SONG FOR EUROPE FINALISTS

The organising committee of the Song for Europe Festival is holding a Press briefing on Friday, 15^thDecember, 2000, at Boffa Hall, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, at 19.00 hours, during which the 16 finalist entries for the forthcoming edition of the most followed national song contest will be announced.

The 16 songs which will make it to the finals for the Song for Europe Festival will be adjudicated from the 36 compositions which have been short-listed from the 229 entries submitted.

The jury will listen to the 36 songs being performed live by the singers in a closed theatre. As soon as the finalist songs are established, the results will be made public during the Press briefing, which will be addressed by Committee Chairman Charl'� Bonnici and Secretary Robert Cefai.

The Song for Europe Festival will be held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre on the 2 and 3 February, 2001.

A list of the 36 songs, which were selected in the first phase of the selection process, together with the names of the singers who interpret them, follows.