music.wikisort.org - PoetChiara Siracusa better known by her mononym Chiara (born 25 September 1976), is a Maltese singer. She represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998, 2005, and 2009 and is with a second and a third place the third most successful participant who never won the contest (behind Germany's Katja Ebstein and Wind).
Maltese singer
Chiara Siracusa |
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 Chiara in 2009 |
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Also known as | Chiara |
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Born | (1976-09-25) 25 September 1976 (age 45) |
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Origin | Senglea, Malta |
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Genres | Pop, a cappella, soul |
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Occupation(s) | Singer |
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Years active | 1998–present |
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Labels | Bridge Productions |
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Website | myspace.com/chiaramalta |
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Musical artist
Biography
Eurovision 1998
In 1998, she won Malta's Song for Europe festival, the national pre-selection for Eurovision, with the gentle ballad "The One That I Love", which she then took to the contest in Birmingham. With Eurovision being a national passion in a country that has so far never won the contest, much of Malta held its collective breath in the latter stages of the event as their entry held a joint lead with Israel, with only one country left to declare its vote. But Chiara was to suffer heartbreak in the end, as Macedonia gave her no points at all, leaving her behind the victorious Dana International of Israel, and even pushing her narrowly into third place behind Imaani of the United Kingdom. That was still enough to qualify as Malta's best ever placing at the time, from the 1992 contest. Chiara told in a BBC interview two years later that she cried for several hours in the bathroom of her hotel suite after losing at Eurovision, but she came to see her high scoring as an achievement.
Eurovision 2005
In 2005, aiming for another chance at Eurovision, Chiara re-entered the Song for Europe festival, and along with 21 other entries reached the final on 19 February with the song Angel, another ballad which this time she wrote and composed herself. For the first time, Malta's Eurovision entry was selected solely by a public vote. Chiara won with 11,935 phone calls, 566 ahead of her nearest rival Olivia Lewis, and so represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Chiara had the distinction of joining an unusually extensive list of 2005 competitors who had competed previously in the contest, including Iceland's 1999 runner-up Selma, and Greece's Helena Paparizou, who in the 2001 contest was lead singer of third-placed Antique. Chiara came second in the Contest with 192 points, putting her ahead of Malta's only other Eurovision runner-up, Ira Losco and making "Angel" the most successful Maltese entry of all time. One scholarly study has claimed that, were it not for the effects of regional "bloc" voting, Chiara would have won the Contest.[1]
After the result in 2005, Chiara had been working a lot around Malta and abroad, most notably in Greece and Cyprus.[citation needed]. She hosted the Malta Song for Europe in 2008.
Eurovision 2009
The loss of her father in 2008 became tough time for Chiara, but as a tribute to him she was even more determined to achieve further success. Chiara returned to the Malta Eurosong finals with a song composed by Belgian songwriters Gregory Bilsen and Marc Paelinck. On 7 February 2009, Chiara won the Maltese preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. She represented Malta in the first semi-final in Moscow with her song What If We on 12 May. She qualified to the grand final, held on 16 May, and finished 22nd in the final vote.
2010–present
Siracusa was the spokesperson for Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, giving the points awarded from the Maltese voting in the final. In June 2010, she released the Official Malta Gay Pride Anthem, "Believe (We Are One)".
Discography
- 1998: Shades Of One
- 2000: What You Want
- 2003: Covering Diversions
- 2005: Here I Am
- 2009: What If We
Charted Singles
Year |
Title |
Chart positions |
German Singles Chart |
2005 |
"Angel" |
95[2] |
Eurovision entries
- "The One That I Love"
- "Angel"
- "What If We"
Preceded by |
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 |
Succeeded by Times Three with "Believe 'n Peace" |
Preceded by Julie & Ludwig with "On Again... Off Again" |
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 |
Succeeded by Fabrizio Faniello with "I Do" |
Preceded by Morena with "Vodka" |
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 |
Succeeded by |
References
External links
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Singles |
- "The One That I Love"
- "Angel"
- "What If We"
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Related articles | |
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 Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest |
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Participation |
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- 1971
- 1972
1973 to 1974
- 1975
1976 to 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
2020
- 2021
- 2022
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Artists |
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1970s |
- Joe Grech
- Helen and Joseph
Enzo Guzman
- Renato
Enzo Guzman
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1990s | |
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2000s | |
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2010s | |
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2020s | |
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Songs |
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1970s |
- "Marija l-Maltija"
- "L-imħabba"
"Paċi Fid Dinja"
- "Singing This Song"
"Sing Your Song, Country Boy"
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1990s |
- "Could It Be"
- "Little Child"
- "This Time"
- "More Than Love"
- "Keep Me In Mind"
- "In a Woman's Heart"
- "Let Me Fly"
- "The One That I Love"
- "Believe 'n Peace"
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2000s |
- "Desire"
- "Another Summer Night"
- "7th Wonder"
- "To Dream Again"
- "On Again... Off Again"
- "Angel"
- "I Do"
- "Vertigo"
- "Vodka"
- "What If We"
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2010s |
- "My Dream"
- "One Life"
- "This Is the Night"
- "Tomorrow"
- "Coming Home"
- "Warrior"
- "Walk on Water"
- "Breathlessly"
- "Taboo"
- "Chameleon"
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2020s | |
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Note: Entries scored out are when Malta did not compete |
Eurovision Song Contest 1998 |
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Countries |
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Final (by final results) |
- Israel (winner)
- United Kingdom
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Croatia
- Belgium
- Germany
- Norway
- Ireland
- Sweden
- Cyprus
- Portugal
- Estonia
- Turkey
- Finland
- Spain
- Poland
- Slovenia
- Macedonia
- Greece
- Slovakia
- Romania
- Hungary
- France
- Switzerland
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Songs |
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Final (by final results) |
- "Diva"
- "Where Are You?"
- "The One That I Love"
- "Hemel en aarde"
- "Neka mi ne svane"
- "Dis oui"
- "Guildo hat euch lieb!"
- "Alltid sommer"
- "Is Always Over Now?"
- "Kärleken är"
- "Genesis"
- "Se eu te pudesse abraçar"
- "Mere lapsed"
- "Unutamazsın"
- "Aava"
- "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?"
- "To takie proste"
- "Naj bogovi slišijo"
- "Ne zori, zoro"
- "Mia krifi evaisthisia"
- "Modlitba"
- "Eu cred"
- "A holnap már nem lesz szomorú"
- "Où aller"
- "Lass ihn"
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Countries |
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Final (by final results) |
- Greece (winner)
- Malta
- Romania
- Israel
- Latvia
- Moldova
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Switzerland
- Norway
- Denmark
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Turkey
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Russia
- Albania
- Macedonia
- Cyprus
- Sweden
- Ukraine
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- France
- Germany
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Semi-final only (by final results) |
- Poland
- Slovenia
- Belarus
- Netherlands
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Portugal
- Finland
- Bulgaria
- Estonia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Andorra
- Monaco
- Lithuania
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Withdrawn | |
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Artists |
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Final (by final results) | |
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Semi-final only (in alphabetical order) | |
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Withdrawn | |
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Songs |
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Final (by final results) |
- "My Number One"
- "Angel"
- "Let Me Try"
- "HaSheket SheNish'ar"
- "The War Is Not Over"
- "Boonika bate doba"
- "Zauvijek moja"
- "Cool Vibes"
- "In My Dreams"
- "Talking to You"
- "Vukovi umiru sami"
- "Forogj, világ!"
- "Rimi Rimi Ley"
- "Call Me"
- "Nobody Hurt No One"
- "Tomorrow I Go"
- "Make My Day"
- "Ela Ela (Come Baby)"
- "Las Vegas"
- "Razom nas bahato"
- "Brujería"
- "Touch My Fire"
- "Chacun pense à soi"
- "Run & Hide (Gracia Baur song)"
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Semi-final only (in alphabetical order) |
- "Amar"
- "Czarna dziewczyna"
- "If I Had Your Love"
- "La mirada interior"
- "Le grand soir"
- "Let's Get Loud"
- "Little by Little"
- "Lorraine"
- "Love Me Tonight"
- "Love?"
- "My Impossible Dream"
- "Stop"
- "Tout de moi"
- "Why?"
- "Y así"
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Withdrawn |
- "Boys and Girls"
- "Quand tout s'enfuit"
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(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter) |
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Countries |
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Final (by final results) |
- Norway (winner)
- Iceland
- Azerbaijan
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- Estonia
- Greece
- France
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Armenia
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Denmark
- Moldova
- Portugal
- Israel
- Albania
- Croatia
- Romania
- Germany
- Sweden
- Malta
- Lithuania
- Spain
- Finland
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Semi-final 1 (in alphabetical order) |
- Andorra
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Switzerland
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Semi-final 2 (in alphabetical order) |
- Cyprus
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Latvia
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
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Artists |
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Final (by final results) | |
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Semi-final 1 (in alphabetical order) | |
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Semi-final 2 (in alphabetical order) | |
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Withdrawn | |
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Songs |
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Final (by final results) | |
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Semi-final 1 (in alphabetical order) |
- "Aven Romale"
- "Copycat"
- "Eyes That Never Lie"
- "Illusion"
- "Just Get Out of My Life"
- "La teva decisió (Get a Life)"
- "Nešto što kje ostane"
- "The Highest Heights"
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Semi-final 2 (in alphabetical order) |
- "Cipela"
- "Dance with Me"
- "Et Cetera"
- "Firefly"
- "I Don't Wanna Leave"
- "Leť tmou"
- "Love Symphony"
- "Probka"
- "Shine"
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Withdrawn | |
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Other |
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- List of Eurovision Song Contest 2009 jurors
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(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter) |
Authority control  |
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На других языках
- [en] Chiara Siracusa
[es] Chiara
Chiara Siracusa (La Valeta, 25 de septiembre de 1976) es una cantante de origen maltés, conocida como "La Voz de Malta".[1]
[ru] Сиракуза, Кьяра
Кьяра, полное имя Кьяра Сиракуза (мальт. Chiara Siracusa; род. 25 сентября 1976, Сенглеа, Мальта) — мальтийская певица, выступавшая на конкурсе «Евровидение» в 1998, 2005 и 2009 годах.
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