Maltese broadcaster TVM have announced that Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) now know which 30 songs they want their shortlist for Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to consist of.
Initially 169 songs were sent in, which were narrowed down to 30 and the thirty melodies still in contention are:
- Abire – Casablanca Love
- Aidan – Dai Laga
- Aidan – See You
- Avenue Sky – We Can Run
- Brooke Borg – Heart of Gold
- Christabelle Borg – Taboo
- Dan – If Only
- Danica Muscat – One Step At A Time
- Deborah C – Turn It Up
- Deborah C & Joseph Tabone – Human
- Dominic Cini – Picture I Draw
- Eleanor Cassar – Back To Life
- Ishmael Grech – Good Times
- Jasmine Abela – Supernovas
- Kelsey Bellante – Super Woman
- Kevin Paul Calleja – Great Adventure
- Kimberley Curtis – Monsters
- Kurt Anthony Cassar – You Will Find Me
- Lawrence Gray – Love Renegade
- Malcolm Pisani – Kiss
- Matthew Caruana – Call 2morrow
- Mikhail Attard & Cherilys Camileri – Breaking Point
- Miriana Conte – Rocket
- Nicole Azzopardi – Mixed Feelings
- Petra Whiteford – Evolution
- Raquel Galdes – In My Mind
- Rhiannon Micallef – Beyond Blue Horizons
- Richard Joe Micallef – Song For Dad
- Stefan Galea – Closer
- Tiziana Calleja – First Time
The next step will be choosing the 16 songs that will be competing in the festival itself. This decision will be made at a later stage and revealed in due time as well.
Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will be held in February next year.
This year, Malta Eurovision Song Contest veteran Claudia Faniello won the right to represent her country and did so in Kyiv, Ukraine:
