Malta: Christabelle Borg goes to Lisbon with her song “Taboo”.
The Maltese Final is over and Christabelle with Taboo will fly the Maltese flag in Lisbon.
Radio producer Colin Fitz hosted tonight’s Final , MESC 2018, in Valleta. During the show Gianluca Cilia (JESC 2017) was a co host and he performed his song Dawra tond. During the show Claudia Faniello also performed on stage. The winner was determined by a combination of public and jury voting (50-50). All jury members gave their 12 points to Christabelle and Taboo and the televoters gave her 73 points.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIDAN | “Dai Laga” | Aidan Cassar | 34 | 8 | 42 | 4 |
| 2 | Miriana Conte | “Rocket” | Cyprian Cassar, Muxu | 9 | 5 | 14 | 11 |
| 3 | Jasmine Abela | “Supernovas” | Charlie Mason, Jonas Thander | 25 | 6 | 31 | 8 |
| 4 | Matthew Anthony | “Call 2morrow” | Jonas Gladnikoff, Tom Wiklund, Peder Eriksson | 26 | 6 | 32 | 7 |
| 5 | Danica Muscat | “One Step at a Time” | John Ballard, Ruth Mussie, Jerusalem Yemane, Irena Krstva, Kian Fakhary | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Dwett | “Breaking Point” | Elton Zarb, Muxu | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | Lawrence Gray | “Love Renegade” | Cyprian Cassar, Muxu | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | Richard & Joe Micallef | “Song for Dad” | Cyprian Cassar, Richard Micallef | 31 | 67 | 98 | 2 |
| 9 | Tiziana Calleja | “First Time” | Tina Stenberg | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
| 10 | Eleanor Cassar | “Back to Life” | Jonas Gladnikoff, Michael James Down | 19 | 17 | 36 | 5 |
| 11 | Rhiannon | “Beyond Blue Horizons” | Rhiannon Micallef, Cyprian Cassar | 9 | 5 | 14 | 11 |
| 12 | Brooke Borg | “Heart of Gold” | Borislav Milanov, Dag Lundberg, Niklas Lif, Brooke Borg | 37 | 47 | 84 | 3 |
| 13 | Christabelle Borg | “Taboo” | Johnny Sanchez, Thomas G:son, Christabelle Borg, Muxu | 60 | 73 | 133 | 1 |
| 14[a] | Deborah C | “Turn It Up” | Christian Schneider, Aidan O’Connor, Sara Biglert, Erik Grönwall | 0 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 15 | Avenue Sky | “We Can Run” | Jonas Gladnikoff, Matthew Ker, Glen Vella | 1 | 15 | 16 | 9 |
| 16 | Petra | “Evolution” | Elton Zarb, Muxu | 27 | 6 | 33 | 6 |
The 16 acts that presented their song tonight are:
- Aidan – Dai Laga
- Miriana Conte – Rocket
- Jasmine Abela – Supernovas
- Matthew Anthony – Call 2morrow
- Danica Muscat – One Step At A Time
- Dwett – Breaking Point
- Lawrence Gray – Love Renegade
- Richard & Joe Micallef – Song For Dad
- Tiziana Calleja – First Time
- Eleanor Cassar – Back To Life
- Rhiannon – Beyond Blue Horizons
- Brooke Borg – Heart Of Gold
- Christabelle Borg – Taboo
- Deborah C – Turn It Up
- Avenue Sky – We Can Run
- Petra – Evolution
Malta will perform at the 2nd semi final in Lisbon at the 2nd half on the 10th of May.
