Song Contests in Malta
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Song contests in Malta have become a way for Maltese pop songs to reach a general audience since the early 1960s.
Although there are antecedents in the area of għana, and possibly other types of performing arts-related contests, it's very likely that these where also following the rise of the San Remo festival, which became a cultural high-point through transmissions on Italian television RAI. The influence of San Remo is also felt in a number of other ways: the style of songs, the methods of presentation, the television tie-ins, the on and off association with the Eurovision Song Contest, and most significantly in the use of the word festival to describe such contests.
List of song contests in Malta
Historical list
- Century Voices (2016)
- Cyrpus & Malta Song Festival 1996 (1996)
- Festival ta' Għanijiet tal-Milied u Kant Reliġjuż (1975 - 1986)
- Festival Kanzunetta Maltija għall-Ewropa (1971 - 1972)
- Festival L-Għanja Tal-Poplu Żgħażagħ (2005)
- Festival l-Għanja Tal-Poplu Żgħażagħ u Addoloxxenti (2007)
- Malta International TV Song Festival (2006)
- Malta International Hit Song Festival (2008 - 2012)
- Festival Ilħna Tad-Deheb (2009 - 2012)
- Festival Ilwien Mużikali (2009 - 2012)
- Festival Jum Il-Ħelsien (1980 - 1990)
- Festival Tal-Kanzunetta Maltija Għall-Ewropa (1991 - 1996)
- Festival Tal-Kanzunetta L-Għanja tal-Maltin (2006)
- Festival Tal-Kanzunetta Ġmiel is-Seba Noti (1992)
- Festival tal-Kanzunetta Żgħażagħ (1999)
- Festival Kanzunetta Soċjalista - Wardakanta (1982 - 1986)
- Festival Super One - (2003)
- Festival Warda Kanta (1980 - 1986)
- Fl-Għaqda l-Melodija (1998 - 2008)
- Malta Drydocks (1988 - 2010)
- Malta EuroSong (2009-2010)
- Malta Song Contest (1973 - 1974)
- Malta Song Festival (1960 - 1971) (1973 - 1974)
- Malta Song for Europe (1997 - 2008)
- Starlight Singers Festival - 2014 (2014 - )
- The Golden Cross International Singing Festival (2003 - 2008)
- The Malta Folk Song Contest - (1973 - 1976)
- U.K.A.M - Jum il-Kanzunetta Maltija (1987)
Active list
- Festival Internazzjonali tal-Kanzunetta Maltija (1981-1990) (1994-2002)(2013 - )
- KKI - Junior 2014 (2014 - )
- Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza (1983-1987) (1997 - )
- Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza - Talent Żgħażugħ (2008 - )
- Konkors Kanzunetta Misraħ il-Milied (2015 - )
- Konkors Kanzunetta Festa San Pawl (1986 - 1994)
- Konkors Melodija Maġika 2015 (2015 - )
- L-Għanja tal-Poplu (1973 - )
- Magic Melody Singer's Festivals (2014 - )
- Malta Eurovision Song Contest (2011 - )
- Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest (2003-2010) (2013 - )
- Malta Summer Hit Song Contest (2008-2011) (2014- )
- Sajf Ma' Gaffiero (2016 - )
- San Remo Junior Malta (2014 - )
- Singer Stage Malta International Festival (2012 - )
- The Entertainers Singing Challenge (2016 - )