Malta Song for Europe 1999
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The final was held on 19 and 20 February 1999 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta , hosted by Mariella Scerri and Joseph Chetcuti. 16 songs competed, and the winner was decided by an "expert" jury – one of whom was Mojca Mavec, the presenter of the Slovene national selection for 1999 .[ 1] [ 2]
Georgina and Paul Giordimaina represented Malta in 1991 , and Georgina was also a backing singer in 1996 . Claudette Pace would go on to represent the country in 2000 . Fabrizio Faniello would follow suit in both 2001 and 2006 , and Olivia Lewis would do the same in 2007 .
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Points
Place
1
Alexander Schembri
"Night Has Fallen"
Sunny Aquilina, Jason Paul Cassar
74
6
2
Lawrence Gray
"The Right Time"
Philip Vella , Paul Abela
114
2
3
Fabrizio Faniello
"Thankful for Your Love"
Alfred C. Sant, Ray Agius
71
8
4
Tarcisio Barbara
"Takes Me Higher"
Alfred C. Sant, Tarcisio Barbara
23
16
5
Claudette Pace
"Breathless"
Gerard James Borg , Philip Vella
75
5
6
Nadine Axisa and Rita Pace
"Hold My Hand"
Rita Pace, Marika Axisa
25
15
7
Alison Ellul
"Give Me Love"
Doris Chetcuti, Eugenio Schembri
33
14
8
Georgina
"Who Will Be There"
Georgina Abela , Paul Abela
79
3
9
Olivia Lewis
"Autumn of My Love"
Doris Chetcuti, Mark Debono
73
7
10
Charlene and Natasha Grima
"Look Into My Eyes"
Natasha Grima, Charlene Grima
68
9
11
Times Three
"Believe 'n Peace"
Moira Stafrace, Christopher Scicluna
119
1
12
Mark Tonna
"Heartbeat"
Doris Chetcuti, Mark Debono
52
11
13
Leontine
"You're the Reason"
Julian Farrugia, Renato Briffa
77
4
14
Marvic Lewis
"It Is You"
Doris Chetcuti, Eugenio Schembri
42
13
15
Paul Giordimaina
"I Believe Again"
Fleur Balzan, Paul Giordimaina
45
12
16
Joe Mizzi
"Love Will Find the Way"
Roberto Longo, Gino Micallef, Joe Mizzi, John Mizzie
54
10
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw
Song
Jury 1
Jury 2
Jury 3
Jury 4
Jury 5
Jury 6
Jury 7
Total
1
"Night Has Fallen"
11
10
11
14
12
4
12
74
2
"The Right Time"
18
16
16
16
18
14
16
114
3
"Thankful for Your Love"
12
11
7
9
5
18
9
71
4
"Takes Me Higher"
1
1
2
10
6
1
2
23
5
"Breathless"
14
5
9
11
14
12
10
75
6
"Hold My Hand"
3
3
3
8
2
2
4
25
7
"Give Me Love"
4
4
1
12
3
3
6
33
8
"Who Will Be There"
20
6
4
20
20
8
1
79
9
"Autumn of My Love"
6
18
10
7
7
7
18
73
10
"Look Into My Eyes"
2
12
14
6
8
10
14
68
11
"Believe 'n Peace"
5
20
20
18
16
20
20
119
12
"Heartbeat"
10
8
8
1
11
9
5
52
13
"You're the Reason"
9
14
18
5
9
11
11
77
14
"It Is You"
7
9
6
2
4
6
8
42
15
"I Believe Again"
16
2
5
4
10
5
3
45
16
"Love Will Find the Way"
8
7
12
3
1
16
7
54
The song received 32 points, finishing 15th.[ 3]
Points awarded to Malta[ 4]
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
Cyprus
2 points
1 point