X Factor Malta to begin on October 6th

Maltese broadcaster PBS have announced that the second season of the X Factor Malta will begin airing on October 6th. Auditions for the upcoming season have already taken place across Malta, as well as the Six-Chair challenge, which was recorded on September 20th and 21st. This will lead into the live shows which will follow…

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X Factor Malta begins filming for Season 2

Maltese broadcaster TVM have confirmed that X Factor Malta will be returning for a second season, and the filming for the latest season has begun. The second season of the show will feature the same judging line-up, which features Howard Keith, Ira Losco, Alexandra Alden and Ray Merceica. The first round of auditions has now…

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X Factor Malta: Two Participants eliminated in Second Live Show

The second live show of the debut season of the X Factor Malta has taken place, with the remaining 10 finalists performing songs to the theme, ‘Throwbacks.’ Last week the first live show took place, where the 12 finalists performed to the theme ‘This is Me’ where two of the finalists were then eliminated. Here…

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X Factor Malta: Here are the Finalists!

Earlier in the Eurovision 2019 season, it was announced that Malta would be changing their selection process to instead use the X Factor. The winner of the competition will go on to represent Malta at Eurovision 2019, and now we know the line-up for the live shows. The competition has progressed through the audition stage,…

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X Factor Malta to begin in October!

A little while back, it was announced that Malta were scrapping their traditional national final format for Eurovision 2019, and instead were adopting the X Factor format, with the winner to represent Malta at Eurovision next year. More news has come out, including the start date for the competition. The first show will take place…

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Malta Revises Eurovision Selection for 2019

On the back of two non-qualifications, and more broadly a mixed history of hits and misses, it has now been announced that the much loved Malta Eurovision Song Contest will not be used to select the Maltese act for Eurovision 2019. Maltese broadcaster TVM has announced that the worldwide television programme The X Factor will…

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Watch: Dami Im performs acoustic rendition of Sound of Silence!

It has been no less than two years since vocal sensation Dami Im took to the Eurovision stage with her song Sound of Silence, impressing Europe and beyond with her powerful vocals. The former X Factor winner gave Australia their best Eurovision result to date, finishing in second place behind the contest’s eventual winner Jamala.…

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Saara Aalto to team up with successful Eurovision songwriter!

Earlier in November, we learnt that Finland would be sending popular Finnish, and now international artist Saara Aalto to Eurovision 2018. In a change of national final process, it was decided that the entries submitted to the usual UMK format weren’t suitable, and with Saara having tried to represent Finland on numerous occasions, it was…

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Georgia Announces their 2017 Junior Eurovision Artist!

As we reported yesterday, Georgia were only hours off sharing the name of the young star who would be performing on behalf of the host country at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and as promised, we now know! Georgia’s Public Broadcaster (GBP) has announced that it will be Grigol Kipshidze who will be flying…

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From Contestant to Judge: Saara Aalto takes on a new X Factor role!

As you may recall, we first saw Saara Aalto when she performed twice in the Finnish national final for Eurovision, firstly in 2011 with the song Blessed with Love, and then last year with the song No Fear. She has also placed 2nd in the Voice of Finland, and most recently, Saara participated on the…

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