MALTA

The Maltese Final was held on February 2nd at the Malta Fairs & Convention Centre in Ta' Qali, hosted by Elaine Saliba, Gordon Bonello & Rodney Gauci. Before the final there was a semi-final where the cast of 24 was reduced to 16. The winner was chosen by a mixture of an "expert" jury (7/8) and televoting (1/8). The winning song was "Tomorrow" sung by Gianluca Bezzina.

The song, at first listen, appears to be a nice, gentle jolly ditty which has two powerful ingredients
1) a repetitive oh-oh ear worm and 2) a ukulele.
This must also be the first Eurovision song to include the name 'Jeremy' and the phrase 'risk assessments and investments'. Comedy comments aside, the song merrily goes along telling the story of a man who is looking for her ideal girl  in his boring world - the idea being he will find her tomorrow. The story idea is a good one but unfortunately due to many reasons, this is lost.

Firstly the oh-oh earworm part of the song it the only part that is at all memorable. The tune is quite weak, especially in the chorus which is too high for Gianluca, and you cannot always quite follow the story because parts of it are said so quickly. Secondly Gianluca's live performance was a bit on the ADHD side. Not quite sure he was supposed to move about and visit his fellow musician around the stage so much but it was very off putting. Setting the whole thing out much more intimately so he can just look and reach out for his band will be much more effective. Either that or he needs to meticulously choreograph every sing step around the stage, Guildo Horn style, so that the movement has has an impact on the viewer.

The song doesn't really go anywhere and the ending it a little abrupt and sudden. Would be mush better if they were able to slow it down for the last line or something and make it a bit melancholy. All in all this is not  bad song but needs a lot of work. I am really not sure if this is a qualifier right now.

Artist - Gianluca Bezzina

Song - Tomorrow
Music - Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat

Lyrics - Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat