final held on 1 and 3 February 2007, respectively, at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali. Both shows were hosted by Stephanie Spiteri and J. Anvil and broadcast on Television Malta (TVM) as well on the website di-ve.com. Format The competition consisted of sixteen songs competing in the semi-final on 1 February 2007 where the top six entries qualified to compete in the final on 3 February 2007. Two of the songs in the semi-final were selected through the competition Opportunity 2, broadcast during the TVM programme Showtime between 4 November 2006 and 17 December 2006. Seven judges evaluated the songs during the semi-final and each judge had an equal stake in the result. The results of the public televote had a weighting equal to the total votes of the judges. In the final, the results were determined exclusively by public televoting. The seven members of the jury that evaluated the entries during the semi-final consisted of: Helle Henning (Denmark) – Singer-songwriter Trine Dansgaard (Denmark) – Singer and music teacher John Themis (United Kingdom) – Producer and composer Jan van Dijck (Netherlands) – Director of EMI publishing and composer Lia Vissi (Cyprus) – Singer-songwriter Savvas Savva (Cyprus) – Pianist and composer Victor Escudero (Spain) – Radio DJ Competing entries Artists and composers were able to submit their entries for Malta Song for Europe 2007 between 4 September 2006 and 30 October 2006.Songwriters from any nationality were able to submit songs as long as entry applications from foreign songwriters were eligible in their country. Artists were required to be Maltese or possess Maltese citizenship and could submit as many songs as they wished, however, they could only compete with a maximum of one in the semi-final. 228 entries were received by the broadcaster. For Opportunity 2, only artists that have never competed in Malta Song for Europe were able to submit their entries between 7 September 2006 and 13 October 2006. On 26 November 2006, PBS announced a shortlist of 35 entries that had progressed through the selection process of Malta Song for Europe 2008. The fifteen songs selected to compete in Opportunity 2 were announced on 24 October 2006, while fourteen of the songs selected to compete in the semi-final of Malta Song for Europe 2007 were announced on 9 December 2006. Among the selected competing artists was former Maltese Eurovision entrant William Mangion who represented Malta