-losco-waagt-opnieuw-haar-kans-in-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/stockholm2016\/ira-losco-waagt-opnieuw-haar-kans-in-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"IRA Losco ventures in Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During the news broadcast of the Maltese State broadcaster TVM 49 nominated candidates were announced which eventually 20 will participate in Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016<\/em>, the local Eurovision heat.<\/p>\n

The broadcaster announced that the selection as usual in the last years on two consecutive evenings<\/strong> will be finished. On Friday evening January 22, <\/strong>you may experience the 20 selected Semifinalists with their song. Six of them die, the other fourteen punches to final<\/strong>, the evening after that, Saturday 23 January. A six-member jury agrees in both broadcasts and the Maltese public as ‘ seventh juror ‘, or with just a sloppy 14% voting rights<\/strong> in the final verdict.<\/p>\n

153 entries<\/strong> were received by the broadcaster, and 49 of them were selected after a first culling. During a subsequent broadcast of the programme Xarabank are the 20 lucky ones who took office may at the end of January.<\/p>\n

At the 49 candidates as always a lot of familiar names from previous editions of the national final. The best known is that of Ira Losco<\/b>, which in 2002 picked up a second place for Malta with the song 7th Wonder<\/em><\/a>. She is with two songs in the race. The full list can be found on the website<\/a> of the Maltese broadcaster.<\/p>\n

On the last song festival in Vienna the island was represented by singer Amber. With Warrior<\/em> , however, they survived her semifinal<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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