UPDATED: Morena's Vodka for Eurovision
Morena won the Malta Song for Europe Festival tonight with ‘Vodka’. The Gozitan, a relatively new face on the music scene, emerged as the clear winner with 78 points from the jury (20 per cent) and 16,979 votes through televoting (80 per cent) for...
Morena won the Malta Song for Europe Festival tonight with ‘Vodka’.
The Gozitan, a relatively new face on the music scene, emerged as the clear winner with 78 points from the jury (20 per cent) and 16,979 votes through televoting (80 per cent) for the catchy song composed by Philip Vella and penned by Gerard James Borg.
The song is actually not about the drink, but about espionage and Morena sings about how she has “deciphered the code, got a rush to the head... Vodka, a transparent word”.
Claudia Faniello, Fabrizio’s sister, clinched both second and third place. Her song Caravaggio, composed by Ray Agius and penned by Godwin Sant got 68 points from the jury and 12,714 votes from the public, while the ballad Sunrise, composed and penned by Ray Agius garnered
Morena, who also impressed with her sultry looks and incredible stage presence, was over the moon with the result. She will now go on to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest, in Serbia, in May.
The show, in the hands of executive producer Peter Busuttil, ran smoothly overall with ample entertainment from former winners Chiara and Mike Spiteri, as well as a live performance by the star guest Natalie Gauci, the winner of Australian Idol 2007.
She was flown over to Malta especially for the occasion with the help of the National Good Causes Fund, timesofmalta.com, and the Maltasong board.
Towards the end Natalie and Chiara teamed up to sing the latter’s winning song Angel, which the crowd loved.
Hosted by Chiara, soprano Ruth Casingena and John Demanuele, the festival was attended by some 1,000 people