I was not expecting Teya to be one of the writers of "Heaven sent" lol Thoughts on the selection on first listen: Better than I was expecting from Malta, not by much but there's less offensively bad stuff, which is something at least. It still feels very uncompetitive however: I'm not sure why we have 4/5 disaster-bops here when we saw last year with "Loop" that those aren't working for them. I like "Loop" and these new entries ("Kant", "365"...) are fun too, but I doubt they'll qualify. ´ We also have those familiar Swedish-produced midtempo songs, a staple of MESC. They're decent to listen to, but it's pointless to have them in the selection. No juries in the SFs anymore, no way those will ever qualify coming from Malta. Honestly, the way the system is set up now, Malta's best chance is to choose Kantera and hope it goes down well with the televote. It might have a similar impact as "Alcohol is Free" did in 2013. Other than them, I struggle to see a qualifier here.
We re never gonna qualify regardless of what we produce cause we ll either get compared or get judged on small things. You can literally see all of the comments of this video” this is giving loreen” “this is giving that” but when a much larger country sends something like this it is heavily praised by the public(the usual geopolitical corruption of eurovision)
Justine Shorfid gave me Jade Thirlwall does Loreen so when you said Loreen and a musical I totally got that. Also Heaven sent was my 5th on first listen but I am sure it will eventually go up in my rankings it's so catchy!
My biggest favorites to represent Malta 🇲🇹: Haley Nathan Raquela Stefan galea Kantera Victoria Matthew cilia Krista šujak Kristy spiteri Miriana conte JVF Adria twins
I won't lie, I'm pleasantly surprised by Malta. It's a really strong selection, with a lot of entries which liked me, but I'll pick my top 7 because I want them the most at Eurovision. 1 Martina Borg - Yo Listen 2 Krista Šujak - Unheard 3 Nathan Psaila - Concrete 4 Kantera - LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum 5 Victoria Sciberras - Juno 6 Justine Shorfid - Still I Rise 7 The Alchemists - Rubble & Stone
@@escestonia That's true, but this year even the average level has risen, which is pleasing. In general, everyone except Spain and Estonia has seen their overall level rise. Estonia has simply consistently produced a good level, but Spain... well, it's a flop with any song
Same winner :) Heaven sent is excellent, if Sweden sent it, it would be a win contender. I'm in a fan contest community and the song reminds me of a different one that dominated our AsiaVision a few months back, so there is absolutely a potential for it to do well IF SHE CAN SING IT LIVE. It's unfortunately Malta so they'd struggle to Q with anything. If it wins, i hope the delegation doesn't stage it like a girl bop, there will be 5 others like it in the NF and it'll get lost. Latatalongname is also a solid choice, if they can sing it live, it will stand out in the semi next to anything. I don't want to see Kant win. Yes, it would be mildly amusing to see someone say the c word in ESC, but the song itself isn't anything special and i don't think that it would have a lot of appeal to casuals.
Based on the snippets, I was not expecting "Kant" to be one of the best songs of the NF! After my first listen-through I have the same Top 3, and it's almost certainly going to be one of them going to Basel.
I just noticed there are a lot of both Swedish and Norwegians composers/producers behind most of these songs… MESC is giving once again a Melodifestivalen/MGP rejects national final. Out of these entries, I think I would stick with the twins or the folk group.
LalaRatataTakeke lalaRataKabum is my winner of this NF but I also like Juno, Heaven Sent and Festa (guilty pleasure here😅). Kant is also good and I kinda understand why it's very liked but it's a bit overrated imo
@ doesn’t matter that it’s Malta, it’s the type of songs which the televote would gravitate towards No one thought Croatia would ever win the televote some years ago? Did they ?
i mean croatia is not near as small and has always had a lot of voting allies in the balkans, just looking at the past century malta has barely got any televotes whatsoever 😭
The Loop intro 😭 my girl Sarah deserved better!!
SAME WINNER. This song is just so good
Kantera❤
@ kristy❤️
I was not expecting Teya to be one of the writers of "Heaven sent" lol
Thoughts on the selection on first listen: Better than I was expecting from Malta, not by much but there's less offensively bad stuff, which is something at least. It still feels very uncompetitive however: I'm not sure why we have 4/5 disaster-bops here when we saw last year with "Loop" that those aren't working for them. I like "Loop" and these new entries ("Kant", "365"...) are fun too, but I doubt they'll qualify. ´
We also have those familiar Swedish-produced midtempo songs, a staple of MESC. They're decent to listen to, but it's pointless to have them in the selection. No juries in the SFs anymore, no way those will ever qualify coming from Malta.
Honestly, the way the system is set up now, Malta's best chance is to choose Kantera and hope it goes down well with the televote. It might have a similar impact as "Alcohol is Free" did in 2013. Other than them, I struggle to see a qualifier here.
We re never gonna qualify regardless of what we produce cause we ll either get compared or get judged on small things. You can literally see all of the comments of this video” this is giving loreen” “this is giving that” but when a much larger country sends something like this it is heavily praised by the public(the usual geopolitical corruption of eurovision)
this selection is actually so good and we even got the same winner!! anyways I must say that I'm really vibing with aziz/a, it's kinda underrated atm.
your 🫵 moves 🕺 and your 🫵 eyes 👀 are like an anesthesia 😴
Justine Shorfid gave me Jade Thirlwall does Loreen so when you said Loreen and a musical I totally got that. Also Heaven sent was my 5th on first listen but I am sure it will eventually go up in my rankings it's so catchy!
The ones that stood out to me are heaven sent, kant, kantera and juno
Heaven Sentttt!!🥰🥰
Juno 🏆
@@marscieuro777 Juno is amazing song too:)
LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum is one the best song i've heard in this nf season so far
Kant please 🙏 love from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 banger 💥💥
I'm obsessed with Heaven Sent!!! This is the best song of the whole season!!
Malta you have an amazing selection please choose wisely!!
5
My top 5:
5 silenced
4 yo listen
3 still i rise
2 kant
1 heaven sent
Heaven sent is AMAZINGGGGG!!😍😍😍😍😍😍
I mostly want Malta to send a song in maltese. If it can work for JESC, why not for ESC as well?
They could've sent Ritmu in 2022, but sent Out Of Sight and changed the song to I Am What I Am after that 🤡
No way erba and tom hugo wrote the lyrics for festa💀🥶
So many people invested to write such a childish song… not the first time I have seen that, though lol
SAME TOP 3!!!! They are amazing and the 3 best songs of this national selection!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
The lyrics of whistleblower are just about a whistleblower, like someone who leaks info about a company for example
HEAVEN SENT FOR THE WIN
Completely agree with your top!
My biggest favorites to represent Malta 🇲🇹:
Haley
Nathan
Raquela
Stefan galea
Kantera
Victoria
Matthew cilia
Krista šujak
Kristy spiteri
Miriana conte
JVF
Adria twins
My top is Juno for sure 🏆❤️
I won't lie, I'm pleasantly surprised by Malta. It's a really strong selection, with a lot of entries which liked me, but I'll pick my top 7 because I want them the most at Eurovision.
1 Martina Borg - Yo Listen
2 Krista Šujak - Unheard
3 Nathan Psaila - Concrete
4 Kantera - LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum
5 Victoria Sciberras - Juno
6 Justine Shorfid - Still I Rise
7 The Alchemists - Rubble & Stone
I like Malta every year, theres just always so many songs that the average level is awful, but there are always multiple really good ones too.
@@escestonia That's true, but this year even the average level has risen, which is pleasing. In general, everyone except Spain and Estonia has seen their overall level rise. Estonia has simply consistently produced a good level, but Spain... well, it's a flop with any song
@TAKE_EAMif you really prefer to listen to these songs to the ones from Benidorm, well… I’m sorry for you
@sergiomontessuarez OK 😆
Juno 🏆🏆
AMAZING TOP!
Adria twins are my favorite .❤
Kantera ftw❤
Same winner, I looove Heaven sent so much
To be honest your second last is okay with summer songs I appreciate it not for ESC material but we don't know yet.
MALTA 🇲🇹 YOU HAVE ONE JOB. ❤
DONT MESS IT UP ❤️❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
STILL I RISE SOOO GOOD
LALARATAKABUM
Same winner :)
Heaven sent is excellent, if Sweden sent it, it would be a win contender. I'm in a fan contest community and the song reminds me of a different one that dominated our AsiaVision a few months back, so there is absolutely a potential for it to do well IF SHE CAN SING IT LIVE. It's unfortunately Malta so they'd struggle to Q with anything. If it wins, i hope the delegation doesn't stage it like a girl bop, there will be 5 others like it in the NF and it'll get lost.
Latatalongname is also a solid choice, if they can sing it live, it will stand out in the semi next to anything.
I don't want to see Kant win. Yes, it would be mildly amusing to see someone say the c word in ESC, but the song itself isn't anything special and i don't think that it would have a lot of appeal to casuals.
Based on the snippets, I was not expecting "Kant" to be one of the best songs of the NF! After my first listen-through I have the same Top 3, and it's almost certainly going to be one of them going to Basel.
DO RE MI FA SO SO SERVING KANT 💅💅💅
Adria Twins for the win
Come on Juno 🙌🏻 amazing song ❤️
Flash news.... KANT means Singing in Maltese. Take your minds out off the gutter :P
Same Winner 😊
Silenced❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
I'm actually surprised how good this selection is, but Kristy is the obvious winner
JUNOOO JUNOOO 🙌🏻
Kant and Kantera
Juno is the winner 🙌🏻
I just noticed there are a lot of both Swedish and Norwegians composers/producers behind most of these songs… MESC is giving once again a Melodifestivalen/MGP rejects national final.
Out of these entries, I think I would stick with the twins or the folk group.
Juno is the winning song for me 🫶🏻
JUNOOO JUNOOOO 🫶🏻
WOW JUNO 🏆
JUNO FTW 🏆🫶🏻
KANT wait!
LalaRatataTakeke lalaRataKabum is my winner of this NF but I also like Juno, Heaven Sent and Festa (guilty pleasure here😅). Kant is also good and I kinda understand why it's very liked but it's a bit overrated imo
Kant or heaven sent.
I feel like we should just send the pirates
same top 2
idk what this say about me but festa is my top 1 LOL
TASTE WTH BASICALY THE SAME TOP
JUNOOOOO FOR THE WIN 🏆
Kant is something that bad that i never want to hear again eurofans tasteless as usually 😎
well aren’t you a ray of sunshine
Im sorry but Kant had me SCREAMING
KANT
Kantera is giving top 10
The rest are giving borderline or nq
Top 10 is brave considering its Malta but it could at least qualify
@ doesn’t matter that it’s Malta, it’s the type of songs which the televote would gravitate towards
No one thought Croatia would ever win the televote some years ago? Did they ?
@@escestonia it’s definitely qualifying
It’s like Moldova 2022 and Armenia 2024 with Tanxugueiras
i mean croatia is not near as small and has always had a lot of voting allies in the balkans, just looking at the past century malta has barely got any televotes whatsoever 😭
@ because their songs have been incredibly safe and generic
I feel like we should just send the pirates