In May, the Maltese representative in the 2002 and 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, Ira Losco, announced she was expecting her first child. The announcement was made during the rehearsals for the 2016 contest in Stockholm. Yesterday Ira and her partner, Sean, welcomed their new baby, Harry, to the world. Although the delivery wasn’t an easy one, Ira and Harry are …

As Eurovision fans will know, Malta will once again host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held later this year, and which will take place in the Mediterranean Conference Centre, which hosted the MESC 2016 earlier this year, where Ira Losco was selected to represent Malta at this years Eurovision Song Contest. 20 acts participated in the competition, …

Your votes have been counted, the results are in and you can stop voting now, Europe and beyond! It’s now time to officially reveal which songs you have predicted to qualify, and how that compares to the rankings of the team here in Stockholm! We were amazed at the response to our poll so thank you very much to all …

After months of preparation, nerve-wracking national selection shows, hours of rehearsals, countless interviews and press meetings, tonnes of partying (there’s room for that at Eurovision t00) and a little dose of sightseeing, the stage is set, the artists are raring to go and we are finally here. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 to begin! …

Perhaps Ira Losco is used to big stages by now? At least she won’t be nervous on Tuesday! Our Maltese editor Fernando spoke to his fellow countrywoman Ira about everything Maltese, their love of rabbit meat and how she felt about the stage in Globen. You can watch our interview with Malta’s Ira Losco below! Ira Losco will close the …

And the last round of today rehearsal has started with Bosnia & Herzegovina. Vocally they were all very, very good. Deen and Dalal are separated with a fence on stage. They both have black clothes as well Jala. Ana Rucner at first has a silver reflectioning cape and for the second chords she takes it off. Again overall impression of …

  Ira’s rehearsals begin with team in Malta Maltese Eurovision 2016 representative Ira Losco yesterday began her intensive week of rehearsals before heading to Stockholm this weekend. Creative Director Stephane Boko is leading the rehearsals of the on-stage performance with Ira and her dancer, Skorpion. Boko has worked on music projects with Madonna and Celine Dion, plus with Cirque du …

In just four days first members of our team will start landing in Stockholm. The excitement is rising, so lets calm down a bit and see what has been going on in past few days. Croatian delegation was introduced on a press conference today. Nina will be followed by four back vocalist. They are Andrej Babić, who composed six Eurovision …

From Chameleon to Walk on Water, Ira took the time out of her busy schedule to answer some questions about her new song. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to chat with us. Why did you make the decision to change your song from ‘Chameleon’ to ‘Walk on Water’? For the last two years the …

After Destiny Chukunyere took to the Sofia stage in November and wowed the voters gaining the post points and bringing the Junior Eurovision trophy to Malta for the second time in three years, people have been wondering whether Malta would host the 2016 contest. Today it has been announced that Malta will in fact host the 2016 edition and it …