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==Kantamagħna – A singers’ Festival==
[[File:Kantamagħna2022.png|250px|thumb|right|Kantamagħna 2022]]
For the Second time wil be organised the Second Edition of Festival Kantamagħna. The final night will be organised on Saturday 24 th January, 2022, Kantamagħna – is a Singers’ Festival, took place at the [[Astra Theatre]] in [[Victoria]], [[Gozo]].
The festival was presented by [[DCapitals Big Band]] in collaboration with the [[Ministry for Gozo]] and Distinct Homes. The main aim of this festival was to give exposure to young talent in Gozo and [[Malta]] and give them the opportunity perform accompanied by a live 18-piece big band. The band was under the direction of Mro. [[George Apap]].

==Submissions==
This year there where a good total of 81 submissions in this festival, who where judged in the eliminatory auditions by Mro. George Apap and Francesca Sciberras.

It was really hard for the judges to choose and judge to get down the number for 26 finalist songs.

==Category==
26 Finalists who went through the auditions were divided in three categories:

* Category A: singers aged 10 (Born 2010) – 13 (Born 2007)
* Category B: singers aged 14 (Born 2006) – 17 (Born 2003)
* Category C: singers aged 18 (Born 2002) – 30 (Born 1990)

Here are all the contestants:

==Section "A" (Singers between 10 to 13 years)==
Here are the 10 Songs featured in the final Category A:-
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Age'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Placing'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Video'''
|-
| 01||[[Benjamin Attard]] ||Ħallini||12|| ||
|-
| 02||[[Mychael Bartolo Chircop]] |||||| ||
|-
| 03||[[Francesca Borg Ferranti]] ||Feeling Good||13||||
|-
| 04||[[Rachel Bonello]] ||Proud Mary||13|| ||
|-
| 05||[[Shaniah Portelli]] ||Imagine||11|| ||
|-
| 06||[[Amelia Kalabic]] ||Set Fire To The Rain||13|| ||
|-
| 07||[[Julia Ricci Costa]] ||Think||12||Runner-Up ||
|-
| 08||[[Elisa Buttigieg]] ||Can You Feel The Love Tonight||11|| ||
|-
| 09||[[Maria Curmi]] ||Dance Money||10|| ||
|-
| 10||[[Eliza Stellini]] ||Respect||12||1st Place ||
|-
|}

*Mychael Bartolo Chircop (13 years old), was not present for the Final evening, due to circumstances beyond his control

==Section "B" (Singers between 14 to 17 years)==
Here are the 8 Songs featured in the final Category B:-
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Age'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Placing'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Video'''
|-
| 01|| [[Carly Buttigieg]]||Knock On Wood ||17 || ||
|-
| 02|| [[Riona Degiorgio]] ||I Will Always Love Your ||14||Runner-Up ||
|-
| 03|| [[Maya Cauchi]] ||Valerie ||15 || ||
|-
| 04|| [[Julia Azzopardi]]||Make Your Feel My Love ||16 ||1st Place ||
|-
| 05|| [[Loredana Agius]] ||Believe ||17|| ||
|-
| 06|| [[Kelsey Sant Farrugia]]||Alive ||17|| ||
|-
| 07|| [[Elisa Andrea Muscat]]|| Sombody to Love ||14 || ||
|-
|}

*Aiden Aquilina Cohen (15 years old), was not present for the Final evening, due to circumstances beyond his control

==Section "C" (Singers between 18 to 30 years)==
Here are the 8 Songs featured in the final Category C:-
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Age'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Placing'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Video'''
|-
| 01|| [[Maria Spiteri]]||Everything ||26|| ||
|-
| 02|| [[Mark Anthony Bartolo]]||Kemm Hu Sabiħ ||25|| ||
|-
| 03|| [[Susannah Camilleri]]||New York New York ||24|| ||
|-
| 04|| [[Francesca Zammit]]||If I Were A Boy ||20|| ||
|-
| 05|| [[Gabrielle Debono ]]||This Is Me||26|| ||
|-
| 06|| [[Gail Attard]]||At Last ||19||1st Place||
|-
| 07|| [[Danica Muscat]]||River Deep Mountain High ||26||Runner Up||
|-
| 08|| [[Jessica Magro]]||I’m So Excited ||30|| ||
|-
|}

==The Winners==
All winners, and runner-ups of the three categories were awarded trophies:
*'''Distinct Talent Award:''' [[Eliza Stellini]]
*'''Category A runner up:''' [[Julia Ricci Costa]]
*'''Category A winner:''' Eliza Stellini
*'''Category B runner up:''' [[Riona Degiorgio]]
*'''Category B winner:''' [[Julia Azzopardi]]
*'''Category C runner up:''' [[Danica Muscat]]
*'''Category C winner:''' [[Gail Attard]]
*'''Overall Winner:''' GAIL ATTARD

For the Distinct Talent Award vote for it the musician of the Band for teh Best Singer in the younger category.

==Jury==
The Categories’ winners and runner-ups were decided by the jury who were:
* [[Ruth Portelli]]
* [[Nadine Axisa]]
* [[Fabrizio Faniello]]

The musicians of DCapitals Big Band voted for the Distinct Talent Award.

The Kantamagħna Festival is organized by DCapitals Big Band with the support of the Directorate for Cultural Heritage within the Ministry for Gozo and Distinct Homes Ltd. Together with an excellent performance by the DCapitals Big Band.

==Intervall==

==Comperes==
The festivals was presented by well know presenters [[Fabian Demicoli]] and [[Clara Scciberras]]

==DCapitals Band==
Fomred by:-
* Trumpets: [[David Portelli]], [[Jason Borg]] and [[Theo Farrugia]]
* Trombones: [[Josef Attard]], [[Oliver Sciberras]], [[Joel Cassar]]
* Sax Alto: [[Emi Vella]]
* Sax Tenor: [[Robert Mallia]]
* Sax Baritone: [[Anthony Kitcher]]
* Percussion: [[Eugene Bajada]]
* Drums: [[Ino Busuttil]]
* Bass Guitar: [[Patrick Grima]]
* Lead Guitar: [[Mario Buttigieg]]
* Keyboard: [[Stephanie Curmi]]
* Conductor: [[Mro. George Apap]]

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