The 2014 Malta Eurovision Song Contest was won last Saturday by the group Firelight.
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Gaia wins Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 for Malta and will NOT be awarded Gieh ir-Repubblika (UPDATE 3)
Malta, represented by 12 year old Gaia Cauchi, has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013!
This is the first time that Malta has won a Eurovision Song Contest..
It has been announced that Gaia Cauchi will be receiving the Gieh ir-Repubblika award. She will be they youngest person at age 12 to receive this national award.
Times of Malta said that “It will be conferred on Republic Day, December 13 and Gaia will be enrolled in the National Order of Merit.”
So one asks, is it Gieh ir-repubblika or National Order of Merit / Qadi r-Repubblika?
Do you agree that she should have been given the Gieh ir-Repubblika award just for winning a children’s festival – given that it is a very important award?
Or should it have been given to well established (internationally) singers like Joseph Calleja or well known performers like Charles Thake?
Don’t they merit an award too?
UPDATE: News source The Malta Independent confirms that Gaia will not be given Gieh ir-Repubblika, but the Midalja ghall-Qadi tar-Repubblika.
Some have expressed their opinion that she should have been given a sponsorship instead or even in addition to the medal. What do you think?
Bellydancing at the Point
A number of videos have been added of this past event which was held at the Point.
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RIP Nirvana who lost her fight against cancer (Updated with Xarabank Video)
Maltese tv presenter Nirvana Azzopardi has lost her fight against breast cancer.
Source: maltarightnow.com
The 40 year old and mother of 2, died at home surrounded by her loved ones.
Since two years ago, she was suffering from an aggressive and rare form of breast cancer.
A walk in solidarity for her and against breast cancer was done in St Julians last January.
The cancer eventually effected her kidneys and even though several attempts were made, she lost her life.
Meanwhile, during these two years Nirvana had sued her Private Consultant for a misdiagnosis.
Nirvana prepared her own funeral and wrote a letter which was read by Fr Claude Portelli at the funeral.
She wrote “Do not wait until you are sick to tell the people you love that you love them…” among other things.
Xarabank has prepared a video about Nirvana which you can view below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UILyhS4EDA