Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the national final format developed by PBS to select the Maltese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Malta selected their entry consistently through a national final procedure, a method that was continued for their 2017 participation.īefore Eurovision Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2017 PBS confirmed their intentions to participate at it on 17 August 2016. In the 2016 edition, Malta qualified to the final and placed 12th with the song "Walk on Water" performed by Ira Losco.įor the 2017 contest, the Maltese national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), broadcast the event within Malta and organised the selection process for the nation's entry. Malta's best placing in the contest thus far was second, which it achieved on two occasions: in 2002 with the song "7th Wonder" performed by Ira Losco and in the 2005 contest with the song "Angel" performed by Chiara. The country had, to this point, competed in every contest since returning in 1991.
Malta briefly competed in the Eurovision Song Contest in the 1970s before withdrawing for sixteen years. Prior to the 2017 contest, Malta had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-nine times since its first entry in 1971. Main article: Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest It was later revealed that Malta placed sixteenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 55 points.
Performing during the show in position 4, "Breathlessly" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final on 13 May. Malta was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on.
The competition consisted of a final, held on 18 February 2017, where "Breathlessly" performed by Claudia Faniello eventually emerged as the winning entry after gaining 26% of the public televote. The Maltese entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine was selected through the national final Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2017, organised by the Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS). The song was performed by Claudia Faniello. Malta participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Breathlessly" written by Philip Vella, Sean Vella and Gerard James Borg.
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