What happened to Gorg Azzopardi l-Makk ?

Me, I love Eurovision. It’s like a geography lesson with tits.

Song festivals and beauty contests.

Etc.

Very ‘qabda vojta’ territory.

Did he deliver? Yes, but at the expense of people who had more experience and technical know-how, and who were sidelined as a result. And I know what I am saying as I was an ‘insider’ at the time.

Why he found himself in PBS is again nothing more than a result of his political connections. What might baffle some is why he was left notwithstanding the subtle but nevertheless anti-Labour campaign carried out by PBS pre-2013.

And the answer to that lies in the strength of the loyalties (read business connections) between himself and Scerri. These loyalties were strong enough to leave Attard in office.

You’re missing the point Daphne. Your reders here are bringing to you attention the very dubious manner in which things are conducted. As Just Me correctly pointed composers are silenced through fear. And let’s not forget who wrote the winning song. Elton Zarb. Twice handpicked rather than through competition to write the representative song at the Junior Eurovision. What a coincidence.

[Daphne – Who cares. Handbags at dawn and all that. I’m not missing the point. I’m just telling you it’s not important. What IS important is the expenditure of public money on these festivals and the corruption involved in that expenditure. Apart from that, the hairdressers, make-up artists and singers can scratch each other’s eyes out and Tony Zarb’s son can trough up all the songs and awards. This is all so Azerbaijan – and I don’t mean just the corruption.]

Make that ‘Shitfest’

Of course he’s not professional. Would they have kept him otherwise?

Can anyone imagine the late Manni Spiteri hanging on with that lot?

40? Tsk tsk. 28. They’re all 28. Joseph Calleja’s been 28 for about ten years now.