Claudia Faniello beats 15 singers to represent Malta in Eurovision 2017

The public has voted singer Claudia Faniello to represent Malta in this year's edition of the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Ukraine.

Faniello, 28, beat 15 other performers to take home the title of this year's Malta Eurovision Song Contest winner. Faniello's song, Breathlessly, garnered a total of 4,996 votes.

The song was composed by Philip Vella and Sean Vella and written by Gerard James Borg.

A popular favourite of the public, Janice Mangion, came second place with her Maltese song 'Kewkba'. Mangion obtained 4,544 votes.

Former Swedish Idol winner Kevin Borg came in third, with 2,502 votes.

Only one song per artist was shortlisted, meaning that each singer performed one song during the singing contest. The jury has been dropped in favour of 100% televoting.

The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest is being held in Kyiv, in May.

The contestants, in the order of appearance, were:

Performer: Klinsmann Coleiro

Song: Laserlight

 

Performer: Raquela Dalli Gonzi

Song: Ray of Light

 

Performers: Deborah C and Josef Tabone

Song: Tonight

 

Performer: Kevin Borg

Song: Follow

 

Performer: Jade Vella

Song: Seconds Away

 

Performer: Crosswalk

Song: So Simple

 

Performer: Franklin Calleja

Song: Follow Me

 

Performer: Rhiannon Micallef

Song: Fearless

 

Performer: Miriana Conte

Song: Don’t Look Down

 

Performer: Shauna Vassallo

Song: Crazy Games

 

Performer: Janice Mangion

Song: Kewkba

 

Performer: Cherton Caruana

Song: Fighting to survive

 

Performer: Maxine Pace

Song: Bombshell

 

Performer: Richard Edwards

Song: You

 

Performer: Unstoppable

Song: Brooke Borg

 

Performer: Claudia Faniello

Song: Breathlessly