Malta competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in Stockholm , Sweden . The Maltese entry was selected through the Malta Song for Europe contest, where the winner was Claudette Pace with the song "Desire".
Before Eurovision [ edit ] Malta Song for Europe 2000 [ edit ] The final was held on 15 January 2000 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta , hosted by Stephanie Farrugia, Miriam Dalli and Charles Saliba. The winner was chosen by an "expert" jury. A televote was also held which Claudette Pace won, with Fabrizio Faniello placing second and Alwyn Borg Myatt placing in third.[1] [2]
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Konrad Pule' "Going Strong" J.P. Cassaletto, Konrad Pule' 51 11 2 Alwyn Borg Myatt "Let's Try Love Once More" Philip Vella 67 7 3 Olivia Lewis "I Wanna Love You" Doris Chetcuti, Eugenio Schembri 59 9 4 Paula "One Day" Paul Zammit Cutajar, Ronnie Busuttil 39 14 5 Marvic Lewis "I Have Given All To You" Doris Chetcuti, Eugenio Schembri 57 10 6 Gianni "My Friends" Paul Zammit Cutajar, Gianni Zammit 40 13 7 Tarcisio Barbara "Home-Grown Tenderness" Alfred C. Sant, Philip Vella 45 12 8 Claudette Pace "Desire" Gerard James Borg , Philip Vella 122 1 9 Rita Pace "Come Into My Life" Rita Pace 16 16 10 Ira Losco "Shine" Gerard James Borg , Philip Vella 70 6 11 Rita Pace "We Can Touch the Wind" Rita Pace 33 15 12 Olivia Lewis "Only for You" Doris Chetcuti, Eugenio Schembri 74 5 13 Priscilla (Kaya) "Our Love" Cynthia Sammut, Alfred Zammit 93 3 14 Fabrizio Faniello "Change of Heart" Georgina Abela , Paul Abela 104 2 15 Ira Losco "Falling in Love" Ray Agius 67 7 16 Paul Giordimaina "The Only One" Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan 82 4
Detailed Jury Votes Draw Song Jury 1 Jury 2 Jury 3 Jury 4 Jury 5 Jury 6 Jury 7 Total 1 "Going Strong" 12 4 4 9 9 6 7 51 2 "Let's Try Love Once More" 18 9 8 3 10 5 14 67 3 "I Wanna Love You" 7 8 12 14 11 4 3 59 4 "One Day" 6 7 2 8 8 2 6 39 5 "I Have Given All to You" 14 6 11 6 7 3 10 57 6 "My Friends" 4 3 5 7 3 14 4 40 7 "Home-Grown Tenderness" 8 2 9 5 1 12 8 45 8 "Desire" 20 20 20 4 20 20 18 122 9 "Come Into My Life" 2 1 1 1 5 1 5 16 10 "Shine" 11 16 10 12 2 18 1 70 11 "We Can Touch the Wind" 1 5 3 10 4 8 2 33 12 "Only for You" 16 11 6 11 14 7 9 74 13 "Our Love" 5 10 14 18 16 10 20 93 14 "Change of Heart" 9 18 18 20 12 16 11 104 15 "Falling in Love" 3 12 7 16 6 11 12 67 16 "The Only One" 10 14 16 2 18 9 16 82
At Eurovision [ edit ] On the night of the final, Malta performed 7th, following Romania and preceding Norway. At the end of the voting, Malta had received 73 points, placing 8th in a field of 24.[3]
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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