Eurovision Song Contest 1999 Country Malta Selection process Malta Song for Europe 1999 Selection date(s) 19–20 February 1999 Selected entrant Times Three Selected song "Believe 'n Peace" Selected songwriter(s) Final result 15th, 32 points
For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 , Malta entered "Believe 'n peace", performed by Times Three .
Malta Song for Europe 1999 [ edit ] 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
Participation Artists Songs "7th Wonder" "All of My Love " "Angel" "Another Summer Night" "Believe 'n Peace" "Breathlessly" "Chameleon " "Coming Home" "Could It Be" Dance (Our Own Party) "Desire" "I Am What I Am " "I Do" "L-imħabba " "In a Woman's Heart" "Je me casse " "Keep Me In Mind" "Let Me Fly" "Little Child" "Loop " "Marija l-Maltija " "More Than Love" "My Dream" "On Again... Off Again" "One Life" "The One That I Love" "Singing This Song" "Taboo" "This Is the Night" "This Time" "To Dream Again" "Tomorrow" "Vertigo" "Vodka " "Walk on Water" "Warrior" "What If We" Note: Entries scored out signify where Malta did not compete
Countries Artists Songs "All Out of Luck" "Believe 'n Peace" "Como tudo começou " "Diamond of Night" "Dön Artık " "For a Thousand Years" "Happy Birthday " "Je veux donner ma voix " "Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat " "Like the Wind" "Living My Life Without You" "Marija Magdalena " "No quiero escuchar " "One Good Reason" "Przytul mnie mocno " "Putnici " "Reflection" "Say It Again " "Strazdas " "Take Me to Your Heaven " "Tha'nai erotas " "This Time I Mean It" "When You Need Me"