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'''Summer Malta Hit Song Contest 2015''' prodiced by [[Deo Grech]] and [[Ignatius Farrugia]] was a television song contest broadcast on [[F Living Channel]].

After the official rules and regulations were release for another edition, anf they was closed on 14 March, 2015. But by a general request the organizers extended the date for Saturday 21 March 2015. The original songs will be received in the studios of F Living Channel - Gudja, Luqa Road between 10.00 and 13 00.

For the second consecutive year, the [[Summer Hit Song Contest]] confirms to In Living Channel as a music station for the summer season 2015.

==Submissions==
The producers reveal that 89 entries were submitted for the sixth edition of the Summer Hit Song Contest. The producers remark that this is a record of submissions for the contest. This year's edition will be held on F Living Channel, for the second year running as the producers teamed up with [[Karl Bonaci]]. The producers confirm that the first shortlisting of entries will be revealed in the coming days, where 45 entries will receive the green lights to proceed to the next selection phase. Good luck to all participants!

==Chose of 30 entries==

The organisers of the Summer Hit Song Contest 2015 would like to announce the shortlist of 30 entries which made it to the second phase of this year's contest. The panel of judges picked the following 30 entries out of the submitted 89 entries:
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
|-
| 01||Danica Muscat||Amour
|-
| 02||Maria Cassar||Astronaut 
|-
| 03||Sarah Bonnici||Bandwagon  
|-
| 04||Michela Galea||Bounce Back
|-
| 05||[[Ryan Axisa]]||C'est Moi 
|-
| 06||Jillianne Camilleri||Dangerous 
|-
| 07||Ana Maria Grima||Eclipse 
|-
| 08||Stefan Galea||Escape 
|-
| 09||Odessa Green||Feel 
|-
| 10||Simaria Galea||Freedom 
|-
| 11||Christian Arding||Guess What? 
|-
| 12||Marilena Gauci||Hurricane 
|-
| 13||Sarah Crystal||If I Only Knew 
|-
| 14||[[Roberta Briffa]]||Keep on Playing 
|-
| 15||Dario Mifsud Bonnici||Lessons in Love 
|-
| 16||Graziella Vella||Lucky Me 
|-
| 17||[[Nakita Ambinette]]||My Own Best Friend 
|-
| 18||[[Joseph Refalo]]||One More Try 
|-
| 19||Michela Dalli||One of a Kind 
|-
| 20||[[Dorcas Debono]]||Our Last Goodbye 
|-
| 21||[[Jurgen Xerri]]||Perfect 
|-
| 22||[[Daniel Muscat]]||Precious 
|-
| 23||Marie Claire Attard Bason||Remember 
|-
| 24||Annalise Psaila||Shattered Dreams 
|-
| 25||Kurt Cassar||Summer Time 
|-
| 26||Julie Pomorski||Tabula Rasa 
|-
| 27||Cherylis Camilleri||Unbreakable 
|-
| 28||[[Christian Azzopardi]]||We Can 
|-
| 29||[[Ann Marie Ellul]]||Weight On Me 
|-
| 30||[[Dayle Camilleri]]||Why? 
|-
|}

The organisers of the Summer Hit Song Contest 2015 would like to announce the shortlist of 30 entries which made it to the second phase of this year's contest. The panel of judges picked the following 30 entries out of the submitted 89 entries:

==Chosing the Finalist==
On Saturday 18 April, 2015 on the tv programm [[The Celebrity Night]] view on F Living Channel in the second phase of this year's contest was announced the finalist for the six edition of the Malta Summer Hit Song Contest 2015. Originaly 17 songs could passed and the finalist song of the 2014 edition. But the organisers made a proposal the director of the F Living Channel Mr. Karl Bonaci to give a little more chance cause they go a high level in this edition and the total went to 20 songs with the runner up singers of the 2014 edition. and for this editon in the festival there will be 21 songs.

The panel of judges picked the following 20 songs out of the 30 chosing in the shortlist from the submitted of 89 entries:

The producers and organisers would like to thank all the songwriters and singers who submitted their entries but did not make it to the next round.

{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyricist'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Composer'''
|-
| 01||[[Danica Muscat]]||Amour ||[[Philip Vella]]|| Philip Vella
|-
| 02||[[Maria Cassar]]||Astronaut ||[[Rita Pace]]||[[Marco Debono]]
|-
| 03||[[Sarah Bonnici]]||Bandwagon  ||[[Emil Calleja Bayliss]]||[[Pamela Bezzina]]
|-
| 04||[[Michela Galea]]||Bounce Back||Emil Calleja Bayliss||[[Renato Briffa]]
|-
| 05||[[Jillianne Camilleri]]||Dangerous ||[[Muxu]] Matthew Mercieca||[[Elton Zarb]]
|-
| 08||[[Odessa Green]]||Feel ||[[Joe George Micallef]]||Joe George Micallef
|-
| 09||[[Simaria Galea]]||Freedom ||Muxu Matthew Mercieca||Elton Zarb
|-
| 10||[[Christian Arding]]||Guess What? ||[[Alexia Schembri]]||[[Chan Vella]]
|-
| 11||[[Marilena Gauci]]||Hurricane ||Muxu Matthew Mercieca||Elton Zarb
|-
| 12||[[Sarah Crystal]]||If I Only Knew ||Sarah Crystal||Pamela Bezzina
|-
| 13||[[Dario Mifsud Bonnici]]||Lessons in Love ||Rita Pace||[[Ray Agius]]
|-
| 14||[[Graziella Vella]]||Lucky Me ||Rita Pace||[[Priscilla Psaila]] 'Kaya'
|-
| 15||[[Michela Dalli]]||One of a Kind ||Rita Pace||[[Andrew Zahra]]
|-
| 16||[[Marie Claire Attard Bason]]||Remember ||Emil Calleja Bayliss||[[Yann Chapentier]], [[Emilio Martinez Verdejo]] 
|-
| 17||[[Annalise Psaila]]||Shattered Dreams ||Alexia Schembri||Chan Vella
|-
| 18||[[Kurt Cassar]]||Summer Time ||[[Doris Chetcuti]]||Marco Debono
|-
| 19||[[Julie Pomorski]]||Tabula Rasa ||[[Giovann Attard]]||[[Augusto Cardinali]]
|-
| 20||[[Cherylis Camilleri]]||Unbreakable ||Rita Pace||Marco Debono
|-
| 21||Rita Pace & [[Audrey Marie Bartolo]] ||Do It Better||Rita Pace||Rita Pace
|-
|}

==Changing Two Songs==

In a true twist of fates, the Summer Hit Song Contest producers would like to announce that in the eleventh hour - two new entries will be added to the list of finalists, replacing two former entries which unfortunately couldn't make it to the Summer Hit Song Contest TV Show recordings.
Therefore, we announce that the following entries:

''Our Last Goodbye'' ( Dominic Cini Minik / Rita Pace) - Dorcas Debono
''Why'' (Kurt Aquilina / Alison Ellul ) - Dayle Camilleri

will replace:
If I Only Knew (Pamela Bezzina / Sarah Crystal) - Sarah Crystal
Unbreakable (Marco Debono / Rita Pace) - Cherylis

While Audrey Marie Bartolo true other commitments doesint sing with Rita Pace for the Song ''Do It Better''.

==The Duets Phase==

{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
|-
| 01||Sarah Bonnici feat. [[Amber Bondin]] ||Bandwagon
|-
| 02||Michela Dalli feat. [[Anna Azzopardi]] ||One Of A Kind
|-
| 03||Julie Pomorski feat. [[Olivia Lewis]] ||Tabula Rasa
|-
| 04||Jillianne Camilleri feat. [[Derrick Schembri]] ||Dangerous
|-
| 05||Maria Cassar feat. [[Clifford Galea]] ||Astronaut
|-
| 06||Michela Galea feat.[[Janvil]] ||Bounce Back
|-
| 07||Ryan Ben feat. [[Mauro Kitcher]] ||C'Cest Moi!
|-
| 08||Dario Mifsud Bonnici feat [[Tiziana Calleja]]||Lessons in Love
|-
| 09||Rita Pace feat [[Mandy Tabone]]||Do It Better
|-
| 10||Ana Maria Grima feat [[Brian Dimech]]||Eclipse
|-
| 11||Danica Muscat fest [[Fabrizio Faniello]]||Amour
|-
| 12||Odessa Green feat [[Georgina Abela]]||Feel
|-
| 13||Maria Claire Attard Bason feat [[Janice Debattista]]||Remember
|-
| 14||Dorcas Debono feat [[Janice Mangion]]||Our Last Goodbye
|-
| 15||Dayle Camilleri feat [[Alison Ellul]]||Why?
|-
| 16||Stefan Galea feat [[Lyndsay Pace]]||Escape
|-
| 17||Graziella Vella feat [[Nakita Ambinette]]||Lucky Me
|-
| 18||Annalise Psaila feat [[Daniel Testa]]||Shattered Dreams
|-
| 19||Jurgen Xerri feat [[Isaac Mercieca]]||Perfect
|-
| 20||Kurt Cassar feat [[Francesca Borg]]||Summer Time
|-
|}

==The Maltese Song Phase==
From this Editon the organizers introduced a new phase, '''The Maltese Song Phase''' where every singer could sing a song, that could be cover  version of standard Maltese songs or even a new Maltese Song. 

{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
|-
| 01||Rita Pace||Il-Festa
|-
| 02||Ana Maria Grima||Fomm il-Vjolin
|-
| 03||Jillianne Camilleri||Kemm Hu Sabiħ
|-
| 04||Julie Pomorski||Tereza
|-
| 05||Graziella Vella||Tema 79
|-
| 06||Dayle Camilleri||Fejn Marru t-Tfal?
|-
| 07||Marie Claire Attard Bason||Memorji Mbikkma
|-
| 08||Odessa Green||It-Tieni Omm
|-
| 09||Dario Mifsud Bonnici||Sal-Aħħar
|-
| 10||Annlaise Psaila||It-Tfal ta' Ilum
|-
| 11||Danica Muscat||Ħares Lejja
|-
| 12||Jurgen Xerri||Ħajjitna F'Idejna
|-
| 13||Jkurt Cassar||Xemx
|-
| 14||Maria Cassar||Dak Li Gġidtli Dakinħar
|-
| 15||Michela Dalli||Illejla B'Xejn
|-
| 16||Dorcas Debono||Ħolma
|-
| 17||Michela Galea||Għanja
|-
| 18||Stefan Galea||Xemx
|-
| 19||Ryan Axisa||Tiegħi
|-
| 20||Sarah Bonnici||L-Aħħar Bidwi f'Wied il-Għasel
|-
|}


The local competition, featuring a total of 20 participating entries, 19 of which qualified on merit, and 1 which won the right to compete following the triumph in last years' tele-voting, all competed for six (6) different trophies; 1st, 2nd, 3rd as chosen by the professional jury, 1st in the Duet Phase, first 1st in the Maltese Song Phase, and 1st in tele-voting.

==The 21 Finalist==
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyricist'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Composer'''
|-
| 01||[[Danica Muscat]]||Amour ||[[Philip Vella]]|| Philip Vella
|-
| 02||[[Maria Cassar]]||Astronaut ||[[Rita Pace]]||[[Marco Debono]]
|-
| 03||[[Sarah Bonnici]]||Bandwagon  ||[[Emil Calleja Bayliss]]||[[Pamela Bezzina]]
|-
| 04||[[Michela Galea]]||Bounce Back||Emil Calleja Bayliss||[[Renato Briffa]]
|-
| 05||[[Jillianne Camilleri]]||Dangerous ||[[Muxu]] Matthew Mercieca||[[Elton Zarb]]
|-
| 08||[[Odessa Green]]||Feel ||[[Joe George Micallef]]||Joe George Micallef
|-
| 09||[[Simaria Galea]]||Freedom ||Muxu Matthew Mercieca||Elton Zarb
|-
| 10||[[Christian Arding]]||Guess What? ||[[Alexia Schembri]]||[[Chan Vella]]
|-
| 11||[[Marilena Gauci]]||Hurricane ||Muxu Matthew Mercieca||Elton Zarb
|-
| 12||[[Dorcas Debono]]||Our Last Goodbye||Rita Pace|| Dominic 'Cini Minik'
|-
| 13||[[Dario Mifsud Bonnici]]||Lessons in Love ||Rita Pace||[[Ray Agius]]
|-
| 14||[[Graziella Vella]]||Lucky Me ||Rita Pace||[[Priscilla Psaila]] 'Kaya'
|-
| 15||[[Michela Dalli]]||One of a Kind ||Rita Pace||[[Andrew Zahra]]
|-
| 16||[[Marie Claire Attard Bason]]||Remember ||Emil Calleja Bayliss||[[Yann Chapentier]], [[Emilio Martinez Verdejo]] 
|-
| 17||[[Annalise Psaila]]||Shattered Dreams ||Alexia Schembri||Chan Vella
|-
| 18||[[Kurt Cassar]]||Summer Time ||[[Doris Chetcuti]]||Marco Debono
|-
| 19||[[Julie Pomorski]]||Tabula Rasa ||[[Giovann Attard]]||[[Augusto Cardinali]]
|-
| 20||[[Dayle Camilleri]]||Why ||[[Alison Ellul]]||[[Kurt Aquilina]]
|-
| 21||Rita Pace ||Do It Better||Rita Pace||Rita Pace
|-
|}

Here is now the running order for the Final on 26 September, 2015 at [[The City Theatre]], [[Valletta]], at 8.00pm

==The 21 Finalist==
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyricist'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Composer'''
|-
| 01||[[Marie Claire Attard Bason]]||Remember ||Emil Calleja Bayliss||[[Yann Chapentier]], [[Emilio Martinez Verdejo]] 
|-
| 02||[[Michela Galea]]||Bounce Back||Emil Calleja Bayliss||[[Renato Briffa]]
|-
| 03||[[Ryan Axisa]]||C'est Moi||(Alexander Leu / Ryan Axisa||Nikos Sofis
|-
| 04||[[Annalise Psaila]]||Shattered Dreams ||Alexia Schembri||Chan Vella
|-
| 05||[[Graziella Vella]]||Lucky Me ||Rita Pace||[[Priscilla Psaila]] 'Kaya'
|-
| 06||[[Stefan Galea]]||Escape ||Matt 'Muxu' Mercieca|| [[Carlo Gerada]]
|-
| 07||[[Dayle Camilleri]]||Why ||[[Alison Ellul]]||[[Kurt Aquilina]]
|-
| 08||[[Odessa Green]]||Feel ||[[Joe George Micallef]]||Joe George Micallef
|-
| 09||[[Sarah Bonnici]]||Bandwagon  ||[[Emil Calleja Bayliss]]||[[Pamela Bezzina]]
|-
| 10||[[Maria Cassar]]||Astronaut ||[[Rita Pace]]||[[Marco Debono]]
|-
| 11||[[Julie Pomorski]]||Tabula Rasa ||[[Giovann Attard]]||[[Augusto Cardinali]]
|-
| 12||[[Jurgen Xerri]]||Perfect||[[Rita Pace]]||[[Dominic Cini]] 'Minik'
|-
| 13||[[Ana Maria Grima]]||Eclipse||[[Andrew Zammit]]||Rita Pace
|-
| 14||[[Jillianne Camilleri]]||Dangerous ||[[Muxu]] Matthew Mercieca||[[Elton Zarb]]
|-
| 15||Rita Pace ||Do It Better||Rita Pace||Rita Pace
|-
| 16||[[Kurt Cassar]]||Summer Time ||[[Doris Chetcuti]]||Marco Debono
|-
| 17||[[Dorcas Debono]]||Our Last Goodbye||Rita Pace|| Dominic 'Cini Minik'
|-
| 18||[[Dario Mifsud Bonnici]]||Lessons in Love ||Rita Pace||[[Ray Agius]]
|-
| 19||[[Michela Dalli]]||One of a Kind ||Rita Pace||[[Andrew Zahra]]
|-
| 20||[[Danica Muscat]]||Amour ||[[Philip Vella]]|| Philip Vella
|}

==The Final ==
 
On Saturday 26 September 20154 - The Summer Hit Song Contest 2015 Grand Final, will be held at [[The City Theatre]],[[Valletta]], at 20.00. Everyone attend has to be seated by 19.45 and the tickets are selling at € 10 each. One could book the tickets by calling F Living offices on 21 66 45 66, limited places available. So book the tickets now before it's too late!. Everyone is encouraged to bring banners, flags, streamers, posters and anything which will turn the venue into a party atmosphere. Let's bring the house down with our cheers for this year's finalists. A true celebration of music, indeed!

==Judges==

The professional members of the jury, who judge the 20 songs was made up of by [[Norman Cristina]], [[Josephine Ebejer Grech]], 
[[Natasha Turner]] and [[Rosman Pace]] all of whom have a background in music, whether in composition or lyrics.

==Intervall==
During the intervall till on could know the winner result by the jury where enterment where given by the winners of 2014 editon [[Domenique Azzopardi]] who sings three song.

==Compere==
The host of the Festival was Deo Grech.

== The Winners ==
Here are the 3 Winning Songs featured in the final:-
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyricist'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Composer'''
|-
| 01||Julie Pomorski||Tabula Rasa||Giovann Attard||Augusto Cardinali 
|-
| 02||Michela Galea||Bounce Back||Emil Calleja Bayliss||Renato Briffa 
|-
| 03||Danica Muscat||Amour||Philip Vella||Philip Vella 
|-
|}


''During the Presentation Karl and Romina Bonaci decieded to give the Challenge Trophy to the winner sponsored by'' [[Tesor]].

== Other Award ==
==Public Vote==
Here are the winning Song of the Public Vote in the final:-
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyricist'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Composer'''
|-
| 01||Jillianne Camilleri||Dangerous||Matt 'Muxu' Mercieca||Elton Zarb 
|-
|}   

* With these prize Jillianne Camilleri will enter derect into the 2016 Final.

==Best Duet==
Here are the winning Song of the Best Duet in the 2015 Edition:-
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Singers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Lyricist'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Composer'''
|-
| 01||Michela Galea & Janvil||Bounce Back||Emil Calleja Bayliss||Renato Briffa 
|-
|}

==Best Maltese Song==
Here are the winning Song of the Best Maltese Song in the 2015 Edition:-
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{| {{table}}
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''No'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Performers'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Songs'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Words'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Music'''
|-
| 01||Michela Galea & Janvil||Għanja||[[Joe Julian Farrugia]]||[[Walter Vella]] / [[Mark Attard]] 
|-
|}   


Official FB page:
* [https://www.facebook.com/summerhitsongcontest]

==External links==
* [[F Living Channel is broadcast on digital terrestrial GO, cable network Melita, and live webstreaming]]:
* [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/7096181.tv/channel]

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